Priti Bisario makes a strong case that the largest proportion of people using and gaining from analytics are not analysts but operational...

You only have to see the huge number of claims for whiplash to realise fraudulent claims cost the insurance industry and motorists...

Many organisations are so focussed on the challenges of organising internal data that they forget the importance of combining external...

Analytics everywhere unleashing value of social media data as well as the wide ranging data available in the justice system and held...

The extract below says it all and the article builds the case out further. Competitive differentiation is the key and the reason why.

And...

Finance, banking and insurance have had more than their fair share of system failures- customers unable to access ATMs for example, and...

Weaves machine learning IoT with real-time analytics to build a complete picture of customer behaviour and predict the future. I would...

The racing itself is said to be boring but there is enough excitement in the data centres that travel the circuits to interest those that...

And you can add another UK company, 360Globalnet,  to the list analysing structured and unstructured data to speed up claims...

Telematics offers real-time and historical data for insurance companies to speed up claims. Needs to be combined with unstructured data...

Shows the long path to address multi-faceted issues. The development and integration of hardware, software, data, analytics and so on is...

Not the first time this has been said but many large enterprises still don't understand this. Many SMEs do and will leapfrog traditional,...

Not the first time this has been said but many large enterprises still don't understand this. Many SMEs do and will leapfrog traditional,...

From Crossing the Chasm onwards we should always review and question the writing of Geoffrey Moore.

Every industry is impacted by this.

While it seems that most companies understand the benefits of data and analytics, the problem lies in how to actually implement an...

Makes the case that disruptive technologies are not restricted to new business units but over-turning whole industries. Uber is not just...

A different perspective on IoT by McKinsey and food for thought including the second largest commercial opportunity being CITIES which...

Yesterday the GWR train into Paddington stopped at Southall; the train driver said we would be there for an "unforeseen time". Uber to...

A timely reminder that for all the agile technology in the world it is agile leaders drawing on the talents of executives, managers and...

Could this be the result of most analytics being restricted to selective data instead of joining all relevant data in an enterprise or...

Butler always a great sources of information on BI, Analytics

and in this case predictive sales solutions. Makes the point that it is not

It has become much harder to protect the world's biggest superpower and the same is true for all western and other governments. technical...

Would combining a more flexible approach to delivering healthcare offer the productivity improvements for richer countries to address the...

Discuss why healthcare has not been transformed in the way that manufacturing and financial services have.... Healthcare is more complex...

Tom has a mix of sound business experience at the data and analytics extremes of BI and Big Data to which is added a dose of humility...

Big Data, Complete Data- structured and unstructured- Analytics and BI usable across all personas (user profiles) in public sector...

Whilst Pramod aims this article at "non-technical" readers it behoves everyone to review this. Too often vendors and suppliers live in...

I still prefer the focus on complete data as Big is pretty meaningless. Complete means all the structured and unstructured data that can...

Useful framework to hang your goals, strategy and tactics. As usual the greatest rewards will go to those that focus on the right...

Dean Levitt highlights critical success factor and web analytics and his point is valid for all data and analytics. Data is stupid - it's...

Not so long ago It was good enough to be able to view informative reports and insightful dashboards. Then data discovery became the rage...

Data Scientist or Business Analyst? Or both? Good article but missed another important group- the business/organisation user. These guys...

We can all relate to the fruit, vegetables and other food we see and buy on retailers shelves from the corner shop to Waitrose. Never...

Bridging the gap between the promise of self-service BI & Analytics and Big Data. Some good early adopter examples- see the link, and...

One of the biggest challenges facing large IT projects is bridging the gap between users on the front ( what we need) and the IT dev team...

Forrester pessimistic about enterprises's ability to turn data into insight and well executed action. Those that manage the task will...

Getting down to the nitty gritty- BI products that are SQL-centric and optimised for structured data and Big Data sources optimised for...

The mantra used to be that decision-making had better be based on accurate data. Data driven decisions for better effectiveness. But the...

When you look at specific solutions to specific problems e.g. Parking in cities and towns, you can sometimes forget however successful...

