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…
Nielsen’s Social Media Report: A Snapshot Overview of the Social Media Landscape
Last month Nielsen (my employer) released a new State of the Media report focused on social media use in the…
The Data Frame
Author: Phil Simon @philsimon Author: Phil Simon @philsimonI was watching BloombergWest the other day when John Battelle appeared on my screen.…
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…
Connecting the BI Dots: An Introduction
When I teach my master’s degree classes I use slides to present the theoretical, and then use workshops to illustrate…
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…
Big Data and the Call for Evidence-based Management
Many discussions around big data are often centered on the sheer volume of the information involved, including the massive quantities…
The Future of Social Networks
When the telephone was invented the first networks were private, typically between rich individuals and their industrial interests. Pretty quickly,…
