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Analytics<br />
Driving Better Business Decisions<br />
November/December 2012<br />
Brought to you by INFORMS - Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences<br />
DRILLING with big data<br />
Digital oil field helps oil & gas industry produce cost-effective energy while addressing environmental concerns.<br />
ALSO INSIDE:<br />
• Image analytics: next really big data thing<br />
• Distribution processing: math of uncertainty<br />
• Consulting & communication: achieving buy-in<br />
Executive Edge<br />
Macys.com VP Kerem Tomak on overcoming big data, analytics challenges<br />
INSIDE STORY<br />
Big Data's Big Daddy<br />
Can “big data” get any bigger? <br />
The question reminds me of the old joke about the bear in the woods. Of course big data is going to get bigger. Today, and with apologies to Sting, “every breath you take, every move you make, every bond you break, every step you take” seemingly produc<a title="Analytics, November/December 2012 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/90ffcc6b?page=1">http://www.analytics-magazine.org Analytics Dr</a>
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<a title="Analytics, November/December 2012 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/90ffcc6b?page=5">EXECUTIVE EDGE Overcoming big data challenges </a>
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