Joachim Bartels | BIIA.com | Business Information Industry Association

Taxonomy: The Route to Value Added – Major Enterprise Software Vendors Get the Message – while Content Providers in General Appear Ignorant

Posted by Joachim Bartels | Feb 4, 2012 | Member, Member News, Taxonomy, United States, Wand |

BIIA member WAND Inc. (http://www.wandinc.com/) is now very widely acknowledged as a market leading player in horizontal and multi-lingual taxonomy and classification development. Wand has dedicated its 15 years of existence...

D&B Appoints Paul D. Ballew Chief Data and Analytics Officer

Posted by Joachim Bartels | Feb 4, 2012 | Analytics, BIG DATA, Business Intelligence, Credit Scoring & Decision System, Dun & Bradstreet, Fraud Solutions, Marketing & Sales Information, Marketing Services, Member, Member News, Risk Solutions - Prediction, Uncategorized, United States |

Almost unnoticed and without fanfare D&B is ramping up its data and analytics capabilities by hiring Paul D. Ballew as Chief Data and Analytics Officer. He will be responsible for global data and information management,...

Consumer Credit Information: The Shape of Things to Come – What Does Mobil Phone Usage Say about Credit-worthiness?

Posted by Joachim Bartels | Feb 4, 2012 | Brazil, Cignifi, Consumer Credit Information, Mobile Services, United Kingdom |

Does the number of text messages you send, or the time of day you make your first phone call, say something important about how credit-worthy you are? Cignifi believes it does. Cignifi is revolutionizing the way financial...

Printer R.R. Donnelley Attempts to Stay Relevant in a Paperless Market

Posted by Joachim Bartels | Feb 3, 2012 | R.R.Donnelley, Uncategorized |

The king of print and inventor of the Yellow Pages has seen its fortunes suffer as readers have shifted to digital content. The venerable Chicago-based company has closed plants, laid off workers and scooped up a handful of...