Unlocking the Power of Social Media Data to Connect with E-Commerce Customers

When “The Social Dilemma” documentary came out in 2020, consumers called for a mass exodus from social media and the end of user data capture. While opening the public’s eyes to the inner workings of social media w Read more…

Give Your ECommerce Operation a Data Science Boost

Many retail stores remain closed due to COVID-19 restrictions, forcing countless outlets to move their operation online, many for the first time. With eCommerce retail becoming an increasingly competitive space, data sci Read more…

Big Data in E-Commerce: Investments With the Highest Return

Before you landed here, you might have already read many articles on big data that sounded more like panegyrics. Our aim is not to sing big data’s praises, but to take an unbiased look at its possible use cases in e-co Read more…

Clustrix Database Targets E-commerce

Just in time for holidays, a scale-out SQL database running in the cloud from startup Clustrix is geared to e-commerce websites characterized by traffic spikes that require databases to scale in order to avoid costly dow Read more…

Oracle Rounds Out Retail Appeal with Endeca Buy

This week Oracle announced its intent to bring Endeca into the fold, thereby bolstering their ability to reach big data-aware e-commerce and retail giants. While Oracle has traction in this area already, bringing the ability to manage unstructured data and retailer demands simultaneously makes this buy big news, especially for rivals HP, IBM and SAP. Read more…