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Tim Cook’s Apple is playing it safe with an iterative approach to innovation, focusing on evolution as opposed to revolution. The company stuck to its guns yet again this year with a Retina-equipped follow-up to the iPad mini and a new variation …
A Win for Predictive Analytics : Infer Doubles Customer Bookings Since April
Delivering on its April promise to investors, predictive analytics startup Infer revealed this week that it has doubled its customer bookings since exiting stealth mode. As a result, the company is now processing 200 percent more predictions for customers than six months …
For Domino’s Pizza, Splunk is the Secret Sauce to Efficiency
Domino’s Pizza, the second largest pizza chain in the United States, is using Splunk to gain operational visibility across 10,300 stores in over 70 international markets. The company detailed its case study in a release that crossed the wire on Tuesday. The takeout …
SAS, Teradata Team on HDP to Deliver Integrated Analytics
In a move to help organizations consolidate their Big Data environments, analytics giant SAS and partner Teradata have updated their joint offering to support Hortonworks’ fast-growing Hadoop distribution. Dubbed Analytics Advantage Program with Hadoop, the platform marries Teradata’s SAS appliance and Unified …
The iPad Air Journey: Rumors, the Big Debut, and Competition
It’s been an interesting few weeks in the tablet arena, with the blogosphere noticeably more abuzz in the month leading up to the debut of the Retina-equipped iPad. It all started with a little spark: a hastily recorded video claiming to match …
HP Autonomy Expands Analytics Lineup with Qfiniti 10
The contact center, the evolutionary successor of the traditional call center, plays a much bigger role in shaping customer experiences now that mobile has expanded beyond voice and messaging to video and social media. On Monday, HP Autonomy unveiled a new version …
Today’s BI is BS : Platfora Revamps Self-Serve Analytics
Big Data has emerged as a source of competitive advantage in the enterprise, but many organizations are still struggling to harness the power of analytics due to the complexity and overhead associated with transforming statistics into actionable business insights. And fast-growing startup …
iPad Air Hits Stores Nov. 1 : New Retina Display + Free Software
Apple’s fifth generation tablet is finally here. Unveiled today at a special company event in San Francisco, the brand new iPad Air squeezes a powerful processor into a tiny package that represents the company’s slimmest and arguably sleekest contribution to the …
An Insider Take on Using Analytics to Ask Big Questions
Data holds the answers for many of the critical questions faced by decision makers today, with the quality of the query determining the accuracy the result. Indeed, many CIOs are recognizing that the ability to ask the right questions can be transformative …
Microsoft Going After Google with its Own Twist on Smart Eyewear
Microsoft’s plan for the Internet of Things may center on a device similar to Google Glass, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. According to “people familiar with the matter,” the software titan is prototyping multiple web-connected eyewear designs in an effort …