What’s next for Big Data? Maybe a little thinning down of the industry and a little more focus.In fact, it may be underway. Google Trends shows searches of the term “Big Data” peaked in October, ending a nearly ceaseless climb that began three years earlier. Google doesn’t offer absolute numbers, but in that time there was a hundredfold increase in […]
Sentiment analysis has been lately a hot topic of debate among the social media professionals. The accuracy, the methodology of implementing and it’s practical usage, all have been discussed with different perceptions. Let’s take a quick look at why and how sentiment analysis can help your businesses grow.Why Sentiment Analysis?When there are hundreds of mentions around your brand, sentiment analysis […]
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Dec. 19, 2013 – Companies are recognizing the value of social media as a marketing and brand management tool, as well as customer service and support channel. Social media is also becoming a core consumer and business-user forum. Consequently, social media analytics emerged as a popular tool to measure social-site traffic, but more importantly, to obtain […]
Jeff Anaya is part of the marketing team with Viralheat, the social media marketing suite for business.Big Data is one of the latest phenomenon to hit tech news. This is no surprise as experts in the industry are constantly abuzz about the benefits of Big Data on marketers and any business trying to get deeper insights about their consumers. Yet, for […]
The Twitter IPO on November 7 started with an opening price of about $45. After trading between $40 and $45 for the next couple of weeks, the stock has taken off higher.
Some traders are looking for an opportunity to get into the stock, while others might be wondering when to exit the stock to lock in some gains. The analysis […]
Verint Systems, Inc. (VRNT), the software applications provider, is up 39% year-to-date. The share price formed a base above $25 during 2011 and 2012 and is now heading towards the $50 level. Verint is in the Enterprise Intelligence and Communications Intelligence business, Big Data.VRNT data by YChartsUnlike its peer, Splunk Inc (SPLK), Verint is priced reasonably. I estimate that it […]
Social media monitoring gets a bad rep.On one end of the spectrum, it’s the rote, boring thing you have to do to keep up with your brand’s mentions. On the other end of the spectrum, it’s… well, super-creepy stalking.I prefer to think of social monitoring as sleuthing – using all the resources available to you to get the fullest picture […]
Matt Cardy/Getty ImagesFA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.KOESTERICH: Stock Valuation And Investor Sentiment Don’t Justify Bubble Fears Just Yet (BlackRock Blog) To understand if U.S. stocks are in bubble territory, BlackRock’s Russ Koesterich thinks investors should look at valuation and sentiment. In terms of valuation, he writes […]
With OCZ’s officially announcing that Toshiba has bought the entirety of its assets but not the company as a whole, trading has opened back up and in just the past few minutes we have seen the stock drop by 75-percent. OCZ opened at $0.35 per share and at the time of this writing is trading at just above $0.168 per […]
With all the hype around Big Data, one of the most pressing concerns for organizations is finding qualified data scientists who’re able to translate that mish-mash of numbers into something that makes sense – actual insights that can be used to pursue businesses’ goals and strategies.The opportunities for data scientists are said to be enormous, mainly because there aren’t enough […]
