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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Big Data: Hope and Hype, Part 2

Part 1 of this two-part series involved a discussion about a McKinsey study that concluded that Big Data represents the next frontier. A portion of that discussion included concerns about Big Data

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Big Data: Hope and Hype, Part 1

According to McKinsey analysts, “‘Big data’ is the ‘next frontier for innovation, competition and productivity.” [“Big data is ‘the next frontier’,” by Jessica Twentyman, Financial Times, 14 November 2011] Daniel W. Rasmus

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Big Data Analytics

Dennis K. Berman writes, “There is [an] important theme gathering around us: How analytics harvested from massive databases will begin to inform our day-to-day business decisions. Call it Big Data, analytics, or

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Big Data gets Bigger

Back in 2009, IBM made news with its announcement of System S software that could “suck up huge volumes of data from many sources and quickly identify correlations within it.” [“I.B.M. Unveils

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