Big Data

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 »