How Big Data Will Change the Travel Industry
Author: Linda RosencranceSpotfire Blogging TeamThe words “useless information” should strike fear in the hearts (actually the wallets) of every company…
Data Virtualization: 6 Best Practices to Help the Business ‘get it’
Something that doesn’t get talked about enough in the service orientation world is data virtualization. That is, it’s handy to…
Updates on Dronegate
Since I wrote my fist post on the virus affecting the drone fleet at Creech Air Force base, information has…
Mixed-Effects Models in R with Quantum Forest
For anyone who wants to estimate linear or nonlinear mixed-effects models (aka random-effects models, hierarchical models or multilevel models) using the…
Marketing Executives Aren’t Ready for the Social Explosion of Data
I had a chance to review the results of an interesting new global study of chief marketing officers (CMOs) by IBM, and…
IBM Brings Business Analytics to Apple iPad
Fulfilling its intention to make it easier to access and use analytics and business intelligence, IBM released its Cognos Mobile application natively…
A Cautious Look at Big Data
Big data can provide companies with powerful insights about everything from customer behaviors and preferences to new product opportunities.
Crossing the Language Chasm: Extracting Information from Foreign-Language Text
Just a few years ago, text analytics was unknown to most business people, even most data analysts. Today, more and…
NYT on Big Data and R
In the New York Times' "Bits" blog today, Quentin Hardy offers recollections on Big Data talks at the recent Web…