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Author Marr, Bernard.
Title Big data in practice : : how 45 successful companies used big data analytics to deliver extraordinary results / Bernard Marr.
Publisher Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016.



Descript 1 online resource (304 pages)
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Contents Introduction 1 1 Walmart: How Big Data Is Used To Drive Supermarket Performance 5 2 CERN: Unravelling The Secrets Of The Universe With Big Data 11 3 Netflix:HowNetflixUsed Big Data To Give Us The ProgrammesWeWant 17 4 Rolls-Royce: How Big Data Is Used To Drive Success In Manufacturing 25 5 Shell: How Big Oil Uses Big Data 31 6 Apixio: How Big Data Is Transforming Healthcare 37 7 Lotus F1 Team:How BigData Is Essential To The Success Of Motorsport Teams 45 8 Pendleton& Son Butchers: Big Data For Small Business 51 9 US OlympicWomen's Cycling Team: How Big Data Analytics Is Used To Optimize Athletes' Performance 57 10 ZSL: Big Data In The Zoo And To Protect Animals 63 11 Facebook: How Facebook Use Big Data To Understand Customers 69 12 John Deere:How BigData Can Be AppliedOn Farms 75 13 Royal Bank of Scotland: Using Big Data To Make Customer Service More Personal 81 14 LinkedIn: How Big Data Is Used To Fuel Social Media Success 87 15 Microsoft: Bringing Big Data To The Masses 95 16 Acxiom: Fuelling MarketingWith Big Data 103 17 US Immigration And Customs: How Big Data Is Used To Keep Passengers Safe And Prevent Terrorism 111 18 Nest: Bringing The Internet of Things Into The Home 117 19 GE: How Big Data Is Fuelling The Industrial Internet 125 20 Etsy: How Big Data Is Used In A CraftyWay 131 21 Narrative Science: How Big Data Is Used To Tell Stories 137 22 BBC: How Big Data Is Used In The Media 143 23 Milton Keynes: How Big Data Is Used To Create Smarter Cities 149 24 Palantir: How Big Data Is Used To Help The CIA And To Detect Bombs In Afghanistan 157 25 Airbnb: How Big Data Is Used To Disrupt The Hospitality Industry 163 26 Sprint: Profiling Audiences Using Mobile Network Data 169 27 Dickey's Barbecue Pit: How Big Data Is Used To Gain Performance Insights Into One Of America's Most Successful Restaurant Chains 175 28 Caesars: Big Data At The Casino 181 29 Fitbit: Big Data In The Personal Fitness Arena 189 30 Ralph Lauren: Big Data In The Fashion Industry 195 31 Zynga: Big Data In The Gaming Industry 199 32 Autodesk: How Big Data Is Transforming The Software Industry 205 33 Walt Disney Parks and Resorts: How Big Data Is Transforming Our Family Holidays 211 34 Experian: Using Big Data To Make Lending Decisions And To Crack Down On Identity Fraud 217 35 Transport for London: How Big Data Is Used To Improve And Manage Public Transport In London 223 36 The US Government: Using Big Data To Run A Country 229 37 IBMWatson: Teaching Computers To Understand And Learn 237 38 Google: How Big Data Is At The Heart Of Google's Business Model 243 39 Terra Seismic: Using Big Data To Predict Earthquakes 251 40 Apple: How Big Data Is At The Centre Of Their Business 255 41 Twitter: How Twitter And IBM Deliver Customer Insights From Big Data 261 42 Uber:How BigData IsAt The Centre Of Uber's Transportation Business 267 43 Electronic Arts: Big Data In Video Gaming 273 44 Kaggle: Crowdsourcing Your Data Scientist 281 45 Amazon: How Predictive Analytics Are Used To Get A 360-Degree View Of Consumers 287 FinalThoughts 293 About the Author 297 Acknowledgements 299 Index 301
Note 200 annual accesses. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781119231417 (e-book)
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Author Marr, Bernard.
