There are a number of companies that receive much attention from media types and are better known for their investment prowess, including Netflix, Priceline and Chipotle.But today, among these, I will point to Priceline ($PCLN) as a potential short-time mover. The reason is that its weekly “Bollinger Bandwidth” is squeezed and pointing to a huge volatility expansion shortly.Please note below its weekly chart…In addition, its […]
You may not need big data after all | #MITIQ Alan McStravick | July 23rdREAD MOREThe business buzzword over the past few years has been “Big Data”. Companies are trying to figure our how they can leverage their collected data and translate it into a competitive advantage. However, according to the Director of MIT’s Sloan School Center for Information Systems […]
A majority of big data projects fail, and many others fall short of their objectives, due to the scarcity of personnel with data science skill sets, limited access to data and a lack of alignment between business and IT departments. There’s a better way.In a live webinar on July 2, the CTOs of Cloudera and Splunk will talk about how […]
Big Data’s march through the health care industry really seems to be making news this week. Take, for example, this Wired profile of Modernizing Medicine, a company that aggregates data from “knowledge gathered from roughly 3,700 providers and more than 14 million patient visits.” Health care providers can then draw on this data to make better treatment decisions. Powerful search algorithms deliver precisely targeted results.Sounds […]
In my work helping clients manage the risks of social media, Twitter hashtag-hijacking often comes up in conversation. A spectacular example is UKIP’s recent use of the hashtag #WhyImVotingUKIP as a way of letting their supporters explain the reasons behind their vote.Unfortunately for UKIP, the hashtag was hijacked and was used by many as a way of poking fun at […]
Social sentiment indicators are based on information users post publicly to Facebook, Twitter, blog posts, discussion groups and forums. If the social sentiment indicator shows a negative change in reputation, the company can address the problem before it grows. Companies can also use this information to reduce the burden on […]
Ahead of next week’s #SMWF Europe we speak to Luke Moore, European sales director at Crimson Hexagon to find out about how the company is helping businesses learn more from social media conversations. Social media has long been referred to as the world’s biggest focus group and its potential for learning more about the customer has always been huge. In fact […]
AT&T and IBM announced plans Tuesday to join forces to help cities, utilities and others use big data analytics to better manage their infrastructure.
The companies said in a joint statement they will “combine their analytic […]
Share on StockTwitsEmbedI am working with two busted fingers on my left hand for the next 6 weeks which is a bummer because I am in a writing mood.I have been trading a little bit off the mood of the market the last few weeks with some good results. We have entered an era where the news and flow of […]
A global telecoms company recently decided to do what many companies are doing: figure out how to turn big data into big profits. They put together a preliminary budget and an RFP that asked vendors to take the data the company had — customer call and payments behavior, online searches, social network activity, billing, etc. — and identify opportunities.Vendors salivated […]
