Problems with the Language of Probability
The language of probability to statisticians and most scientists is clear—they understand terms such as “correlation”, “statistically significant”, “confidence” and…
Abolish Daylight Savings Time
One might think that the societal contributions from New Zealand mostly consist of the band Crowded House and Sheep based…
Why Are Mid-Market Companies Waiting to Embrace Big Data?
Though many companies endorse the potential benefits of Big Data, very few are actually giving this development some serious thought.…
Business Analytics Error: Learn from Uber’s Mistake During the Sydney Terror Attack
While the purpose of Business Analytics is to optimize outcomes, particular care should be taken in randomly applying analytical techniques…
Changing Your Mind About Big Data Isn’t Dumb
After all the hype about big data and its mental cousin Hadoop, some CIOs are getting skittish about investing additional…
Collaboration Between Teams Using the Same Data in Different Ways
This article is based on conversations that took place recently on the TDWI LinkedIn Group . This article is based…
Data Innovation in Africa
While many commentators have focused on data-driven innovation in the United States and Western Europe, developing regions, such as Africa,…
Big Data Ethics and Your Privacy [INFOGRAPHIC]
Big data enables to check, control and know everything. But to know everything entails an obligation to act on behalf…
The Future of Big Data, Visualized [INFOGRAPHIC]
We'd start a public petition for blog posts about big data to stop using the "every day, we create 2.5 quintillion bytes…
Celebrating the Philae Landing [INFOGRAPHIC]
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