Monthly Archives: December 2012

Businesses of all sizes and across a variety of industries are moving forward with their big data plans to avoid losing their competitive edge.

Retail organizations are increasingly coming upon customer and internal information that can be used to enhance operations.

As physicians practices and hospitals start to analyze the structured and unstructured information stored in their electronic health records, generated by mobile health applications and collected by sensors, they could see $300 billion in savings every year.

In 2012, big data was a buzz word, but it's going to become more of an industry standard in 2013, as companies realize they need to implement analytics strategies or step out of the way of those that do.

Banks and other financial institutions are largely responsible for maintaining highly sensitive information.

As organizations acquire more information on internal and customer-facing operations, decision-makers are realizing the need for analytic and other data quality tools that can convert meaningless files into useful resources.

As digital technologies continue to emerge, organizations are able to capture and analyze increasing amounts of information on both customers and internal operations to improve service and productivity.

The holiday season is in full swing, with comScore reporting that consumers have already spent upward of $29 billion on products and services through ecommerce alone.

As a result of healthcare reform, data volumes are expected to explode.

Financial institutions are often responsible for maintaining large volumes of highly sensitive information.