Komatsu revolutionized itself from selling machines to providing data analytics
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Real-life ‘Minority Report’
PredPol, crime prediction service
Zynga: Big Data Company Disgused as Gaming Company?
Zynga is a social casual gaming company that uses petabytes of data to create value in its products.
The Business of Hillary vs. Trump
Data aggregation and cleaning – what we can learn from the US presidential elections.
Grubhub – Revolutionizing the food-ordering landscape
Grubhub – the leading online and mobile food-ordering company, with 8.2million active diners and 50,000 restaurants in its network across 1,100 cities – is redefining the way people order food. Insights from significant amount of data generated is helping the company refine the food-discovery process for its diners, i.e. right food at the right time at the right price. On the other hand, the restaurants are able to optimize their delivery footprints, pricing and online profiles. Let’s see how Grubhub does all of this.
Crisis Text Line: Saving Lives Through Data
Non-profits aren’t known for being particularly data-driven. Crisis Text Line, however, views itself as a tech company first, helping folks with mental health challenges; it just so happens to be a non-profit. It has now amassed the most comprehensive real-time mental health data set to date.[1]
How traditional business leverage data analytics: Starwood Hotel
Data analytics in hotel industry
One Robot to Rule Them All
Data scientists and software engineers have built tools to successfully replace many high skilled jobs. But are we about to automate the data scientists themselves?
Peloton: Using digital scale to revolutionize fitness
Peloton uses the best in technology to elevate the indoor cycling experience for riders.
Palantir- A Secretive Unicorn
On December 14th, 2016 President-Elect Donald Trump met with the leaders of the largest tech firms in the US. Seated directly across from Mr. Trump was a relatively unknown 49 year Ph.D. named Alex Karp-CEO of Palantir Technologies.