Telling The Story with Data Visualization

Dateline: May 24, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Inferring meaning from data is a problem usually solved by BI and analysis, but recently I read about using  data visualization for some large, complex problems.  Harvard Business Review associate editor Gretchen Gavett blogged about her conversation with Linda Boff, GE's executive … [Read more...]

Big Data Goes Mobile

Dateline: May 17, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Last week we discussed analytics and the blocks many organizations face as they move up the analytics maturity curve.  This week we look at the benefits of combining big data and mobile. Cameron Clayton of the Weather Company outlines how companies can harness data via mobile in his … [Read more...]

Bottlenecks to Analytics

Dateline: May 10, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. High on the list of important technologies for most organizations today is analytics and business intelligence.  Recently Editors from MIT's Sloan Management Review and SAS's Chief Research Officer held a webinar to share results of their research study on the use of analytics.  They … [Read more...]

Data Bartering

Dateline: March 8, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP - one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Recently I picked up a Businessweek from November and found an interesting article about data bartering.  The article is titled Bartering: Swapping Data Like Baseball Cards.  In the article the authors describe how companies are finding hidden value in their data by exchanging data … [Read more...]