big data

Retail Asia22/12/2016

Firms that capitalize and analyze all relevant data and deliver actionable information could achieve an extra $430 billion worldwide in productivity benefits over their less analytically oriented peers by 2020, according to IDC. The research firm predicts big data analytics technology investments will increase across Asia Pacific at 34% year over year in the next […]

Retail Asia25/11/2016

Multimedia University, Malaysia (MMU) and Teradata have announced a strategic partnership to collaborate on education and research in an effort to cultivate the next generation of data science professionals and experts in Malaysia. Through this co-operation, MMU will gain access to the Teradata University Network (TUN), a web-based portal that provides complementary teaching and learning […]

Retail Asia28/10/2016

Forrester’s latest forecast predicts that the big data technology market will grow at a 12.8% CAGR over the next five years. In the first forecast of its kind from Forrester, the market is segmented into six buckets — enterprise data warehouse, NoSQL, Hadoop, big data integration, data virtualization, and in-memory data fabric. Forrester data found […]

Retail Asia19/10/2016

Alibaba Cloud announced at its recent Computing Conference that it will provide its AI, deep learning and data analytics capabilities for two new cutting-edge developments in China. Initiated by the Hangzhou government, the “Hangzhou City Brain” is set to address the city’s urban living challenges. As the hub to consolidate data and provide real-time analysis, […]

Retail Asia30/09/2016

Cloudera has expanded its partnership with CenturyLink to deliver big data as a service to enable customers gain value from all their data. As part of being a preferred partner, CenturyLink’s Global IT Services is delivering a fully managed big data solution powered by Cloudera Enterprise. This combined big data offering will exponentially speed time to […]

Retail Asia29/09/2016

Teradata now offers the Teradata Customer Journey Analytic Solution, a complete set of capabilities for discerning the behavioral paths of each individual customer. The solution determines the next best interaction and delivering a consistent, personalized brand experience through every channel and touch point. It also uses Teradata’s consulting services, as well as technologies that enable […]

Retail Asia01/06/2016

gen-E launched its business intelligence platform OpsCenter InfiniView, which “goes deeper and broader than current advanced analytics software” by combining and analyzing data across an entire business and comparing it against thousands of industry best practice KPIs. The automated results and recommendations are presented via a real-time dashboard view to help leaders make better decisions, […]

Retail Asia03/05/2016

Companies claim that customers aren’t “just a number to us,” but that’s more than a catchphrase for number-crunching analytics firm 84.51°. The company is the recent spinoff of former Kroger-Tesco analytics joint venture dunnhumby, now wholly owned by US supermarket giant The Kroger Co. Renamed for the longitude of its Cincinnati headquarters and rebuilt from […]

Retail Asia26/03/2016

IBM and MasterCard have partnered to offer smaller retailers real-time, analytics-based market insights on revenue, market share, customer demographics and competitors. The solution integrates IBM Watson Analytics with insights based on aggregated and anonymous MasterCard transaction data through MasterCard Advisors Local Market Intelligence (LMI). The data will be available to retailers who accept MasterCard – […]

Retail Asia25/02/2016

Japanese conglomerate Mitsui & Co. has invested an undisclosed amount in Crayon Data, a Big Data analytics startup in Singapore, with operations in Chennai (India) The funds will help Crayon accelerate its global expansion, according to an official statement. The investment also includes a business service agreement by which Mitsui will support the launch of […]

Retail Asia21/03/2015

Retailers such as Myer and Woolworths have been urged to quiz customers when they leave stores empty-handed and grill shoppers who spend money at rival chains, to achieve better returns on their investment in big data. Spending on data analytics is rising by 30 percent a year and is forecast to reach USD114 billion by […]

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Firms cash in on big data benefits

Malaysia’s MMU, Teradata ink pact on big data analytics skills

Big data market to grow three times faster than tech overall

Hangzhou to harness Alibaba Cloud’s AI, analytics tools

Cloudera, CenturyLink offer Big Data as a Service

Teradata boosts customer experience with behavioral insights

gen-E launches OpsCenter InfiniView BI platform

Use Data To Show Customers They’re More Than Just A Number

MasterCard and IBM make Big Data available to small retailers

Mitsui & Co. invests in Singapore’s analytics startup Crayon Data

Retailers urged to do better on big data