Subject Knowledge management -- Case studies.
Big data -- Case studies.
Descript 1 online resource (304 pages)
Content text
Media computer
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Contents Introduction 1 1 Walmart: How Big Data Is Used To Drive Supermarket Performance 5 2 CERN: Unravelling The Secrets Of The Universe With Big Data 11 3 Netflix:HowNetflixUsed Big Data To Give Us The ProgrammesWeWant 17 4 Rolls-Royce: How Big Data Is Used To Drive Success In Manufacturing 25 5 Shell: How Big Oil Uses Big Data 31 6 Apixio: How Big Data Is Transforming Healthcare 37 7 Lotus F1 Team:How BigData Is Essential To The Success Of Motorsport Teams 45 8 Pendleton& Son Butchers: Big Data For Small Business 51 9 US OlympicWomen's Cycling Team: How Big Data Analytics Is Used To Optimize Athletes' Performance 57 10 ZSL: Big Data In The Zoo And To Protect Animals 63 11 Facebook: How Facebook Use Big Data To Understand Customers 69 12 John Deere:How BigData Can Be AppliedOn Farms 75 13 Royal Bank of Scotland: Using Big Data To Make Customer Service More Personal 81 14 LinkedIn: How Big Data Is Used To Fuel Social Media Success 87 15 Microsoft: Bringing Big Data To The Masses 95 16 Acxiom: Fuelling MarketingWith Big Data 103 17 US Immigration And Customs: How Big Data Is Used To Keep Passengers Safe And Prevent Terrorism 111 18 Nest: Bringing The Internet of Things Into The Home 117 19 GE: How Big Data Is Fuelling The Industrial Internet 125 20 Etsy: How Big Data Is Used In A CraftyWay 131 21 Narrative Science: How Big Data Is Used To Tell Stories 137 22 BBC: How Big Data Is Used In The Media 143 23 Milton Keynes: How Big Data Is Used To Create Smarter Cities 149 24 Palantir: How Big Data Is Used To Help The CIA And To Detect Bombs In Afghanistan 157 25 Airbnb: How Big Data Is Used To Disrupt The Hospitality Industry 163 26 Sprint: Profiling Audiences Using Mobile Network Data 169 27 Dickey's Barbecue Pit: How Big Data Is Used To Gain Performance Insights Into One Of America's Most Successful Restaurant Chains 175 28 Caesars: Big Data At The Casino 181 29 Fitbit: Big Data In The Personal Fitness Arena 189 30 Ralph Lauren: Big Data In The Fashion Industry 195 31 Zynga: Big Data In The Gaming Industry 199 32 Autodesk: How Big Data Is Transforming The Software Industry 205 33 Walt Disney Parks and Resorts: How Big Data Is Transforming Our Family Holidays 211 34 Experian: Using Big Data To Make Lending Decisions And To Crack Down On Identity Fraud 217 35 Transport for London: How Big Data Is Used To Improve And Manage Public Transport In London 223 36 The US Government: Using Big Data To Run A Country 229 37 IBMWatson: Teaching Computers To Understand And Learn 237 38 Google: How Big Data Is At The Heart Of Google's Business Model 243 39 Terra Seismic: Using Big Data To Predict Earthquakes 251 40 Apple: How Big Data Is At The Centre Of Their Business 255 41 Twitter: How Twitter And IBM Deliver Customer Insights From Big Data 261 42 Uber:How BigData IsAt The Centre Of Uber's Transportation Business 267 43 Electronic Arts: Big Data In Video Gaming 273 44 Kaggle: Crowdsourcing Your Data Scientist 281 45 Amazon: How Predictive Analytics Are Used To Get A 360-Degree View Of Consumers 287 FinalThoughts 293 About the Author 297 Acknowledgements 299 Index 301
Note 200 annual accesses. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781119231417 (e-book)
Author Marr, Bernard.
