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Apr
The Challenge Of Online Data
Data generated by online retail is very different, and much more difficult because the ‘inputs’ of online retail are both more numerous and more changeable. Online there are fewer upfront constraints on scope or reach. Combine this with the almost limitless possibilities for adjusting the hundreds of day-to-day activities – keyword bids, navigation, delivery charges,... Read More
IBM has established that 90% of the world’s data is less than two years old – we create 2.5 quintillion bytes of the stuff each and every day. Let’s put that another way; in the last 24 months, the existing infrastructure for creating, storing and interrogating data has had to absorb an enormous volume of... Read More
People analytics isn’t just another catch phrase. It means using data and analytics to personalize and manage each employee in order to drive superior employee outcomes. Primarily that is done by using hiring, retention, diversity, and top performer identification algorithms. Further, individual abilities and tendencies towards job loyalty, leadership, collaboration, and innovation are identified as... Read More
I think the phrase ‘big data, big problems’ has become somewhat overused – but that doesn’t mean it isn’t true, as mobile network operators are beginning to discover. The sheer amount of data that is passed through mobile networks is huge – so huge in fact that global mobile data traffic grew 70 percent in 2012... Read More
According to a survey of senior executives by Big Data consultancy NewVantage, Big Data is “top of mind for leading industry executives,” but these same executives struggle to find the right people to analyse their data. In fact, while 70% of those organisations surveyed plan to hire data scientists, 100 per cent of them said... Read More
The CEO of ISC has been quoted as saying that “the explosion of big data is crippling,” and in a way he is quite correct. As we often see today, rather than improving your business, having too much information can leave business leaders completely unable to make a decision, faced with too many choices and... Read More