Todd Mostak’s first tangle with big data didn’t go well. As a master’s student at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard in 2012, he was mapping tweets for his thesis project on Egyptian politics during the Arab Spring upr

When you think of big data and advanced analytics the first place to come to mind probably wouldn't be Columbus, Ohio. At least not yet. While the coasts boast well-known big data hubs like Silicon Valley and Boston, Columbus—with its

Recommind has plans to change its focus on quickly finding things that have already happened to predicting what will happen. The San Francisco-based company is developing new predictive analytics products based on its machine learning and text analytics

A day after two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring more than 170 people, an Instagram user named “amasonicvibes” posted a photo from the sideline on race day. The photo shows crowds

Commercial buildings have long been able to provide information on what makes them tick, but it was often ignored. Now software companies are applying analytics to building data to improve efficiency and head off potential maintenance pro

The state of Oklahoma’s ongoing IT consolidation project, designed to save money on data center operations and staff, also sets the stage for an iterative, analytics-driven strategy to use data in new ways to save on service delivery an

It should tell you a lot about Mark Headd that his Twitter tagline is "Happiness is a warm dataset." The Philadelphia native last year became the city's first chief data officer, making him one of the few municipal CDOs in the U.S. But He

Customers don't want just to be viewed as part of the bottom line. Fortunately, they have a lot more to offer than just what is in their wallets. By tapping into the conversations people are having online and using their knowledge of your—and your comp

SAN ANTONIO--Finding the best answer is not enough — it must also be sold to the client. After all, “the best answer will not make everyone in the room happy.” That was the message delivered by Jerry Allyne in the keynote address t

Once there is enough pain from bad data, then a data quality initiative is sure to follow, according to Lance Speck, Pervasive Software's general manager of integration products. But cleaning up dirty data is not something that should be done only once a