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Why Content Analytics Will Tell You More Than Business Intelligence

By Mark van Rijmenam | Posted Nov 15, 2013

In Gartner’s Hype Cycle of Emerging Technologies they place Content Analytics at the end of the “Peak of Inflated Expectations” and they […]

6 Myths About Big Data

By Mark van Rijmenam | Posted Nov 8, 2013 | 1 Comment

Everyone has a different explanation of big data and what it can mean for organizations. With so much information, it […]

Gen Y Managing Boomers?

By Courtney Templin | Posted Nov 4, 2013

More and more, Gen Y is managing Boomers. See what tips Courtney Templin, coauthor of Manager 3.0, has for Millennials. […]

What is M2M Data?

By Mark van Rijmenam | Posted Nov 1, 2013

Machine-to-Machine data is likely to increase drastically in the coming years. More and more applications are being equipped with sensors […]

what smart phone analytics are being fed to businesses without your knowledge

3 Ways Companies are Leveraging Your Smart Phone Against You

By David Giannetto | Posted Oct 25, 2013

There’s a hidden intellect growing within your smart phone. While you are shopping, dining or even sleeping, it’s got a […]

Employee Turnover Expected to Rise?

By Paul Salandy | Posted Oct 24, 2013

One in three employers expect employee turnover to continue to increase in 2013, according to a survey by AMA Enterprise, a […]

The Paradigm for Effective Management: Handling The Manager’s Paradox

By Rod Collins | Posted Oct 22, 2013

For well over a hundred years, managers and workers have thought the best way to organize the work of large […]

How Much Data Is Needed For a Big Data Strategy?

By Mark van Rijmenam | Posted Oct 18, 2013

The question of how much big data is needed for a big data strategy, is always an issue for corporate […]

AMA Quiz: How Do You Handle Power?

By Christina Parisi | Posted Oct 11, 2013

Getting promoted can make a person feel heady. But with your new promotion comes power–do you know how to use […]

man predicting his business using analytics

Predict Where Your Business Is Going

By Mark van Rijmenam | Posted Oct 11, 2013

If you can’t predict where your business is going you need to take a look at data analytics. Historically, the only available data analytics, organizations could use to monitor success were descriptive analytics. This information answers the question “what happened in the past with the business?” With the availability of big data we entered the new area of predictive analytics, which focuses on answering the question: “what is probably going to happen in the future?” The real advantage of analytics comes with the final stage of analytics: prescriptive analytics.