Trident Marketing Increases Revenue 1,000% with Predictive Analytics
Thu, May 9th 2013 7:17a Adam Gartenberg A few weeks back I attended the IBM Big Data, Integration and Governance Forum in Charlotte, NC. (If you haven't made it to one yet yourself, we've got more of these events coming up in a number of cities in the US and around the world.) It's always good to hear our executives speak about how IBM is approaching the area of Big Data, the type of use cases that we're seeing businesses focus on, and learn more about the latest innovations in the fields of Information Integration and DB2 wit [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM X-Force Trends: Data Breach Issues and Solutions (Upcoming Webcast)
Wed, May 1st 2013 4:17p Adam Gartenberg If you are an IT security, compliance and data management professional, you're likely working harder than ever to secure your enterprise against both internal and external threats. If you'd like to get a better look into recent public vulnerability disclosures and understand the lessons that can be learned from those situations, you'll want to check out the upcoming Dark Reading "IBM X-Force 2012 Annual Trend Report: Data Breach Issues and Solutions" webcast. (May 9, 2pm ET) Join Ro [read] Keywords: ibm
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Reminder: Big Data at the Speed of Business Broadcast (4/30)
Wed, Apr 24th 2013 1:16p Adam Gartenberg As a reminder, we'll be holding a broadcast next Tuesday, April 30th, where we'll be discussing details on the recent DB2 with BLU Acceleration and Big Data Platform announcements. The event will feature General Manager Bob Picciano, VP of Development Martin Wildberger, VP of Product Strategy Inhi Suh, as well as first-hand experiences shared by a client panel and a Q&A session. The broadcast will be held at two times, 11am-12pm EDT and 9pm - 10pm EDT, and you can register here. [read] Keywords: ibm
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Announcement Review: IBMâs New Moves in Big Data
Thu, Apr 11th 2013 9:18a Adam Gartenberg Joe Clabby of Clabby Analytics has posted his first take on the DB2 and Big Data announcements we made last week. You can read his full write-up here: IBMâs New Moves in Big Data: Acceleration, Optimization, and an Open Source Alternative (pdf) IBMâs New Moves in Big Data: Acceleration, Optimization, and an Open Source Alternative IBM Almaden Labs, San Jose, CA, April 2, 2013 In a major, multi-faceted announcement, IBM announced yesterday that it will soon deliver âspeed-o [read] Keywords: ibm
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New Ad: Big Data and Analytics
Mon, Apr 8th 2013 9:15a Adam Gartenberg Here's a new ad on Big Data and Analytics that will be debuting on TV at the Masters golf tournament this week: More: Big data and analytics can help predict trends down to the customer. Sales down to the shelf. What can big data and analytics do for you? Learn more at http://ibm.co/10x97Xc [read] Keywords: ibm
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Two opportunities to learn more about the Data Mgmt and Big Data announcements
Thu, Apr 4th 2013 6:18a Adam Gartenberg If you'd like to learn more about all of the Data Management and Big Data announcements made yesterday, we've got two great opportunities coming up. First up is a Google Hangout Video Chat this Friday, April 5, starting at 2pm US-EDT. During the chat you'll hear from panelists Jeff Kelly (Wikibon), James Kobielus (IBM), Mike Martin (BTRG) and others. Head on over here to learn more and RSVP. The second opportunity will be to join us on April 30th for a broadcast event featuring Genera [read] Keywords: ibm
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Information On Demand 2013: Call for Speakers
Wed, Apr 3rd 2013 9:16a Adam Gartenberg Session proposals for this year's Information On Demand conference will be accepted from April 4th - 30th, so if you have an interesting story to share about products, solutions, or implementations, please head on over and submit a proposal. IT professionals, including managers, architects, and developers should submit proposals for technical sessions across Information Management, Business Analytics and Enterprise Content Management. C-suite executives and senior decision makers in Line [read] Keywords: ibm
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NY Times: Why Big Data Is I.B.M.âs Friend
Wed, Apr 3rd 2013 9:16a Adam Gartenberg The Bits blog in today's NY Times highlights some important news on Big Data that IBM is sharing today while also describing why Big Data is so important to the businesses that IBM works with (and why IBM in turn is putting so much investment into related technology.) Case in point: I.B.M. just announced a series of technologies intended to make data analysis faster and more powerful. That is probably good news to Big Blueâs core customer base of large corporations, which are increasin [read] Keywords: ibm
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From Big Bang to Big Data: ASTRON and IBM Collaborate to Explore Origins of the Universe
Thu, Mar 14th 2013 11:09a Adam Gartenberg "The SKAâs [Square Kilometer Array's] more than 500,000 antennas scattered across southern Africa and Australia will produce a torrent of data thatâs equivalent to 10 times the daily global Internet traffic." IBM continued to push the push forward the cause of Big Data this week with an ambitious initiative: better understanding the origins of the universe. It's one that will require the latest approaches to extracting value from big data. The quote above comes from [read] Keywords: ibm
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The data on Big Data is, well, big
Wed, Dec 5th 2012 2:10p Adam Gartenberg As an infographic over on the IBM Big Data Hub highlights, we're now at the point where there's a lot of data about Big Data. (And if you haven't checked it out yet, the hub is a great place to look when you are trying to cut through all the noise.) [read] Keywords: ibm
Debunking Myths about Data Scientists
Mon, Nov 19th 2012 2:10p Adam Gartenberg Over on the IBM Big Data Hub (and in the entertaining slideshow below), James Kobelius debunks the top 10 myths that many people have around data scientists. Myths and Mathemagical Superpowers of Data Scientists from TheSocialPitt Pittman Link: James Kobelius - Data Scientists: Myths and Mathemagical Superpowers [read] Keywords: ibm
Infographic: Big Data - The New Natural Resource
Mon, Oct 22nd 2012 4:11p Adam Gartenberg A new big data infographic out of the IOD Conference today: Highlights: Big data is growing fast; structured and unstructured data is growing at an annual growth rate of 60% 1 in 3 business leaders make critical decisions without the information they need. 53% of business leaders don't have access to information from across their organizations required to do their jobs Organizations applying analytics to data for competitive advantage are 2.2x more likely to substantially outperform the [read] Keywords:
IBM Addresses Security Challenges of Big Data, Mobile and Cloud Computing
Fri, Oct 19th 2012 8:10a Adam Gartenberg Yesterday IBM announced ten new products and enhancements to help companies deliver real time security for big data, mobile and cloud computing. The announcement, the biggest since the launch of the IBM Security Solutions division earlier in the year, includes the release of IBM InfoSphere Guardium 9.0 software. which now features support for Hadoop and other big data environments.. From the press release: IBMâs new software capabilities help clients better maintain security control ov [read] Keywords: ibm
