I spend a lot of time these days talking with companies about the need for a formal approach to enabling what is often called discovery analytics or exploratory analytics. What I find is that many people have a fundamental misunderstanding of what discovery analytics is all about. There is one analogy that I have found to be effective in getting people to better understand the … [Read more...] about Discovery Analytics: It’s Not Hacking, It’s R&D
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5 Reasons Apache Spark is the Swiss Army Knife of Big Data Analytics
We are living in exponential times. Especially if we are talking about data. The world is moving fast, and more data is generated every day. With all that data coming your way, you need the right tools to deal with the growing amounts of data. If you want to get any insights from all that data, you need tools that can process massive amounts of data quickly and efficiently. … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons Apache Spark is the Swiss Army Knife of Big Data Analytics
Why Business Strategy Always Trumps Data Analytics
There's a lot of hype in the business communities about data, analytics, cloud technologies, data science, and eCommerce. A cornucopia of jargon that emphasizes data (raw material) and its analytics spinoff (the service). Or is it emphasizing business ? What came first, the chicken or the egg ? It's now easier and more economical than ever to accumulate data, store it, and … [Read more...] about Why Business Strategy Always Trumps Data Analytics
Four Elements to Use the Data Supply Chain Effectively
Data. A word that keeps slithering its way into business models the world over. I have been in business long enough to know the ins and outs of business operations. To make them work, you constantly have to iterate and have the flexibility to adapt to the morphing landscape of the market dynamics in your industry. Enter, data. How can we use it as a measure for the … [Read more...] about Four Elements to Use the Data Supply Chain Effectively
Why The Internet of Everything Will Change Innovation As We Know It
We live in a world where accelerated change is the only constant. Organizations and consumers are generating massive amounts of data, which will only exponentially grow in the years to come. More and more organizations see the value of a Big Data strategy and are changing their company towards a data-driven, information-centric organization. As a result, we will see an … [Read more...] about Why The Internet of Everything Will Change Innovation As We Know It
