Business and Big Data
May 29, 2013
“There’s a ton of information out there,” Steven Rosenbush and Michael Totty write. “And businesses are figuring out how to put it to work.” [“How Big Data Is Changing the Whole Equation
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In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other cutting-edge technologies with a focus on supply chain management, autonomous decision-making, and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, autonomous intelligent enterprises, emerging technologies, and global trade. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.
Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.
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Privacy: The 600-pound Gorilla in the Big Data Room
May 28, 2013
“[The] sophisticated world of Big Data analysis has arrived,” writes Andrew Carswell, “a realm where both criminal indiscretions and consumer appetite will be targeted by a myriad of data analysts, or ‘geek
Memorial Day 2013
May 27, 2013
Although Memorial Day was first celebrated to remember the war dead from the U.S. Civil War, it was eventually celebrated to remember those lost in all wars. It was meant to be
A Thought Probe Series on Tomorrow’s Population, Big Data, and Personalized Predictive Analytics: Part 5, Beyond Smart Cities
May 24, 2013
I borrow the tagline for this post from Dr. Tim Campbell, author of a book entitled Beyond Smart Cities. Explaining the premise of his book, Campbell writes, “To really achieve smart cities
Marketing, Math, and Magic
May 23, 2013
Jason Stewart, who leads content marketing efforts at Demandbase, writes, “B2B marketers … continually blanket the web with their offers and messages in the hopes of magically getting impressions in front of
Sales & Operations Planning Must be Inclusive
May 22, 2013
Back in 2011, John Westerveld penned a two-part blog that discussed “a new way to think about S&OP.” [“Thoughts from Kinexions – A new way to think about S&OP, Part 1 and
Supply Chains: Growing Risk, Less Preparedness
May 21, 2013
In spite of the numerous supply chain disruptions that have occurred over the past several years, results from “the 2013 Aon Global Risk Management Survey points to a significant decline in risk
Big and Small Data
May 20, 2013
Dr. Rufus Pollock, Founder and co-Director of the Open Knowledge Foundation, insists that the real revolution that will take place in the Big Data era will involve “small data.” [“Forget Big Data,
A Thought Probe Series on Tomorrow’s Population, Big Data, and Personalized Predictive Analytics: Part 4, What Lies Ahead?
May 17, 2013
To get a glimpse of what lies ahead for smart cities, one need only to look to Singapore. As Mark Fischetti reported last year, “LIVE Singapore uses real-time data recorded by myriad
Intelligence from Chaos
May 16, 2013
Alexander Wissner-Gross, a physicist at Harvard University and a fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, and his colleague Cameron Freer, a post-doctoral fellow at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial
