Click to learn more about author Steve Miller. My suburban Chicago neighbors and I were at it again, discussing politics, the economy, and the stock market at an end-of-summer barbecue. Though there’s little support for the current POTUS, the group is differentiated red from blue economically, and discussions are generally quite lively. On the one […]
Putting AI to Work: Where Are We Now?
Click to learn more about author Ben Lorica. Back in May, I wrote an article for DATAVERSITY® Despite Investment in Deep Learning, AI Talent Pool is Shallow that explored how companies are putting Artificial Intelligence (AI) to work through Deep Learning. The article detailed how, despite the hype and desire to integrate this powerful technology […]
Technology, Data, and Connected Cycling Teams at the Tour de France: What can Businesses Learn from the World’s Biggest Race?
Click to learn more about author Scott Gibson. Capturing the hundreds of individual stories and updates throughout the Tour de France is impossible through cameras alone, which is why digital transformation and emerging technologies are pivotal in bringing to life every captivating moment of the race’s 105th edition. And it’s not just the impassioned fans […]
What is Smart Data Visualization and Can it Make Business Users Smarter?
Click to learn more about author Kartik Patel. Smart Data Visualization can radically improve your Business Intelligence, Data Discovery and Analytics. It can streamline the work process of business users, improve the accuracy of planning and forecasting and ensure better, more timely, more accurate business decisions. What is Smart Data Visualization? Smart Visualization tools allow users […]
How to Implement Data-Driven Personalization Strategies in Today’s GDPR World
Click to learn more about author Victor DeMarines. At the beginning of the New Year we asked if DATAVERSITY readers where ready for GDPR, and now that regulations are in place, we’re wondering what are the realities and strategies of the GDPR world today. News that more than 1,000 US newspapers are blocking readers from the […]
Why Sometimes Business Intelligence Projects Don’t Take Off
Click to learn more about author Michele Iurillo. Oh. What a big question, I’m sure you’ve seen everything in your experience, but there are repeating patterns, taking some results of a recent Gartner survey, I’ll try to analyze the different problems. Projects that never end, erroneous reports, non-standardized data, difficulty in generating reports that say something, […]
Data Science in 90 Seconds: Principal Component Analysis
Click to learn more about video blogger Laura Kahn. This is Lesson 6 in the Data Science in 90 Seconds video blog series from host Laura Kahn. The series covers some of the most prominent questions in Data Science such as Supervised and Unsupervised Learning, K-Means Clustering, Naive Bayes, Decision Trees and Random Forests, Ridge Regression, […]
Predictions for Embedded Analytics
Click to learn more about author Dean Yao. The Embedded Analytics market is growing at a rapid rate and will be worth $51.78 billion by 2022, and over the next few years, most organizations will begin to transform their traditional analytical techniques for analyzing business data to more advanced techniques using Embedded Analytics. If they don’t, […]
Chicago Crime Q2, 2018 Update
Click to learn more about author Steve Miller. In my April blog, I reported an update on violent crime in Chicago from January 2001 through March 2018. This is a continuation of analysis I’ve regularly conducted, born of concern for the staggering 50+% increase in Chicago homicides in 2016 from 2015, along with an only […]
What Are Data Trends and Patterns, and How Do They Impact Business Decisions?
In this article, we will focus on the identification and exploration of data patterns and the data trends that data reveals. The business can use this information for forecasting and planning, and to test theories and strategies. Let’s look at the various methods of trend and pattern analysis in more detail so we can better […]