How can analytics help in hospitality and travel management? Though it is sounding bit unrealistic yet it can be actually done. Through data analysis companies can identify what customers are looking for in their site. Based on that companies can easily prioritize the customers’ needs through tokenisation. Moreover, companies can enrich their investment decisions, revenue limits. This can also help in integrated marketing.

 For more information, please go through: http://www.amadeus.com/hotels/newsrepository/articles/major-global-study-reveals-how-big-data-will-transform-hospitality-industry/

Social media is a platform where people can create, share or exchange information and ideas through interaction. The rise of Big Data has prompted many organizations to utilize data analysis for making marketing decisions .Social media is an important way to track  vast amount of data. Organizations are now developing tools intended for this purpose.

 Some of the trending social media analytics tools are:

1. Social Report.

2. Social Mention.

3. Simply Measured.

4. Cyfe.

5. Sprout Social.

6. SumAll.

To read more, visit the following link:

http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/65195-6-Social-Media-Analytics-Tools-for-Merchants

Enterprise Performance Management or commonly known EPM is a management field of Business Performance Management which considers the visibility of operations in a closed-loop model across all facets of the enterprise. 

Nowadays, big data analytics is helping EPM in factoring a lot more unstructured data than what was possible earlier, along with duly capturing customer sentiments and feedback. A second key impact of Big Data on EPM is that analytics will be a function not restricted to the IT team, but the wider organization will be able to deconstruct data with the use of easy-to-use analytics tools.

To read more, Visit the following link:

http://www.informationweek.in/informationweek/perspective/287755/impact-analytics-enterprise-performance-management

Data Analytics is very significant for the insurance industry helping to reconstruct the processes. Around 74% of the insurance sector is creating aggressive dominance for their companies by using analytical tools. To challenge and succeed in this charismatic environment, insurers must amend the value of big data. While the industry has upgraded in evaluating the structured data linked with their products but the unstructured and semi-structured information is yet untried. By focusing on the appropriate expertise, the insurance companies will be on the correct path to contend and bloom globally.

For more Information please follow

http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/gbs/thoughtleadership/big-data-insurance/

Big data and analytics play a major role in any business. According to John Hagerty, program director of IBM, big data and analytics together can improve all the processes from management work to application in any business. Research revealed that with the proper use of these, any business can reach a limit where it can outperform its competitors by 75 percent.

For more information, please go through: http://www.zdnet.com/converting-big-data-and-analytics-into-real-results-7000026720/

Dashboards offer a unique and powerful solution to an organization's need for information. Nowadays it has become a very powerful tool to gather inner facts for decision making.  One can find various ways to create effective dashboards from a visualization and interactive perspective, but there is a need to understand the psychological aspect also. By taking into consideration the various psychological factors, we can develop more effective and informative dashboards. The three most important psychological factors are:

1) The curious nature of humans.

2) An eye for style.

3) The need for autonomy.

 To take a closer look at each point, Please follow this link: http://www.dundas.com/discover/article/the-psychology-of-dashboards/

 Long term care industry is facing its biggest challenge at present. It has mainly two problems, buyers are often dropping polices more than the industry predicted and on the other hand LTC companies are struggling to survive in nearly zero interest rate. Incorrect forecast of lapse rate had squeezed the profit of the companies and forced them to increase premiums which have lost its attraction to new potential buyer. Hence LTC companies are in the verge of trimming their product line and reducing discounts. In spite of bringing new polices, the companies are still facing their biggest challenge. For more details please visit http://www.forbes.com/sites/howardgleckman/2012/08/29/whats-killing-the-long-term-care-insurance-industry/

Social media plays an important role in searching information  and decision-making behavior of consumers.  A country like India, where 65% of population is youth, uses laptop, tab, Smartphone etc to be socially connected.  Therefore the Brands have realized the importance of social media to reach today’s young generation. For example, if we go to Nike’s Facebook page the entire focus is on fitness and athleticism rather than their products. Another way to connect with consumers is to know the importance of real time marketing which focuses on real time incident. Social media has also molded the consumers to reviewers. 

To read more- visit the following link:

http://www.mbaskool.com/business-articles/marketing/9150-consumer-behaviour-in-the-age-of-social-media.html

What is Cloud? The cloud computing is a phrase, which is used to describe a variety of computing concepts that involve a large number of systems connected through a communication network such as the Internet. It also means the ability to run an application on many connected computers at the same time.

Entrepreneurship emphasizes on innovation and as we all know, innovation leads to sustainability in this volatile demand & application driven market.

The current technological environment demands these two factors, cloud and entrepreneurship to come together as an explorer combo pack. The idea is like start ups can swipe a credit card, buy a little bit of infrastructure and get the idea off the ground. And it doesn't matter if a company’s idea is related to technology, marketing or consumer products. It is a very fast and efficient means of getting the back office & customer-facing capabilities moving.

To read more- visit the following link:

 http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20140301/NJBIZ/303010002/Cloud-computing-discussed-at-NJ-tech-conference?nclick_check=1

Now Analytics can also predict weather for as long as 40 days before.

EarthRisk Technologies has come up with an analytical model that can predict extreme weather events. This model is designed in such a way that it can identify different patterns of weather which involves intensive calculations. With the help of historically available data, it compares with the present conditions and uses predictive analytics to forecast the weather 40 days in advance.

Knowing advance weather forecasts will certainly help industries in the utility, energy and agricultural sectors as they heavily depend on weather information. With the help of this model, proper timely decisions can be taken.

