LinkedIn's success has relied on the desire of professionals to have online identities that are separate from their personal profiles, the quality of professionals and organizations on the platform, network effects that make the platform more valuable as it grows, and the high-quality, targeted insights and products the company delivers given its vast data and analytical capabilities.
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Starbucks — Grinding Data
Coffee giant Starbucks has mounds of data, and they're putting it to good use marketing to customers and locating new stores.
Big Data for Music Festivals
Using insights gathered from data to improve the design, planning and sustainability efforts of future festivals
Netflix: A Personalized Viewing Experience
Netflix is a best-in-class example of the use of data in the media industry.
Google AlphaGo: How a recreational program will change the world
AlphaGo program shocked the world by defeating Lee Sedol, the world champion in Go. This post talks about how Google used data and algorithms to achieve this and how a seemingly recreational program will create and capture value for Google
Tableau Software – Unlocking Insights in Data
In a world with no shortage of data, Tableau Software offers an incredible product to quickly analyze large data sets and rapidly produce high-quality visualizations.
ZARA: Achieving the “Fast” in Fast Fashion through Analytics
How does fast fashion make any business sense? Zara uses intensive data and analytics to manage a tight supply chain and give customers exactly what they want.
Self-Driving Ships?
Rolls-Royce is using Big Data to make ships smarter and eventually drive themselves
Netflix – Moving beyond movie recommendations
Netflix – can they move from recommending the best movie for me to producing it?
Can Data Save Us All? Lessons from Attempting to Transform Sears and Kmart through Data & Analytics
Lessons from attempting to transform Sears and Kmart through data & analytics.