Big Data Articles by Futurist Mark van Rijmenam

Three Unexpected Benefits Big Data Offers Small Companies

Big Data has a lot of potential for small companies, such as local shops or bars, which results in three distinctive benefits.

Why Gamification is the Friendly Scout of Big Data

In the past years, big data has changed the way organisations and societies are operated and managed. Insights from all kinds of structured and unstructured data sources help improve organisations in a variety of ways. However, big data is not the only trend that has a significant impact on how

How Big Data Will Take The Role of the CIO to the Next Level

Becoming a data-driven organisation is not an easy task and many C-level executives struggle with it, as developing a Big Data strategy is not only about the required IT; it is more about having the right people and culture in place. The right IT environment is required to perform the

Four Ways Big Data Will Make You Happy in 2017

It is the start of 2017, let’s start the year on a positive note! We are in the middle of a data revolution, where data sources will be connected with each other and as such provide valuable insights. These insights can be used by organisations to reduce costs or

What is the Blockchain and Why is it So Important?

The blockchain is growing in importance. Increasingly organisations have to explore what this revolutionary technology will mean for their business. Marc Andreessen from the well-known VC firm Andreessen Horowitz calls it as big an invention as the internet. Last year, in my Big Data Trends [https://datafloq.com/read/7-big-data-trends-for-2016/

Why Blending Data Analytics and Gut-Feeling Benefits your Business

Understanding the impact of big data is not self-evident for many companies. Big data offers endless possibilities [https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/big-data-enables-open-strategy/] and as such organisations are, still, overwhelmed when it comes to big data analytics. Big data requires different technologies, new IT systems, new processes and a different way

Why Humanizing Algorithms Is a Good Idea

Algorithms [https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/ai-change-corporate-governance/] are taking over the world. Not yet completely and not yet definitely, but they are well on their way to automate a lot of tasks and jobs. This algorithmization [https://datafloq.com/read/7-Reasons-Algorithmic-Business-Change-Society/1676] offers many benefits for organizations and consumers; boring tasks

How Unlimited Computing Power, Swarms of Sensors and Algorithms Will Rock our World

Unlimited computing power, swarms of sensors and smart algorithms will change how organizations should be managed and can propel us to Earth 2.0.

12 Qualities Your Next Chief Data Officer Should Have

The Chief Data Officer is on the rise! In a 2015 Forrester research [https://www.forrester.com/report/Top+Performers+Appoint+Chief+Data+Officers/-/E-RES123064] of 3005 data analytics decision-makers, 45% said that their company had appointed a Chief Data Officer (CDO). In addition, a survey [http://www.information-management.

12 Algorithms Every Data Scientist Should Know

Algorithms have become part of our daily lives and they can be found in almost any aspect of the business. Gartner calls this the algorithmic business [https://datafloq.com/read/7-Reasons-Algorithmic-Business-Change-Society/1676] and it is changing the way we (should) run and manage our organizations. There are all kinds of