A recent study by Accenture talks about the future state of banking in US by 2020. Thankfully, the study reports,…
In the United States and much of Western Europe, government data, such as economic indicators, government budgets, and agricultural information,…
This year we have seen the 25th birthday of the World Wide Web (WWW) and next year we will see…
Big data analytics is having a huge impact on us all. The ability to collect, store and analyze massive amounts…
Many government agencies use geographic information systems (GIS), software which allows them to collect, store, analyze and visualize geographic information.…
The recent leaks about the NSA’s use data mining and predictive analytics has certainly raised awareness of our field and…
Government services, or the public sector, are known for creating large volumes of data. Big data thus provides plenty opportunities…
Big Data brings big privacy issues, and it is wise to understand what data is collected from you when you…
San Francisco’s Open Data Initiative allows the government of San Francisco to share open data with its citizens, who can…
The nature of data is changing. At the moment organizations gather data from many different sources including loyalty cards, machine…
The above diagram was compiled by Florence Nightingale, who was – according to The Font – “a celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of…
At a time in our history when there is more data than ever before, the overwhelming majority of companies ...
Money Out the Window It’s scary to think about the dollars involved, but with over 70% of Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing projects failing it is surprising…
I always make the point that data is everywhere – and that a lot of it is free.
The internet and ecommerce world offers endless possibilities to use customer analytics and big data ..
