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Extreme Competition: Consider Big Data the Most Important Thing for Business since the Internet

December 6, 2011 , By

Extreme Competition: Consider Big Data the Most Important Thing for Business since the Internet
No stranger to reporting on innovative ideas in business, this month Peter Fingar explores the meaning of and the implications for business of Big Data. He believes that Big Data is all about delivering new insights to decision makers. Historically, data analytics software has relied on representative samplings to render results. That approach is changing with the emergence of new Big Data analytics engines. Interested? Read the whole story in his Column.

Peter Fingar

Peter Fingar

Peter Fingar, independent analyst, internationally acclaimed author, management advisor, former college professor and CIO, has been providing leadership at the intersection of business and technology for over 40 years. Peter is widely known for helping to launch business process management (BPM) with his book, Business Process Management: The Third Wave. He has taught graduate and undergraduate computing studies in the U.S. and abroad, and held management, technical, consulting and advisory positions with GTE Data Services, American Software and Computer Services, Saudi Aramco, EC Cubed (for clients including GE TPN, American Express, Master Card and GE Capital), Noor Advanced Technologies, the University of Tampa, the Technical Resource Connection division of Perot Systems and IBM Global Services. He is a sought-after keynote speaker and his latest of 15 books include Business Process Management: The Next Wave, which is about the use of distributed intelligence in business and Smart Process Apps: The Next Breakout Business Advantage. http://www.peterfingar.com peter@peterfingar.com
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