advanced analytics
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My new (and first!) TDWI Best Practices Report was published a few weeks ago. It is called Predictive Analytics for Business Advantage. In it, I use the results from an online survey together with some qualitative interviews to discuss the state of predictive analytics, where it is going, and some best practices to get there. You…
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The TDWI Big Data Maturity Model and Assessment is set to launch November 20th. Krish Krishnan and I have been working on this for a while, and we’re very excited about it. There are two parts to the Big Data Maturity Model and Assessment tool. The first is the actual TDWI Big Data Maturity Model…
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I am in the process of gathering survey data for the TDWI Predictive Analytics Best Practices Report. Right now, I’m in the data analysis phase. It turns out (not surprisingly) that one of the biggest barriers to adoption of predictive analytics is understanding how the technology works. Education is definitely needed as more advanced forms…
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I just listened to an interesting IBM Google hangout about big data called Visions of Big Data’s future. You can watch it here. There were some great experts on the line including James Kobelius (IBM), Thomas Deutsch (IBM), and Ed Dumbill (Silicon Valley Data Science). The moderator, David Pittman, asked a fantastic question, “What’s taking…
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It’s a good day. Our new book, Big Data for Dummies, is being released today and I’m busy working on a Big Data Analytics maturity model at TDWI with Krish Krishnan. Krish, a faculty member at TDWI, is actually presenting some of the model at the TDWI World Conference: Big Data Tipping Point taking place…
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I just started writing a blog for AllAnalytics, focusing on advanced analytics. My first posting outlines five use cases for text analytics. These include voice of the customer, fraud, warranty analysis, lead generation, and customer service routing. Check it out. Of course there are many more use cases for text analytics. On the horizontal solutions…
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This week marks the one year anniversary of the IBM Watson computer system succeeding at Jeopardy!. Since then, IBM has gotten a lot of interest in Watson. Companies want one of those. But what exactly is Watson and what makes it unique? What does it mean to have a Watson? And, how is commercial Watson…
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Next up in my discussion on big data providers is SAS. What’s interesting about SAS is that, in many ways, big data analytics is really just an evolution for the company. One of the company’s goals has always been to support complex analytical problem solving. It is well respected by its customers for its ability…
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