Bi is all too often no better than looking into a rear-view mirror. Sometimes fleeting glances of passing landscape, other times a clear...

The Oil and Gas industry is not the only supply chain model living in the past.The leaders of many back-office functions cling on to...

Whilst this article majors on licensing itself one key trend amongst the most profitable and successful ISVs has been to embed analytics...

Big, as usual, is a misnomer as the completeness of data is key to optimal decision-making. And complete means not just all the critical...

The complexities of behaviours, events, places, people and cultures are capable of being analysed leading to new insights and data driven...

A new report from Forrester Research reveals that those organizations that best use customer data and analytics will have a major...

The next phase is turning Visual Data Discovery Tools and Self-Service BI into enterprise BI tools that deliver the full continuum of BI...

With the wealth of social media and sentiment data available yto marketeers it is all too easy to look at the wrong data or dismiss...

Sustainability management from field, tree, sea and lake to retailer's shelves is available today but given the financial pressures on...

The speed of response that the new technologies deliver amongst the carnage and terror in Paris offers help for all of us to resist these...

In the lives of data scientists, analysts, forecasters, BI consultants, developers, architects, business managers in fact all personas in...

Complete, accurate and reliable data key to any healthcare and this shows that an initially flawed approach should not deter us from...

Complete, accurate and reliable data key to any healthcare and this shows that an initially flawed approach should not deter us from...

Ask Not What Self-Service Can Do For You, Ask What You Can Do For Self-Service

Timely reminder as we look at the potential of Big Data, Self-service Analytics that data itself is not immortal. It decays, corrupts,...

Points out the structural, poiltical and funding factors that will have as much effect on health outcomes as the technology that is ready...

Analytics & Big Data

key to developing solutions to address global food challenges. As the world moves to a population of 10 billions...

Take one simple observation- it is not the "bigness" of data it is whether or not you have COMPLETE data that matters from the...

For decades it was assumed that public services could not achieve the productivity improvements expected in the private sector. The IoT,...

It's not about Big data - you should be looking for complete data which means not only structured but also structured data. All of which...

Never mind the disruptive technologies like Airbnb & Uber that attract media attention, the insurance industry is being disrupted...

All UK companies with turnover of £250 million p.a or 250 employees must register by 5th December 2015 and will have to comply....

Chris Surdak notes 5 "We're different, we're healthcare" myths and not only one to say that Healthcare will be one of the areas most...

The new breed of BI and Analytics platforms that deliver analytics to the full range of users from information consumers through...

When agencies make big mistakes they get neat up in the media. But when they are correct we probably never hear in the media. Insights...

Never mind self-service BI, the smartphone and tablets enable insurance companies to enable claimants to self-process claims speeding up...

The non-discerning may rush in like fools but the best practitioners know they may have to throw out much hard work and start again. This...

Interesting use case including the challenge of combining structured and unstructured data without skewing results

Down to earth comments by Colin Mahony at HP Enterprise on difference between those who have found success at Big Data and organisations...

The results, says Halevy, showed that regardless of the relationship between decision makers, people generally want to know what decision...

Bringing together IOT, Big Data, analytics, enterprise apps, security....

The old model of massive risk departments analysing every insurance claim already changing with self-service processing by claimants,...

Where IoT, Data, Analytics all come together to deliver life-changing improvements. technology working for mankind

The importance of self-service analytics to deliver better customer experiences

Good report- in addition read the Definitive Guide to Analytics https://t.co/lc6uqgFBwz and Top findings from Logi Analytics State of...

Embedding analytics with enterprise applications and workflows can lead to better decision making and execution and thence improved...

Frightening the US debt levels- wonder if financial wizards actually can plan and manage these financial flows?

Better data-driven decisions and effective execution of those decsions a significant part of the answer together with moving away from...

Consumer devices linked to tele-health already promises to disrupt the traditional way patients are cared for in hospitals, care homes...

Delivering analytics to the complete continuum of users in an enterprise needs more than just data discovery- it needs BI technology that...

Self-service analytics shortens decision cycles as analysts gain & share new insights, information creators author and share reports,...

The full range of enterprise personas from the day to day information consumers ( managed reporting) through creators who query data and...