Renaissance Technologies: Generating Alpha without Wall Street Veterans or MBAs
How a team of mathematicians, computer scientists, and physicists is beating the market
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Palantir – Solving the “Biggest” of big data problems
Palantir – A discussion of its keys to success and what could threaten its mighty hold on big data analysis.
Big Data Takes Flight at Delta Air Lines
Embracing data analytics has helped Delta propel itself to the top of the US airline industry.
Mint: aggregating personal financial data with ease
Mint is a free personal finance website and mobile app founded in 2006 that easily allows for budget setting and expense tracking. The site then categorizes each event (which can be changed or customized by the user) and creates a one-stop destination for holistic financial management across the many accounts that one might have.
A/B Testing for All!
Optimizely is bringing A/B Testing to the Masses
Increasing efficiency and effectiveness of marketing spend in Insurance
Direct Line resisted the urge to go on the volume driving price comparison website, and increased marketing efficiency and effectiveness by becoming more customer centric. How did they do this? By using customer data.
“Also recommended for Sarah…” – Thanks, Netflix.
From improving subtitles to choosing which movies to license, to even creating personalized trailers for their proprietary shows, Netflix creatively uses data capture and analysis to satisfy, retain, and attract customers.
Rolls Royce: Internet of Things in Aviation
Rolls Royce: How a struggling airline supplier became a leader in big data analytics
Dataminr: Actionable signals from Twitter
Dataminr specializes in the real-time analysis of data from a variety of news and social media sources to provide differentiated and expedient support to media, public sector, finance, and corporate security entities. Their value is in their ability to rapidly […]
Zopaf: Stop Leaving Money on the Negotiating Table
Zopaf is helping companies and individuals approach negotiations based on data instead of conventional wisdom.