Tag: Big data
Choppy waters ahead. Big data can be the compass
“In bear markets, stocks return to their rightful owners,” said J.P. Morgan. What Morgan was getting at is that generating strong returns during a...
Unlocking Big Data
The coupling of big data with artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT) has power to disrupt the traditional way of basing...
High-end homeowners love biometric tech—but should they?
A slew of new, biometric home technology has hit the market in recent years, letting homeowners unlock doors and access apartments with nothing more...
Be not afraid… of data
Consider three examples. The first involves Billy Beane, front office executive for the Oakland Athletics and the subject of Michael Lewis’s book Moneyball, who...
Yardi steps onto the path to machine learning
Yardi held its Yardi Advanced Solutions Conference (YASC) in Washington DC last week. This sold out event brings Yardi employees and customers together so...
The second-life of bad data
Poor data quality is enemy number one to the widespread, profitable use of machine learning. While the caustic observation, “garbage-in, garbage-out” has plagued analytics...
Market smarts
Good data lies at the heart of every successful operation, but data, in itself, is just the proverbial stack of lumber. Without an understanding,...
The Internet of Things is changing how we manage customer relationships
Today, CRM pervades the way many companies track and measure how they interact with other organizations, across many departments: marketing, sales, customer service, support,...
Parsing big data
It used that determination in its marketing—”Hampton Inn” people were targeted one way, while those who fit the profile of the Waldorf Astoria were...
The sinister side of big data
But there is also a growing awareness that important concerns have to be addressed if these hopes are to be realized. If the four...
A love story: when apartment development meets big data
One passing through the Uptown area of Dallas or the Galleria in Houston, might feel a twinge of envy while wondering how this particular...
Big data renaissance
From the creation of fire to the creation of the Internet, new technologies have enabled early adopters to gain a competitive advantage and change...
Harness your big data now
Most likely, your management team is already awash in technologies that peripherally surround the property operations experience: property management software, websites, portals, email, voicemail,...
Slippery slope of big data
You slice, dice, parse and process every screen-stroke, clickstream, like, tweet and touch point that matters to your enterprise. You now know exactly who...
Winning the big data game
Tech insiders whisper about big data as if it is the pandora's box of the future, and everyone wants to be prepared to take...