Click to learn more about author Ram Sivasankaran. Would you willingly pay to own a device that constantly transmits information on your activity to the manufacturer? Would you provide details as private as your name, birthday, phone number, gender etc., to a service that makes that information publicly available? Would you bank with a financial […]
Case Study: Building a Business Intelligence Team with Confidence and Transparency
Meeting the company’s goals is the responsibility of everyone in the organization, so even those who aren’t directly influencing the cost or the revenue side should know what those goals are. “No matter who you are, you are directly or indirectly affecting key company metrics,” said Vanessa Lam, Business Intelligence Manager for Optoro. Lam shared […]
Data Science is the Pricing Solution: No History? No Competitor Data? No Problem
Click to learn more about author Georges Bory. Setting the right price for each product is a critical function for all retailers. And over time, retailers have identified a go-to method of setting up a pricing strategy, which relies on factors such as market price research and adapting prices up and down based on inventory […]
Rady School of Management at UCSD Launches FlexWeekend MS in Business Analytics
A recent press release reports, “The Rady School of Management at the University of California San Diego has launched a FlexWeekend Master of Science in Business Analytics (FlexWeekend MSBA) degree program. The FlexWeekend MSBA program is designed for working professionals who are increasingly asked to deliver business recommendations and make decisions using data and analytics. […]
GoodData Expands Free Analytics Solution to Drive Business Growth
According to a recent press release, “GoodData®, a leader in end-to-end analytics solutions, announced today that it extended its new Freemium tier pricing to more users via support of leading cloud data warehouses Snowflake and Big Query, along with the previously announced Amazon Redshift. By offering freemium pricing, GoodData is leading the industry in making […]
Data Management vs. Business Intelligence
What is a company to do when Business Intelligence (BI), designed to leverage data as an asset, costs too much time and money due to failures in traditional Data Management processes, such as the prepping and cleaning of data? Should a business analyst, wanting to produce ad-hoc reports, have to be tech-savvy or wait for […]
Predictive Analytics: A Game Changer for the Healthcare Industry
Click to learn more about author Sanjay Vyas. Predictive analytics uses machine learning and artificial intelligence on historical and real-time data to make predictions about future events. For many years, the healthcare industry has been advancing the promise of predictive analytics to drive decisions that improve patient outcomes, increase operational efficiencies, reduce healthcare spending, and […]
Dremio CEO Identifies Top Big Data & Analytics Predictions for 2020
A new press release reports, “Innovations in the cloud and the rise of more efficient ways to collect, access, and analyze big data, have rapidly improved the amount of value enterprises are getting from their data. In 2020, enterprises will evolve in how they approach data maturity and strategize cloud investments. According to Tomer Shiran, […]
Appian Acquires Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Company
According to a new press release, “Appian today announced the acquisition of Novayre Solutions SL, developer of the Jidoka RPA platform. Jidoka is currently the highest-rated RPA software on Gartner Peer Insights (>50 reviews). The acquisition makes Appian a one-stop shop for Automation, with best-in-class solutions for workflow, AI, and RPA. According to Forrester, the […]
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Will Deliver Cost-Savings Through Greater Cloud Efficiencies
Click to learn more about author Frank Jablonski. The challenge when implementing high availability (HA) in the cloud is the high cost. HA requires provisioning redundant resources to ensure being able to maintain desired performance levels during any failure. The resources in a standby instance are often configured to match the peak load of the […]