Patents haven’t always been easy for companies to come by, but a new technology startup is changing the way businesses search for inventions, explains Bob Litan

Source: www.brookings.edu

Big data and the US patent

Self-service analytics, business intelligence on Big Data, and the changing role of the IT buyer were the belles of the annual Gartner Business Intelligence and Analytics Summit.

Source: www.cio.com

Business intelligence is great for marketing. 

Big data is big business, but it can be hard for startups to understand how they can get in the game.

Source: www.forbes.com

Big data is huge for companies of all sizes. 

“In the era of the Internet of Things, companies that have the right IT architecture and infrastructure, and the right talent, will be able to leapfrog their competitors, writes Jeremy Sheldon.”

Source: agenda.weforum.org

East Asia and Big data

1. “We live in a world where cyber attacks are a fact of life.”

It is often said, but in the modern world it is a matter of when, rather than if, your organisation will be forced to deal with a cyber attack. 70 per cent of firms have suffered a “significant” breach in the last year, but that does not mean nothing is being done to fight the threat.

“The threat is probably as big as it was five years ago, but that does not mean we have not had success,” said one expert. “It could have been a whole lot worse if we were doing nothing.”

Source: business-reporter.co.uk