Thursday, 9 July 2015

Big Data Helps OmedaRx Improve Medication Adherence

Great case study where a pharmacy benefit manager implements a cloud-based system that uses big data, analytics and machine learning to create precise care management plans aimed at producing better patient outcomes.  From Information Management.

Big Data, Yellow Elephants and Pink Unicorns

Great blog by Michelle Goetz on Information Management.  She is completely right - you must govern the quality/security/privacy of the data in your Big Data implementation just as you have to do those things in your other implementations.

Data as a Service and the Analytics Hierarchy of Needs

Data as a Service continues to evolve to address higher-order needs of businesses. Rajiv Taori and Bill Carovano of Citrix discuss the evolution thus far and what DaaS will enable in the near future. Interesting article from Data Informed.

Wednesday, 8 July 2015

Big Data Loses Its Zing

Not because firms are disillusioned with the technology, but rather because the term is no longer helpful. Businesses want insight and action.  Blog from Information Management.

Re-imagine Master Data Management -- With Graph Databases

With graph databases, businesses can ask questions in real time about the data relationships in their master data that they might not even know they have, driving new business insights.  Article from Information Management.

How Much Do Data Scientists Really Earn?

Interesting blog by Bernard Marr on Data Science Central about the average salaries some people earn in data related roles.  As they are averages obviously there are exceptions either way of those ranges.

Tuesday, 7 July 2015

Why So Many ‘Fake’ Data Scientists?

Great blog by Bernard Marr in Data Science Central about the proliferation of people using the label Data Scientist.