Serious Big Data Lessons from the Ashley Madison Data Breach

Big Data and Analytics, Digital Strategy

Serious Big Data Lessons from the Ashley Madison Data Breach

9 Aug , 2015  

Big Data Lessons from Ashley Madison: Privacy Implications and Data Monetization Strategies The recent hacking of user data from the match-making site, Ashley Madison has brought into focus a few important lessons that we should consider about how Big Data and our digital trails that are now incessantly monitored. Privacy is a Lost Privilege The […]

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The Importance of Automation in your Big Data Strategy

Big Data and Analytics, Digital Strategy

The Importance of Automation in your Big Data Strategy

9 Aug , 2015  

Big Data and the Value of Automated Data Capture The development of analytics that can process data and lead to automation and the removal of workers is very much discussion today. We read about artificial intelligence concerns from technology leaders like Bill Gates and economic leaders like Larry Summers. In fact, the use of data […]

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New Book: From Big Data to Big Profits – Success with Data and Analytics"

Big Data and Analytics, Innovation

New Book: From Big Data to Big Profits – Success with Data and Analytics

9 Jul , 2015  

From Big Data to Big Profits: Success with Data and Analytics I am pleased to announce the release of my second book, From Big Data to Big Profits: Success with Data and Analytics, which investigates the use of Big Data to stimulate innovation, enhance operational effectiveness and further business growth. The book examines the evolving […]

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Digital Platforms and Big Data Creation

Big Data and Analytics, Digital Strategy

Digital Platforms and Big Data Creation

11 Apr , 2015  

Digital platforms are all around us. We used many each day. These platforms serve our needs but also create realms of Big Data – about or lives, media, shopping, health, and interest. LinkedIn is a great example of a powerful and successful digital platform. Parties interface digitally. Data is openly shared, transmitted, created, and then […]

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Big Data and the Value of Automated Data Capture

Big Data and Analytics, Digital Strategy

Big Data and the Value of Automated Data Capture

9 Apr , 2015  

 The development of analytics that can process data and lead to automation and the removal of workers is very much discussion today. We read about artificial intelligence concerns from technology leaders like Bill Gates and economic leaders like Larry Summers. In fact, the use of data and analytics has been removing jobs from various industries […]

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Big Data to Big Profits: What’s Your Billboard Worth?

Big Data and Analytics, Innovation

Big Data to Big Profits: What’s Your Billboard Worth?

22 Nov , 2014  

What’s your billboard worth? How do you measure the value of data? Usually it’s a matter of determining how much the data is worth to the business – how it translates into revenue, ROI, cost savings and other quantifiable benefits to the enterprise. But you can also measure how much others value your data. Let’s […]

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Big Data to Big Profits: Asset Surveillance & Economic Value

Big Data and Analytics, Innovation

Big Data to Big Profits: Asset Surveillance & Economic Value

22 Nov , 2014  

Leveling the Data Playing Field – Forming New Markets The economic concept of asymmetric information is fascinating … so much so that research on the topic earned the 2001 Nobel Prize in economic sciences. The idea is that there is an imbalance of power in a transaction when one party has access to more information […]

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Big Data to Big Profits: Turning Data into Valuable Data Products

Big Data and Analytics, Innovation

Big Data to Big Profits: Turning Data into Valuable Data Products

22 Nov , 2014  

Turning Data into Valuable Data Products In June, WIRED published an infographic that showed the top feeder schools for big technology companies. It used information available on LinkedIn to see where recruits to companies like Apple and Twitter went to college. It meant that the merits and benefits of a college (and presumably all colleges) […]

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