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Four Vendor Views on Big Data and Big Data Analytics: IBM

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:09:28 +0100

Next in my discussion of big data providers is IBM.� �Big data plays right into IBM's portfolio of solutions in the information management space.� It also dove tails very nicely with the... [Read More...]

Four Vendor Views on Big Data and Big Data Analytics Part 2- SAS

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:00:02 +0100

Next up in my discussion on big data providers is SAS.� What's interesting about SAS is that, in many ways, big data analytics is really just an evolution for the company.� One of the... [Read More...]

SAP moves to social media analysis with NetBase partnership

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:10:08 +0100

Today, SAP and NetBase announced that SAP will resell NetBase solutions as the SAP� Social Media Analytics application by NetBase. What does this mean?� According to the announcement: SAP... [Read More...]

Attensity on Big Data and Big Data Analytics

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:53:22 +0100

I am often asked whether it is the vendors or the end users who are driving the Big Data market. I usually reply that both are. There are early adopters of any technology that push the vendors to... [Read More...]

The Inaugural Hurwitz & Associates Predictive Analytics Victory Index is complete!

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:32:49 +0100

For more years than I like to admit, I have been focused on the importance of managing data so that it helps companies anticipate changes and therefore be prepared to take proactive action.... [Read More...]

Informatica announces 9.1 and puts stake in the ground around big data

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:00:00 +0100

Last week, Informatica announced the release of the Informatica 9.1 Platform for Big Data. The company joins other data centric vendors such as EMC and IBM by putting its stake in the ground... [Read More...]

EMC and Big Data - Observations from EMC World 2011

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:09:00 +0100

I attended EMC's User Conference last week in Las Vegas. The theme of the event was Big Data meets the Cloud. So, what's going on with Big Data and EMC? Does this new strategy make sense?... [Read More...]

What is Networked Content?

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:20:50 +0100

This is the first in a series of blogs about text analytics and content management. This one uses an interview format. I recently had an interesting conversation with Daniel Mayer, from TEMIS... [Read More...]

Five vendors committed to content analytics for ECM

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:00:22 +0100

In 2007, Hurwitz & Associates fielded one of the first market studies on text analytics. At that time, text analytics was considered to be more of a natural extension to a business intelligence... [Read More...]

Highlights from the Hurwitz & Associates Advanced Analytics Survey

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:09:16 +0100

Hurwitz & Associates conducted an online survey on advanced analytics in January 2011. Over 160 companies across a range of industries and company size participated in the survey. The goal of the... [Read More...]

Five basic questions to ask before leaping into low cost social media monitoring

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:36:42 +0100

I just finished testing two low cost social media monitoring tools. [Read More...]

Five Analytics Predictions for 2011

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 13:07:50 +0100

In 2011 analytics will take center stage as a key trend because companies are at a tipping point with the volume of data they have and their urgent need to do something about it. So, with 2010 now... [Read More...]

What is advanced analytics?

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:17:15 +0100

There has been a lot of discussion recently around advanced analytics. I'd like to throw my definition into the rink. I spent many years at Bell Laboratories in the late 1980s and 1990s... [Read More...]

Advanced Analytics and the skills needed to make it happen: Takeaways from IBM IOD

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:56:55 +0100

Advanced Analytics was a big topic at the IBM IOD conference last week. As part of this, predictive analytics was again an important piece of the story along with other advanced analytics... [Read More...]

Who is using advanced analytics?

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 13:17:36 +0100

Advanced analytics is currently a hot topic among businesses, but who is actually using it and why? What are the challenges and benefits to those companies that are using advanced analytics? And,... [Read More...]

Analyzing Big Data

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:06:49 +0100

The term Big Data has gained popularity over the past 12-24 months as a) amounts of data available to companies continually increase and b) technologies have emerged to more effectively... [Read More...]

Five requirements for Advanced Analytics

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:48:02 +0100

The other day I was looking at the analytics discussion board that I moderate on the Information Management site. I had posted a topic entitled the value of advanced analytics. I... [Read More...]

Can you increase your website rank?

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:43:08 +0100

No one really knows Google's page ranking algorithm.�However, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) companies try hard to get you to spend money with them in order to increase your page rank and... [Read More...]

Do we need the semantic web?

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:38:32 +0100

What kinds of applications do we need a semantic web for? Is the semantic web practical? These questions (among others) were posed by Jamie Taylor of Metaweb Technologies to a group of panelists at... [Read More...]

Text Analytics Summit, Boston

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Fri, 28 May 2010 19:29:30 +0100

I just returned from the 6th annual Text Analytics Summit in Boston.�It was an enjoyable conference, as usual. Larger players such as SAP and IBM both had booths at the show alongside pure play... [Read More...]

What about Analytics in Social Media monitoring?

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Thu, 13 May 2010 21:29:37 +0100

I was speaking to a client the other day.� This company was very excited about tracking its brand using one of the many listening posts out on the market.� As I sat listening to him, I couldn't... [Read More...]

Metrics Matter

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:39:41 +0100

I had a very interesting conversation last week with Dyke Hensen, SVP of Product Strategy for PivotLink.� For those of you not familiar with PivotLink, the company is a SaaS BI provider that has been... [Read More...]

Social Network Analysis: What is it and why should we care?

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:37:11 +0100

When most people think of social networks they think of Facebook and Twitter, but social network analysis has its roots in psychology, sociology, anthropology and math (see Scott, John Social Network... [Read More...]

The Importance of multi-language support in advanced search and text analytics

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:04:12 +0100

I had an interesting briefing with the Basis Technology team the other week.� They updated me on the latest release of their technology called Rosette 7.� �In case you're not familiar with... [Read More...]

My Take on the SAS Analyst Conference

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:40:38 +0100

I just got back from the SAS analyst event that was held in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. It was a great meeting. Here are some of the themes I heard over the few days I was there... [Read More...]

Five Predictions for Advanced Analytics in 2010

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:23:45 +0100

With 2010 now upon us, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about five advanced analytics technology trends that will take flight this year.�Some of these are up in the clouds, some down to... [Read More...]

Top of Mind - Data in the Cloud

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:52:16 +0100

I attended Cloud Camp Boston yesterday. It was a great meeting with some good discussions.� Several hundred people attended.�What struck me about the general session (when all attendees were... [Read More...]

Operationalizing Predictive Analytics

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:13:34 +0100

There has been a lot of excitement in the market recently around business analytics in general and specifically around predictive analytics. The promise of moving away from the typical rear view... [Read More...]

Text Analytics Meets Publishing

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:01:47 +0100

I've been writing about text analytics for a number of years, now. Many of my blogs have included survey findings and vendor offerings in the space.�I've also provided a number of use... [Read More...]

A different spin on analyzing content - Infosphere Content Assessment

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Fern Halper, Hurwitz & Associates) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:14:40 +0100

IBM made a number of announcements last week at IOD regarding new products/offerings to help companies analyze content.� One was Cognos Content Analytics, which enables organizations to analyze... [Read More...]