To gain more insights on how Analytics are helping in predicting weather you can go to http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/10/big-data-can-predict-weather-up-to-40-days-into-the-future/ .

Data Analytics is used in an ample number of ways to achieve a competitive advantage over other businesses. The various areas are - Big Data and Information Optimization helps in determining an organisation on how they can apply the present analytical access patterns and skill sets though it is still critical to audit the interaction between the analytical assets and core database system. Visual Analytics and Data Discovery gives guidance in finding a trend in the data set by developing various hypotheses and visualizing the complexity of the diverse data set. Companies need to inspect on different patterns and accord in the data for future benefit using Predictive Analytics. Right Time and Real Time Analytics are used to grasp on how customers are handling data analytics for managing industry. 

For more Information follow 

http://tonycosentino.ventanaresearch.com/2013/03/11/the-four-pillars-of-big-data-analytics/

Well, nowadays retail banks are more focused in implementing data analytics techniques and models into their day to day decision making processes. Data analytics not only provide solutions to attract and retain profitable customers but also by the help of various tools and techniques like data discovery and visualization, it is possible to analyze the various aspects which are associated with customers. Retail bankers are trying to discover the relationships and correlations in large amounts of data using customer intelligence derived from analytics. Big data analytic enable them to track customer behavior and preferences to achieve higher level of customer satisfaction which definitely helps to achieve stakeholder’s wealth maximization. For more information, please go through the link: http://spotfire.tibco.com/blog/?p=22990

‘Big data’ is a combination of four ‘V’s: Volume, Velocity, Variety and Value, in structured/unstructured way. The data should be organised in a proper architectural form and then different analytical tools can be applied. The common analytical tools like agent-based modelling, neural networks, factor analysis, cluster analysis, time series analysis can be used to do proper analysis of the ‘big data’.

For more information, please go through: http://www.scientificcomputing.com/blogs/2014/02/big-data-analytics-continues-evolve

While solving problems on Analytics, many times it happens that the given datasets are really complex to analyze as they overlap each other. With Interactive Visual Analysis (IVA), the task becomes easier, where the datasets can display the level of interactions between them without overlapping each other.

By developing the IVA, one can gain knowledge about the datasets, which is not apparently noticeable. Not only this, IVA involves formulation and testing of hypotheses and one can also explore the correlations between the different variables.

 Sounds interesting? Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcYRrPqC5A8

Movies! This word creates a taste of entertainment, a sense of refreshment among the minds of audience. We all would like to see movies that satisfy our genre-wise thirst. Also we prefer watching movies that includes our favorite stars or from our favorite directors or even sometimes we prefer watching movies from our favorite production houses.  don't we? Even, the ratings given by movie rating agencies and critics affects our decision about whether to watch a movie or not.

Now a days, our advantage is that we can predict how a movie will perform by using various analytics models.

Read more at

http://www.kdnuggets.com/2013/12/movie-analytics-india-dhoom-3-to-don-3.html

To find the best tools and techniques for appropriate human resource selection must be the prime focus of a HR manager. The enhancement of the recruitment process can be attributed not only to the social media techniques but also to the data analysis, redefining recruitment. Data analysis helps in making accurate decisions faster which ultimately leads to a proactive business. The employee turnover can be reduced by analysis of the proper reason using sentiment analysis. Predictive analysis helps in eliminating the guesswork factor.

For more information please go to

http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/big-data-recruiters/

Analytics Platforms are offering greater insights into real time surveillance of disease outbreaks. This will be helpful for countries like India, where population density is high. Due to the population size and density, India is prone to infectious diseases and controlling the outbreak of the diseases is becoming difficult.

With the help of predictive modelling, the Analytics Platforms can be used in determining the severity and spread of the disease. Based on these, the control measures can be applied accordingly.

For more information, please go through the link http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-01-31/news/46870122_1_disease-outbreaks-notification-system-syndromic-surveillance

The last five years, we have seen a massive upsurge of data; we have generated 90 percent of the entire world's data in the last two years!!! Why today analytics is so successful? Just because of availability of data? No! We have to admit the technological advancement we made through the last decade to analyze the available data, also the success can be attributed to the decreased cost of storage space. Twenty years ago, we had all the data analysis tools in place but data was scarce. Today there is a frightening abundance of data... But then what to do with this available data and how! Yeah we got the techniques, but we need the applicability mapping... Think about the applicability of analytics into the telecom sector, which represents an agile supply chain management ...These examples points to the tremendous possibilities that big data offer in telecom sector. But we must never forget the underlying secret: only blue-blooded telecom experts can usher in this exciting telecom future. Today's big buzzword is big data. Its companion, buzzword analytics, is also a big favorite. There are good reasons why this is so. 

For More Information Go To This Link:

http://www.business-standard.com/article/management/a-secret-about-analytics-114030200628_1.html

How about a system which can learn from its mistakes? How about a system which can evolve over time automatically? We refer to these features as Artificial Intelligence, exhibited by a software or by a machine. 

To Read More: visit the following link...

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/22/robots-google-ray-kurzweil-terminator-singularity-artificial-intelligence

Traffic congestion is a major issue in major cities of the world. While there are discussions going on how to optimize this problem, Analytics can be seen as a major problem solver. With the help of Analytics, traffic systems will become 'smart'. They will predict the flow of vehicles in future and depending on that information, decisions can be taken in managing congestion.

In fact, the City of Cologne, Germany has implemented Analytics to make traffic systems smart.

To see how they have done, please go through this link: http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/2013/jan/22/german-city-uses-analytics-solve-traffic-jams/.