{"id":9057,"date":"2015-04-17T13:46:24","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T18:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=9057"},"modified":"2022-11-22T16:12:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T22:12:01","slug":"weekly-recap-unusual-applications-of-big-data-habits-of-data-driven-organizations-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/weekly-recap-unusual-applications-of-big-data-habits-of-data-driven-organizations-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Recap: Unusual applications of big data, habits of data-driven organizations, and more&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-725\" title=\"Education\" alt=\"Education\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Education.jpg\" width=\"76\" height=\"100\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Summary: In this week&#8217;s article roundup, we learn about some unique uses of big data, what it means to be a &#8220;data-driven&#8221; organization, ways mobile apps are improving business, and more.<br \/><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<a name=\"20150214\"><\/a><!--more--><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">The 7 most unusual applications of big data you\u2019ve ever seen<\/span><br \/>\nThe possibilities of using big data are endless. It&#8217;s a good time to find the <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Big Data Sources']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/7-hidden-sources-of-big-data-that-you-probably-have\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">big data applications in your business<\/span><\/a>. To give you a few ideas, here are 7 unique ways big data is driving business.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20150417_BigData_IoT']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/opinion\/Making-sense-of-the-internet-of-things\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Making sense of the internet of things<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nAs a term, the internet of things (IoT) is talked about with increasing regularity, but often with little insight. What does it mean for business? For one, the internet of things will generate massive amounts of data. Do you have systems in place to handle this data?<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20150417_BigData_DataDriven']); \" href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2015\/04\/12\/5-habits-of-effective-data-driven-organizations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">5 habits of data driven organizations<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nBeing &#8220;data-driven&#8221; has little correlation to size or geography and only a marginal correlation to industry. Data-driven companies range from small health care firms to large banks and even include mid-sized non-profits. It all boils down to <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Most out of your data']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/5-steps-how-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">how you handle the data you have<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20150417_BigData_Mobile']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/blog\/10-things\/10-ways-mobile-apps-are-bringing-breakthrough-technologies-to-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">10 ways mobile apps are bringing breakthrough tech to business<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nThe best mobile apps are giving companies unprecedented efficiency, convenience, and the ability to deliver a top-notch customer experience. How can mobile apps <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Mobile']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/6-ways-mobile-apps-can-boost-the-bottom-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">boost your bottom line<\/span><\/a>? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: In this week&#8217;s article roundup, we learn about some unique uses of big data, what it means to be a &#8220;data-driven&#8221; organization, ways mobile apps are improving business, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Weekly Recap: Unusual applications of big data, habits of data-driven organizations, and more... - mrc&#039;s Cup of Joe Blog","description":"Summary: In this week's article roundup, we learn about some unique uses of big data, what it means to be a \"data-driven\" organization, ways mobile apps are imp"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9057"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14237,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9057\/revisions\/14237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}