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• IoT analytics brings new levels of innovation to new product development

  Studies show that around 40% of products fail. But what if product designers could understand what features are most and least popular, which components tend to fail sooner than others, and how customers actually use products versus how designers think they use them? And, what if product developers could then utilize these insights to develop products that perform better, potentially cost less and, most importantly, are aligned with actual customer needs?

• Big data companies argue their case at Demo Traction

  The recent Demo Traction event showcased a host of young companies that are gaining market momentum.  Each gave their pitch and then answered to a panel of judges.  If it is important for you to stay on the up and up with emerging technologies, this is must watch stuff.

• How financial service firms use big data to meet business goals

  Most financial service firms, which includes banking and insurance companies, are engaged in a big data project to increase the pace of innovation and uncover game-changing business outcomes. The pressing challenge now is how to drive more continuous value and unearth opportunities more rapidly. 

• Why businesses should focus on wide data, not Big Data

  In these heady days of Big Data, a lot of organisations treat data collection like a Pokémon game: Gotta catch it all. But Dane Atkinson, CEO of cross-platform marketing analytics specialist, SumAll, says most organizations need to think wide, not big, when it comes to data.

• Cloud BI: Going where the data lives

  Historically, cloud BI has been mostly used by smaller businesses, but larger enterprises are starting to make the trek.

• 9 Common BI Software Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)

  According to Gartner, business Intelligence and analytics will remain a top focus for CIOs through 2017, with companies spending millions on traditional BI software, cloud BI services and now mobile apps and even social BI. However, as the type and number of BI solutions has grown, so too has the possibility of failure, of picking the wrong business intelligence software for your business problem or problems or of having end users not understand or properly use the solution.

• Amazon's Fire phone is 'Prime' example of customer first

  With its new Fire Phone, Amazon is primarily interested in connecting to its 250 million Amazon and Prime customers with a phone that makes it quick and easy to shop over the Web.

• Predictive data, the real workhorse behind the Internet of Things

  Companies are having to be pickier about which data sets they collect, process and use. It's all about having the right architecture in place.

• University CIO helps boost graduation rates with analytics

  Brian A. Haugabrook, interim CIO at Valdosta State University in Georgia, deployed analytics tools that enable faculty and staff to identify students who need extra help. The effort paid off with higher graduation rates.

• Data manipulation tricks: Even better in R

  Some Excel tips and tricks for manipulating dates, and for getting data into the format you need, are also ready for your R pleasure.

• Government open data proves a treasure trove for savvy businesses

  Ever since President Obama signed the Open Data Executive Order, government agencies have been making their vast data stores available to the public. These once-secret data sets are proving a valuable business resource, too.

• R resources at Computerworld

  From a beginner's guide to data-wrangling how-to and searchable collection of additional tutorials and videos, we've got you covered.

• 7 things marketing wants to say to IT

  Attention, IT: As marketing goes all-digital, your CMO needs more from you than back-office support. Are you ready to be a marketing partner?

• C-Level Execs Value Data, Have No Idea What to Do With It

  Almost all C-suite executives at large enterprises believe data and analytics are important to their business, but most are struggling to become data-driven businesses -- and more than half say they don't even know what data to collect.

• 8 Ways to Use Web Analytics to Increase Online Sales

  Experts share their top tips on how businesses should interpret and use Web analytics reporting to improve customer engagement and increase purchasing on their websites.