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The biggest challenge of data science is framing the problem | #IBMIoD
Live from the IBM Information on Demand Conference in Las Vegas, John Furrier and Dave Vellante, theCUBE co-hosts, interviewed Jake Porway , Founder & Executive Director at DataKind. Talking about this event and his presentation on stage, Porway described his keynote as “mostly talking about new ways that we can use big data for the ...
IBM’s big data focus: ease and simplicity | #IBMIoD
John Furrier and Dave Vellante, theCUBE co-hosts, were joined again by Merv Adrian, VP with Gartner and reputed analyst, who offered his insight on the IBM Information on Demand conference in Las Vegas this week. What’s your report card for #IBMIoD? asked Furrier. “As always, it’s overwhelmingly large. I think the number is 13,000 people. ...
Big Data can bring back the balanced scorecard | #IBMIoD
Mark Lack, Manager of Analytics Strategy and Business Intelligence with Mueller, was interviewed by John Furrier and Dave Vellante, theCUBE co-hosts, during the IBM Information on Demand 2013 in Las Vegas. Mueller is a company that specializes in the balanced scorecard methodology, a tactic reviewed in depth during this segment. Lack was a huge supporter ...
Layering social atop business : Accelerate + increase value | #IBMIoD
Darrin Nelson, VP of Solution Sales with Sirius Computer Solutions, among the largest IBM resellers in the world, joined John Furrier and Dave Vellante, theCUBE co-hosts, during their exclusive live coverage of the IBM Information on Demand 2013 event in Las Vegas. “I was IBM’s largest software reseller and systems integrator the north-eastern part of ...
Social apps reintroduce personality at work | #IBMIoD
Marcia Conner, Principal with SensifyGroup and a Social Biz Expert and author, joined John Furrier and Dave Vellante, theCUBE co-hosts, at the IBM Information on Demand 2013 event in Las Vegas, to talk about the organizational culture, the smarter workforce and the Social Business. “For many years, when people went to work they were required to ...
One wrong move can foreclose innovation | #IBMIoD
Live from IBM Information on Demand 2013 in Las Vegas, John Furrier and Dave Vellante, theCUBE co-hosts, interviewed John Mancini, author of #OccupyIT Manifesto. So what exactly is OccupyIT? “The idea was that, as businesspeople, it had come time to take technology seriously. Technology was not just the hair ball in our organizations that we ...
The new commodity is attention : The new currency is time | #IBMIoD
Renee Ducre, Director of Marketing Social Business with IBM, agreed to talk with theCUBE co-hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante during the exclusive coverage from IBM Information on Demand 2013 in Las Vegas, shedding some light on the challenges of adopting social in the enterprise. Social Business is one of four IBM focus areas, representing ...
The blind spot of clients: think business processes, not data | #IBMIoD
Live from #theCUBE at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, John Furrier and Dave Vellante brought their regular viewers exclusive coverage from IBM Information on Demand 2013. Our co-hosts got hold of Fred Balboni, Global Lead for Business Analytics and Optimization with IBM, to talk about Services and roadmapping. Services matter because it’s great gross profit for ...
The real power of data lies in different sources | #IBMIoD
For the first day of IBM’s Information on Demand 2013 event in Las Vegas, theCUBE co-hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante continued the series of interviews with Tom Doub, CEO of Centerstone Research Institute, “a mission-driven, non-profit organization, focusing on bridging the gap between research and practice,” as Doub described it. “Everyday we learn mountains ...
How to create a data-driven culture : Visualization + democracy | #IBMIoD
Les Rechan, General Manager and Business Analytics with IBM, joined #theCUBE co-hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante at the IBM Information on Demand 2013 event in Las Vegas, to discuss – among other things – the six Big Data imperatives and how to create a data-driven culture. How can you make it easier for people to ...









