‘Moneyball’ Takes the Next Big Leap
Spying inefficiencies – in markets, business models, business processes such as supply chains and more has been one of the…
Unlocking the Potential of ‘Big Data’ in the Market Research industry
Companies who wish to unlock the potential of ‘big data’ are eyeing up opportunities in areas such as market research,…
Of Baby Black Swans and the Race to Zero
Defined as extreme events with high impact, Black Swans are infrequent occurrences that pack a punch (i.e. in financial markets…
Analytics: What’s Passion Got to Do with It?
Long, long ago, in a land far, far away, there were frogs. Lots and lotsa frogs. Oh, the frogs were…
Yellowfin’s Year in Review: Top 9 Business Intelligence developments of 2011
Inexorable and unrelenting. These words encapsulate the collective year that was in Business Intelligence (BI). The constant interaction between marketplace…
Big Data, Unstructured Information Analysis is More Than Sentiment.
What started many years ago as a driver for a new generation of storage devices, the topic of Big Data…
It Takes Courage to Compete on Analytics
Billy Beane’s “Moneyball” approach to developing and staffing a professional baseball team has come under intense scrutiny as long time…
IT: Get the Emphasis on the Right Word (Hint: It’s not the ‘T’)
There is a lot of chatter as the New Year starts as to what each vendor is going to bring…
The ‘Big Data’ Buzz – Revolution or Evolution?
‘Big data’ is THE hot new business buzzword of 2012. In this article I want to explore whether big data…
Cruise Ship Captains and Normal Accidents
With the official death toll at eleven and plenty more persons missing in the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster, reports…
