Another timely reminder that before one get's carried away by big data, streaming data, self-service BI, data discovery, predictive...

Digital disruption is not just about new technology, it is about whole industrial stacks evolving and it is the organisations...

Italian banking group Intesa Sanpaolo has utilised tech company Bolero’s trade digitization software for a fully paperless import...

Some really good advice in this article which cautions against complex algorithms, never mind machine-learning & AIO, until you...

LSE explores why HR generally failing to use analytics effectively. Agree that too often they go for large, complex and lengthy projects...

Whenever I read about some success with IBM's Watson I can't but think the name choice was unfortunate( I know it's from the...

 You must not take the human out of cognitive computing unless you want a dumb solution.

Mark Palmer makes the point well ( I...

You would really expect that any predictive analytics team worth its salt would be on top of this threat wouldn't you? i.e. repricing of...

850k public sector jobs could be automated by 2030 states Oxford University & Deloitte Report by the application of machine learning...

Butler plots a spectrum of Business Analytics deployed models from:

• Data discovery & exploration to
• Federated decisioning models

Another...

I need effective BI and I need it now! But-  central IT clogged up with other priorities, a dearth of data scientists and that...

In the longest and most rigorous project to test effective prediction and forecasting it was proven that experts are often the worst...

Successful Insurtech innovation depends on having access to all the data necessary for making and executing better decisions.

Take fire...

HBR study indicates why the most successful companies are often the very ones that are least likely to invest in the right R&D and...

Given the $billions invested each year in BI & Analytics you may be forgiven the suspicion that existing investments fail to deliver...

Today most organisations can only access and analyse 10% to 30% of the data stored. That means all decision making and execution is...

Location data is increasingly important as organisations analyse their users' behaviour over time and by place. Joined to external data...

Forget smart cities, smart fridges or wearables & telehealth when it comes to making the most impact on our lives. It will be...

The practicalities of delivering customer service at an acceptable cost highlighted in the example from eeGeo.

It's one thing streaming...

Useful webinar on October 27th; full details in link below.

Place and time

links all Banking, Finance and Insurance customers and...

Companies with the highest potential to master AI will be the ones with the biggest databases and the richest analytics. The AI future...

The Bank of England announced Sept. 16 that it’s upgrading the payments systems that move over $600 billion a day for British traders and...

In one of my earlier blogs I wrote that we are beyond the hype of blockchain and distributed ledger technology. Support in the financial...

Machine learning and AI are vital tools in the fight against fraud.  They can help spot the regular patterns that indicate potential...

Healthcare is an area that should benefit from the IoT and patient "self-service" solutions.

Take care homes. When an elderly resident...

Good example of machine learning applied to assessing vehicle damage to improve the process of settling insurance claims and getting the...

• Self-driving, autonomous vehicles wiping out the jobs of taxi, bus, train & truck drivers?
•  Telehealth with AI diagnosing...

Resilience- " the ability of individuals, communities, organisations or countries exposed to disasters and crises and underlying...

This should be read in parallel with my blog today "Half of my spending on analytics is wasted". 

Just shows that the CDO, CIO, CTO...

Really liked this article and earlier ones. 

Is your plan just a veneer or will it result in significant, positive change for:-

• Customers

In a way the IDC forecast this blog is linked to is as useful as saying the world population will grow to 10 billion by 2060. We all know...

"The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated" should be the riposte of the accountant.

Machine learning and AI will lessen the...

Quick Challenge to HR: do you already analyse the free text data in exit interviews and performance appraisals? 

Probably not as it...

Location Intelligence in action- given the increasing incidence of extreme weather and pressure on mother earth this initiative has...

One simple question leading to a cornucopia of answers . Location intelligence in action

This is not a reflection on Salesforce, Pardot, Marketo, Eloqua et al. 

It is just the frustration of having marketing operations...

Analytics, BI, forecasting, decisioning apps- the linked article emphasises these are all a means to and end. 

Sometimes, us...

Forrester pointing out  emerging and converging technology smart marketing will need to embrace.

Moving from free-standing location...

The answer is NO, and no again!!

Big Data is the lifeblood of MIS, BI and analytics which are the means to:-

• Better Insights
• A more complete...

Most analytics can be described as looking in the rear view mirror. At best you have a good view of what you have done and where...

The majority of organisations are still focussed on basic BI & Analytics deployments- analysing the past and present. Many have not...