Posts Tagged ‘Business Analytics’
Considerations to Make Before Investing in Big Data in 2013
Industry Week recently published <http://www.industryweek.com/systems-integration/five-things-consider-you-make-big-data-investments-2013> a viewpoint I wrote entitled ‘Five things to consider before you make big data investments in 2013’. Due to the massive volumes of valuable unstructured data permeating the average organization on a daily basis, innovative IT executives are moving fast to leverage this untapped data for more meaningful business insights and enhanced…
Read MoreBloomberg on Business Analytics
Interested in slicing, dicing, measuring, and analyzing data for customer and business insights? According to a recent survey by Bloomberg, 97% of companies with revenues of more than $100 million are using some form of business analytics, up from 90% just two years ago. While businesses have embraced the idea of fact-based decision-making, a steep learning curve…
Read MoreThe CIO Diaries: An IT perspective on business transformation
Limitations of organic growth are forcing companies to look at innovative ways to improve market share and profitability. Business transformation strategies are evolving more rapidly than any time in the past. For any of these transformation plans, be it: M&A, new product introduction, geographical expansion and others to succeed, the CIO office needs to play a key…
Read MoreProcter & Gamble – A Case Study in Business Analytics
Best-in-Class Analytics Innovation Case Study…Interesting article about P&G and Business Analytics from InformationWeek, Feb 6, 2012. Illustrates the way Business Analytics is becoming more central as decision making speeds up.
Read MoreJust One Word, Ben – "Data"
What advice would you give Benjamin Bradock in 2012? The attached infographic from EMC makes a compelling case for choosing a career as a Data Scientist.
Read MoreClinical Trials Optimization – Business Analytics to the rescue
Here’s how business analytics can optimize clinical trials A panel of Pharma industry leaders like GlaxoSmithKline, Bristol-Myers-Squibb, AstraZeneca, Sanofi, Eli Lilly, Pfizer and Shire talked about the importance of Clinical Trials Optimization for 2 days at the recently concluded conference in Philadelphia clearly showing the importance of this topic in the present times of economic…
Read MoreMoneyball, A must watch movie for the Business Analytics savvy
Every Business Analytics consultant should watch the movie Moneyball (2011). This movie is indeed one of the best movies I’ve watched for a long time that showcases the application of analytics and statistics. Here’s something about the plot summary that IMDB has to say about Moneyball. “Oakland A’s GM Billy Beane is handicapped with the…
Read MoreBig Data is not all Social Media
It has been a little over a year since the term “Big Data” became a catch phrase, but it still appears to evoke the same kind of response as it did then with an interesting twist. The twist being, it evoked a sense of “awe” to begin with but that is turing into a sense…
Read MoreWhy Human Resource Should Care About Big Data
There is no conversation or corporate strategy presentation today without mentioning Big Data. The focus of this write-up is to understand, what Big Data is and How HR will be impacted due to Big Data:
Read MoreCollaborative BI – share your insights
‘Social networking’ and ‘Collaboration’ have become a part of our lives in this connected world. Let us see how the two can work together in helping us make better decisions. ‘Social networking’ has been a growing phenomenon in the past 2-3 years. The society that we live in has almost suddenly become very ‘social’ and…
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