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Thought Leaders in Big Data: Frank Bien, CEO of Looker (Part 5)
Frank Bien: Let’s go back to the HotelTonight example. There’s no way the data would have understood that there was a correlation between these two data metrics that they had identified. Those were two different business teams that independently built these views of their business. Then one them says, “ Let’s put this together and see what
Thought Leaders in Big Data: Frank Bien, CEO of Looker (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: Let’s look at your big picture. Bring it up to industry level and tell me more about what trends you are seeing from your vantage point in the Big Data world. Frank Bien: My entry into data has only been during this Big Data trend – right after 9/11 when Web 2.0 was happening. In
Thought Leaders in Big Data: Frank Bien, CEO of Looker (Part 3)
Frank Bien: They saw, of course, that people who were booking hotels were also referring customers because they had a great service. What they also saw was that people who are not using the service were referring the most number of customers. In a lot of organizations, when they see something like that, the thinking
Thought Leaders in Big Data: Frank Bien, CEO of Looker (Part 2)
Frank Bien: We’ve found that organizations have now stored lots of data, but trying to layer on the traditional BI tools hasn’t really worked. I think as we look across our customers, that’s a constant theme. A great customer story would be one of our earlier customers like HotelTonight who are doing same day hotel bookings. They’re really
Thought Leaders in Big Data: Frank Bien, CEO of Looker (Part 1)
How far are we from software making decisions based on Big Data rather than human data scientists having to make those decisions? Let’s see what Frank Bien, CEO of Looker, has to say. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing Looker and yourself. Tell us what you do. What’s the company all about? Frank Bien: I’m
