Business Analytics

  •  Several weeks ago, in preparation for the Text Analytics Summit, I deployed a short survey about the state of text analytics.  I supplemented the end-user survey with vendor interviews.   Here are some of the end-user findings.  First, a few words about the survey itself and who responded to the survey. I wanted to make the

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  • I attended the IBM Business Analytics and Optimization (BAO) briefing yesterday at the IBM Research facility in Hawthorne, NY.   At the meeting, IBM executives from Software, Global Business Services, and Research (yes, Research) announced its new consulting organization, which will be led by Fred Balboni.   The initiative includes 4000 GBS consultants working together with the

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