Sensor Analytics for Business Impact – 5 Great Examples
By 2025, the total global worth of IoT technology could be as much as $6.2 trillion–most of that value coming from devices in health care ($2.5 trillion) and manufacturing ($2.3 trillion). The “Internet of Things” has ceased to be just a buzzword now. It is growing at a tremendous rate. Millions and billions of devices […]
Data Lake Vs Data Warehouse – Understanding the Difference
For organizations today, data is the new currency. Given that it has become an extremely valuable asset, it becomes imperative for all organizations to ensure that their data management strategies enable them to not only use the data to get insights but also ensure that the data can be accessed and used easily. Those in […]
Understanding the Business Impact of Business Intelligence
“Data is the new science. Big Data holds the answers.” – Pat Gelsinger, CEO, VMWare Today, information is power. The good news is that it is easy to gather information – about your business operations, supply chain, vendors, customers, employees and so on. The bad thing is that if you are buried under the information […]
Choosing Between a Cloud and On-Premises Option for Your Big Data Solution
Big data is no more just a buzzword. It has arrived. Organizations, large or small, have started realizing the benefits of analyzing large volumes of data for taking crucial business decisions. Big Data allows the creation of large data sets by accumulating data from multiple systems and providers. There is no denial that the information gathered […]
The Inevitable Coming of Industry 4.0 In Manufacturing
It was in the latter half of the 18th century that we moved from an agrarian economy and witnessed the introduction of mechanical methods of production. Since then, the manufacturing industry has been witnessing a steady stream of radical transformations- from the use of steam and water power to the adoption of electricity and then […]
Machine Learning Vs Artificial Intelligence – Which is Which?
Technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are hard at work blurring the lines that divide the fictional world from the real one. The technology that powers fictional superhero Iron Man’s, aka Tony Stark’s, magic suit to protect the world is also powering the real-life autonomous cars and the eponymous Siri. The idea of […]
Power BI for Small Businesses – the Perfect Fit
“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data”- Arthur Conan Doyle Over the past few years, organizations have realized that data, whether big or small has a story to tell. However, data by itself can hardly make any difference. It is only when intelligence is applied to the data, it delivers tangible […]
Big Medicine – Big Data at Work in Pharma & Life Sciences Space
Big Data has successfully established its importance within business organizations as a successful contributor to organizational success. Almost all the industries have realized the value of big data insights in making informed business decisions and having a positive impact on the bottom line. Pharma and Life Sciences too have recognized the importance of big data […]
Five Great Examples of the Power of Social Listening
“Listening to customers is more important than its even been because their feedback is manifestly public where it’s historically been private.” – Jay Bear Social listening is all about leveraging every possible input gathered from trends and data doing the rounds on the online forum. It is like getting to know everything that people are […]
Business Intelligence that is Relevant for the CXOs
Businesses today are more global than they have ever been in the past. With the world economy becoming a leveled playing field, business organizations have to make sure that they have the right arsenal to win the business wars. The additions in the C-Suite have been one of the most noticeable changes amongst the other […]