Manufacturing Moneyball: Using Big Data and Business Intelligence To Spur Operational Excellence
As originally published in Forbes (Nov. 1, 2011). The national unemployment rate is 9.1 percent, up nearly four points from the first quarter of 2008. Recent news has not been optimistic. In August, for the first time since 1945, the federal government reported a national net job change of zero. Meanwhile, the global economy sputters... read more →
Names to Know in Big Data: Hitachi Data Systems (HDS)
As originally published in Forbes on October 25, 2011. Pairing Big Data with business intelligence (“BI” or analytics) is revolutionizing the business world in profound ways and at a dizzying pace. In terms of pure volume, the latest IDC Digital Universal Study reports that more than 1.8 zettabytes—10 to the power of 21 bytes—of information will be.. read more →
Names You Need To Know in Data Security: Cleversafe
As originally published in Forbes on September 30, 2011. How big is Big Data? According to technology advisory firm IDC, the world’s data in 2007 totaled nearly exabytes. One exabyte equals 1018 bytes. To put that in perspective, GMail allows you to send attachments totaling “only” 25 gigabytes (25 billion bytes), a huge allowance but still small.. read more →
Enterprise Management of Intellectual Property
As originally published in Forbes (Aug. 11, 2011). According to former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan, the ideas embodied in products and services that consumers value drive the majority of our national GDP growth. We protect those ideas with intellectual property (“IP”) rights. Individuals often hold IP rights, but more often they reside.. read more →
State of the Intellectual Property (IP) Union
As originally published in Forbes (July 22, 2011). Guest Post by Tyron Stading Only four years ago, the majority of patents and intellectual property (“IP”) concerns were confined to the legal department. Since then, the patent landscape has morphed into a complex terrain forcing corporations to create business teams with executive oversight to focus solely.. read more →
Business Intelligence and Legal Matter Management
As originally published in Forbes (Apr. 26, 2011). In 1958, IBM’s Hans Peter Luhn defined “business intelligence” as “the ability to apprehend the interrelationships of presented facts in such a way as to guide action toward a desired goal.” Hans P. Luhn, A Business Intelligence System (IBM Journal Oct. 1958). In order to realize strategic goals,.. read more →