In this excerpt, Neef focuses on doing business in the Big Data world, including the scope of projects already underway, the primary drivers behind initiatives, and how Big Data is changing both the ...

Big data is not a fad. We are just at the beginning of a revolution that will touch every business and every life on this planet. But loads of people are still treating the concept of big data as ...

The digital landscape in India is undergoing a rapid transformation in both the traditional and online retail space, and the demonetization move by the Government is only further aiding this ...

SAP said it has invested in Vivanda, a company that is aiming to use big data and analytics to digitize and personalize food. On the surface, SAP's move looks like another investment to help ...

Businesses are striving to make the best use of their Big Data. And unlocking the pearls within the analysis is of prime importance. Kevin Eagan, general manager of IBM Digital, joined John ...

Chinese tech giant Tencent and leading venture capital firm Sequoia China led a $25 million funding round in WakeData, a big data startup based in the southern coastal city of Zhuhai offering ...

Since 1888, the U.S. has published weekly reports on cases of notifiable diseases, building a huge trove of data in the process. The usefulness of this data was limited by its format, which ...

As more readers favor Kindles and iPads over pulp-based books, Chantal Restivo-Alessi of HarperCollins is mining digital data to determine how publishers can maximize profits.