Five Key Questions Workforce Analytics Can Help You Answer

Workforce Analytics (real time data and not guesswork) is becoming the foundation for revealing new business insights -- guiding tough decisions and empowering proactive leadership.

Interesting article from Information Management.

Can an Algorithm Hire Better Than a Human?

Hiring and recruiting might seem like some of the least likely jobs to be automated. The whole process seems to need human skills that computers lack, like making conversation and reading social cues.

Great article from the NY Times.

Real-time Data Demand Surges in Oil and Gas Industry

Rising demand for real-time data, distributed sensors, and data mining is fueling growth for energy-related IT services. From Information Management.

Machine Learning Sees Defrauding with the Trees

John Canfield of WePay describes how the company developed a machine learning algorithm that uses decision trees to combat a rampant form of fraud.  From Data Informed.

New Approaches for New Big Data Insights

Melvin Greer discusses the ways that businesses are leveraging big data for novel insights and how to ensure your ability to analyse data scales with your ability to collect it. From Data Informed.

PODCAST: What's The Point by FiveThirtyEight

What's The Point - A podcast by FiveThirtyEight available on iTunes.

Big data, small interviews. From FiveThirtyEight. A podcast about our data age. Each week, host Jody Avirgan brings you stories and interviews about how data is changing our lives.

Great to listen to while you are travelling.

Two articles about wearables and sensors which are related to Big Data from Information Management

Sensors, like Smartphones Before Them, Drive Mobile Market Growth

Pushing beyond smartphones, innovations such as biometric readers, wearables, voice control, near-field communications (NFC) will drive considerable mobile market growth, new research suggests.

Google Wristband Blends Sensors, Big Data for Health Research

Google's life sciences group has created a health-tracking wristband that could be used in clinical trials and drug tests, giving researchers or physicians minute-by-minute data on how patients are faring.