Using Data to Fight Counterfeiting
Whether advertised on seedy websites or peddled on Manhattan’s Canal Street, counterfeit goods remain a serious problem for U.S. businesses…
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What Data Do the Five Largest Tech Companies Collect? [INFOGRAPHIC]
Big Data brings big privacy issues, and it is wise to understand what data is collected from you when you…
HIPAA Violations Cost Health Insurer $1.7 Million: Lessons Learned
Reuters reports that WellPoint, Inc., the second largest U.S. health insurer, has reached a $1.7 million settlement with the Dept.…
Using Data Science on TripAdvisor Reviews (Part 1)
This will be the first of a series of posts that show the knowledge that may be extracted from TripAdvisor…
Why Budgeting Is “Mission Critical” in Higher Education
You can’t pick up a newspaper without reading about how higher education is under pressure to keep tuition costs in…
How Coca-Cola Takes a Refreshing Approach to Big Data
As the world’s largest non-alcoholic beverage company, Coca-Cola generates Petabytes of data from various sources: multi-channel retail data, customer profile…
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Testing the San Francisco Open Data Initiative [VIDEO]
San Francisco’s Open Data Initiative allows the government of San Francisco to share open data with its citizens, who can…
First Look: Sparkling Logic Update
I last got briefed by Sparkling Logic back in August 2012 and I got an update on their new Kyoto…
Apple and Motorola Re-Visit Old Values in New Ads
Fifty years ago the phrase, “Made in the USA,” had nationalistic and quality-assurance resonance for Americans. Then came the “Global…
Self-Service BI Customers Are Not All the Same (Part 1)
As I discussed in The Road to Self-Service BI, enterprises need a better understanding of self-service BI so they can avoid…