Big data offers breakthrough possibilities for new research and discoveries, better patient care, and greater efficiency in health and health care, as detailed in the July issue of Health Affairs. As ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I decode analytics for business people. In a recent Washington post op-ed, Tim Gunn, a professor of design and mentor for the ...

Imagine the year is 1878, and you have a crazy idea to light up a room using “electrical illumination” instead of oil lamps and candles. You take a lot of time to prepare. You read, study and create a ...

Over the past six years, the financial services industry has witnessed a significant shift towards data-driven decision-making. In this rapidly evolving landscape, data analysis has emerged as a ...

Our overlords at Google and other companies tracking users’ web behavior undoubtedly already know that I spend a lot of time reading online about two topics: education and pro basketball. Typically, ...

In this era of the software-driven business, we’re told “data is the new oil”, and that predictive analytics and machine intelligence will extract actionable insights from this valuable resource and ...

Dan Wagner, CEO and founder of Chicago data science startup Civis Analytics, thinks he can make crunching big data cheaper and faster than anyone. As chief analytics officer of the 2012 Obama campaign ...

Using complex analytics on huge columns of clinical data has led Medidata to develop new techniques in disease diagnosis, with valuable learnings for other businesses in how to exploit Big Data. When ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quantzig, a leader in delivering scalable analytics solutions and data science services, today announced the completion of its recent article that sheds light on the benefits ...

The Enterprise crew did not understand Data at first—after all, his clinical demeanor and unfamiliarity with social dynamics made him largely unrelatable. However, with time the crew came to ...