IBM Brings Business Analytics to Apple iPad

Fulfilling its intention to make it easier to access and use analytics and business intelligence, IBM released its Cognos Mobile application natively…

Mark Smith
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Connecting the BI Dots: An Introduction

When I teach my master’s degree classes I use slides to present the theoretical, and then use workshops to illustrate…

RickSherman
3 Min Read

A Cautious Look at Big Data

Big data can provide companies with powerful insights about everything from customer behaviors and preferences to new product opportunities.

Brett Stupakevich
4 Min Read

If You Could Pick One Thing For Congress To Do Regarding CyberSecurity, What Would It Be?

A friend who is a former Representative and a respected advisor of many senior politicians recently asked me for some…

BobGourley
3 Min Read

RulesFest 2011 – Kenny Shi: Scalability in a Real-Time Decision Platform

My friend Kenny has decided to also talk about performance.  Given the magnitude of the traffic on eBay and the…

CMatignon
5 Min Read

Crossing the Language Chasm: Extracting Information from Foreign-Language Text

Just a few years ago, text analytics was unknown to most business people, even most data analysts. Today, more and…

metabrown
6 Min Read

Service-Oriented Architecture’s Role in the Emerging Hadoop World

To address Big Data challenges in a cost-effective way, many organizations are turning to Hadoop, an open-source framework. Hadoop enables…

JoeMcKendrick
5 Min Read

NYT on Big Data and R

In the New York Times' "Bits" blog today, Quentin Hardy offers recollections on Big Data talks at the recent Web…

DavidMSmith
2 Min Read

Business Analytics Optimization Keynote #iod11

Fred Balboni gave the Business Analytics and Optimization keynote. You can get a “faster planet” without analytics, just by automating…

JamesTaylor
3 Min Read