Expert Talk: Anjul Bhambhri and Jacob Spoelstra on big data u0026amp; business opportunities

Oct 5, 2012

Sogeti Labs

“It’s very different from what we have seen before, in terms of volume, in terms of the knowledge that is being gleaned or sought from this data.”

“One thing that’s clear is that companies that know how to make use of their data effectively are going to be the ones that are going to have a very strong competitive advantage.”

Anjul Bhambhri has 23 years of experience in the database industry with engineering and management positions at IBM, Informix and Sybase. Bhambhri is currently IBM’s Vice President of Big Data Products, overseeing product strategy and business partnerships.

Jacob Spoelstra is Global Head of R&D at Opera Solutions and has more than 19 years experience in machine learning, focusing in particular on neural networks. He headed the Opera team that, as part of “The Ensemble,” ended up “first equals” in the prestigious Netflix data mining competition, beating out over 41,000 other entrants.

We talked to them both about using big data for competitive advantages, leveraging customer data and understanding decision makers.

New technologies allowing businesses to mine everything

Leveraging customer data for action

Opportunity for businesses: understanding decision makers

Effectively using data as competitive advantage

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