State and federal governments look to Australia-wide data sharing
The Australian Digital Council is aiming for a nationally consistent approach to data management and use.TIBCO acquires Orchestra Networks – Initial Analysis
It came as a surprise to many the recent announcement that TIBCO has acquired Orchestra Networks, a pure-play master data management (MDM) solution vendor (1). An acquisition of this significance...Discover The Power of Big Data And Learning Analytics For Education
Data-driven decision making is all about making decisions that are backed up by solid, verifiable data and not observations. Strategic decision making, which was popularized in the 1980s and 1990s, has transformed into a sophisticated concept. It bears the name of big data. With the help of advanced analytic techniques, it is possible to take a close look at large and varied data sets so as to uncover hidden patterns or correlations.Farmstead is an ambitious grocery delivery startup with plans to defeat Instacart
In its 3,000-square-foot warehouse in San Francisco’s Mission District, Farmstead founders Pradeep Elankumaran and Kevin Li, a pair of former Yahoo product managers, plot the future of grocery shopping. “Think of us as if Whole Foods was rebuilt from scratch by tech founders,” Elankumaran, Farmstead’s chief executive officer, told TechCrunch. “Of course we do delivery because it’s 2018 and no one wants to go to the store anymore.” Elankumaran launched San Francisco-based Farmstead in 2016 after Amazon and Instacart’s food delivery services repeatedly disappointed him.Data visualization can be key to drawing value from information
Data visualization—the graphical representation of information through components such as charts, graphs, maps and other elements—can help organizations achieve their goals.More data joy: Email scammers are buying marks’ info from legit biz intelligence firms
London Blue gang probably has your firm's org chart Black Hat A Nigerian email scammer gang has evolved to the point where it has corporate-style specialist departments and uses commercial business intelligence data brokers to help plan its attacks.…Japan’s Sansan raises $26.5M to help Southeast Asia get more from business cards
The humble business card is a target for disruption in Southeast Asia after Japanese contacts management startup Sansan raised JPY 3 billion ($26.5 million) to expand its business into the region. Founded way back in 2007, Sansan helps bring business intelligence to companies through a system that helps build connections between users and both internal employees and external contacts using, among other things, business cards.Is Predictive Analytics Solving Challenges In Content Creation?
Big data has played a fundamental role in the evolution of content marketing. The Editorial Staff at Business.com states that big data has helped by: Providing deeper insights into customer mindsets by tapping data from social networks, shopping activities and other third-party data resources Analyzing the best times to distribute content for ROI Tracking various factors that influence marketing campaigns with data driven tracking tools Some of the most recent advances in big data have been especially significant.UK Home Office was warned about its crappy data management – then Windrush happened
Watchdog's report damning amid calls for 'firewall' for immigration data sharing The Home Office is under pressure to scrap data-sharing deals set up as part of efforts to hit immigration targets as its governance of such transfers have been slammed by the UK’s spending watchdog.…Want to boost customer engagement? Invest in data integration, metadata, data governance, says Informatica
What does a Data Hub Reference Architecture have to do with Customer Engagement? A lot, according to Informatica, who wants to complement Adobe, Microsoft, and SAP, in their Open Data Initiative. The big question, however, is whether this has legs.FOLLOW US:
