Hadoop in Advertising & Media: Is Data Analytics Making Old Media New?
Imagine the chance to truly connect with a customer. Imagine if you knew what movies and television shows they watched, and…
5 Big Data Hadoop Use Cases for Retail
Only in the last few years has the integration of big data and retail marketing become a method for customizing…
5 Ways Big Data Impacts the Insurance Industry
Health, auto, life, home, property and disability are just some of the many types of insurances available on the market…
Gaining an ‘Unfair Advantage’ with Predictive Analytics
Predicting the future is no longer just science fiction.Data tools today are smarter, faster and more intuitive than ever before,…
Is Big Data the Silver Bullet for Advanced Supply Chain Analytics?
Leveraging “Big Data” is coming up more and more as a “must have” in conversations I’m having with clients and…
Big Data and Ford’s Faster Horses
In the late 19th century, a New York City planner put out a warning that by 1950 the city would be…
Intelligence Input = Sales Output
As true today as it was 50 years ago? Time capsules can be interesting. They can also be humbling. More on…
Derailing Your Supply Chain BI Project
Regular readers of my musings know that I’m adamant about the crucial role that human intelligence plays in Supply Chain…
Untangling the Retail Supply Chain with Real-Time Analytics
Retail supply chains are longer and more tangled than ever before – the complexity of the data sets and the…
Spark the Flame: The Power Behind Real Time Analytics
The amount of information processed in the world is out of control. With almost universal access to the internet and…