Social Media Vision 2020
Excellent interview of Chris Brogan by David Thomas of SAS Institute on biggest change Social Media will bring to the way we do business. Social Media according to Chris Brogan: Lot of light as...
View Article5 Key Tech Trends driving Social CRM
One year ago (June 15th, 2010 to be precise), I wrote a post titled Social Media: The New Front End of CRM System in which I highlighted that in spite of undergoing a fascinating technological...
View ArticleWhy Big Data Analytics is The Next Big Opportunity for Outsourcing Companies
Big Data Analytics is making big headlines these days. Just check out a few from recent past: Big Data — Big Money Says It Is A Paradigm Buster - Forbes.com For Start-Ups That Aim at Giants, Sorting...
View ArticleBig Data Analytics a Key Enabler for Social CRM – Airlines Case Study
Big Data Analytics is a hot topic of discussion these days. But many feel that it is more of a “hype” and less of substance. In my opinion, Big Data Analytics is the real deal and if used correctly,...
View ArticleBig Data: Will Open Source Software Challenge BI & Analytics Software Vendors
Predictive Analytics has been billed as the next big thing for almost fifteen years, but hasn’t gained mass acceptance so far the way ERP and CRM solutions have. One of the main reason for this is the...
View ArticleBig Data and Rise of Predictive Enterprise Solutions
Given the three Vs of Big Data, namely Volume, Variety and Velocity (read this for more), challenge before large and medium sized companies is how to unlock the potential of Big Data and productively...
View ArticleWhy Big Data Mining / Analytics is the New Gold Rush
Just mention the words “Big Data” to any technology entrepreneur or investor and observe how his/her face lights up with excitement. Given the perceived opportunity in Big Data, tech entrepreneurs and...
View ArticleData Rich, but Information Poor: Problem or Opportunity?
It is not uncommon to hear the phrase “Data Rich, but Information Poor” in the context of enterprise information systems. This is especially true when it comes to Big Data, given the three Vs of Big...
View ArticleBig Data Ecosystem
Here’s a very good chart of big data eco-system prepared by Matt Turck and Shivon Zilis (see this link for more). Like the way they have classified major big data players across Infrastructure,...
View Article5 Ways Big Data Are Fundamentally Changing Information Systems
A lot has been said and written lately about whether Big Data revolution is for real or it is one more hype that will die down soon as tech world moves on to the next fad. In my opinion, Big Data is a...
View ArticleBig Data and Rise of Predictive Analytics
Back in mid 1990s, when I was a Ph.D. student, one of the professors asked me what my career goal was and I said: “To help clients serve their customers better through use of Information Technology...
View ArticlePredictive Analytics: A Force Multiplier for Big Data
Force Multiplier, a noun, means something that increases effect of the force. In military usage, force multiplication refers to “an attribute or a combination of attributes which make a given force...
View ArticleFrom Data to Information to Insights: Changing Role of #CIO
There was a time not too long ago (late 1970s to be precise) when companies use to have Electronic Data Processing department and EDP Managers to manage data processing function. EDP department evolved...
View ArticleBig Data and Analytics: What to expect in 2014
Last year was a great one for technology professionals, consultants and practitioners working in the area of Big Data and Analytics. And 2014 promises to be even better. Given below are three main...
View ArticleGoogle Flu Trends: Importance of Veracity, the 4th “V” in Big Data
A lot has been written recently criticizing Goolge’s Flu Trends – a flu tracker service that predicts flu activity based on specific search terms using aggregated Google search data and estimates...
View ArticleHow to Profit from Big Divide of Big Data
When it comes to Big Data and Analytics solution implementations for enterprise clients/large business organizations, I see a big divide between what functionality business users want and are demanding...
View ArticleTop 5 Reasons Why Big Data and Analytics Projects Fail – Part 1
A lot has been written about success and failure of Big Data and Analytics projects in recent times. Unfortunately, most of the articles and blog posts on this subject fail to highlight real reasons...
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