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In their own words: the benefits of PureData Systems
Tue, Oct 9th 2012 3:11p Adam Gartenberg If you'd like to hear first-hand details on the benefit organizations are seeing from the PureData Systems, check out the videos below. The first one highlights the impact the systems are having on Suntrust Bank, BNSF Railway, Premier Healthcare Alliance and NYSE Euronext. "It's allowing us to get to market faster.... What we're getting from IBM is that they're building the technology, integrating that together for us, and allowing us to worry about building the solutions that our [read] Keywords: ibm
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Introducing New PureData Systems For Transactions And Big Data Analytics
Tue, Oct 9th 2012 8:09a Adam Gartenberg At events in Singapore and Boston today, IBM announced that we are expanding our PureSystems family of expert integrated systems with three new offerings: PureData System for Transactions, PureData System for Analytics and PureData System for Operational Analytics. Each system comes pre-configured with x86 or Power processors, storage and network connections and specialized software tailored for the particular task that the system is designed to tackle - from high volume transaction processi [read] Keywords: connections
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NY Times: How Big Data Became So Big
Thu, Sep 13th 2012 8:11a Adam Gartenberg I'm not sure how, but it looks like I missed this article on Big Data from The New York Times last month (How Big Data Became So Big). The article does a good job describing the rise of Big Data as a concept, as a set of technology and as a marketing buzzword, as well as highlighting the key players on the field (including IBM). Some excerpts: First, here are a few, well, data points: Big Data was a featured topic this year at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, with a report [read] Keywords: ibm
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Predictive Maintenance: For when a brake light problem isn’t a brake light problem
Mon, Sep 10th 2012 10:14a Adam Gartenberg A car company thought they had a problem with their brake lights; predictive analytics helped reveal the true culprit. (Oh, and helped them save $30M a year and reduce warranty cases by 5%.) Learn more at http://www.ibm.com/analytics/us/en/predictive-analytics/index.html?psrc=ca [read] Keywords: ibm
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Achieving High Availability and Disaster Recovery with IBM DB2
Thu, Sep 6th 2012 10:11a Adam Gartenberg This month's edition of IBM Data Management Magazine includes a feature article on achieving high availability and disaster recovery with IBM DB2. The article highlights the new capabilities for High Availability Disaster Recovery (HADR) in the latest 10.1 release of DB2. Link: Achieving High Availability and Disaster Recovery with IBM DB2 Other featured articles now online: Prevent Data Cholesterol from Clogging Your Enterprise Applications - Keeping too much data can have dire conse [read] Keywords: ibm
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Big Data, Big Opportunities: Energy & Utilities (New Video)
Wed, Sep 5th 2012 10:14a Adam Gartenberg Here's a fun fact: Improving the efficiency of the US power grid by just 5% would be the equivalent of permanently eliminating the fuel and greenhouse gas emissions from 53 million cars. And another: Around the world, enough electricity is lost annually to power India, Germany and Canada for an entire year. The short video below highlights how big data solutions can help energy and utility companies take data from smart meters and feed it back to consumers, helping them make informed d [read] Keywords: ibm
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A great description of IBM PureSystems
Thu, Aug 30th 2012 10:11a Adam Gartenberg Over on the Expert Integrated Systems blog, Thiago Montenegro has a great no-nonsense (read: non marketing) post about exactly what IBM PureSystems are, and why they might be of benefit to you (What (in the world) are IBM PureSystems?). After introducing a few of the systems (The IBM PureFlex System and the IBM PureApplication System), Thiago goes on to describe why these systems should be so attractive to smaller organizations: The large companies could raise the monitoring and management b [read] Keywords: ibm
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Only 3 days left for IOD 2012 Early Bird Pricing
Tue, Aug 28th 2012 3:11p Adam Gartenberg In case you've been putting off registering for Information On Demand 2012, you've got only 3 days left to register and save $300. This year, Information On Demand 2012 will bring together more than 11,000 business and technology leaders for an in depth look at Information Management, Enterprise Content Management and Business Analytics. Highlights include: ⢠Industry-focused business and IT leadership sessions ⢠Hands-on labs ⢠Usability sandboxes [read] Keywords: ibm
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AdAge: IBM Uses U.S. Open to Debut TV Ads Targeting CMOs
Mon, Aug 27th 2012 8:11a Adam Gartenberg "Meet the new boss: Your Customer." That's the opening line of one of two new ads IBM will be debuting at the US Open tennis tournament. The ads focus on the ways in which technology and analytics can help the marketing organization increase sales, and are part of IBM's broader Smarter Marketing initiative. According to research firm Gartner, by 2017 the CMO will spend more money on information technology than the CIO. It's a startling statement, but based on the rapid rise in d [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM Data Management Magazine: Security, Privacy, Governance and more
Fri, Aug 24th 2012 10:11a Adam Gartenberg Head on over to IBMdatamag.com for features that take a closer look at security, privacy, and governance, as well as articles on data warehousing and Hadoop, big data quality, storage virtualization, Netezza, DB2 pureScale, and a lot more. Beyond Database Encryption By Todd Thiemann How secondary information sources can put your organization at risk Integrating Data Governance and Big Data with Business Processes By Sunil Soares An example from the oil and gas industry Had [read] Keywords: ibm
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Case Study: Colgate-Palmolive supports continuing business growth with IBM and SAP
Fri, Aug 24th 2012 10:11a Adam Gartenberg The recently published case study on Colgate-Palmolive's migration of their SAP environment to DB2 highlights a problem that many companies are facing today. As more and more data was coming in, IT was spending an increasing amount of time maintaining and administering their environment, let alone the impact it was having on daily backup, disaster recovery and other processes. Colgate-Palmolive's Vice President of Global Information Technology, Jim Capraro, summed up the decision they were [read] Keywords: ibm
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ZDNet: IBM’s Big Data Analytics Empire
Thu, Aug 23rd 2012 1:11p Adam Gartenberg Over on ZDNet, Andrew Brust stacks IBM's Big Data acquisitions (Cognos, SPSS, Netezza, OpenPages, Algorithmics), home-grown technologies (InfoSphere BigInsights, InfoSphere Streams) and capabilities (e.g., Analytical Decision Management), against the rest of the market, and comes away with the conclusion that "Maybe old dogs do the best new tricks." Summary: When you think of Big Data Analytics, you might think of startups. Think again. IBM has the space covered, perhaps better than any [read] Keywords: ibm
