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Big Data + Great Western Bank = Triumph in a Time of Austerity

By Guest PostFebruary 17, 2013Technologybig data, data quality, diagram, great recession, great western bank, imf, microsoft excel, microsoft news center, microsoft office, microsoft sharepoint, microsoft stack, powerpivot, president, ron van zanten, sql server 2012, Technology, time of austerity, united states, Wall Street, windows server

Editors at Microsoft News Center recently spoke with Ron Van Zanten, vice president of Data Quality at Great Western Bank, to learn more about how big data solutions from Microsoft help his institution more easily attract and retain customers.

REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 14, 2013 —Remember 2008? It was the year the Great Recession descended, bringing the global economy to a near-standstill. The financial meltdown on Wall Street flowed through main streets around the globe, destroying many community banks in its path. In fact, according to the IMF, through 2010 the recession had already drained a whopping $3.4 trillion from financial institutions around the world.

Which makes Great Western Bank’s story truly amazing. As some institutions shuttered and shrank, Great Western reinvested – in its people, customers and in how it uses technology to make its business better. (more…)

Big Data? No Biggie. Microsoft Partners Have Your Business Covered

By Guest PostFebruary 15, 2013Technologybay street, bi solutions, big data, big data development, big datasheet, bluegranite, cloud technology, data analysts, data on demand, data quality, excel, gigabytes, infusion, it network, Microsoft, microsoft partners, neudesic, petabytes of data, powerpivot, social media content, terabytes, tool, tribal knowledge, unstructured data feeds, Wall Street

Microsoft partners Infusion, BlueGranite and Neudesic weigh in on how they use big data to shape their business strategy.

REDMOND, Wash. – Feb. 13, 2013 – IT departments are being overrun with big data – gigabytes, terabytes, petabytes of data – that is racing through their servers, often untamed and uncontrolled, with more data crowding onto the IT network every day, every hour.

While businesses can choose to keep all this data penned up, they are missing an opportunity to mine valuable business intelligence from their big data unless they harness it and analyze the information they have corralled, using that insight to gain a competitive edge. While a portion of this big data is well-organized information on products and finances, much of it is unstructured, from social media posts and photos to disparate research findings and customer feedback. (more…)

High Stakes: Businesses Make Big Data Bets

By Guest PostFebruary 13, 2013Technologyapplication, ashvini sharma, big data bets, big data tools, big data value, bing, business intelligence team, businesses, combined data, comparing dna, data platform, data storage, dave campbell, digital data, dimensions of value, eron kelly, excel, Facebook, flickr, florida, ftp, hadoop, hallelujah, headache, information, kinect, linux machine, making a decision, Microsoft, microsoft advertising, microsoft sql server, photos, powerpivot, refined data, sequencing, sharepoint, sql, structured databases, structured query language, technical fellow, tweets, types of data, unstructured data, windows azure marketplace, xbox 360

Big data has exploded into the mainstream, and very soon harnessing the power of information won’t just be a matter of profitability, but of survival. Microsoft has the tools to help businesses survive and thrive in the dawning age of big data.

REDMOND, Wash. – Feb. 13, 2013 – For the first time in history, it’s going to start raining information.

Hallelujah or headache? For businesses, it’s all about being ready to ride this perfect storm of big data – and their understanding of what’s at stake. (more…)

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Big Data + Great Western Bank = Triumph in a Time of Austerity

Big Data? No Biggie. Microsoft Partners Have Your Business Covered

High Stakes: Businesses Make Big Data Bets