Are Data Scientists the Next Masters of the Universe?
Back in the late 1970s, traders buying and selling mortgages were pushed aside for new masters of the universe—“quants” or…
Stop Mining Data!
In some recent planning and architectural discussions I've become aware of the significant difference between reasoning about data and reasoning…
Game Analytics: Platform Trends, Monetization and Player Value in Social Games
The Game Analytics industry is arguably still in it's infancy. A list of niche analytics vendors for social and mobile games continues to expand, with…
ROI of Social Media Mix
Top Market Researcher Twitter Contest Top Market Researcher Twitter Contest This week ResearchLive Magazine which I believe is affiliated with…
Social Business Metrics: Measuring Engagement Not Mentions
Transforming your business into a social business means more than simply monitoring mentions and buzz. It means being able to…
Social Searching Everything, For Everyone: Product Review
What could you do if you had access to all of twitter all at once? What if you combined that…
Big Data Fights Crime: The FBI’s Next Generation Identification
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been in the Big Data business since 1999 when it launched the Integrated Automated Fingerprint…
Big Data: Smaller is Better
Big data: keep it small, stupid. Big data: keep it small, stupid. That’s the advice of lead Forrester advanced analytics analyst…
Sybase: Big Data Crisis is a Big Lie
Sybase (“an SAP Company”) recently published an analytics guide called “Intelligence for Everyone”. The first section called “The Big Lie…
Big Data Governance
In which Jill wonders yet again how much size really matters. It’s always interesting to hear somebody dismiss a trend.…