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Guest post in the Atlantic: The CMO/CIO Power Team
Tue, Aug 21st 2012 1:12p Adam Gartenberg I was thrilled to be asked to author a guest post on the Atlantic for IBM's sponsored content section on "Power in Data." My post, which went live yesterday, is on the importance of fostering a culture of collaboration between the CMO and CIO. In it I reference some of the findings from the recent Global CMO study and State of Marketing 2012 study, and extend them out to the implications for the kind of culture that needs to be cultivated inside of the organization in order to have a s [read] Keywords: atlantic
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Free Telco webinar: Making Big Data Analytics Pay
Wed, Aug 15th 2012 1:23p Adam Gartenberg Those of you in the Telco industry should come check out the free analyst roundtable webinar that GigaOM Pro and Netezza will be hosting on âMaking Big Data Analytics Payâon Wednesday August 22, 2012 at 10 a.m., PST. The webinar will focus on the challenges CSPs face and how one business in particular - T-Mobile - was able to overcome those challenges. What Will Be Discussed Telco market dynamics and competition Current big data analytics challenges Best practices for incorporati [read] Keywords: ibm
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Introducing the IBM Big Data Hub
Wed, Aug 15th 2012 7:11a Adam Gartenberg I suppose it shouldn't be a surprise that a search for "What is big data" returns a big set of results. To help anyone who might be having trouble finding the answers they're looking for among the 675 million results that Google returns for that question, IBM has launched the IBM Big Data Hub. This site is the place where you can get answers, see what other people and organizations are doing, and learn from thought leaders. The Big Data Hub features: ⢠Blogs ⢠Vi [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM Data Management Magazine: Bridging the Data Divide
Wed, Jul 18th 2012 10:11a Adam Gartenberg This month's edition of IBM Data Management Magazine includes a look at a more cost effective solution to a problem many companies face: keeping multiple categorization and code tables (such as Standard Industrial Classification System (SIC) codes) up to date and in sync. If you find that making changes to these types of tables (and the need to properly manage multiple such tables) is more time consuming or costly than you would like, a reference data management (RDM) solution may be the solu [read] Keywords: ibm
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Upcoming Tech Talk: Meeting Different Analysis Requirements Across the Organization
Thu, Jul 12th 2012 8:11a Adam Gartenberg Analytics is something that can deliver benefits for a variety of constituents across your organization, but not everyone will have the same needs. IBM will be hosting a TechTalk next Tuesday (July 17) focused on just this subject, and the speakers on the call will explore the different audience types and the specific analytic capabilities that would be most beneficial for them. The July TechTalk will look at the different analysis requirements across your organization and how IBM Cognos add [read] Keywords: ibm
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How the University of Arizona is delivering 90% faster access to data
Thu, Jul 5th 2012 7:15a Adam Gartenberg The University of Arizona is using IBM InfoSphere Information Server to understand, cleanse, transform and deliver data into its enterprise data warehouse, providing a single source of information for business intelligence, and giving faculty, administrators and deans up to 90% faster access to the data they need. You can read the case study on the University of Arizona here: http://ibm.biz/BdxEuR [read] Keywords: ibm
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Saving $1M in storage, processing transactions 10x faster, predicting bottlenecks
Tue, Jul 3rd 2012 10:15a Adam Gartenberg ABSA Bank, Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Intel, HolidayExtras.com, Mindray Medical, SAP all have some great things to say about DB2 10 and InfoSphere Warehouse 10. You can see their reactions to the latest release in the embedded video, or, since it's slideware and not interviews, you can skip the faux-rock soundtrack and just read the highlights below: "We've saved more than a million dollars over the past four years by migrating from Oracle Database to DB2.... DB2 10 will further reduce [read] Keywords: ibm
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James Kobielus: Big Data Mythbusting
Tue, Jul 3rd 2012 10:15a Adam Gartenberg James Kobielus, IBM's Senior Program Director for Big Data Analytics product marketing, recently added his responses to some Big Data Myth posts that you might have caught over on Mashable or the SAP In-Memory blog. You can check out the original posts and James' thoughts below: Mashable: Top 5 Myths About Big Data Kobielus: Response: Top 5 Myths about Big Data SAP: Big Data Mythsâ¦BUSTED Kobielus: More Big Data Mythbusting [read] Keywords: ibm
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5 Things Every Presenter Needs To Know About People
Fri, Jun 29th 2012 2:17p Adam Gartenberg Brain Pickings shared an insightful animation recently, highlighting Dr. Susan Weinschenk's "5 Things Every Presenter Needs To Know About People." 5 Things Every Presenter Needs To Know About People from Weinschenk on Vimeo. As summarized by Brain Pickings People learn best in 20-minute chunks. There must be a reason for the successful TED-sized talk format. Multiple sensory channels compete. During a talk, you engage both the auditory and visual channels â because weâre vis [read] Keywords:
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Big Data survey deadline extended to July 2
Mon, Jun 25th 2012 3:14p Adam Gartenberg If you haven't taken the new IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) study Big analytics: Big data at work (previously), there's still time. The survey deadline has been extended to July 2. As a reminder, participants will receive early access to the survey results and can download a free copy of the e-book "Understanding big data." Thank you for your participation. > Take the survey [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM BigInsights 1.4 now Available
Mon, Jun 18th 2012 11:14a Adam Gartenberg As Marius Butuc has posted over on his blog (Expand and Update your BigInsights), IBM has just released version 1.4 of IBM BigInsights. There are some notable points about this new release. First off, it is available for both private deployment and deployment on public clouds. As Marius points out, "anyone can create their own Hadoop cluster (based on BigInsights v1.4) on the Cloud in less than 30 minutes." The new release also brings support for Cloudera Distributions of Apache Hadoop ( [read] Keywords: ibm
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An invitation to participate in IBM big data research
