Many leaders at tech companies spent decades relying mostly on guesswork, assumptions and experience when making decisions. Now that big data solutions are so readily available, it’s easier to get confirmation of trends and feel more confident about how to […]
Great News for AMD and ARM, and IBM’s Secret Weapon This week the new top 500 Supercomputer list came out, and both ARM—which took the lead spot—and AMD (who upped their presence significantly) have reasons to be excited. Now, you’d
Big data tools can empower businesses and allow them to operate with improved flexibility and agility. Of course, achieving your goals with the solutions available does involve adopting suitably impactful strategies, rather than simply expecting that big data adoption is
At the IBM Think Virtual event this year, IBM clearly articulated what most of us are only beginning to realize, and that is the world we live in is about to change a lot. You might argue it has already
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In the current marketplace, data is one of the biggest resources available to businesses. While understanding this is important, you also need to know how to use data to the advantage of your company. Data analysis is one of the
From high-end consumer electronics to mission-critical defense systems, increasingly complex designs can be difficult and costly to test. While it may be tempting to scale back on testing, a lapse in quality can lead to product failures and undesirable consequences–including
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Achieving best-in-class is a worthy goal but should be viewed as an interim one rather than the ultimate objective, at least as typically measured. Most leaders seem to track their progress with metrics such as percent of spend managed and
IBM is pretty much the father of technology in the US. They, for the most part, were critical to the US gaining dominance in this segment, and they are one of the few companies thinking strategically enough to help assure
Chief Data Officer (CDO) positions have become increasingly commonplace in enterprises and other organizations during the past 17 years. Capital One and Yahoo! both appointed CDOs around 2002. A 2013 Gartner study found that over 100 companies employed CDOs—more than
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By Josh Levy and Andrew Wells Data is quickly becoming a company’s most important assets. To monetize this asset, organizations leverage analytical tools that generate insights in order to gain a competitive edge in the marketplace. One issue that has
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