Tagged: Analytics & News
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Twitter buys data analysis start-up Lucky Sort News
14.05.2013 Twitter has snapped up Lucky Sort, a data analysis company that may help the microblogging site monetise tweets. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.Categories: Social Media, Mergers & Acquisitions, Deals Done, Data Management, Business Intelligence -
Accenture acquires ChangeTrack Research News
03.04.2013 Technology consulting firm Accenture has snapped up ChangeTrack Research, a provider of analytics-based tools and services for change management, for an undisclosed sum. -
IBM wraps up acquisition of Star Analytics’ software portfolio News
20.03.2013 Technology giant IBM has completed its acquisition of Star Analytics’ software portfolio to enhance its business analytics initiatives. Financial terms of the deal have not been...Categories: Software, Mergers & Acquisitions, Enterprise, Deals Done, Data Management, Business Intelligence -
Tech giants and colleges join forces to make execs masters of the big data universe News
15.03.2013 If data is going to be the oil of the 21st century, business leaders will need an edge when it comes to capitalising on opportunities in big data. Tech giants EMC and SAS have...Categories: Leadership & Management, Education, Economy, Digital Business, Data Management, CIO, Business Intelligence, Analysis -
Pinterest rolls out new web analytics tool for website owners News
12.03.2013 Social media player Pinterest has revealed a new analytics tool called Pinterest Web Analytics that gives users and businesses access to data on what people are pinning the most.Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Development, Design, Apps, Analysis -
The five minute CIO: Jonathan Boylan News
22.02.2013 Differentiating through big data and changing collaboration in business through social media: this week we talk to Jonathan Boylan, chief technology officer at FINEOS, the... -
Big data meets online ads as Quantcast creates 100 new jobs in Dublin News
21.02.2013 Digital advertising player Quantcast is to create 100 new jobs in Dublin. The company specialises in digital advertising and is a pioneer of real-time audience measurement. -
Big data insights (infographic) News
12.02.2013 More than 75pc of mid-size to large businesses are implementing big data-related solutions within the next year, with customer care, marketing and sales departments increasingly... -
IBM and RFU provide RBS 6 Nations fans with ‘Keys to the Game’ analysis News
08.02.2013 IBM’s TryTracker will use predictive analytics to provide play-by-play insights to fans during this Sunday’s pivotal RBS 6 Nations encounter between Ireland and England. -
Interview: Joined up thinking required to address the talent challenge, says Accenture MD (video) News
05.02.2013 While he applauds the many initiatives under way to address what is a global skills challenge in the areas of IT and engineering, Mark Ryan, country managing director at... -
Twitter eyes the total media prize – acquires social TV firm Bluefin Labs News
05.02.2013 Twitter’s claim to be a media company that has technology at its core is becoming clearer. Just one day after it saw over 24.1m tweets flutter during the Super Bowl it has... -
IBM to acquire business analytics firm’s software portfolio News
05.02.2013 Tech giant IBM is to buy the software portfolio of business analytics company Star Analytics Inc for an undisclosed sum in an effort to boost its own business analytics... -
Everyone’s an innovator – opening data to create value News
23.01.2013 While big data is cited by many experts as the next big thing for business, one respected IT thinker argues that when it comes to making government data and other datasets... -
Sky Sports brings expert Premiership match analysis tools to its iPad app News
08.01.2013 For the first time, viewers watching live Sky Sports Barclays Premier League matches can access some of the same analysis technology used by Gary Neville and Ed Chamberlin on... -
OPINION: You lead data, it doesn’t lead you News
02.01.2013 The wealth of analytical data which digital marketers have access to empowers us to make really good communication decisions. However, we must never slavishly respond to the...Categories: Web, Social Media, Online Business, Internet, Digital Marketing, Data Management, Business Intelligence -
George Moore named Enterprise Ireland’s start-up ambassador to the US News
18.12.2012 Louth man George Moore, viewed by many as the founding father of the decision analytics industry – aka big data – has been named by Enterprise Ireland as its start-up ambassador...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Search Engines, Search, Investments, Internet, Funding, Digital Business, Database, Computers, Analysis -
Dell signs €100k private cloud IT deal with analytics firm Distinct News
14.12.2012 Dell’s Irish division has secured a €100,000 deal to deliver servers and storage to power Dublin-based analytics-as-a-service provider Distinct’s private cloud analytics and... -
The first battle of big data wars – Twitter vs PeopleBrowsr News
29.11.2012 For most people the words big data sound important but few know what they really mean; something to do with cloud, perhaps. The current court battle between Twitter and... -
Humanising big data (infographic) News
30.10.2012 Most (77pc) of executives said more employees need access to big data to make informed decisions, a new infographic based on a global survey conducted by the Economist... -
30 new jobs as supply chain firm Entercoms locates international HQ and R&D hub in Cork News
24.10.2012 Supply chain analytics firm Entercoms is to create 30 new jobs in Mallow, Co Cork, over the next three years as part of an investment that will provide a boost to the local...