How Etihad Airways Uses Big Data to Reach Its Destination
Etihad Airways is the flag carrier of the United Arab Emirates and it was founded just 10 years ago, in…
The Body as a Source of Big Data [INFOGRAPHIC]
The healthcare industry will generate vast amount of data and part of that is because treatments such as an MRI…
Hot Tech Trends for Machine Learning
I joined the Churchill Club this morning for an exciting breakfast on Machine Learning. In May 2013, Steve Jurvetson of DFJ said…
EMR Implementation: It’s Not About the Technology, It’s About Managing Change
After noticing “tremendous push back and a tremendous need for support” as healthcare organizations face unprecedented demand for electronic medical…
Big Data: The Retailer’s Tool for Keeping Consumers On-Side and Happy
The facilitator of modern retail, big data, is fast becoming the engine driving modern commerce; allowing organisations to help individuals…
A Practitioner Speaks: Analytics and Decision Management
I recently caught up with Andrea Scarso, co-founder and COO of MoneyFarm. MoneyFarm is a startup whose target is to modernize and democratize…
How Big Data Can Help the Developing World Beat Poverty [VIDEO]
The United Nations also see the possibilities of big data and in 2009 the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched the…
Big Data Confusion Looms in the Second Half of 2013
I look up, and suddenly it's August. I've been heads-down for the past three months, finishing my new book, which…
Metadata and the Baker/Baker Paradox
In his recent blog post What’s the Matter with ‘Meta’?, John Owens lamented the misuse of the term metadata — In his recent…
A Great Example of Simpson’s Paradox: US Median Wage Decline
Since 2000, the median US wage has risen about 1%, adjusted for inflation.But over the same period, the median wage for:…