by Shyamali Ghosh Most open data — data that’s free to use, reuse, and redistribute — is public information that governments publish as a key part of “transparency” initiatives. It can be a boon to information services already skilled in ... Read more
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Heat maps—data represented graphically with individual values represented by colors—are an increasingly popular way to quickly convey a lot of information. To demonstrate this, we at IEI recently used a set of data on private investments made in the U.S. ... Read more
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The Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) INFO Local: Austin chapter is excited to join Boston, London, San Francisco, and others in offering informative networking events to their thriving technology, media, publishing, and information service communities. Information Evolution’s own Matt ... Read more
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by Shyamali Ghosh Here are a few of my favorite moments from the DataContent 2013 conference, which was, as always, a unique opportunity to learn more about what’s going on in our industry. Marketing Subscription Data Services bootcamp—Russell Perkins and ... Read more
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At the DataContent 2013 conference, I will be a member of a panel discussing the tools being used in the information business to make our products richer, drive our costs lower, and keep our products updated in real time. When ... Read more
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Russell Perkins‘s recent post a few weeks ago got me to thinking about new product development once again. I knew most of IEI’s clients when their products were in their embryonic stages and we continue to help innovators by keeping ... Read more
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by Kevin Dodds Often, a company has had one of two experiences with crowdsourcing on their own. They have either been frustrated by poor data generated by an unwieldy crowd or they have simply been unable to gather consistent results. ... Read more
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One of the corollaries to the big data meme is that the world is woefully short of data science professionals. This observation requires some context, however, because the definition of what a data scientist _is_ is a matter of some ... Read more
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Data publishers love structure. Very granular fielded data allows their customers to locate very specific things — for example, all investment banks in Boston that invested in green energy start-ups — instantly. Fielded data allows quick apples-to-apples comparisons, lets you ... Read more
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