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Big data’s big ideas
November 2, 2014 Editor 0
Looking back at the evolution of our Strata events, and the data space in general, we marvel at the impressive data applications and tools now being employed by companies in many industries. Data is having an impact on business models and profitability. It’s hard to find a non-trivial application that doesn’t use data in a […]
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The wisdom of crowds: The potential of online communities as a tool for data analysis
March 23, 2014 Editor 0
Publication date: April 2014Source:Technovation, Volume 34, Issue 4 Author(s): Marian Garcia Martinez , Bryn Walton Online communities have become an important source for knowledge and new ideas. This paper considers the potential of crowdsourcing as a tool for data analysis to address the increasing problems faced by companies in trying to deal with “Big Data”. […]
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How to Make Development Finance and Procurement Data Exciting
November 19, 2013 Editor 0
Efforts to make spending information more relevant and actionable often suffer from low levels of financial literacy, complexity, and just the unfavorable common perception that financial data is boring and hard to understand. At some level, “money” is the universal common denominator. However at scale and without context, it becomes harder to conceptualize and may […]
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You’ve Got the Information But What Does It Mean? Welcome to “From Data to Action”
November 19, 2013 Editor 0
“The numbers don’t lie.” You hear that all the time. Even if it’s mostly true, the numbers can be slippery, cryptic, and, at times, two-faced. Whether they represent findings about your customers, products, or employees, they can be maddeningly open to interpretation. With big data getting ever bigger and infiltrating more and more parts of […]
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Google on Launching an Analytics MOOC and Taking Data-Driven Actions
October 2, 2013 Editor 0
Analytics. It could be the deepest, darkest mystery in your organization, served up by a few select tech wizards, or it might be the solitary master by which all company decisions begin and end. In all likelihood, it’s somewhere in between. No matter where you fit on the spectrum of analytics know-how, data-driven decision-making is […]
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