Big Data

Artificial intelligence or “A.I.” is coming, but it isn’t quite what you think it is. While the Hollywood-driven narrative about machine overlords or scheming supercomputers is entertaining, and might convince you that it’s time to start stocking the basement with bottled water and weapons, the reality will be much more incremental and less dramatic.

Today’s big data-driven marketplace only has room for the fittest. It sounds a little scary— I know. And for a long time, mastering the art of accurate and effective number-crunching was no small feat. Over the last decade, machine learning has grown and matured from a flashy high-tech tool to a business essential. But too many retailers still fail to acknowledge the incredibly positive impact artificial intelligence (AI) and big data can have on their businesses and are suffering as a result of their sluggishness.

TAMPA, Fla. (July 20, 2017) — The Subway® restaurant chain has partnered with Florida-based location intelligence leader SiteZeus® to augment its development strategy by adding data driven location intelligence with advanced geospatial technology and visualization. Combined with its own market data, Subway® is confident it will now have more thorough and accurate insights and suggestions for growth in every market.

Big data, analytics and the Internet of Things are creeping into all aspects of business operations these days from staffing and inventory management to real estate and social media strategy. Many franchisors are finding it is time to jump on the trend or risk getting left behind.

In many ways, technology has leveled the playing field between companies and their consultants, and has blurred the lines between insourcing and outsourcing. If a company uses in-house software created by a third party, is that outsourcing? And if a consulting firm builds and maintains a proprietary system for a company, is that still insourcing? And which route offers the best time-for-value and ROI?...

TAMPA, Fla. (May 10, 2017) — SiteZeus®, the leading location intelligence platform for restaurants and retailers, has added Black Box Intelligence, a TDn2K company, to its data pipeline. The new partnership will offer valuable information and actionable insights to restaurant brands of all kinds.

TAMPA, Fla. (May 2, 2017) — SiteZeus, a leading location intelligence platform aimed at optimizing business decisions, was honored as the recipient of two bronze Stevie® Awards for the 15th Annual American Business Awards today, for “Best Software Product of the Year” and “Tech Startup of the Year.”

DALLAS, Texas (APRIL 25, 2017) — Black Box Intelligence, a TDn2K company, has partnered with leading SaaS location intelligence technology platform SiteZeus®. Black Box Intelligence average unit volume data will integrate and enhance the SiteZeus platform, making it easier than ever for brands, brokers and developers to screen markets based on actual restaurant revenue performance.

Did you miss “Man vs. Machine” at this year’s Restaurant Leadership Conference? In case you did, we’ve put this video recap together, filled with golden nuggets from the industry’s best. That includes leaders from INRIX, Restaurant Magic, Epson, and SiteZeus.

Retail e-commerce is one of the biggest revenue making sectors of the enterprise and if you don’t know that already take a quick look at Alibaba and Amazon. Online shopping is yet another sector that is slowly and surely being transformed by AI and scientific breakthroughs have opened the doors for vast amounts of data to be leveraged in the retail market. This big data makes it possible to have AI powered interactions with customers that involve product recommendation, customized searches and even personal assistance.

Called the “Sexiest job of the year” by the Harvard Business Review and listed as the number-one best job in America on Glassdoor’s most desirable jobs list for 2016, data scientists are here and in high demand. The postings for such job positions on hiring sites like LinkedIn read like a who’s-who of CPG and QSR: Starbucks, Arby’s, General Mills, Miller Coors, Kohl’s, Macys, and the list goes on.

This has been an eventful first quarter for SiteZeus, and we’ve added a handful of new features, data bundles, and nuances to the Synergy platform. Below you’ll find a handful of these premium additions: