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How Deloitte Transforms Clients into Insight-Driven Organizations

Underneath the hype surrounding big data is a common theme that runs across organizations. We all want to data to drive innovation--that is, we want to become insight-driven organizations. While the destination is clear, Read more…

Three Unique Ways Machine Learning Is Being Used In the Real World

Machine learning has emerged as the key technology enabling predictive analytic uses cases upon big data. Accompanying that emergence is a set of common use cases, such as fraud detection in credit card processing and pr Read more…

CFOs Taking Ownership of Data

The role of CFOs has expanded significantly in recent years, positioning them to lead one of the most important business functions of the early 21st century—leveraging a company’s data to gain strategic insights and Read more…

Teradata Puts Aster in Hadoop for IoT Analytics

The Internet of Things (IoT) is simultaneously a colossal data management challenge and the analytic opportunity of a lifetime. Teradata (NYSE: TDC) addressed both of those today with two product announcements, including Read more…

Survey: U.S. Big Data Projects Face IT Hurdles

Nearly three-quarters of U.S. government managers overseeing a growing number of big data projects are concerned they lack adequate computing, storage and networking infrastructure. Hence, federal agencies may find thems Read more…

Peering In On the Pols with Big Open Data

It's no secret that our government is using big data technologies to track and monitor the activities of regular citizens, ostensibly to protect our freedom. But data analytics can also be used to keep track of what our Read more…

Where’s the ROI in Big Data?

What is the return on investment (ROI) for big data analytics initiatives? The question may seem simple, but in fact it's devilishly difficult to answer. Nevertheless, Teradata recently set out to answer that question, a Read more…

Three Ways Zoomdata Makes Big Data Pop

When it comes to big data visualization tools, there's no shortage of players. Tableau, Qlik, Spotfire, and Microstrategy are established incumbents with big followings. But there's a fresh crop of visualization tools ma Read more…

The Role of Bias In Big Data: A Slippery Slope

When most people hear the word “bias” they think of gender or racial discrimination or other situations where preconceptions lead to bad decisions. These kinds of biases and bad decisions are common. Tests have sh Read more…

Big Data’s Cold Feet Syndrome

With all the hype around big data, it sometimes seems that everybody and her grandmother are doing it. But the truth is that implementing big data analytics can be almost as difficult as it is potentially profitable. And Read more…

Why Big Data Prep Is Booming

The big data analytics space is growing as organizations attempt to turn massive sets of data into a competitive advantage. But this trend is also driving a secondary boom in the market for data preparation tools that cl Read more…

Experfy: The Uber of Big Data Projects

Starting a big data analytics project can be tough, especially for mid-size firms that can't justify the cost of a full-time data scientist and don't want to deal with traditional consulting firms. But a company called E Read more…

Mapping the Shape of Complex Data with Ayasdi

Machine learning has emerged as the most useful technology for analyzing big and complex data sets. But all too often, it takes a highly skilled data scientists to effectively wield machine learning tools. A company call Read more…

One on One with IBM’s Global VP for Data Analytics

As the Global Vice President of Systems Software and Growth Solutions for IBM, Jacqueline Woods has a tremendous amount of influence over a $12-billion portfolio of cloud, mobile, and big data solutions. Woods, who deliv Read more…

The Rise of Predictive Modeling Factories

So you installed Hadoop and built a data lake that can store petabytes of data. Now what? According to leaders in predictive analytics, the best thing you can do is to build a predictive model factory that automates much Read more…

Driving Analytics into Facilities Management

The world of facilities management is not a particularly advanced one when it comes to information technology, let alone the use of big data. But that's starting to change, particularly with the type of self-service anal Read more…

Microsoft Readies Major Push Into Big Data

Microsoft has a lot of irons in the fire. Always has and always will. But judging from its recent acquisition of Revolution Analytics, the early success of its hosted machine learning service, and the forthcoming public Read more…

The Data Foundation Driving YPlan’s Growth

The effective access and use of data company-wide is paramount for a company like us. At YPlan we supply a “going out” app that enables users to find and book events on short notice. We strive to provide the best con Read more…

Lockheed Aims to Make Apache Storm Easier to Use

The data analytics arm of defense contractor Lockheed Martin yesterday announced that it's making a big data analysis tool available as open source. Dubbed StreamFlow, the tool is designed to make it easier for beginner Read more…

How LifeLock Uses Big Data to Fight Identity Fraud

About 9 million Americans fall victim to identity theft each year, leading to about $50 million in losses, according to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. While the big data explosion gives identify thieves more material Read more…

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