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Big Data. What Is It? What Is Its Importance To Planners And Managers?

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YES. I KNOW. IT'S A SMALL PICTURE FOR BIG DATA . If you'll click on it, you'll see the Enterprise-Quality Version . " Big Data " is a pop-culture office tech-speak term which refers to any aspect of business which involves handling: 1 ) a large physical quantity of data input and storage (requiring a great deal of capacity); 2 ) data derived from a variety of collection or reporting mechanisms which must be translated, sorted, indexed, selectively bundled and rendered navigable; 3 ) data which must be "mined" or processed in some way such that it can yield information which is most useful to the business or other organization; Most significantly, is that the notion of aggregating and using increasing amounts of data from increasing sources will accelerate the conversion of a vast number of small- to medium-sized businesses to abandon their overworked systems and outdated software and analytic tools, and instead, link up to the cloud , where stora

BAO - Business Analytics And Observation: Another Mandatory Acronym.

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I am getting increasingly sick of acronyms , and believe that most of them are created as repackaging and selling tools more than as a means of pneumonic memorization or useful shorthand. BAO, which stands for " Business Analytics And Observation " is being touted as a phenomenon unto itself by the likes of IBM and other giant firms who cater to the larger-sized businesses , or consulting firms who seek a Fortune 500 caliber clientele, who are flush with budget funds for expenditures which may not be immediately tied (via cause and effect) to results. Here it is: BAO - Business Analytics And Observation. It's pleasant, sounds faintly Brazilian , and is somewhat redundant. As an interesting analytic sidebar of my own, I've noticed that these acronyms are created by companies which were once in the manufacturing (production) sector or involved in rendering a specif professional service, such as accounting, auditing or systems analysis; and they tend to be used by ev

How IT Will Affect Your Business - Selected Whitepapers (Free) Regarding Information Technologies.

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Information technology (IT) is evolving every moment, and every company and every project across all industry sectors will have to: 1 ) become educated about the nature of the changing IT landscape and monitor the trends to which it is subject, and 2 ) make the necessary adaptations and modifications in technological, process and security protocol in order to keep pace with this real-word, real-time example of Moore's Law in action. This is also going to influence your budget, your critical path planning and monitoring processes and the nature of the professional staff (especially in terms of their technological skill sets, problem-solving abilities, and native intelligence) whom you'll need to either contract or hire. This new environment is forcing senior management, information officers and financial officers in the increasingly frenetic C-Suite to communicate more frequently and openly than ever before. Several IT Whitepapers follow for your information. In order to acc

The Art Of Successful Partnering - Teamwork For More Profitable Businesses And More Successful Projects.

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NOTE : I HUNTED FOR STOCK GRAPHICS ABOUT PARTNERSHIP, BUT ALL OF THEM SEEMED TO MISS THE TRUE MEANING AND SPIRIT OF PARTNERSHIP. [click the pic to enlarge] That's why we've titled the article " The Art Of Successful Partnering - Teamwork For More Profitable Businesses and for More Successful Projects ." And our most choice selection of keywords, search terms, categories, tags and labels, relating to this content would include the ones which follow -- but you shouldn't go Googling them until after you've read this post in its entirety . To do so would disrupt your concentration and would be considered "bad form." Nobody enjoys, appreciates or admires "bad form." Here goes: Articles of Partnership , Business and Economy, Entrepreneur, Small business , Venture capital , Kickstarter , Crowdfunding Incubator , CFI , Douglas E. Castle, teamwork, team-building , leadership, industrial psychology , management, strategic joint ventures, The Inter