Category: Big Data

In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. 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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Marketing, Math, and Magic

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

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Big and Small Data

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,

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Big Data: The Beginning of an Era

“For all the change we’ve experienced,” writes Adam Frank, “the most profound transformation of the digital era is really just getting started. Welcome to the era of Big Data.” [“Big Data Is

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Big Data and Better Health

In late 2011, you might have read that IBM and healthcare provider WellPoint Inc., the nation’s largest insurer by membership, were teaming together to leverage the computing power of “IBM’s Watson supercomputer

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Big Data and Big Brother

“In our haste to study larger and larger amounts of data and find information,” writes Christopher Taylor, “there’s a point getting lost in the excitement … those are people who often haven’t

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Gamification and the Future

According to Wikipedia, “Gamification is the use of game thinking and game mechanics in a non-game context in order to engage users and solve problems.” The staff at Mashable adds: “Typically gamification

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