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C O N T E N T S DRIVING BETTER BUSINESS DECISIONS MAY/JUNE 2014 Brought to you by FEATURES 28 ‘HOW TO MEASURE ANYTHING’ By Douglas W. Hubbard and Douglas A. Samuelson Latest edition of book takes another look at seven arguments, new and old, in search of the value of business ‘intangibles.’ 34 POWERFUL BUSINESS DECISION-MAKING By Alex Romanenko and Alex Artamonov Big data is a hot topic, but harnessing its full potential can be elusive. The case for an analytics-driven business transformation. 46 THE BIG ‘V’ OF BIG DATA By Pramod Singh, Ritin Mathur, Arindam Mondal and Shinjini Bhattacharya The three keys – information infrastructure, information management and insights – to unlocking the hidden “value” of big data. 54 ADVENTURES IN CONSULTING By Stephen Chambal What’s a defense consulting company doing in sports? Core capabilities, chance encounter score a business opportunity. 28 34 54 44 4 | A N A LY T I C S - M A G A Z I N E . O R G W W W. I N F O R M S . O R G