McKinsey and Company recently released an interesting and thought-provoking article which provided some key insights on Big Data and Analytics. The article was based on data gathered from an online survey of 530 C-level executives and senior managers, across a range of industries, geographies, and company sizes. You can read the full article at the...

While almost all of the hype around "Big Data" revolves around technology, tools and types of data, people are still the engine needed to drive success. Recent research from TechRepublic and ZDNet reinforces this all too-often overlooked fact. They found that 51% of companies have not yet started any big data projects. The main culprit for that slu...

Just the other day, Tealium and Gartner released their "100 Data and Analytics Predictions for 2021", a fascinating compendium based upon hundreds of Gartner analysts interactions with clients and vendors. The findings on the importance of data and analytics to the customer experience and the ways in which data and IOT will evolve is must read...

Just recently Forbes published an article summarizing a fascinating article summarizing the results of a recent study on business and analytics they co-sponsored with Dun and Bradstreet. They surveyed 300 executives in North America, the U.K. and Ireland across a range of industries. A key focus of the survey was how companies deployed analytics, t...

At Big Chalk Analytics, we believe in the power of people and often talk about the multiplicative power of Man and Machines. In today's world, there still remains too much emphasis on technology and automation and not enough on people and human insights. We think that Intelligence Augmentation is what is necessary to develop insights to power succe...