Big Data Articles by Futurist Mark van Rijmenam

The Rise Of The Quantified-Self; And What It Means For Your Organisation

The quantified-self is big data for consumers and consumers are collecting massive amounts of data. This offers opportunities for companies.

John Deere Is Revolutionizing Farming With Big Data

John Deere uses big data to optimize machine use, machine-to-machine communications, farming logistics and decision making.

The Advantages and Disadvantages Of Real-Time Big Data Analytics

Real-time Big Data analytics is a big data trend that will increase substantially and have an impact on any organisation because off all advantages.

T-Mobile USA Cuts Downs Churn Rate By 50% With Big Data

Telecom organisations are known from collecting massive amounts of data. Everything that customers are doing is registered: how long and when people call, direct messaging peaks, internet usage and so on. These are just some of the metrics being captured and if you have 33 million customers, as T-Mobile USA

Trucking Company US Xpress Drives Efficiency With Big Data

Trucking company US Xpress went from a data-poor organisation to an information-centric organisation analyzing 900 different data elements.

Rolls Royce Shifts In Higher Gear With Big Data

Big Data allows Rolls Royce to make engines safer and more reliable as well as saving money and time and preventing customer frustration.

Big Data Ownership - Who Owns Your Data?

Big Data Ownership is a topic that will drive a lot of debate. Who owns your social network data, your comments or your purchasing information?

What is The Effect Of Big Data On Your Privacy?

If Big Data is about making money, it is about creating value and value should be placed on the balance sheet as an asset.

The Australian Open Gives Fans Deeper Insights With Data

At the Australian Open, IBM brings new technologies to the tennis court to give fans and journalists deeper insight with real-time statistics.

Crowd Control Management in the Twente Region

In The Netherlands, a remarkable, and for The Netherlands unique, initiative around Crowd Control Management took place in December 2012.