At a time in our history when there is more data than ever before, the overwhelming majority of companies have yet to see the full potential of better data insights. PwC and Iron Mountain recently released a survey on how well companies are gaining value from information. The results showed a huge disconnect in the information that is available to companies and the actual … [Read more...] about Why 96% of Companies Fail With Marketing Data Insights
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How Big Data Can Help Predict Power Outages
Big data is becoming more useful every day as we learn to collect an abundance of information and analyze it more efficiently. There are things we can learn from data collection that we would never have expected years ago. One of the most recent uses for big data is to help predict power outages in the event of a disaster. Its not about whether or not power outages will happen. … [Read more...] about How Big Data Can Help Predict Power Outages
10th International GIS-Forum
SOVZOND Company is'excited to announce and invite you for the participation in 10th'anniversary'edition of International GIS-Forum''Integrated geospatial solutions the future of Information Technologies', a unique meeting place and must-attend event for geospatial community. The event will take place on'13-15 April, 2016'in IMPERIAL Park Hotel, Moscow, Russia. The event … [Read more...] about 10th International GIS-Forum
8 Companies that Found Great Ways to Use Open Data
The Random Walk theory: The efficient markets hypothesis (EMH), popularly known as the Random Walk Theory, is the proposition that current stock prices fully reflect available information about the value of the firm, and there is no way to earn excess profits, (more than the market over all), by using this information. The Private Eye of Open Data: The buzz around open … [Read more...] about 8 Companies that Found Great Ways to Use Open Data
3 Ingenious Use Cases for Business Intelligence Tools
One of the most exciting things about a formerly-niche technology becoming mainstream is the way it mutates and evolves by means of its end users ingenuity. One famous example could be the case of a product that was originally meant for cleaning coal residue from wallpaper, and eventually came to be the Play-Doh todays children know and love. Business intelligence tools cater … [Read more...] about 3 Ingenious Use Cases for Business Intelligence Tools