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                    The use of devices connected to the Internet is raising business and ethical questions.
                    
			            - By Fern  Halper, Ph.D.
- May 7, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Where a transaction takes place may be just as important as traditional facts about a transaction.
                    
			            - By Mike  Schiff
- May 5, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    We offer four distinct pillars of a successful big data strategy for decision makers in new product development. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As the value of analytics becomes clearer, organizations are turning to embedded analytics -- tightly integrating analytics into a business process or application. That can help analytics become more pervasive, but it must be done right.
                    
			            - By Linda L. Briggs
- May 5, 2015
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Three examples demonstrate how insights obtained through incremental and real-time analytics can enhance strategic decisions and operational processes.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The race for dominance in big data security is on.  Big data vendors understand that end users would like to get back control similar to what they had in large data warehouses to meet their customers' expectations.