The ever burgeoning attention on analytics and big data combined with the ever proliferating phenomenon of smart phones and social media generates great anticipation to the analytically oriented nerd that world domination is now indeed within reach. However, the analytical approach has been effective in solving relatively low end commercial problems like getting customers to
Machine learning can bring tremendous value to the applications you build, but beware the bearers of false gifts. In providing the ability to discover patterns buried deep within data, machine learning has the potential to make applications...
When you hear the term Big Data you might associate it with certain functions of an organization, like marketing, product development or customer relationship management. You may not think about HR as part of this equation. By...
3 Questions: Carlo Ratti on big data and health predictions What can big data tell us about the predictability of medical conditions? A new study by MIT researchers published in the journal Scientific Reports digs into this...
Predictive analytics lets organizations look ahead in an effort to optimize business strategies. But there has to be a purpose to the analytics efforts, and a solid plan behind them. From recommending additional purchases based on the...
One question I get asked a lot by my clients is: Should we go for Hadoop or Spark as our big data framework? Spark has overtaken Hadoop as the most active open source Big Data project. While...
In the move to take healthcare to the next level, no conversation would be complete without a discussion on the impact of big data. With so many hospitals and health institutions using electronic medical records now, the...
Senior executives are increasingly demanding that the talent development function provide actionable insights for driving better business results through targeted improvements in the management and development of people. Talent analytics is increasingly expected go far beyond traditional...
These unfounded beliefs about budget skills, technology, and technology fit can lead you astray. Big data analytics is one of the major trends every company is told it must jump on for competitive advantage, even survival. As...
Machine learning — supervised and unsupervised — tracks data patterns that help businesses build improved predictive models and make smarter IT decisions. Our data center machines, due to all the information we feed them, are getting smarter....
