Just as embedded processors (and cheap memory) sparked a new generation of smart systems and consumer devices like the smartphone, embedded BI and analytics – enabled by advances in big and small data processing, open source projects like BIRT and Hadoop, and rich APIs – has the potential to change the face of many categories of…
I had the chance to talk small data and business performance for a recent episode of MSNBC’s Your Business. Check out the clip below.
If the desire to make analytics more accessible and actionable for everyday tasks helped kickstart the small data movement, the growing focus on the best ways to access/manage/visualize IoT devices and data offers to shift the small data discussion into hyperdrive. In fact, over the past couple months we’ve seen some great posts and discussions…
Back in the summer I explored the concept of “wise” devices being proposed by Fitbit designer Gadi Amit and introduced the idea that small data will be the OS for these mobile and wearable devices. Since then, my teams at Actuate have been exploring these ideas and accelerating our work around applying information design best practices for a…
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