The 25 Most Powerful Women CEOs
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How Small Businesses Use Big Data
Businessweek - April 4, 2013
Using large amounts of data allows you to suck subjectivity out of a system and make better decisions as a result. Read »
3 Things CEOs Should Remember About Business Data
CEO.com - February 26, 2013
CEOs are often trained not to expect real-time information. The big data is too big, the processes too slow and the results more questionable than not.
At least that was the overriding sentiment of more than 1,000... Read »
People Fear Data Because They Fear Accountability
Business Insider - February 4, 2013
When it comes down to it, resistance comes about because people see a potential threat to their job. So rather than learning to use these new systems and changing their work habits or strategies in a positive way, they fight... Read »
Bill Gates: Big Data Can Save American Schools
Atlantic - January 31, 2013
Bill Gates trumpeted his numbers-driven approach to philanthropy at a Manhattan meeting with six reporters and writers, including myself, Wednesday afternoon, where he laid out his wish list for how to improve data-gathering... Read »
Cloudera Raises $65M To Fuel Hadoop…
TechCrunch - December 7, 2012
Cloudera has raised $65 million to further fuel Hadoop adoption and expand its European operations. The new round led by Accel Partners, brings the total raised to $140 million. Read »
9 Tech Trends That Will Make Billions Next Year
Business Insider - December 3, 2012
Most of us can see that 2012's four big trends will get bigger next year: mobile, social, cloud, and big data.
Market-research company IDC has gone one further, predicting how these trends will unfold next year—to the... Read »
5 Data Metrics You Should Be Watching
N2Growth - October 16, 2012
While there are virtually endless amounts of financial and non-financial metrics that can be assessed, I believe that most measurements can be broken down into the following 5 categories: Read »
To Succeed With Big Data, Start Small
HBR - October 3, 2012
While it isn't hard to argue the value of analyzing big data, it is intimidating to figure out what to do first. Read »
Watch: The Innovation Of Data Management
CEOTVShow - September 20, 2012
Sara Mathew, Chairman and CEO of Dun & Bradstreet discusses innovation, the 'Big Data Problem', and the critical role of data management in their organization. Read »
What Executives Don’t Understand About Big Data
HBR - September 14, 2012
Executives need to understand that big data is not about subordinating managerial decisions to automated algorithms but deciding what kinds of data should enhance or transform user experiences. Read »
Big Data’s Management Revolution
HBR - September 13, 2012
Big data has the potential to revolutionize management. Simply put, because of big data, managers can measure, and hence know, radically more about their businesses, and directly translate that knowledge into improved... Read »
Who’s Really Using Big Data
HBR - September 12, 2012
A survey was conducted of executives at Fortune 1000 companies and large government agencies about where they stand on Big Data: what initiatives they have planned, who's leading the charge, and how well equipped they are to... Read »
Free Customers Are More Valuable Than Captive Ones
HBR - September 10, 2012
What's rarely heard amidst all this talk about customer intelligence is the customer's own voice, expressing her own agency as an independent actor in the marketplace. Instead many companies continue to talk to themselves... Read »
Michael Dell: Nobody Wants Big Data
VAR Guy - August 30, 2012
“Nobody actually wants Big Data,” he told the VMworld 2012 audience. “What they really want is big impact and big results.” Read »
How eBay Used Big Data To Save Millions
Forbes - August 23, 2012
Armed with these findings, the company was able to repurpose thousands of servers and save millions in capital expenditures within the first year. Read »
