Themes

The field of predictive analytics is one of the most complex and challenging subsets of the Big Data and advanced analytic market. There is also a very wide gap between the practitioners of predictive analyticsmost of whom are statisticians, scientific researchers and data scientistsand the people who most want to use predictive analytics for com...

This SPIE report briefly discusses the patchwork of remedies that have been devised by governments and industries with the stated intent of protecting data privacy. It then presents approaches that may get to the heart of the matter through privacy solutions based not on industry action or government legislation, but on technology.

This report asserts that real-time analytics is not settled science. It is not a foregone conclusion that every company needs and can afford real-time analytics in all areas of the business. There is also not, at this time, one shining example for all to follow in deploying it; but, instead, several models. Therefore, this report explores these a...

This weeks SPIE is designed to help. Its purpose is to lead the reader around the AI hype and hoopla, past the impenetrable bog of specialized terminology and the deep pit of unnecessary detail, to a basic understanding of AIs capabilities and limitations; as well as an appreciation for the reasons why AI researchers are starting to raise concern...

This report puts the risks, rewards, and ROI questions about Big Data and analytics into a clearer perspective; first, by contrasting BDA solutions with the ill-fated 1990s enterprise software suites; then, by highlighting the experience of early BDA adopters; and, finally, by suggesting how organizations that are still on the BDA sidelines, and th...

This Stratecast SPIE report discusses key capabilities and benefits of the Waze app, and analyzes those impacts.

This Stratecast report makes the case for why a truly comprehensive approach to retail analytics needs to transcend the rudimentary data points retailers have been settling for, up to now; and instead needs to support the end-to-end data requirements of retailer-as-enterprise; including executive management, store operations, store design and layou...

This report provides an analysis of the ongoing data usage growth challenge that all CSPs presently face. The report shows how the generation of billions of daily usage transactions is key to improving the customer experience and unlocking greater customer value.

This Stratecast SPIE report analyzes some of the issues that brands face in trying to reach mobile consumers; and a new method of doing so, which, based on early returns, appears to hold promise.