Harnessing Data to Craft an Unbeatable World Cup Strategy
After an entire month of collective cheering (and agonizing), billions around the globe are now eagerly anticipating the 2014 FIFA World Cup final on...
Big Data to Stem Fraud, Boost Compliance
As the volume and variety of data and date sources have grown, so has the potential for companies to step up their compliance and...
Making Better Pricing Decisions with Big Data
There are multiple components that factor into pricing decisions – competitors’ prices, product costs, the price that consumers are willing to spend. Monitoring the...
Forecasting Changes in Energy Prices with Greater Accuracy
The recent conflict in Iraq is just one of the variables affecting energy prices in the U.S. Supply and demand, seasonal weather fluctuations, and...
How CFOs Can Use Analytics to Prioritize Capital Investments
As the global economy continues to gain strength, corporate CFOs are expressing rising optimism in their outlooks for profits and the general economy.
This renewed...
CPGs: Improve Business Performance with Analytics
Consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies generate a ton of manufacturing, marketing, supply-chain, and other types of data that can be analyzed and acted on...
Life Is Data: Using Data to Improve a Community's 'Livability'
There are numerous factors that determine the overall satisfaction that people attach to living conditions for a particular country, city, or community. These include...
Streaming Analytics Versus Rules-Based Event Processing: What’s the Difference?
The next step beyond big data is Fast Data. While the use of big data is essential to discover deep insights in infinitely detailed...
Gaining More Value From Big Data with Data Visualization
Much of the vast potential associated with big data lies in its ability to allow executives to make better business decisions grounded in quantitative...
Cloud BI Levels the Playing Field For All Companies
Data is flowing into corporations at a rapid-fire pace, almost as fast as the competitive landscape is evolving. This is prompting business users to demand...