JISC report on “Value and benefits of text mining”

I came across this excellent report titled “Value and benefits of text mining”. The report was commissioned by JISC, “a registered charity and champion the use of digital technologies in UK education and research. The report has “explored the costs, benefits, barriers and risks associated with text mining within UKFHE (UK further and higher education) […]

Text Analytics 2014: Q&A with Fiona McNeill, SAS

I post a yearly look at the Text Analytics industry — technologies and market developments — from the provider perspective. This year’s is Text Analytics 2014. To gather background material for the post, and for my forth-coming report ”Text Analytics 2014: User Perspectives on Solutions and Providers” (which should be out by late May), I interviewed a […]

Massachusetts Invests In Big Data Innovation

State provides $3 million to launch Massachusetts Open Cloud Project, a university-industry partnership to build a new public cloud computing infrastructure for big data researchers, innovators. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is providing $3 million in funding to launch its Open Cloud project, a university-industry partnership to build a new public cloud computing infrastructure for big […]

Business Intelligence And The Future Of Manufacturing

Today’s plant floors generate unimaginable volumes of data. That data can help a manufacturer increase throughput, understand where it is most exposed to risk and respond to customer demands in near-real time. Yet in the manufacturing sector, many businesses struggle to maintain pace with their data. A 2011 report on business intelligence (BI) in manufacturing by […]

Dresner Advisory Services publishes new Wisdom of Crowds Collaborative Business Intelligence market study

Dresner Advisory Services publishes new Wisdom of Crowds Collaborative Business Intelligence market study Users Demonstrate a Renewed Interest in Collaborative Business Intelligence Capabilities, According to this Report. Dresner Advisory Services today launched its 3rd annual Wisdom of Crowds® Collaborative Business Intelligence Market Study. The 2014 edition of this report explores deployment trends and user sentiment […]

For Mobile BI, small retail sales organizations should be your target

This would be according to a 2013 study published by Dresner Advisory Services, a research and advisory firm that has been offering compelling research in the area of Business Intelligence since 2007, they published their first Wisdom of Crowds BI Market study in 2010, since then they have been publishing this yearly study which is […]

Four banking challenges that business intelligence solution solves.

Banking industry face four major challenges; vast range of customer and varied data related to their transactions, ongoing regulatory changes, increasing consolidation and competition. To address these challenges, banks employ BI solution that helps them to make better business decisions and to better target performance goals. Let’s look at each of them, Data explosion – […]

How Cloud brought BI solutions to the ground and made them attractive for SMBs?

BI solutions when done properly help SMBs compete with medium and large enterprises by offering a level playing field whether in understanding who are its best customers? Which are the most profitable products or services? Which are the most efficient locations? How much it cost to launch a new product or a territory? Which marketing […]

Your Big Data Is Worthless if You Don’t Bring It Into the Real World

“Many now seem convinced that the best way to make sense of our world is by sitting behind a screen analyzing the vast troves of information we call “big data.” In a generation, the relationship between the “tech genius” and society has been transformed: from shut-in to savior, from antisocial to society’s best hope. Many […]

Smart thinking by airlines and airports

100% of airlines and 90% of airports are investing in business intelligence solutions to provide the intelligent information across their operations. This is according to Smart Thinking, released by SITA today at CAPA’s Airlines in Transition Summit in Dublin. DUBLIN, Ireland – More than half of passengers would use their mobiles for flight status, baggage […]