Accounting combines three things many people enjoy: problem-solving, money, and working with people. And thanks to the use of data analytics in accounting, these parts of the job are more exciting, ...

Editor’s note: This is the third article in a four-part series that is part of a larger initiative the AICPA Auditing Standards Board (ASB) has undertaken to understand and support technology use in ...

Many of the conversations taking place around the Internet of Things (IoT) are incomplete without a mention of big data. Connected devices, sensors, and algorithms all operate in ways that involve ...

SMBs was just beginning. As a pioneer in the SaaS industry, Salesforce provided businesses with a platform that constantly monitored and recorded employee actions and tracked KPIs. The vast amount of ...

Thanks, in part, to the Michael Lewis book Moneyball, and subsequent Hollywood film starring Brad Pitt, analytics in American sports have increasingly entered the mainstream consciousness. From a ...

Data is increasingly the differentiator between winners and also-rans in business. Today, information can be captured from many different sources, and technology to extract insights is becoming ...

Clay Halton was a Business Editor at Investopedia and has been working in the finance publishing field for more than five years. He also writes and edits personal finance content, with a focus on ...