Thu, Jun 14th 2012 2:14p Adam Gartenberg Is your organization looking at big data and analytics? Do you want to see how your interest and usage stacks up against other organizations and get a view into the trends you need to understand the most? The IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) is currently conducting a new study on big data and analytics (Big analytics: Big data at work) that will provide insight into how leading organizations are tackling complex business challenges and, more importantly, how they stand vs. their marke [read] Keywords: ibm
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Technology as a "force multiplier" in solving crimes
Tue, Jun 12th 2012 11:17a Adam Gartenberg IBM announced yesterday (link) that the Charleston, SC Police Department is using IBM predictive analytics software to help more accurately evaluate and forecast crime patterns, allocate resources and identify criminal hot spots, with the end goal being to prevent crime and increase public safety. âHistorically, police agencies focused on protecting the community by solving crimes quickly to serve as a deterrent to would-be criminals,â Mark Cleverley, IBM global director of Public [read] Keywords: ibm
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Using Technology to Remake the Marketing Profession
Thu, Jun 7th 2012 10:12a Adam Gartenberg The intersection of marketing and analytics has in large part become my day job of late, and so I've been particularly interested in the CMO CIO Leadership Exchange that IBM has been hosting in New York City these past few days. During the event, speakers including IBM CEO Ginni Rometty, IBM SVP Marketing John Iwata, and senior marketing and IT executives from organizations such as Verizon, Aetna, America Express, Walmart, Kayak.com, WellPoint and Ogilvy & Mather, are sharing their views [read] Keywords: ibm
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Thinking Big with IBM Data Management Magazine
Wed, Jun 6th 2012 3:10p Adam Gartenberg This month's issue of IBM Data Management Magazine is all about what it means to go BIG, featuring articles, benchmark testing, training and events centered around Big Data. You can check it all out over at IBMdatamag.com (and if you didn't receive a notice like this in your inbox, be sure to put your email in the subscribe box before leaving.) [read] Keywords: ibm
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North Carolina uses predictive analytics to identify millions in Medicaid fraud
Fri, May 25th 2012 2:09p Adam Gartenberg North Carolina's Dept. of Health and Human Services has been investigating Medicaid fraud using IBM's predictive analytics software, and in the first phase of the initiative has already turned up $6.2M in potentially fraudulent payments, as well as another $191M of "unusual" Medicaid charges. The state is using IBM Fraud and Abuse Management System (FAMS) and IBM InfoSphere Identify Insight to find suspicious billing patterns in claims from nearly 2 million Medicaid patients filed by 60,0 [read] Keywords: connections
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One word? Analytics
Mon, Jan 9th 2012 3:11p Adam Gartenberg This piece by Marketplace's Bob Moon highlights what's top of mind for IBM's new CEO, Ginni Rometty (and it should be a familiar theme for those of you that read this blog regularly). Bob Moon: If Virginia Rometty had just one word for you about the next big thing, it might sound a bit reminiscent of that famous scene from "The Graduate." "The Graduate" clip: Just one word. Yes, sir? Are you listening? Yes I am. Plastics. That is so 1960s. Just ask IBM's incoming chief what s [read] Keywords: ibm
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New Smarter Analytics ad: Smarter by the Second
Tue, Jan 3rd 2012 8:09a Adam Gartenberg IBM is starting the new year with some new advertising around Smarter Analytics, among other featured topics. You might have caught this spot during the Rose Bowl or Gator Bowl or some of the Sunday morning US news shows this week. The IBMer featured is Simon Thomas, Business Analytics and Optimization Service Line Leader, and the ad uses examples from three different industries to demonstrate what's new in Smarter Analytics - and what can happen in an instant: "A second is a very l [read] Keywords: connections
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IBM Business Analytics Helps Improve Customer Retention by Nearly 50 Percent at XO Communications
Tue, Oct 25th 2011 12:12p Adam Gartenberg Here's a great example of the tangible benefits companies can see by applying analytics to their business. XO Communications has reduced customer churn rates by nearly 50%, largely through the use of IBM's predictive analytics software. According to independent analyst firm Nucleus Research, XO recorded an 376 percent ROI in just 5 months, an average annual benefit of $3,819,200 million. (You can download the full case study here.) From the press release: LAS VEGAS, N.V. - [read] Keywords: ibm
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New Netezza Appliances Helps Communications Services Providers
Tue, Oct 25th 2011 12:12p Adam Gartenberg You might not think about it often, there's a flip-side to the convenience that you and I receive from carrying around now-ubiquitous mobile devices. As the number of Smartphones is expected to quadruple over the next 4 years, reaching 2 billion devices by 2015, the communication services providers (CSPs) that connect those devices and route all the data to and from them are being placed under more and more pressure to maintain service levels, offer new capabilities, and still maintain their p [read] Keywords: ibm
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New IBM Software Helps Analyze The World’s Data For Healthcare Transformation
Tue, Oct 25th 2011 12:12p Adam Gartenberg If you attended this morning's general session at IOD (or caught it on Livestream), you would have heard several speakers talk about healthcare as a focus for the first real-world application for Watson. Today comes the announcement (New IBM Software Helps Analyze The World's Data For Healthcare Transformation) of new software to help the healthcare industry improve patient care and reduce costs by applying content analytics software similar to what's found in the Jeopardy-playing Watson. [read] Keywords: ibm
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IOD11 - Monday Announcements - Business Analytics and Big Data
Mon, Oct 24th 2011 6:13p Adam Gartenberg As highlighted during this morning's general session, there will be a number of announcements coming out over the course of this week. Today's press release (IBM Transforms Data At Work, Accelerates Big Data Analytics) summarizes the announcements around Business Analytics and Big Data, including new Hadoop-based analytics software on the cloud (that can be up and running in under 30 minutes), new mobile analytics software for the iPad (downloadable from the Apples Store), and new mapping c [read] Keywords: ibm
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IOD11 - ECM Keynote
Mon, Oct 24th 2011 6:13p Adam Gartenberg Some quick highlights from the ECM Keynote from IOD 11: Content at rest = Cost... Content in motion = Value. Therefore, our focus is on augmenting systems of record with systems of engagement, unleashing the value of content in motion. How businesses are using IBM ECM Solutions: Wells Fargo - Swapnil Salonke - Imaging Services for Wells Fargo and John Murphy, IBM: Wells Fargo processes around 100 million documents a month, 24x7 Wells Fargo undertook a transformation of their environme [read] Keywords: ibm
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"A story was being told by our guests and we couldn’t see it"
