How Agile BI Improves Your Company’s Responsiveness to Change
Seventy percent of the companies that were listed on the Fortune 1000 just 10 years ago have disappeared.
The reason?
They’re victims of change – casualties...
In-Memory Computing and Event Processing: You Got Your Chocolate in My Peanut Butter
Recently I sat down with Massimo Pezzini, vice president and fellow at Gartner, to discuss event processing. Pezzini specializes in in-memory computing, so—not surprisingly—the...
CPGs, Retailers Maximize Data to Strengthen Category Management Execution
Category management is a collaborative, continuous process between consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers and retailers to identify, analyze, and manage a consumer’s “need state,”...
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...
Log Your Way to Lower Operational Expenditure
In my years as a TIBCO rep, I’ve had the opportunity to work closely with technology architects who are tasked with enabling innovation for...
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...