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Big Data, Automation and Cows Who Decide When they want to be Milked

Rmukesh Gupta

To accommodate the foot traffic, in 2011 Einar and his wife, Sesselja, decided to take the plunge together and open a restaurant. Big data and analytics can be extremely useful and insightful if used well and in context to where the data is generated. – Kaffi Ku. . Just like this farmer did.

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Michael Brunner is Named Honoree in Pittsburgh’s 2020 Smart 50 Awards

Brunner

1991: Michael saw the value in big data before it was big and made Brunner’s first acquisition, a database marketing firm . 2011: Michael helped launch BHiveLab, an in-house technology incubator that has become a thought-leader throughout the industry .

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Will Big Data Kill All But the Biggest Retailers?

Harvard Business Review

Now, however, they are being augmented by demographic data, in-store video monitoring, mobile-based location data from inside and outside the store, real-time social media feeds, third-party data appends, weather, and more. Retail has entered the era of Big Data. BIG DATA INSIGHT CENTER. More >>.

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33 Routes to Open Innovation

Open Innovation EU

More info: Steen, Manschot & De Koning (2011). This is more a philosophy than a concrete activity, but at least it is fair to say that the process of opening up your data and tapping into open data is an activity. Searching for and using open data is an effective and efficient Open Innovation tool. Weiblen, 2014 ).

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Using Big Data to Make Wiser Medical Decisions

Harvard Business Review

As the chief information officer of a large academic medical center, I oversee four petabytes of data. Is that “big data”? I have little difficulty storing, securing, and accessing it, so I’m not sure it qualifies as big. Patient-Generated Health Data. Precision medicine.

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Tech Disruptor – The Process Mining Unicorn Celonis

ITONICS

The students applied data mining to detect insights and patterns that established companies are struggling to identify. The startup was founded in 2011 and soon became one of Germany’s fastest-growing tech firms headquartered in Munich, Germany. What makes the difference? Celonis automates the process.

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5 Ways FinTech Will Disrupt Your Company

Planview

billion in 2011 to $20.3 Leveraging Big Data. It’s no secret that data is king in the modern marketplace, and FinTech has been a driving force in collecting and leveraging that data to maximize efficiency, track cash flow and analyze customer engagement and behavior. billion in 2015.