Mon, Oct 24th 2011 6:13p Adam Gartenberg "We realized there was a story being told to us by our guests, and we couldn't see it." The above quote, by John Lucas, Director of Operations for the Cincinatti Zoo, was another one that really struck me during this morning's IOD press conference. The zoo - the second oldest in the United States - had the foresight to realize that while they wanted to be taking a customer-centric view, their existing information infrastructure was prohibiting them from doing so. As I've written ab [read] Keywords:
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Imagine if you put the Hoover Dam in the wrong place
Mon, Oct 24th 2011 5:13p Adam Gartenberg "Imagine if you put the Hoover Dam in the wrong place" The above quote came from Lars Christian Christiansen, Vice President of Plant Siting and Forecasting from Vestas Wind Systems, the world's largest producer of wind turbines. Lars joined IBM executives at a press conference following this morning's general session, and the analogy he made was a very pointed one when you think about the business he is in. Vestas helps their clients place wind turbines in the right places, and t [read] Keywords: ibm
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IOD11 Conference Opening General Session
Mon, Oct 24th 2011 5:13p Adam Gartenberg I'm going to be live blogging the IOD 2011 Conference Opening General Session. (Check back here for updates, or follow along live at http://www.ibm.co/iod11 ) First speaker - Jeff Jonas, IBM Distinguished Engineer. Enterprise Amensia - having two pieces of information in the organization that aren't connected. Organizations are getting dumber - increase in available information, but large gap between sensemaking algorithms Major retailer found two out of every thousand people [read] Keywords: ibm
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IOD11 Conference Opening General Session
Mon, Oct 24th 2011 10:10a Adam Gartenberg I'm going to be live blogging the IOD 2011 Conference Opening General Session. (Check back here for updates, or follow along live at http://www.ibm.co/iod11 ) First speaker - Jeff Jonas, IBM Distinguished Engineer. Enterprise Amensia - having two pieces of information in the organization that aren't connected. Organizations are getting dumber - increase in available information, but large gap between sensemaking algorithms Major retailer found two out of every thousand people they [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM’s ’Jeopardy’ computer lands health care job
Mon, Sep 12th 2011 10:10a Adam Gartenberg Watson, the IBM computer that bested the two all-time Jeopardy! champions earlier this year, is leaving the game show business behind and is heading to work. IBM announced today that we are partnering with WellPoint, a US health insurance plan provider with 34 million subscribers, to bring Watson technology to the health care industry. From the CNN coverage of the announcement: The goal is for Watson to help medical professionals diagnose and sort out treatment options for complicated h [read] Keywords: ibm
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Last Chance! Early Bird Registration for IOD Conference
Tue, Aug 30th 2011 2:09p Adam Gartenberg I wanted to pass on a friendly reminder that the early bird discount for the Information On Demand conference ends tomorrow, 8/31. The conference, which will take place Oct 23-27 in Las Vegas, Nevada, is the best chance to learn from and network with over 10,000 business and technology leaders across Information Management, Enterprise Content Management and Business Analytics. Conference Highlights: 700 technical education sessions 110 industry-focused business and IT leadership session [read] Keywords: ibm
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New Business Analytics and Optimization Web Site
Fri, Aug 5th 2011 8:11a Adam Gartenberg I'd like to share the recently relaunched Business Analytics and Optimization (BAO) landing page on ibm.com (ibm.com/BAO). In addition to the demos and solution details that you could always find on the site, we're now highlighting a number of new features: For example, you will find links to: Join us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter (@IBM_BAO) Register for the Information on Demand 2011 conference Learn how IBM BAO can address needs specific to your industry As well as a host of w [read] Keywords: ibm
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Marc Hebert: How to Deal with Data Cholesterol in your Enterprise Systems
Thu, Aug 4th 2011 10:11a Adam Gartenberg I really love the analogy in the headline of this post from IBM Champion Marc Hebert (How to Deal with Data Cholesterol in your Enterprise Systems). The concept of "Data Cholesterol" clogging up your enterprise systems is a very evocative one, and, just like the cholesterol that may be clogging up your blood vessels, there is something you can do about it. Data cholesterol is a condition in which the excessive buildup of data leads to sluggishness across your systems. Just as too much chol [read] Keywords: ibm
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Modeling Trains with SPSS
Wed, Aug 3rd 2011 9:10a Adam Gartenberg An article in this month's IBM Data Management Magazine (Modeling Trains with SPSS) has a very apt subtitle: "How sequential analysis can predict the future, and why DB2 might be smarter than you think." In plain English, the authors looked at how IBM SPSS Modeler and IBM DB2 can analyze data generated by the trains - in this case, over 1000 different types of mechanical and electrical events recorded by the train - to determine which might be early indicators that the train may break do [read] Keywords: ibm
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Six reasons to move from Oracle to IBM (Free eBook)
Tue, Jul 26th 2011 8:10a Adam Gartenberg Are you interested in reading some first hand accounts describing why companies chose to migrate from Oracle to IBM data management solutions? This eBook (registration required) describes six reasons to make the switch, each accompanied by a case study. Six reasons to move from Oracle to IBM An IBM eBook Learn how companies around the world are boosting performance, cutting costs and managing growth. This eBook contains six case studiesâone for each reason to switch. These are compan [read] Keywords: administration
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Video: T-Mobile replaces Oracle with Netezza
Tue, Jul 26th 2011 8:10a Adam Gartenberg "Everything we do with Netezza pretty much was impossible before." -- Christine Twiford, Manager of Network Technology Solutions, T-Mobile Watch the video below to hear how replacing Oracle with Netezza is allowing T-Mobile to radically change the type of analyses they can perform and the speed at which they can do it. Christine Twiford, T-Mobile's Manager of Network Technology Solutions, describes how they can now do things like nationwide searches or network-level aggregation, which wa [read] Keywords: ibm
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New Watson Video: The Science Behind the Answer
Wed, Jul 20th 2011 1:11p Adam Gartenberg This new video provides a great animated walkthrough of what's going on behind the scenes as Watson applies its complex content analytics algorithms to determine the answer to questions such as "The first person mentioned by name in 'The Man in the Iron Mask' is this hero of a previous book by the same author." [read] Keywords: ibm