Subject Knowledge management -- Case studies.
Big data -- Case studies.

Subject Knowledge management -- Case studies.
Big data -- Case studies.
Descript 1 online resource (304 pages)
Content text
Media computer
Carrier online resource
Contents Introduction 1 1 Walmart: How Big Data Is Used To Drive Supermarket Performance 5 2 CERN: Unravelling The Secrets Of The Universe With Big Data 11 3 Netflix:HowNetflixUsed Big Data To Give Us The ProgrammesWeWant 17 4 Rolls-Royce: How Big Data Is Used To Drive Success In Manufacturing 25 5 Shell: How Big Oil Uses Big Data 31 6 Apixio: How Big Data Is Transforming Healthcare 37 7 Lotus F1 Team:How BigData Is Essential To The Success Of Motorsport Teams 45 8 Pendleton& Son Butchers: Big Data For Small Business 51 9 US OlympicWomen's Cycling Team: How Big Data Analytics Is Used To Optimize Athletes' Performance 57 10 ZSL: Big Data In The Zoo And To Protect Animals 63 11 Facebook: How Facebook Use Big Data To Understand Customers 69 12 John Deere:How BigData Can Be AppliedOn Farms 75 13 Royal Bank of Scotland: Using Big Data To Make Customer Service More Personal 81 14 LinkedIn: How Big Data Is Used To Fuel Social Media Success 87 15 Microsoft: Bringing Big Data To The Masses 95 16 Acxiom: Fuelling MarketingWith Big Data 103 17 US Immigration And Customs: How Big Data Is Used To Keep Passengers Safe And Prevent Terrorism 111 18 Nest: Bringing The Internet of Things Into The Home 117 19 GE: How Big Data Is Fuelling The Industrial Internet 125 20 Etsy: How Big Data Is Used In A CraftyWay 131 21 Narrative Science: How Big Data Is Used To Tell Stories 137 22 BBC: How Big Data Is Used In The Media 143 23 Milton Keynes: How Big Data Is Used To Create Smarter Cities 149 24 Palantir: How Big Data Is Used To Help The CIA And To Detect Bombs In Afghanistan 157 25 Airbnb: How Big Data Is Used To Disrupt The Hospitality Industry 163 26 Sprint: Profiling Audiences Using Mobile Network Data 169 27 Dickey's Barbecue Pit: How Big Data Is Used To Gain Performance Insights Into One Of America's Most Successful Restaurant Chains 175 28 Caesars: Big Data At The Casino 181 29 Fitbit: Big Data In The Personal Fitness Arena 189 30 Ralph Lauren: Big Data In The Fashion Industry 195 31 Zynga: Big Data In The Gaming Industry 199 32 Autodesk: How Big Data Is Transforming The Software Industry 205 33 Walt Disney Parks and Resorts: How Big Data Is Transforming Our Family Holidays 211 34 Experian: Using Big Data To Make Lending Decisions And To Crack Down On Identity Fraud 217 35 Transport for London: How Big Data Is Used To Improve And Manage Public Transport In London 223 36 The US Government: Using Big Data To Run A Country 229 37 IBMWatson: Teaching Computers To Understand And Learn 237 38 Google: How Big Data Is At The Heart Of Google's Business Model 243 39 Terra Seismic: Using Big Data To Predict Earthquakes 251 40 Apple: How Big Data Is At The Centre Of Their Business 255 41 Twitter: How Twitter And IBM Deliver Customer Insights From Big Data 261 42 Uber:How BigData IsAt The Centre Of Uber's Transportation Business 267 43 Electronic Arts: Big Data In Video Gaming 273 44 Kaggle: Crowdsourcing Your Data Scientist 281 45 Amazon: How Predictive Analytics Are Used To Get A 360-Degree View Of Consumers 287 FinalThoughts 293 About the Author 297 Acknowledgements 299 Index 301
Note 200 annual accesses. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781119231417 (e-book)

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