Analytics/Big Data

Analytics Time Lags Result in Lost Opportunities Organization leaders are getting impatient with the amount of time it takes to obtain results from data analytics, according to a recent survey from Alteryx. They feel it should take just hours—or possibly minutes—to gain insights from...
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How Crowdsourcing Feeds Hungry Big Data Apps Data collection is a bottleneck for many enterprises. To deal with this issue, many firms use crowdsourcing: engaging large groups of people to provide the data.
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Data Analytics Is Fueling Business Growth The vast majority of business leaders said data analytics is playing a key role in their organization with respect to strategic execution, and many said it serves as a primary growth driver, according to a recent survey from BSA|The Software...
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Make Data More Accessible and Valuable to Business Minor changes to new systems implemented in a consistent way could increase business insight, identify and manage risk, and reduce the costs of investigations.
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Nielsen Builds a Better Platform for Analytics The ratings and analytics service wanted a more agile approach to its database, so it adopted NoSQL technology to improve performance and boost the bottom line.
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11 Common Pitfalls of Analytics Are your analytics efforts having a meaningful impact on your key organizational strategies? Or do they amount to little more than an overhyped "new thing" that accomplishes very little? If you're running into the latter, then you're probably...
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Managing Mainframe Resources With Analytics Swiss RE, a global reinsurance giant, turns to sophisticated mainframe analytics software to manage computing resources more efficiently and cost-effectively.
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Police List Crime-Fighting Software as a Priority Crime-fighting software is already being used to fight drug-related and other types of crimes, and this technology could soon become a standard for police.
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Harte Hanks Puts Data in Its Place The marketing services firm turns to Hadoop RDBMS to better scale resources and improve performance, which translates into better results for its clients.
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The NY Mets Use Analytics to Cover Their Bases The New York Mets turn to big data and analytics to create higher levels of engagement with fans today, while working toward longer-term fandom down the road.
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