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Improve Marketing Results with New Cloud-based Analytics Suite
Tue, Jul 19th 2011 7:12a Adam Gartenberg IBM announced on Friday a new cloud-based marketing analytics suite, combining capabilities from Coremetrics and Unica. The new solution, part of IBM's Smarter Commerce initiative, is designed to provide organizations with insight into the effectiveness of new products and services and to help increase customer loyalty, optimize marketing campaigns and create real-time, personalized marketing offers. For example, businesses would be able to evaluate Facebook or Twitter activity, and offer c [read] Keywords: ibm
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Why Big Data Requires New Approach to Analysis and Platform
Mon, Jul 18th 2011 3:11p Adam Gartenberg IBM's David Corrigan recently spoke with Loraine Lawson from IT Business Edge about Big Data, IBM's take on the key elements for a Big Data platform, and how the opportunity in Big Data isn't about just "more data," but rather an expansion in the type of questions we can ask and answer (as summarized in the response below). The Big Data paradigm is a little bit different. Itâs focused more on if you can gather all of the information about a particular topic or, even more broadly, it [read] Keywords: ibm
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Business Analytics and Optimization Benchmark Study: Free Webcast
Mon, Jul 11th 2011 2:14p Adam Gartenberg Please join us next Thursday for a free webcast during which IBM's Institute for Business Value, in partnership with IDC, will share ROI findings from surveys conducted with executives at over 800 organizations that have invested in analytics. The virtual event kicks off Thursday, 7/21, at 12:45pm ET, and you can register today. IBM's Institute for Business Value in partnership with IDC, surveyed over 800 executives to assess ROI for organizations heavily invested in analytics. Analytica [read] Keywords: ibm
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YO! Sushi Restaurants Use IBM Analytics to Reduce Costs While Improving Sales
Mon, Jul 11th 2011 10:14a Adam Gartenberg I'm sharing this recent press release for two reasons: One - I'm all for anything that improves the business of selling sushi, and two - I really like saying "YO! Sushi" While it doesn't look like YO! Sushi has made it over here to the States yet, the restaurant chain is using IBM's business analytics software, including Cognos, to monitor and perform more granular analysis on business operations (including sales targets, revenue and customer promotions), as well as to improve customer [read] Keywords: ibm
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New Approaches for Big Data
Thu, Jul 7th 2011 3:14p Adam Gartenberg Over on the IBM Smarter Computing Blog, Chris Nott has a running series exploring Big Data, the business challenges organizations face managing and gaining insight from the data, and the ways in which IBM is responding through our expanding Big Data portfolio. Part 1, Introduction Part 2, Harnessing the information explosion Part 3, The IBM Big Data platform Part 4, How customers are using IBM Big Data technologies Part 5, IBM InfoSphere Stream Make sure you stay tuned for the rest of the se [read] Keywords: ibm
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A Closer Examination of Oracleâs âDatabase Performanceâ Advertisement
Thu, Jul 7th 2011 2:15p Adam Gartenberg A few weeks back Conor O'Mahoney took to his blog to dig under the covers of an Oracle "Database Performance" ad that they were re-running. Not surprisingly, the real story paints a very different picture than the one they were splashing across the Wall Street Journal: Because this advertisement is based on an industry benchmark that shows that Oracle uses 9 times the number of CPU cores to achieve only 3 times the performance of the IBM result. To put it another way, if you look at the [read] Keywords: ibm
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Development Notebook: The Evolution of the IBM Smart Analytics System
Thu, Jul 7th 2011 2:15p Adam Gartenberg An article in the latest issue of IBM Data Management magazine (subscribe here) features two IBM developers, Haider Rizvi of the IBM Smart Analytics System architecture group and Nancy Kopp from the IBM Information Management Software team, discussing the history and background of the IBM Smart Analytics System. (Or as the article puts it so eloquently: "Optimization, tuning, and the art of fitting 20 years of warehousing and analytics experience in a single package.") Article: Developmen [read] Keywords: ibm
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Smarter Computing: In Their Own Words
Thu, Jul 7th 2011 2:15p Adam Gartenberg This five-minute video is a compilation of several IBM Fellows, Distinguished Engineers, and Master Inventors who briefly describe some of their patents, inventions and innovative capabilities behind IBM products that enable clients to have a more efficient, flexible, smarter computing environment. [read] Keywords: ibm
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News you can use: Month(s) in Review
Thu, Jul 7th 2011 1:09p Adam Gartenberg It seems that in my inadvertent hiatus from blogging, I've missed quite a bit of news in the business analytics and optimization space. Hopefully you've caught many of these stories already, but in case you didn't, there are some significant breakthroughs, announcements and usage of information management and business analytics capabilities below. As I try to catch up, I may revisit some of these further in the coming days. In the mean time, read on! 29 Jun 2011: Commercial Ban [read] Keywords: ibm
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Bringing smarter computing to big data
Fri, May 6th 2011 12:11p Adam Gartenberg 90 Percent of the data in the world today has been created in the last two years alone. If you read the Wall Street Journal a few weeks back, you may have caught Part 2 of the IBM advertising series focusing on how smarter computing is building our Smarter Planet. This particular ad (pdf). described the opportunities being opened up by the vast amount of data being generated today (2.5 quintillion bytes daily), opportunities that come hand in hand with the need for "smarter computing" [read] Keywords: ibm
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Harvard Medical School Faculty Advances Drug Safety Research With IBM Business Analytics
Fri, May 6th 2011 12:11p Adam Gartenberg IBM announced earlier this week that faculty from Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women's Hospital will be using business analytics technology in the form of the IBM Netezza data warehouse appliance to examine the effectiveness of prescription drugs and identify potential safety issues. Why Netezza? "We wanted a computing platform with massive analytics power, but was extremely simple to administer," said Dr. Sebastian Schneeweiss, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical [read] Keywords: ibm
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Take MIT Analytics Survey; Enter to Win iPad2
Fri, May 6th 2011 10:10a Adam Gartenberg What makes an effective analytics leader? The MIT Sloan Management Review is conducing a new study as part of ongoing research into the use of analytics in organizations around the world. If you work with analytics as part of your routine business activities, we would invite you to complete the 20-minute study. Oh, and you can register to win an iPad2. This 20-minute survey, conducted by MIT Sloan Management Review, asks about the information and analytics activities at your company. It [read] Keywords: ibm
