Is Big Data Under Threat by New Internet Magna Carta?
This year we have seen the 25th birthday of the World Wide Web (WWW) and next year we will see…
Why Data Quality Is of Utmost Importance in Information-Centric Organisations
High quality data will lead to valuable information and insights for your organisation, but obtaining high quality data is easier…
The Virtues of Automating Reconciliation
Reconciling accounts at the end of a period is one of those mundane finance department tasks that are ripe for…
On Sharing Data
While security and privacy issues prevent sensitive data from being shared (e.g., customer data containing personal financial information or patient…
Google Flu Trends: Importance of Veracity, the 4th V in Big Data
A lot has been written recently criticizing Goolge’s Flu Trends – a flu tracker service that predicts flu activity based…
What the “Small Data” Revolution Means for Marketers
To hear the pundits tell it, Big Data is going to revolutionize everything we do as marketers. By tapping into…
The Big Data Era: How Should Consumers Deal With the New Definition of Privacy?
Organisations like Google, Facebook and Amazon are building extensive profiles of you about who you are, what you have bought/liked/read…
SAS Unifies Big Data for Business and IT
Many businesses are close to being overwhelmed by the unceasing growth of data they must process and analyze to find…
How Can Big Data Influence Sports?
Data analytics can be applied to virtually anything from which information is collected, and what better outlet for advanced analytics…