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SQL Server 2014 in the Retail Sector
SQL Server 2014 enables customers to build mission-critical applications and Big Data solutions...
Author: S h i S h Date: 05/06/2014
Visualizing the Data Exhaust of the Internet of Your Things
I use a lot of devices (and smartphone apps) that collect data on the activities that I do; and one...
Author: S h i S h Date: 04/16/2014
BigData at MarketMix
Thanks to Duane Bedard & Tina Munro of eSageGroup, I participated in a panel discussion at...
Author: S h i S h Date: 03/27/2014
Big Data Retail Forum
I presented at the Big Data Retail Forum this morning and it was an interesting mix of Retail and...
Author: S h i S h Date: 03/25/2014
Accessing PowerBI Dashboards using Mobile
I recently blogged about using Bing Ads Intelligence to analyze Search trends for Outdoor Activities...
Author: S h i S h Date: 03/14/2014
Retailer Insights Through Search & Visualization
Costco, which caters to suburban families, according to a report in the Seattle Times hopes to add a...
Author: S h i S h Date: 03/10/2014
Analyzing Seattle 911 Data using PowerBI
I just discovered that any Socrata-Powered Website supports OData...
Author: S h i S h Date: 03/09/2014
Visualizing Wal-mart
Wal-Mart opened its first store in 1962, in Rogers, Arkansas and today there are 4835 Wal-Mart...
Author: S h i S h Date: 03/02/2014
Lets visualize Beer because it’s 5 pm somewhere
Just chanced on an excellent source of brewery and beer distribution data maintained by the folks...
Author: S h i S h Date: 02/19/2014
Data Visualization: Smartphone Subscriber Market Share
According to comScore 156 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones (65.2 percent mobile market...
Author: S h i S h Date: 02/18/2014
Visualizing Seahawks vs Broncos with PowerBI
I’m not much into spectator sport but I do love stats and with all the buzz on the Superbowl...
Author: S h i S h Date: 01/29/2014
How the Internet of Things will impact Retail
I came across a fascinating blog post by Stephen Wolfram on the launch of the Wolfram Connected...
Author: S h i S h Date: 01/07/2014
Its the NRF Big Show once again #NRF14
Once again, this year, we will be at the NRF Big Show with some amazing Retail Solutions and...
Author: S h i S h Date: 01/06/2014
Analyze Real Time Hotel Availability Data using Excel
The Expedia Affiliate Network is an excellent source of Hotel information and has REST API’s...
Author: S h i S h Date: 01/04/2014
How To: Visualize Real Time Flight Data & Correlate with Local Airport Weather
A walkthrough of some of the research I did over the weekend on how to use Real Time Data in Excel....
Author: S h i S h Date: 01/02/2014
Customer Insights with Bing Search Trends using Excel & PowerBI
Bing Ads Intelligence is an Excel add-in that helps you perform sophisticated keyword research and...
Author: S h i S h Date: 11/08/2013
Talking Retail Correlations & Patterns
Thanks to Tina Munro, I had the unique opportunity of speaking at The Upstairs in downtown Seattle....
Author: S h i S h Date: 08/22/2013
Interesting Big Data Scenarios in the Airline Industry
Some of the interesting things going on around Big Data & Airlines: Crowdsourcing Big Data...
Author: S h i S h Date: 08/21/2013
Some Data Mining Tutorials for the Retail Industry
To stay competitive, retailers must understand not only current consumer behavior, but must also be...
Author: S h i S h Date: 07/16/2013
Creating Mobile Retail Store Feedback Forms using SkyDrive, Excel, QR Codes, NFC Tags
This is an experiment that I tried with some of the capabilities of Skydrive Survey Forms and QR...
Author: S h i S h Date: 06/12/2013
Correlating Retail Store Sales with Demographic Data
Retailers are facing growing challenges extracting business value from their data. The growth of...
Author: S h i S h Date: 04/25/2013
Weather Patterns & Retail
Weather patterns have a huge impact on retail sales. By using weather data to analyze the impact and...
Author: S h i S h Date: 04/02/2013
Some Big Data Case Studies from Microsoft
The world of data is changing and retailers are challenged by the increasing scale, complexity and...
Author: S h i S h Date: 03/01/2013
Big Data in the New Age of Real-time Retail
Guest Post by Patrick Carter, Founder and President, Digital Folio, Inc. Digital Folio provides a...
Author: S h i S h Date: 02/11/2013
Microsoft & Big Data @ NRF13
Retailers today, face growing challenges extracting business value from their data: First, the...
Author: S h i S h Date: 01/12/2013
Enabling Great Customer Experiences with Big Data
Once again, this year, I will be presenting in the Big !deas Session at NRF. This time around, I...
Author: S h i S h Date: 01/11/2013
Webinar: The Connected Consumer – Profiling Change and Behavior in Today's Economy
The Connected Consumer: Profiling Change and Behavior in Today's Economy May 16, 2012 2:00pm ET/...
Author: S h i S h Date: 05/16/2012
How 3D Printers can impact Retail
3D printing or additive manufacturing is a process of making three dimensional solid objects from a...
Author: S h i S h Date: 05/10/2012
Read MSRetail News using Mobile Apps
MSRetail News is available as an app on Windows Phone 7, Android and iPhone. For downloading the...
Author: S h i S h Date: 04/20/2012
Some Kinect Based Innovations for the Retail Industry
Kinect has changed the way people play games and experience entertainment. Now, Kinect for Windows...
Author: S h i S h Date: 04/02/2012
Interesting Data Mashup & Visualization Tools from Microsoft
You may be using or heard of Microsoft Excel, PowerPivot, Power View, Microsoft Visio and Microsoft...
Author: S h i S h Date: 03/26/2012
Big Data Analytics for Retail Recommendations
I love this example of Big Data Analytics at the intersection of Banking and Retail: ...
Author: S h i S h Date: 03/23/2012
Follow @msretail for Retail Industry tweets
@MSRETAIL is the Microsoft Retail Industry teams twitter account for sharing Retail Industry News...
Author: S h i S h Date: 03/22/2012
Some Retail APIs
Author: S h i S h Date: 03/20/2012
Retail Analytics Challenges
Crowdsourcing solutions for complex business problems has always interested me and I have been...
Author: S h i S h Date: 03/18/2012
Some SQL Server 2012 Resources I Like
Free ebook: Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 includes 10...
Author: S h i S h Date: 03/16/2012
SQL Server 2012 & The Retail Industry
HSN maintains a business-to-business application that is used daily by hundreds of product...
Author: S h i S h Date: 03/15/2012
Free Big Data eBooks from O’Reilly
Big Data Now: Current Perspectives from O'Reilly Radar By O'Reilly Radar Team Publisher: O'Reilly...
Author: S h i S h Date: 03/14/2012
Klout and Big Data
Klout uses Hadoop to crunch large volumes of data using clusters of commodity servers. Klout...
Author: S h i S h Date: 12/20/2011