Pattern Analytics can be defined as a discipline of Big Data that enables business leaders to understand how different variables of the business interact and are linked with each other. Variables can be of any kind and within any data source, structured as well as unstructured. Such patterns can indicate opportunities for innovation or threats of disruption for your business … [Read more...] about Three Ways Pattern Analytics Will Grow Your Business
Archives for 2014
The Future of Big Data? Three Use Cases of Prescriptive Analytics
In 2014, Gartner placed prescriptive analytics at the beginning of the Peak of Inflated Expectations in their Hype Cycle of Emerging Technologies. According to Gartner, it will take another 5-10 years before prescriptive analytics will be common in boardrooms around the world. But what is prescriptive analytics, how can we use it and how can it help organizations in their … [Read more...] about The Future of Big Data? Three Use Cases of Prescriptive Analytics
Your Wearable Christmas Present Is All About Big Data
Christmas is the time to give presents and according to Google this years top present will be wearables such as the Fitbit or Jawbone. Google analysed the trending gift searches for 2014 and the research revealed that wearable technology is gaining serious attention this month. Also Staples expects that wearables will be hot this year. According to them, mainstream adopters … [Read more...] about Your Wearable Christmas Present Is All About Big Data
The Sony Hack; Are Organizations Ready for Digital Combat?
We have seen numerous hacks in the past years, but the Sony hack of December 2014 has topped them all. The hackers brought a multinational corporation down on their knees when Sony decided to cancel the release of their movie The Interview. Fortunately, Sony decided later to release the movie anyway. Apart from the massive amounts of leaked internal documents that show how the … [Read more...] about The Sony Hack; Are Organizations Ready for Digital Combat?
Tesco and Big Data Analytics, a Recipe for Success?
Tesco is one of the largest retailers in the world and is originally from the United Kingdom and founded in 1919. Currently they have shops in 12 countries under different brands. In the latest fiscal year (13/14) the had $ 110 billion in group sales and $ 3.6 billion in group profit before tax. Over 500.000 employees work in 7599 stores around the world, including franchises. … [Read more...] about Tesco and Big Data Analytics, a Recipe for Success?
