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Yearly Archives: 2017

Big Data: Businesses Find Big Data Success Stories Possible, but Hard to Replicate

By Dick Weisinger

Big Data has made big promises, and that has been a problem.  While Big Data has had many successes, many companies trying to achieve similar successes have struggled.  Using technologies like Big Data and Analytics is getting easier, but still, being successful…

IT Business: Frontline Line-of-Business Leaders Increasingly Control IT Spending

By Dick Weisinger

Cloud-based technology is increasingly eroding the control IT departments have over total technology spending. IDC forecasts that non-IT business units will spend more than $609 billion in 2017 and even be on par with or exceed IT department spending by 2020.…

Predictive Analytics: Not Just for Blue Sky Projects, But can Successfully Impact Daily Business Problems Too

By Dick Weisinger

Predictive Analytics is the combination of big data, analytics and forecasting algorithms.  The algorithms make predictions based on models that use real-time, historical and third-party information.  The predictions help businesses more accurately plan for business conditions, consumer sentiment, and market…

Cloud Services: Cloud Computing Saves, but Optimizing Cloud Usage Could Save Much More

By Dick Weisinger

As cloud usage grows. people are saving money over their on-premises solutions, but they’re also becoming very aware that they could be saving even more if they were only able to more effectively use cloud services.  Many cloud users know that…

Business Intelligence: Modern BI and Analytics Sector Growing 8 Times Faster Than Total BI Market

By Dick Weisinger

The worldwide Business Intelligence and Analytics software market will grow to $18.3 billion in 2016, an increase of 7.3 percent from 2016, according to Gartner.  By 2020, it is expected to reach $22.8 billion. It’s the piece within the BI market…