Among Layoff Reports, An IBM Executive Explains How Big Data Can Be Used To Manage A Workforce (IBM)

Although IBM is being tight lipped about about how many jobs it will slash in a round of layoffs that are reportedly happening now, IBM's worker union says that 2,833 workers have been let go so far in the U.S. and Canada. So we listened with interest to IBMer Brenda Dietrich talk about a big data project that IBM uses internally to size its workforce. Dietrich is an IBM Fellow and VP, CTO and Strategist for the Business Analytics unit at IBM. She was speaking on a panel about big data tech at B...