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Without Things, There is No Analytics of Things (AoT)
I was recently having a discussion with Richard Hackathorn, an industry strategist & analyst and Dan Graham, a colleague who is deep into my company’s strategy for the Internet of Things (IoT). We were specifically talking about how to enable the Analytics of Things (AoT) and what barriers and opportunities
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Change Your Business One Metric at a Time
Change is hard for most organizations and individuals. Change that goes against historical cultural norms is even harder. In today’s fast moving business world, organizations have to change at a more rapid pace than ever before. Within the company I work for, we are going through a lot of change
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An Expensive And Common Cloud Analytics Mistake
The move to the cloud is continuing to accelerate and most organizations I deal with are at minimum incorporating cloud platforms and processing into their architectures … if not pressing to move largely to the cloud. While there are many advantages to the cloud, it is also necessary to use
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Netflix Asked the Wrong Analytics Question
One of the legendary events in the history of analytics was the original Netflix prize. The event led to a terrific example of the need to focus on not only theoretical results, but also pragmatically achievable results, when developing analytic processes.For those who aren’t familiar with the story, not quite
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AI Is Destroying Traditional Business Thinking
We all have seen a shift in the companies and industries that have larger market value. The change from manufacturing to digital companies as the hot organizations has not happened overnight. Yet the speed in which they have climbed the ranks is faster than most could have imagined.In the article
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Design Week Portland- A Recap
First you might be thinking, why the heck is the International Institute for Analytics writing about Design Week? It doesn’t sound like it’s related to analytics, AI, machine learning, or data at all... BUT it is! It so is! This event covers all aspects of design, community, society, art, and
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All-Channel Marketing is not Omni-Channel Marketing
I was on a panel for the news media community at the Teradata Partners conference a few weeks back. Our discussion centered upon how marketing is changing in today’s big data world. As the discussion started, something hit me like a ton of bricks. Namely, doing marketing across all channels
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Analyzing the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a topic that is continuing to rise in buzz and interest. The IoT has been rapidly arriving around us whether we realize it or not. However, the sensor technology behind the IoT and the data it generates is outpacing our ability to consume, analyze,
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Ants, Padlocks, and Cyber Security
If you’ve followed the news recently, I don’t need to tell you that cyber security is a topic of major importance today. It seems that every week there is another revelation of a security breach at an organization thought by many to be a leader in data and network security.
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If I Text You Tonight, Will Your Analytics Text Me Back in the Morning?
It’s a classic scenario. Two people meet at a party. They chat and then exchange information. However, they never speak or meet again. It is as though the contact information was never exchanged. So, what happened? Was there never intent to follow up? Or, did the information get lost, forgotten,