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Registration for IOD is now open
Thu, May 5th 2011 9:10p Adam Gartenberg Registration for the Information On Demand 2011 conference is now open. This year the conference will have 4 main focus areas: Information Management Forum Access the full breadth of software, hardware, services, solutions and experts from IBM and IBM Business Partners. Learn how IBM can help you drive innovation, business optimization and competitive differentiation through information. Business Analytics Forum Gain the practical know-how you need to maximize the value of your business [read] Keywords: ibm
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Taming Big Data: IBM Data Mgmt Magazine
Tue, May 3rd 2011 2:10p Adam Gartenberg The latest issue of IBM Data Management Magazine is out, and if the term "Big Data" has started creeping into your lexicon (or if you are just wondering what all the fuss is about), you'll want to check this issue out. Itâs not just huge volumes. Itâs not just microsecond response times, itâs not just incredible variety. Itâs all three. Dealing with âniceâ data, stored in well-defined data warehouse structures and handled sometimes months or years after it is fi [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM and Yale Prepare Students with Analytics Skills for Next Generation of Jobs
Thu, Apr 28th 2011 11:10a Adam Gartenberg Did you know that the US Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that there will be a 24 percent increase in demand for professionals with management analysis skills over the next 8 years? To help meet this growing demand, IBM is partnering with the the Yale School of Management Center for Customer Insights, providing MBA students with the opportunity to develop the practical analytic skills they will need in the future. (Press Release: Yale School of Management and IBM Collaborate to Prepare S [read] Keywords: ibm
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MIT/Wharton: "Data-Driven Decision Making" Boosts Productivity 5-6%
Tue, Apr 26th 2011 8:10a Adam Gartenberg The New York Times this past Sunday reported on a new study by faculty from MIT's Sloan School of Business and the Wharton School that found that companies that adopted "data-driven decision making" practices were able to boost productivity 5-6%. An important point is that the researchers didn't just look at whether companies are collecting data, but whether they are actually using it to drive decisions, new product introductions, and the like. According to MIT's Erik Brynjolfsson, thos [read] Keywords: ibm
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Only 2 days left to get your Information On Demand proposal in!
Wed, Apr 13th 2011 10:11a Adam Gartenberg Just a friendly reminder - you only have 2 days left to get your speaking proposal in for this year's Information On Demand Conference! All speaking proposals are due by Friday, April 15 at 5:00pm Eastern Time. The conference will be held in Las Vegas from Oct 23 - 27, 2011, and you can register to attend the event starting on May 3. Submit your proposal here. [read] Keywords: ibm
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Improving Call Center Service with Business Analytics
Mon, Apr 11th 2011 2:14p Adam Gartenberg "Matching a customer with an agent [is] 'a thousand-mile journey between when a customer picks up the phone and when they land on a customer service representativeâs desktop. The problem is, weâve overlooked the last 500 feet.'" - Cameron Hurst, VP of Targeted Solutions, Assurant Solutions I doubt there are many of us who haven't experienced frustration trying to call into a call center for assistance, and the truth is that for the most part it's a less-than-ideal sit [read] Keywords: agent
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Upcoming Extreme Data Warehouse Performance Webinar
Mon, Apr 11th 2011 9:13a Adam Gartenberg If you're interested in OLTP and Data Warehouse performance, be sure to check out the webinar scheduled for this Thursday (4/14). Sponsored by InformationWeek, it will feature Fred Ho, Program Director, Informix, IBM and Lester Knutsen, President and Owner, Advanced DataTools Corporation, discussing how you can make scale up your warehouse cost-effectively. Combining OLTP and Extreme Data Warehouse Performance Date: Thursday, April 14, 2011 Time: 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET Duration: 60 [read] Keywords: ibm
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New Informix Ultimate Warehouse Edition accelerates warehouse queries up to 100X
Tue, Mar 29th 2011 9:13a Adam Gartenberg The Informix team is making some notable announcements today, namely the release of Informix Ultimate Warehouse Edition, with includes the Informix Warehouse Accelerator that can accelerate warehouse queries up to 100x, and Informix Genero, which provides an intuitive user interface for modeling applications and lets you deploy them across multiple environments. Informix Product Manager Rajesh Nair shares the details on the warehouse announcement (including 8x10 color glossy photos charts) ov [read] Keywords: ibm
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Join me for the Smarter Planet Comes to You campus tour
Fri, Mar 25th 2011 3:21p Adam Gartenberg Next week marks the kickoff of the US leg of the Smarter Planet Comes to You campus tour, right here in the Carolinas. The tour, which will hit a couple dozen college campuses in the US and elsewhere over the coming months, gives students and faculty a chance to interact with IBMers and get answers to questions about skills, expertise, gaming and getting a Job, and for faculty, FREE courseware and access to the latest software via the Cloud for classroom teaching. IBM clients, business part [read] Keywords: ibm
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Two upcoming webinars: Know your customers and choosing IBM or Oracle for Data Warehousing
Fri, Mar 25th 2011 2:22p Adam Gartenberg There are two upcoming webinars that should be on your radar (scroll down for specific times and registration details). The first is titled "Do You Really Know Your Customers? Leveraging Customer Insight for Advanced Business Performance" and it should be right up your alley if you've ever asked (or been asked) questions like: Is our customer base happy? Are they loyal? Will they respond to our marketing promotions and buy again? Which customers are most profitable; which are least profit [read] Keywords: ibm
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New Study: Analytics for Public Sector
Thu, Mar 24th 2011 11:12a Adam Gartenberg The IBM Institute for Business Value has just released a new study, "The Power of Analytics for Public Sector." In 2010 the IBV interviewed over 100 public sector executives from around the world to understand their approaches to building analytics competency and surface an initial framework relevant to the public context. Some of the highlighted best practices from the study include: 1. Leadership - Smarter decision making in the public sector is more important than ever â [read] Keywords: ibm
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Analytics Reduce Hospital Readmissions by 22%
