Share |

Content about Insight

May 13, 2013

The art of data visualisation - James Eiloart, Tableau Software

James Eiloart, Vice President EMEA, Tableau Software talks about the opportunities and challenges presented by big data and offers insight into why visualisation tools, such as Tableau, are so important in turning big data into insight and value for your organisation.

March 14, 2013

Extracting big value from big data

Watch a video of the presentation by Anthony Saxby of Microsoft from the Nimbus Ninety Converge event which looked at how to extract big value from big data.

January 28, 2013

Innovative big data firm launches State-side

Last week marked the launch of big data firm Ayasdi, a Silicon Valley-based outfit that is making ground-breaking developments in the field of data analysis and visualisation through its use of topology.

The company has pioneered the use of algebraic topology – its Insight Discovery Platform – to yield insights out of blind analyses of large and unstructured amounts of data. Whereas previous research methods have necessitated predetermined questions to source answers from complex databases, the use of topology means that data scientists can uncover ‘invisible’ insight.

November 1, 2012

RSA looks to reap big data benefits

Multinational insurance company is putting big data to use to improve both internal and customer facing operations.

October 17, 2012

Spotlight on the speakers: The 4th Big Data Insight Group Forum

Have a look at some of the great end user case study speakers and industry experts we have booked in for next month's (13 November) Forum.

In just under a month’s time (13 November), Big Data Insight Group will be hosting its 4^th Forum. The all-day event, free for delegates to attend, will be held at the Park Plaza Victoria in central London and is focussed on 'seizing competitive advantage through the power of insight-driven decision making'.

September 12, 2012

Applied Insight Series

The Applied Insight Series aims to highlight the powerful, far-reaching potential that big data can offer to any organisation, regardless of their size or sector. The first report in the series focuses on the manufacturing industry – a sector which has naturally found itself at the forefront of big data analytics.

Applied Insight Series

Applied Insight Series – ‘What businesses can learn from big data and high performance analytics in the manufacturing industry’.

Click this link, fill in your details and access the report for FREE

September 6, 2012

Spotlight on the speakers: The 3rd Big Data Insight Group Forum

Have a look at some of the great end user case study speakers we have booked in for next week's (13 September) Forum.

In a week’s time (13 September), Big Data Insight Group will be hosting its 3rd Forum. The all-day event, free for delegates to attend, will be held at the Park Plaza Victoria in central London and is focussed on 'seizing competitive advantage through the power of insight-driven decision making'.

September 3, 2012

Making words from numbers

US start-up gaining traction for its ability to turn big data streams into news stories, allowing executives to easily glean insight.

An innovative US start-up company is looking to solve the problem of turning data into actionable insight – by translating numbers into words.

Extracting insight from mounds of varied and constantly collected data is one thing – presenting that insight to the right business departments in a way that they can understand it and make timely interventions using it is a new challenge altogether.

August 22, 2012

Member Snapshot: Francis Loh, eBay

Read about our latest Big Data Insight Group member, Francis Loh from online auction giant eBay, who shares his uses of big data as well as his reasons for joining our community.

As a new editorial initiative here at the Business Leadership Exchange we are proud to bring you the first of our new series of member snapshots. In this series we ask the newest members of our different communities – Obis Omni, The Cloud Circle and Big Data Insight Group – to answer a few questions, both work related and personal.

August 8, 2012

VMware build big data portfolio

Visualisation specialist continues expansion into big data market with acquisition of Pattern Insight.

May 31, 2012

Feature: Implementing an insight team

If executed correctly, the insight big data offers can help to revolutionise all departments and individual facets of a business. But this raises one key question: where should an ‘insight team’ sit within the organisation? Dominic Pollard explores.

May 11, 2012

Key thoughts from the 1st Big Data Insight Group Forum

Watch what the speakers from our community's inaugral forum had to say about 2012's hottest market trend.

Check out our overview video from the 1st Big Data Insight Group Forum which includes expert insight, advice and opinions from the event's speakers.

May 11, 2012

The 1st Big Data Insight Group Industry Trends Report

Companies are quick off the mark with big data but its full potential is yet to be realised in an immature marketplace

New report contains big data market survey and analysis, expert columns, interviews with EMI & Shazam, case studies on leading social media sites, academic insight and more...

Read the full report here

April 16, 2012

The 1st Big Data Insight Group Industry Trends Report

The report – ‘Understanding the business benefits and strategic implications of big data’ – has been independently produced by Big Data Insight Group and is sponsored by the global information management company EMC. It is led by a survey of 300 senior decision makers in business, finance and IT roles from UK companies, blue chip to SME.

New report contains big data market survey and analysis, expert columns, interviews with EMI & Shazam, case studies on leading social media sites, academic insight and more...

Read the full report here

March 21, 2012

Adobe announces big data functionality

US software and digital products giant - most famous for its Creative Suite of editing and design software, will include big data tools within its marketing tools.

Adobe Systems Incorporated – the company behind Flash and Photoshop – has introduced new capabilities into its Digital Marketing Suite to help marketers uncover patterns within big data, it was announced today.

The US computer software company is the latest to develop its products to cope with the increasingly complex world of big data. The latest version of the Adobe Digital Marketing Suite is designed to allow those within the marketing functions of a business to perform analysis on masses of historical data to predict future trends.

February 27, 2012

Big Data Insight Group featured in City AM report

Caroline Boyd, head of research at Big Data Insight Group, writes report foreword on the business benefits of big data.

Big Data Insight Group (BDIG) took a forward role in bringing the hottest new business technology trend to a mass audience last Friday (Feb 24) by writing the foreword for a specialist big data report in London's 'freemium' daily business newpaper, City A.M.

February 13, 2012

Big Data Insight Group to feature in Media Planet report alongside Gartner and IDG for distribution within City A.M.

Our newest community is asked to produce foreword for big data report in London's leading free daily business newspaper.

Big Data Insight Group – sister community to The Cloud Circle and Obis Omni – is pleased to announce that it has been asked to provide the foreword for an upcoming Media Planet report distributed in London’s ‘freemium’ business daily newspaper, City A.M.

The ‘Special Report on the Rise and Value of Big Data’ will be published on Friday February 24.

January 27, 2012

The 1st Big Data Insight Group Forum

Big Data Reality Check; identifying what Big Data means to you and navigating a path to insight and business value