Unless users can easily customise insights to be relevant to their key tasks and activities you will never exploit the commercial value...

The combination of a big data analytics platform able to ingest/analyse unstructured data in a self-learning architecture 

I had forgotten enjoying exactly the same benefits as Robert Samuel back in 2000. And then in the world of BI and Analytics I couldn't...

With healthcare budgets constrained everywhere, the exploitation of machine sensors, streaming big data and IoT offers better monitoring...

Funny- one moment writing about the vital link that phones and tablets have in any Enterprise BI & Analytics solution. 

Next I...

Not just for visualising insights, seeing how the business stands, getting automatic alerts from Enterprise Business Intelligence.

It is...

Balanced commentary in "Financial News". 

My key takeaway is the fact that some innovative insurance companies are already actively...

Shawn Rogers highlights the rise of the "data citizen" and data solos being replaced by a new world of analytics orchestrated by many....

Sundeep Sanghavi succinctly points to the dearth of data scientists being a critical reason why one-off big data analytics projects often...

This webinar caught my eye and I'll be watching it. Strongly recommend you also read the 2016 State of Embedded Analytics Report. Over...

Complements my article last week "Fintech- Destructive disruption or constructive evolution?" 

Many of the "disruptive technologies"...

The C-Suite in the finance, banking and insurance worlds see business platforms like 360Globalnet offer innovative ways to increase...

Tom Beevers on the confusion in the C-Suite at banks. They don't want to face the fate of Eastmann Kodak which buried the disruptive...

Various studies have shown that the C-Suite, managers and leaders throughout an organisation lean too much towards intuition when it...

Self-service BI and analytics is rightfully seen as key to bridging the gap between analysts and IT and business users. The latter know...

Read this article in combination with "Breaking down Silos" by Harry Powell Head of Advanced Analytics at Barclays and you see why many...

The biggest challenge to any big data analytics project is company culture and structure. Harry Powell at Barclays offers practical...

The context of the title is that of marketing. 

Media-rich analytics combined with internal data, major surveys, other external data...

Well balanced article which misses one other key trend which is past the tipping point. Embedding analytics in enterprise and public...

Major use case in which smart sensor and IoT adds up to compelling solution. Munich Re investment emphasises the commercial value.

Add as...

If you believe the statement from Michael Chui, a partner at the McKinsey Global Institute, quoted below is true then you must believe in...

Shows how external data, often open source, is essential to gain competitive advantage and launch successful new drinks.

As applicable for...

Well worth reading Strategic Analytics Report which backs up other research showing the priority that should be attached to big data...

5 Critical Success Factors (CSF) for big data analytics projects from a leading practitioner- HOTELS.COM. 

Analytics are too often...