Fraud impacts all organizations. Most organizations are unable to fully eliminate fraud and hence have to live with it as the cost of doing business.  A recent survey estimates global telecom fraud losses at $40.1 Billion USD or approximately 1.88% of revenue. This number is based on only the known fraud transactions, adding the unknown fraud i.e. the fraud that [...]

Every organization values their top innovators and problem solvers. Join us for 3 days of vision, inspiration and insight at Innovation World 2013 (formerly known as ProcessWorld) on Oct. 8-10 in San Francisco. Whether you’re focused on improving business processes and integration, or looking for new strategies around Big Data or transactions, this one global event will inspire you with [...]

The other day I was thinking about how our customers are accessing data residing in their webMethods OneData platform. Surprisingly, there are so many ways. For example, we have customers embedding OneData portlets in some of their applications. This provides read-only access to data, but it’s just like being there. Actually it IS being there, with anonymous user privileges. We [...]

These are challenging times for online retailers. Customer loyalty is short lived and just one unpleasant experience can lead to losing the customer for life. Customers not only expect a great experience across all touchpoints but also demand the best price and an accurate understanding of their needs. Get this mix right, though, and loyalty pays huge dividends in increasing [...]

Two centuries back, the industrial revolution reshaped manufacturing. Today, another transformation is underway. It’s powered by big data, and it touches every aspect of the manufacturing process, from materials sourcing and assembly lines to sales support and maintenance. The potential payoff from harnessing big data insights is enormous, but so are the new challenges that manufacturers are facing around data volume, [...]

With annual revenues in online gaming approaching $100 billion, competition is heating up and it’s getting harder to hook players into a game. Today’s players demand real-time responsiveness, more immersive graphics, and ever-more-exciting interactions with fellow gamers. That poses a dual challenge for game makers, who must pack larger and larger volumes of data — Big Data — into their games, while  [...]

Big Data has been a hot topic throughout 2012. With 2013 fast approaching,  we sat down with Terracotta CEO Robin Gilthorpe to get his predictions for the top trends that will drive Big Data activity in the coming year. His top five predictions (explained in more detail in this video) are: Big Data has to be fast data. Enterprises will profit from Big [...]