PC for business: Big data is the new ground game: How Ted Cruz won Iowa

Wednesday, 3 February 2016

Big data is the new ground game: How Ted Cruz won Iowa

The inside story of how the Cruz campaign leveraged big data, mobile apps, and social media to build loyalty and grow an army of grassroots volunteers.

Resource of the day

Whitepaper: Seven Ways to Reduce Waste and Accelerate Software Delivery

This paper will explore best practices for identifying and eliminating seven types of waste: Waiting, handoffs and task switching, motion, extra processes, extra features, partially completed work and defects.

Additional TechRepublic resources

How Google's AI breakthroughs are putting us on a path to narrow AI

Election Tech 2016: The issues that matter to the candidates, based on social data analysis

Why 10 million developers are lining up for the Internet of Things

Infographic: VR and AR are gaining traction for use in the enterprise

Stratasys and Adobe team up to make 3D printing accessible to more professionals

What makes a great idea succeed? Adam Grant's new book explores how to be 'original'

Featured multimedia

Video: Ricoh Theta S proves a solid option for businesses interested in 360 video

With little post production and YouTube 360 compatibility, the Ricoh Theta S is an easy way for businesses to experiment with 360 video.

Today's recommended downloads

Whitepaper: Seven Ways to Reduce Waste and Accelerate Software Delivery

(IBM Corp.)

2015 Cost of Data Breach Study: India

(IBM Security Intelligence)

A How-to Guide to OAuth & API Security

(CA Technologies)

3 Signs Your Virtualization Strategy is Stuck in Neutral

(CommVault)

Always Be Closing: The ABC's of Sales in the Modern Era

(Microsoft)

A special feature from TechRepublic and ZDNet

VR and AR: The Business Reality

Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality are going to be useful for far more than just gaming. We explore the ways the technology will be used for training, marketing, product design, and much more.