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…
Clinical Trails Optimization – Business Analytics to the rescue
A panel of Phar A panel of Pharma industry leaders like GlaxoSmithKline, Bristol-Myers-Squibb, AstraZeneca, Sanofi, Eli Lilly, Pfizer and Shire…
Update on the 6 March 2012 Government Big Data Forum
With this post I provide an update on the 6 March 2012 Government Big Data Forum, sponsored by Carahsoft. This…
The Future of Email is Social
I was recently approached by IBM to me write a white paper discussing the future of email. They came to…
Just Add Analytics – Even to Toothbrushes
I recently saw a presentation mentioning that there “are more mobile phones than toothbrushes in the world”, and according to…
Target, Pregnancy, and Predictive Analytics, Part II
This is part II of my thoughts on the New York Times article "How Companies Learn Your Secrets". In the first post,…
How the Consumerization of Data Leads to Additional Quality of Life Improvements
In the third post of our series about how people everywhere can use data and tools to make the world…
Converting Data into Decisions
It’s the era of big data. Companies are inundated with data within and outside their enterprises, and it’s critical that…
Better than Brute Force: Big Data Analytics Tips
Long before I encountered the term “Big Data,” questions about dealing with large datasets were a routine part of my…
Remedial Math: Understanding TCO and ROI
During my recent travels there were a lot of comments around either the cost of a data warehouse or the…
