2020: US Banks Are Betting Big on Analytics
A recent study by Accenture talks about the future state of banking in US by 2020. Thankfully, the study reports,…
What Facebook’s Audience Insights Really Gets At
For the past three years, Facebook has made enormous strides in targeting specific groups of users across the Facebook ecosystem.…
Business Intelligence and Your Business: Ignorance Is Not Bliss
Last month we talked about determining whether your company is ready to deploy business intelligence ‘intelligently.’ I mentioned that…
Why Text Analytics Is Important in Search
Choosing the right keywords for search is the most important component of getting the results you’re looking for. Everyone knows…
Big Data and Analytics In Sports: A Game Changer
If there is one area in which big data is literally guaranteed to be a game-changer, it’s sports.Sports have for…
Lifting Up: How Big Data Can Help Eliminate Poverty
Despite the relative prosperity seen around the world over the past few decades, poverty is still an enormous problem. Roughly…
The Internet of Things Will Lead Us into a New Industrial Revolution [VIDEO]
Economic theorist and author Jeremy Rifkin explains the importance of the Internet of Things and how it will result in…
The Data Audit Process: The Initial Step in Building Successful Predictive Analytics Solutions
Building predictive analytics solutions is very much in-vogue for most organizations today. Historically, practitioners needed to educate businesses on the…
Are You a Networking Expert? Big Data May Have You Beat
It’s not what you know, but who you know. It’s not what you know, but who you know.This adage has…
Job Market Explodes for Quantitative Students
With the market for quantitative candidates continuing to gain momentum, Burtch Works spoke with Jennifer Priestley, Professor of Statistics and…
