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Active Information: Data-Driven Business Innovation

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My post this week on HP Input Output is Data-Driven Business Innovation: That’s Progressive.  The post highlights a cool use of data collection and analysis by Progressive Insurance.

I say “cool” confidently, because when I recounted the scenario to my friend Sandy Kemsley this morning, she said “that is cool”.

Check it out.

Related posts:

  1. Active Information Writing
  2. Data Quality for Real-time: Correctness and Tolerance
  3. Goal-Driven Business Measurement Workshop in Cambridge MA, September 23, 2010

Active Information Writing

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I’m proud to share that Esther Schindler, a real writer and editor, invited me to contribute to her latest project, the Input | Output site, which is sponsored by HP.  On Input | Output, you’ll find me in the community section, writing about one of my favorite topics: Active Information.

Active Information is the term I use to describe accelerating the transformation of data to value.  From a technology perspective, Active Information covers a lot of ground, including (but not limited to) sensor/instrumentation (smart stuff), event-processing, data science, analytics, data visualization, data processing innovations and enterprise data management practices.

My first two posts are up:

McKinsey Global Institute: Big Data = Big Opportunity

Twitter as Mood Ring

Give ’em a read.  Check out the full site.

 

[Disclosure: This is a for-pay gig.  However, I’m under no obligation to write about HP, its products or services.]