The Rise of Workforce Analytics
A growing number of human resources (HR) teams are using workforce analytics to help with workforce charting, workforce/skills optimization, succession…
‘Moneyball’ Takes the Next Big Leap
Spying inefficiencies – in markets, business models, business processes such as supply chains and more has been one of the…
Why Social Media Analysis is Crucial for the Chinese Market
As a former boss enthusiastically pointed out to me over a drink, "You don't need to sell people on China". However,…
Beyond Hadoop – Completing the Big Data Picture
It's increasingly clear that Big Data is not just about volume — but also the variety, complexity and velocity of…
How to Begin Analyzing Social Media
For many companies social media monitoring still represents a number of challenges. There are just so many conversations, so many…
How Did We Get Here?
The universe of business intelligence (BI) and analytics (a USD $85.6 billion market by some counts*) is in the midst…
Do You Have a Marketing Attribution Problem?
On a recent webinar, Rob Bronson from Forrester Research pointed out that 45% of Big Data implementations are in marketing. …
R Integrated Throughout the Enterprise Analytics Stack
The past couple of years have seen a dramatic growth in the use of the R language in the enterprise.…