Leaders today increasingly turn to big data and advanced analytics in hopes of solving their most pressing problems, whether it’s a drop-off of repeat customers, a shift in consumption patterns, or an attempt to reach new markets. The prevailing thought is that more data is better, especially given advancements in tools and technologies such as…

First published by Andy Peebler, International Business Times, 1 June 2019 Backed by powerful new technologies, B2B companies generate, store and analyze massive amounts of data, often as an artifact of their organizations’ core business offerings. Now, more and more businesses are honing the responsible use of data to segment, package and distribute information to…

First published by George Anadiotis for Big on Data, ZDNet, 21 Jun 19. Prescriptive analytics is nothing short of automating your business. This was the silver lining as we explored the complexities of prescriptive analytics in our guide. While a lot of that complexity is something line of business and expert data scientists will have…

First published by Nigel Mendonca (CIO from IDG) 17 July 2019. As Australia hits reset on government service delivery, there’s an opportunity to make it even more data-driven – as long as it benefits citizens. Australia is about to undergo a once-in-15-year rethink of the way it delivers government services at a federal level. This…

Published by CIO Staff/IDG, 9 July 2019. Tech execs discuss how they’re making better use of and protecting their data in a hybrid cloud world. Data is the lifeblood of any modern digital business. Without it, organisations can’t do the analysis they need to inform their thinking about new products and services that will provide…

First published: June 20, 2019 by The Canadian Press Desjardins Group says the personal information of more than 2.9-million of its members has been shared with individuals outside of the organization. The Quebec-based financial institution says the breach affects 2.7 million individual members and 173,000 business members.  It says the situation is the result of…

First published by Shawn Lim–24 May 2019 07:56am, thedrum.com Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) has introduced three new initiatives which aim to promote innovation through trust by holding businesses accountable for the way they collect consumers’ personal data. Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the European Union’s data protection initiative GDPR, the PDPC, which…

In Andy Patrizio’s article published in Network World, he explains how the rise of edge computing and related surge in data produced by the internet of things requires the function of enterprise data centers to shift to handling long-term data aggregation and analysis. The Internet as we have all known it mirrors the design of…

The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined commercial pregnancy and parenting club Bounty some £400,000 for illegally sharing personal details of more than 14 million people. The organisation, which dishes out advice to expectant and inexperienced parents, has faced criticism over the tactics it uses to sign up new members and was the subject of a…

By Peter Weill, Thomas Apel, Stephanie L. Woerner, and Jennifer S. Banner, MIT Sloan Management Review, March 12, 2019 Boards of directors have many issues competing for their attention, but being digitally conversant in an era of digital transformation is quickly rising to the top of the list. Nearly all companies are looking for ways…