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…
Cloudera Leads the Way in Europe [VIDEO]
Interesting findings from a survey by data processing software vendor Syncsort on 300 attendees of two Big Data conferences in Europe:…
Solving the Riddle of Measuring Social Voice
Twitter has seen the analytics light. In a recent move of great importance, but zero fanfare, the bluebird folks have…
Tag, Anyone?
The nature of data is changing. At the moment organizations gather data from many different sources including loyalty cards, machine…
Big Data Accountability (Part 2)
In a previous post I introduced the topic of Big Data Accountability and that there are three different aspects that…
The Science of Crisis Communication
Early in the film Minority Report, police arrest a man for murder. It is not a killing he has actually…
Big Data Accountability (Part 1)
Accountancy within organizations has been around practically since the existence of organizations itself. As long as we can recall, we…
The Datafication of People and Stuff and Things
photo courtesy of deviant art photo courtesy of deviant artSo I thought I was being original for writing a piece…
The NSA’s Data Quality Problem
Even basic data quality problems can have big consequences. The National Security Agency learned this to its cost recently when…
Marketers Leading the Charge to Unlock Value from Big Data
You often can’t get through a workday without seeing at least one headline boasting the “what if” promises of big…