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23 May, 2013
Top 20 Tweeters To Follow For #BigData
The judges have cast their votes for the 20 must-follow tweeters from our #bigdata100 PeerIndex ranked list of big data oriented Twitter accounts. Unsurprisingly…
Publication: Big Data Republic
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23 May, 2013
Report Uncovers Huge Business Opportunities In Healthcare Data Analytics
According to The Institute of Health Technology Transformation report, 80 percent of electronic health data that doctors collect is currently unstructured. The McKinsey Global Institute…
Publication: Health Tech Zone
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23 May, 2013
HR Analytics Spoils Leave Party At NAB
Employees at NAB were saving up their annual leave days and costing the bank a mint. NAB’s people and culture head of consulting decided to put a stop to that with the help of human resources analytics…
Publication: ZDNet
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23 May, 2013
Top 20 Tweeters To Follow For #BigData
The judges have cast their votes for the 20 must-follow tweeters from our #bigdata100 PeerIndex ranked list of big data oriented Twitter accounts. Unsurprisingly, @kdnuggets came out on top…
Publication: Big Data Republic
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23 May, 2013
Big Data Meets Walt Disney’s Magical Approach
Walt Disney is one of the most admired companies in the world and annually, approximately 100 million visitors spend a lot of time in the Walt Disney parks around the world. These visitors could generate a lot of data and that is exactly what Walt Disney aims to achieve…
Publication: Smart Data Collective
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23 May, 2013
Analytics Is Not A Strategy
The tools of analytics have advanced significantly since Michael Lewis’ book, yet the “moneyball” strategy is unchanged.
Analytics involves the tools of data gathering, data management, statistical analysis, data visualization and information systems to deliver better information, more efficiently, to decision makers within an organization…
Publication: All Things D
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23 May, 2013
Report Uncovers Huge Business Opportunities In Healthcare Data Analytics
According to The Institute of Health Technology Transformation report, 80 percent of electronic health data that doctors collect is currently unstructured. The McKinsey Global Institute stated that the U.S. healthcare system could save between $300 billion and $450 billion by using data analytics…
Publication: Health Tech Zone
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23 May, 2013
Ten Key Skills For Landing A Big Data Job
Federal agencies and private sector companies alike are finding big data talent is in short supply. A recent study by the Government Business Council (the research arm of Government Executive Media Group, Nextgov’s parent organization) and Booz Allen Hamilton found that while most federal managers are optimistic about promise…
Publication: Nextgov
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23 May, 2013
Why The Chief Data Officer Is More Vital Than Ever
One role that enterprises are attempting to get a handle on is the Chief Data Officer. Professor and industry adviser Peter Aiken estimates that only about 10 percent of CIOs “know what they’re doing” when it comes to managing data as an asset, and he’s aiming to reframe…
Publication: Information Management
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23 May, 2013
Combating Blood Money With Big Data
In 2009, an estimated $1.6 trillion — 2.7 percent of global gross domestic product — was laundered worldwide, including hundreds of billions of dollars in the United States.
A report released in April by the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control calls for stronger Justice Department action. The most striking…
Publication: Nextgov
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23 May, 2013
Phone Firms Sell Data on Customers
Big phone companies have begun to sell the vast troves of data they gather about their subscribers’ locations, travels and Web-browsing habits. The information provides a powerful tool for marketers but raises new privacy concerns…
Publication: WSJ.com
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23 May, 2013
CFOs Recognize Need To Adapt For Mobile, Social, Cloud
CFOs understand that enterprises are being challenged to adapt as the use of mobile, social and cloud and the data that results from their adoption expand exponentially, according to a joint study by Gartner Inc. and Financial Executives Research Foundation, the research affiliate of Financial Executives International…

















