Race for the cure: Mobile devices and cloud storage speed medical research
When the Stanford University School of Medicine launched a cardiovascular study that uses an iPhone app to collect data from subjects and stores information in the cloud, the first question researchers...
View ArticleFor marketers every tech trend hinges on big data and analytics
We never seem to tire of tech talk. We love debating and discussing the cloud, the Internet of Things, wearables, mobility, and every other new technology that hits the market. And why not? These...
View ArticleBig data at Dickey’s Barbecue Pit: How analytics drives restaurant performance
Barbecue and big data do not seem to be the most natural bedfellows – but one U.S. restaurant chain has thrown them together to increase sales and its understanding of the customer. Dickeys Barbecue...
View ArticleEurope’s particle physics lab keeps options open with its clouds
Europe’s particle physics lab, CERN, generated its share of cloudy headlines at the recent OpenStack Summit in Vancouver, as a multi-year collaboration between CERN’s openlab Project and managed cloud...
View ArticleWho’s ready for some big data success stories?
Enough of this lighthearted shilly-shallying, as Dan Rowan used to say on Laugh-In (oh, man, am I showing my age). Let’s take a look at some real big data success stories, just to show that big data is...
View ArticleUK retailers poised to benefit from growth of world’s largest online markets
UK retailers are poised to benefit from growth of the world’s largest online markets, according to new research published today. The world’s largest e-commerce markets – the UK, US, China and Germany –...
View ArticleBig data and the buyer’s journey: Measuring the invisible
Getting a handle on customer service is a challenge for most businesses. To make matters worse, rapidly changing technology makes customer satisfaction a moving target. Just for the record, the buyer’s...
View Article8 ways to make the most out of your customer data
Everyone talks about the importance of big data. But many organizations, although they collect and store customer data, do not put that data to good use – or they don’t know how to. So how can...
View ArticleDoes big data have a place in small business?
I’ve been wondering recently about big data and small business. No one can avoid the statistics around the importance of small business to the U.S. economy: as Forbes noted not long ago, there are...
View Article5 ways cloud can help you innovate
Despite the prevailing wisdom that cloud is disrupting established business—and it is—many business leaders are uncertain about how to take advantage of cloud computing’s benefits. My analysis of more...
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