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Collaboration, role of the CIO, data, connected objects : what are the big trends of digital transformation ? Frederic Charles , in charge of IT Strategy and governance at Lyonnaise des eaux is an historical pillar of IT Innovation in france, often noticed for his vision and disruptive approach. He accepted to answer to a couple of questions on digital transformation. Fréderic charles Bertrand Duperrin : Hello Frederic. Could you introduce yourself and tell […]
Big data is a term thrown around in a lot of articles, and for those who understand what big data means that is fine, but for those struggling to understand exactly what big data is, it can get frustrating. There are several definitions of big data as it is frequently used as an all-encompassing term for everything from actual data sets to big data technology and big data analytics. However, this article will focus […]
No one has the ability to capture and analyze data from the future. However, there is a way to predict the future using data from the past. It’s called predictive analytics , and organizations do it every day. Has your company, for example, developed a customer lifetime value (CLTV) measure? That’s using predictive analytics to determine how much a customer will buy from the company over time. Do you have a “next best offer” […]
Big data noise has reached the point where most are reaching for the ear plugs. And with any good hype bubble, the naysayers are now grabbing attention with contrarian positions. For example, The New York Times expressed doubt about the economic viability of big data in ” Is Big Data an Economic Big Dud? ” This post grabbed a lot of attention, but, like many others I read, it fundamentally misses the point of […]
During a recent webinar on big data, several listeners wanted to know what the biggest stumbling blocks and reasons for failure were when it comes to big data projects, and what they could do to avoid them. Given the amount of resonance, in particular the top issue I cited, I thought I’d share it in this blog post. Please let me have your views and comments. There are clearly many reasons why projects struggle […]
When hiring data scientists, there’s nothing more frustrating than making the wrong hire. Data scientists are in notoriously high demand , hard to attract, and command large salaries — compounding the cost of a mistake. At The Data Incubator, we’ve talked to dozens of employers looking to hire data scientists from our training program, from large corporates like Pfizer and JPMorgan Chase to smaller tech startups like Foursquare and Upstart. Employers that didn’t have […]
BII The Internet Of Things will reshuffle priorities and costs for global enterprises. The IoT will be a diffuse layer of devices, sensors, and computing power that overlays entire business-to-business, consumer-facing and government industries. The IoT will account for an increasingly huge number of connections: 1.9 billion devices today, and 9 billion by 2018. That year, it will be roughly equal to the number of smartphones, smart TVs, tablets, wearable computers, and PCs combined . […]
By Connected and intelligent products are predicted to be the biggest “user group” of the Internet by 2020, estimated at 24 billion devices. In the industrial world, connected smart devices have the potential to transform how factories operate, buildings are managed, and vehicles are maintained and operated. As industrial devices become more intelligent and connected, they are producing huge amounts of data that can be collected and used to generate new business ideas and […]
This article contains an interview with Elizabeth Churchill , head of human-computer interaction at eBay Labs and executive vice president at ACM SIGCHI. For e-commerce giants like Amazon and eBay, personalization is the name of the game. We live in an age where Internet pages are increasingly customized to individual users , all in the name of maximizing potential advertising or product revenue. EBay has been one of the companies at the forefront of […]
Big Data Analytics Adoption Big Data is an emerging phenomenon . Nowadays, many organizations have adopted information technology (IT) and information systems (IS) in business to handle huge amounts of data and gain better insights into their business. Many scholars believe that Business Intelligence (BI), solutions with Analytics capabilities, offer benefits to companies to achieve competitive advantage towards their competitors. According to Adelman et al. (2002) , “ Business Intelligence is a term that […]