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CXaaS: Advanced strategy for revenue acceleration
CXaaS: Advanced strategy for revenue acceleration

In today’s attention economy, customers are spoilt for choice. Everybody wants a Spotify/Netflix-like experience with businesses. Did you know that 32 per cent of customers would walk away from a brand after just one negative experience? As the saying goes, fool me...

The Role of Big Data in Mobile App Development
The Role of Big Data in Mobile App Development

The radical increase in mobile users has entailed the improvement of the mobile app industry. Mobile application development agencies help businesses in planning and designing exclusive and robust mobile apps that can fulfill the requirements of clients. People are...

How big data is battling child abuse
How big data is battling child abuse

Technology and data unite every aspect of our lives, and the digital information that we produce is being put to new uses every day. Predictive analytics are used by major card companies to detect fraud, while marketers use data to make campaigns more effective and...

Big data in manufacturing: The benefits
Big data in manufacturing: The benefits

The big data revolution is upon us. Whether you work in an office building, a factory or out in the field, you’ve likely used some form of data analytics and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) at some point or another. Depending on your profession, you might...

The role of big data in economic development
The role of big data in economic development

In some ways, data has become one of the most valuable resources in the world today. Our technologically-enriched, device laden lifestyles depend on the speedy and reliable transference of data. Businesses are investing in the collection and analysis of data in order...

Big Data and internet browsers: Convenience vs. Privacy
Big Data and internet browsers: Convenience vs. Privacy

As you surf the internet, you leave a trail of invisible big data in your wake. Logging into Facebook, clicking over to a news website, or shopping on Amazon leaves breadcrumbs that many websites funnel into data collection. Big data is big business not only for...

How Can Big Data Improve Inventory Management?
How Can Big Data Improve Inventory Management?

Big data is making big waves in business. By collecting and analyzing massive pools of information, companies can optimize nearly every facet of their business. These data-based solutions make services more profitable for companies and more helpful for customers....

Big Data and Healthcare: Where Are We Heading?
Big Data and Healthcare: Where Are We Heading?

Every day, the healthcare industry collects a constant stream of data from a variety of sources. Healthcare data includes billing and payment information, patient health history, data from wearables, and more. Without data science, it would be virtually impossible to...

Big data for business: How it can be used
Big data for business: How it can be used

Big data is all the rage in big business. However, if you run a small business, you likely think that this powerful source of insights is out of your reach. You may be more mistaken than you realize. Big data is not only something that a small- or medium-sized...

Big Data: Using it to fight credit card fraud
Big Data: Using it to fight credit card fraud

In an age where information is becoming ever more valuable, many parties have taken it upon themselves to accumulate as much information on as many people as they possibly can. While the potential benefits of this data mining are well-known as it pertains to better...

Digital marketing: can data improve creativity?
Digital marketing: can data improve creativity?

There are all sorts of data flowing through your network. From customer data that includes contact information as well as purchase activity to the daily hits on your website to posts on your blog that generate a lot of attention. If it hasn’t sunk in yet, that data...

10 data science and big data experts to follow on Twitter

Twitter is a great source of information, and lets you quickly scan your feed and engage with content that intrigues you. Even though this eliminates a lot of unnecessary noise, you need to follow the right people, if you are on a constant lookout for great...

Privacy debates: the two axes that govern them

I recently read an article on Tech Crunch about Apple’s public pro-privacy stand, and Snowden’s recent public appearance on Twitter. These two events may not seem related. However, to quote the article, “pro-privacy moves by mainstream tech giants can absolutely chart...

Asian startups: Big Data on tap

In September last year, Crayon Data, a Singapore-based big data startup, hit the headlines when it raised US$1.4 million in second round funding from angel investors. Serial entrepreneurs, Suresh Shankar and his partner Srikant Sastri founded this...