Big Data Lessons From Netflix | WIRED
Summary
That is, Netflix employees routinely look to existing dataviz tools to tweak algorithms, garner new insights, and solve pressing business issues. At the heart of its business lie some of the most sophisticated Big Data tools on the planet, including no shortage of dataviz applications. Figure 3.2 shows a similar color analysis of the House of Cards, Arrested Development, and Hemlock Grove, an American horror thriller and Netflix original program that premiered on April 19, 2013. At the Hadoop Summit, Magnusson and Smith talked about how data on titles, colors, and covers helps Netflix in many ways. With respect to color and covers, these include the following: In short, Visual Organizations like Netflix can ask better questions and make better business decisions based upon superior data, dataviz tools, and a culture that recognizes the importance of both.