The second edition of the Smart Data Summit, one of the largest data summits in the Middle East region, will attract over 300 delegates across the GCC and worldwide. It is a critical event for those dedicated to making better management decisions and leveraging their valuable data assets efficiently. Through keynote presentations, panel discussions and roundtable sessions, the … [Read more...] about Smart Data Summit 2015
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Why Big Decisions Require Big Data Analytics
Great insights are achieved when you combine different data sources. This Mixed Data approach enables organizations to have a better understanding how their organization is performing and what the different areas of attention should be. Such insights will enable manager to make better decisions and improve an organizations performance. In fact, research by Bain has showed that … [Read more...] about Why Big Decisions Require Big Data Analytics
21 Ways How Big Data Will Improve Your Life
We have seen many Big Data infographics that discussed how complex and large data sets are changing the way we live, the way we process information and the way we operate in the world. Vouchercloud recently took a deeper look into how Big Data evolves and adapts, and the research they gathered produced their Everyday Big Data infographic below, detailing many ways how Big Data … [Read more...] about 21 Ways How Big Data Will Improve Your Life
Big Data in Retail Financial Services
The value of Big Data to the retail financial services industry is estimated to reach more than £6 billion over the next few years, which means big business for the industry. In order to ‘harness’ this potential, banks must recognize that they are sitting on a vast amount of information which – if it can be easily accessed and cost-effectively managed, … [Read more...] about Big Data in Retail Financial Services
Sears Became a Real-Time Digital Enterprise Due to Big Data
Sears is a large retailer from the US that is a true Big Data pioneer for quite some years already. They have learned, made mistakes and achieved success by hands-on effort. It currently operates a very large enterprise deployment of Hadoop. Sears was founded in 1893 and started as a shipping and mail order company. In 2005 it was acquired by Kmart, but continued to be … [Read more...] about Sears Became a Real-Time Digital Enterprise Due to Big Data
