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HP Vertica boss on Big Data and innovation | #HPDiscover …

In his latest appearance on theCUBE at last week’s Discover summit in Barcelona, Colin Mahony, VP and GM of HP Vertica, shared how the database maker fits into Hewlett-Packard’s analytics strategy.After being acquired by HP in March 2011, Vertica gained access to hardware, service expertise and channel resources that enabled it to expand into global markets, Mahoney tells hosts John […]

Big Data Competencies | Strategic Planning & Execution content …

At the Annual Members Meeting of the Institute for the Study of Business Markets, there was considerable discussion of the new competencies that were going to be required of U.S. manufacturing firms. This was not surprising, given the meeting’s focus on the most significant emerging challenges that businesses were likely to face. And, given the breadth of participants from industry […]

the four biggest mistakes in stock & futures trading … – Non-Stop Gold

THE FOUR BIGGEST MISTAKES IN STOCK & FUTURES TRADING STRATEGIES
December 15, 2013

In this series I would like to share with you the four biggest mistakes traders and investors make which costs them time, money and usually self-confidence when trading stocks, ETF’s or futures trading strategies.
The Four Biggest Mistakes
1. Lack Of A Trading Plan
2. Using To Much Leverage
3. Failure to Control […]

The Four Biggest Mistakes Stock and Futures Market Traders Make …

The Four Biggest Mistakes Stock and Futures Market Traders Make

InvestorEducation / Learn to TradeDec 15, 2013 – 03:04 PM GMTBy: Chris_Vermeulen

In this series I would like to share with you the four biggest mistakes traders and investors make which costs them time, money and usually self-confidence when trading stocks, ETF’s or futures […]

Big-data strategies could boost revenue 25%, survey suggests – The …

Almost half of the firms surveyed in the Asia-Pacific region believe that big data can improve revenue by 25 per cent or more, with HDS projecting a potential US$250-billion (Bt8 trillion) revenue increase among the more than 500 companies surveyed. However, more than half of firms have made little or no progress in their big-data strategies. Wikipedia defines “big data” […]

PinAlerts & Social Searcher | 2 Free Social Media Search Tools

Reputation management is – and always has been – essential in growing your business and customer list. While it’s impossible to keep 100% of customers happy, it’s vitally important to know what is being said about your brand online, and to be able to follow-up with those dissatisfied folks to (hopefully) resolve their issues.Social search tools give you the ability […]

A Room with a View (of Crucial Big Data Insights) – Cisco Blog

What’s the problem with Big Data? You guessed right — it’s BIG.Big Data empowers organizations to discern patterns that were once invisible, leading to breakthrough ideas and transformed business performance. But there is simply so much of it, and from such myriad sources — customers, competitors, mobile, social, web, transactional, operational, internal, external, structured, and unstructured — that, for many […]

Here's The Stock Market Chart The Bears Are … – Business Insider

Business Insider/Matthew Boesler, data from BloombergFriday, the S&P 500 index snapped a five-day losing streak, and today, it’s trading just five points shy of its all-time high at 1813.
The index is now up more than 28% in the year to date, and many market strategists are sanguine on the prospects for stocks in the remaining few weeks of the year […]

12.09.13: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's the stock market | Financial Post

Sign up for the Executive Summary email briefing to get the news delivered straight to your inbox first thing in the morning.Markets: By the numbersTSX13,312.78 +32.06 +0.24%Dow Jones16,025.53 +5.33 +0.03%S&P 5001,808.37 +3.28 +0.18%Nasdaq4,068.75 +6.23 +0.15%Wow, did you see that? Good news for once begat good news on Friday, as investors took heart that employment reports in both Canada and the United States mean economic growth […]