Thu, Mar 24th 2011 8:10a Adam Gartenberg Did you know that 1 in 5 Medicare patients in the US has an unplanned hospital readmission within 30 days of being discharged? One medical group - the Southeast Texas Medical Associates (SETMA) - isn't happy with those statistics, and through work with IBM has cut hospital readmissions for their patients by 22%. Stories about how analytics can improve healthcare outcomes always stand out for me, because this is a place where the application of technology can literally have life and death im [read] Keywords: ibm
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From "What’s our problem" to "What is our greatest possibility"
Wed, Mar 16th 2011 9:27a Adam Gartenberg Fred Balboni, VP of IBM's Business Analytics and Optimization services practice, has a piece in Forbes this week ostensibly centered on the future for IBM Watson, but that really describes a shift in the mindset that can have vast implications (Forbes.com: What's Next For IBM's Watson) As we've seen documented in study after study, the companies that are leading their industries today are doing so by placing a strong emphasis on turning information into insight, leveraging Business Analyt [read] Keywords: ibm
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Information On Demand 2011 - Call For Speakers Now Open
Wed, Mar 16th 2011 8:27a Adam Gartenberg The call for speakers is now open for the 2011 Information On Demand conference, which will run Oct 23-27 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Proposals are due by 5:00pm ET on Friday, April 15, so you've got a month to get your abstracts written and submitted. We're looking for sessions for both technical and business leadership tracks. The technical program includes sessions about products, solutions, implementations and hands on labs on topics related to information management, business analytics and [read] Keywords: ibm
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IBM to provide free training on analytics, information management and big data
Fri, Mar 11th 2011 3:13p Adam Gartenberg IBM announced yesterday the launch of a new skills initiative to help students, businesses and IBM Business Partners improve their ability to apply IBM analytics, information management and big data technology. The skills initiative provides IT professionals no-charge access to 1,200 on-site skills bootcamps at client, partner and university locations worldwide, at 38 IBM Innovation Centers and online at DB2University.com. (Press Release: IBM Launches Global Bootcamps to Help Companies Tackl [read] Keywords: ibm
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Future of Enterprise Computing Blog - New Post
Tue, Mar 8th 2011 1:14p Adam Gartenberg My latest post is now live on the Future of Enterprise Computing blog. In this post, I discuss the recent IBM Institute of Business Value/MIT Study Analytics: The New Path to Value, highlighting the new 5-point methodology laid out in the study for how leaders can successfully make analytics pay off. If you haven't already read through the study, I'd highly recommend doing so, as it includes detailed, multi-page descriptions for each of the 5 recommendations of the methodology. > M [read] Keywords: ibm
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Latest edition of IBM Data Management Magazine now available
Mon, Mar 7th 2011 9:11a Adam Gartenberg The new issue of IBM Data Management Magazine is now available for viewing online. The cover story focuses on how the healthcare and insurance industries are offering a glimpse into the DBA's future role, highlighting the innovative practices pioneered by BlueCross BlueSheild of Tennessee, and a hands-on first look at Informix 11.7. Check it out for yourself. [read] Keywords: ibm
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Icons of Progress: 100 years, 100 innovations
Fri, Feb 25th 2011 2:14p Adam Gartenberg As part of its centennial year celebration, IBM.com has been highlighting iconic moments in its history through Icons of Progress, featuring innovations in technology, knowledge and business practices that originated with the company. The first dozen or so are already posted, with the remainder being rolled out over the course of the year (RSS). I've already discovered a number of inventions I didn't realize had originated with IBM, and I'm looking forward to seeing the rest. Previo [read] Keywords: ibm
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Deutsche Postbank AG London Branch Deploys IBM Smart Analytics System
Fri, Feb 25th 2011 10:21a Adam Gartenberg IBM announced today that leading German multichannel bank Deutsche Postbank AG's London branch is now using the IBM Smart Analytics System to improve the quality and accuracy of its risk monitoring, portfolio and collateral analysis. The Smart Analytics System is a pre-optimized, pre-tuned system that combines analytic capabilities with a data warehouse, allowing organizations to see the benefits of business analytics much faster than previously possible. From the press release (Deutsche Po [read] Keywords: ibm
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Build your own "Watson Jr." in your basement
Thu, Feb 24th 2011 11:17a Adam Gartenberg A couple more post-Jeopardy Watson-related items: Over on the Inside System Storage blog, IBM's Tony Pearson describes how you can build your own "Watson Jr." in your basement. (IBM Watson - How to build your own "Watson Jr." in your basement) Often, when a company demonstrates new techology, these are prototypes not yet ready for commercial deployment until several years later. IBM Watson, however, was made mostly from commercially available hardware, software and information resourc [read] Keywords: ibm
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New on Analytics Corner: Claudia Imhoff (video)
Mon, Feb 21st 2011 3:10p Adam Gartenberg The IBM Analytics YouTube Channel's "Analytics Corner" series was updated recently with a new interview with industry consultant Claudia Imhoff. In the video, Claudia Imhoff, who is President of Intelligent Solutions, Inc. and Founder of the Boulder BI Brain Trust, talks about the latest trends in business analytics. Related: Analytics Corner with James Taylor (Video) New on Analytics Corner: ReadWriteWebâs Alex Williams [read] Keywords: ibm
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Watson after Jeopardy: What’s Next
Fri, Feb 18th 2011 12:10p Adam Gartenberg As is noted on the recently updated ibmwatson.com site, "The challenge is over. Watson, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter concluded their final round of Jeopardy! and the winner was⦠resoundingly, humankind. " I think that's a very apt description, for while Watson may have ended up his two games of Jeopardy with the highest dollar amount, there are very real implications for all of us, extending far beyond the game show set. IBM has already made announcements about applying Watson's [read] Keywords: ibm
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Three Words: Industrial Strength Magnets
Wed, Feb 16th 2011 2:13p Adam Gartenberg Ken Jennings took to the Washington Post yesterday to answer questions from readers on his experience playing against Watson on Jeopardy (link). His personality really comes through in his responses, and he also sheds some light on the contest and what it's like standing up there on the big stage next to "the creepy insectoid clicking of its mechanical thumb buzzing relentlessly just to my left." It's worth reading the entire post for Jennings' comments on strategy, karma, Watson's sup [read] Keywords: ibm
