Big Data and Analytics, Digital Strategy
Revolv is a warning about how the digital economy will operate in the future. Revolv, the innovative home automation hub, that was purchased by Google’s Nest, recently announced that they will stop supporting all devices in the coming weeks.[1] Revolv’s home automation used radio signals to communicate with light switches, garage door openers, home alarms, […]
Analytics, Automation, Autonomous Vehicles, Big Data, Big Data Analytics, Big Data to Big Profits, Data Analytics, Data Capture, Data Monetization, Data Products, Digital Disruption, Digital Economy, Digital Platforms, Digital Service, Driverless cars, Future of Cloud, Future of Digital Economy, Future of Digital Platforms, Future of IOT, Google, Hacking, Hacking Risks, Internet of Things, IoT, IoT Ownership, nest, Revolv, Sensors
Big Data and Analytics, Innovation
Everywhere you look there is mention of “Big Data.” But what business people care most about is turning big data into big profits. This is the focus of Russell Walker’s book From Big Data to Big Profits:
Algorithm, Analytics, Asset Surveillance, Asymmetric Information, Big Data, Big Data Analytics, Big Data to Big Profits, Data Analytics, Data Capture, Data Monetization, Data Products, Economic Sciences, featured, Harvard Business, IoT, Mobile, Webinar
Big Data and Analytics, Digital Strategy
Big Data and Big Profits: Nest Optimizes the Mechanical Realm By now, most of us have seen or are even using programmable thermostats. One of the recent and more interesting offerings in this space is from Nest. Nest sells a thermostat that captures data about human presence to self learn what heating and cooling decisions […]
Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Asset Surveillance, Automation, Big Data, Big Data Analytics, Big Data to Big Profits, Data Analytics, Data Products, Data Science, Google, HVAC, IoT, nest, Sensors
Big Data and Analytics, Digital Strategy
When Airbnb began as a means for its founders to rent out their air mattress (hence the air in Airbnb) few predicted that it would transform the real estate rental market. By now, Airbnb is a legitimate means for selecting rooms or houses for rent in many markets. As an example of the success and […]
Airbnb, Analytics, Big Data, Big Data Analytics, Big Data to Big Profits, Data Analytics, Data Capture, Data Monetization, Data Products, Data Science, Digital Economy, Digital Platforms, Disruptive Technology, Entrepreneurship, Mobile, Real Estate, Sharing Economy, Start-Up, Technology, Uber, Uberfication, Uberize
Big Data and Analytics, Risk Management
Lessons on Big Data, Risk, and the Vertical Integration of Wearables and Startups It is amazing how quickly the world of health sensors and wearables has developed. In just a few years, we have seen the wearable market explode with Fitbit, Jawbone, and Apple commanding healthy shares of the overall market that delivered some 70 […]
Apple, Big Data, Big Data Analytics, Fitbit, Health, Internet of Things, IoT, Jawbone, John Hancock, Risk, Risk Management, Sensors, Startups, Value of Big Data, Value of Wearables, Vertical Integration, Wearables
Big Data and Analytics, Risk Management
Learning from Hurricanes: Big Data Analytics, Risk, & Data Visualization With the destruction of hurricane Harvey in Houston, the memory of Katrina, Sandy, and Andrew hitting large metropolitan areas, it is worth considering the analytics and data behind hurricane risk. Data shows periods of high activity and then periods of low activity. In 2015, Florida […]
Analytics, Big Data, Catastrophic Risk, Climate, Climate Change, Data Visualiation, Hurricane, Operational Risk, Risk, Risk Management, Weather
Big Data and Analytics, Digital Strategy
IBM’s Big Bet on Big Weather Data: A New Data Strategy The move by IBM to acquire the Weather Channel is a great example of how IBM is transforming Big Data to Big Profits. In the above figure, IBM plans to predict hail storms and help car owners and insurers avoid expensive and often avoidable […]
Algorithm, Analytics, Apple, Big Data, Big Data to Big Profits, Google, IBM, Insurance, Risk, Target, The Weather Channel, Walmart, Watson, Weather
Big Data and Analytics, Innovation
The rapid and impressive rise of Uber and Airbnb in revolutionizing the car service and lodging industries is a testament to the rise of the “sharing economy.” In the sharing economy, assets that are traditionally owned and utilized by a single person for a single purpose, such as a personal car or personal apartment, are […]
Advertising, Airbnb, Algorithm, Amazon, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Big Data, Big Data Analytics, Data Monetization, Sharing Economy, Strategy, Uber
Big Data and Analytics, Innovation
Things are a bit different this Fall at Northwestern University, and it feels great! The Wildcats are undefeated and ranked ahead of Michigan, who they will meet on Saturday in one of the biggest games for the Wildcats in recent memory. Yet, Michigan is favored in the game. Go figure. College football offers us a […]
Advertising, Algorithm, Big Data, Big Data Analytics, Big Data to Big Profits, Chicago, College, Data Capture, Data Science, Facebook, Football, Nestle, Northwestern University, Sports Management
