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Enterprise Software: Combining Big Data with CRM will Drive Better Customer Understanding and Service

By Dick Weisinger

Spending by businesses for Enterprise Software will top $304 billion in 2013, a 6.4 percent increase over 2012, according to Gartner.  The top segments within the Enterprise Software category include customer relationship management (CRM), Supply Chain Management, Web Conferencing, and

Big Data: Potential for Federal Agencies to save a half Trillion Dollars

By Dick Weisinger

Big Data has the potential to shave off 14 percent of current federal agency budgets, which would result in an annual savings of nearly $500 billion.  That’s the result of a study by MeriTalk and sponsored by EMC: The Smarter

Data Management: Distributing Data Analysis Using a Hub-and-Spoke Architecture

By Dick Weisinger

A “Hub and Spoke” architecture for managing data can help organizations become more efficient in analyzing and accessing data while simultaneously breaking down data silos. Brian Hopkins, Forrester analyst, told InformationAge that “yesterday’s correct data architecture involved centralized warehouses, marts,

Big Data: Personalizing the User Experience with Anticipatory Systems

By Dick Weisinger

Increasingly companies are creating Big Data sets to analyze and scan for insights.  But while most companies are collecting a lot more data than they previously were capable, there are a few companies, like internet giants Facebook and Google, which

Big Data: Data and Analytics Enable the Electric Power SmartGrid

By Dick Weisinger

How are industries beginning to apply the capabilities that Big Data can offer?  One example is how Big Data and the SmartGrid is changing the Electric Power industry. A recent survey of executives in the electric industry by the Electric