Data analysts are specialists in statistics, mathematics, and computer science, enabling them to serve in a variety of departments, including operations analysis, financial analysis, and marketing analysis. A data analyst interprets data to influence business strategy, permitting firms to make data-driven pricing, scheduling, and other operational choices. Why Hire a Data Analyst? As declining margins, increased commoditization, […]
11 Intriguing Roles for Data Scientists in 2022
Data Science is a diverse field with an array of career and job options out there to pursue. The modern economy is dependent on data and data analysis so, naturally, data scientists are in high demand and enjoy good salary and job security prospects. With that in mind, below are 11 intriguing roles for data […]
Using a Data Lake Engine to Provide Self-Service Insights
Understanding and fulfilling customer needs is the key to business success, and customer data is the foundation upon which that success is built. Accessing and analyzing data is almost always dependent on data engineers and other IT staff, while decision-makers wait to receive insights. One way to skip the wait, and deliver data directly to […]
Data Science Trends in 2022
The year 2021 was out of the ordinary as global businesses struggled to keep afloat amid the pandemic. This unusual situation accelerated digitization in businesses, which led to a surge in “digital data.” This year witnessed a record number of hires of data scientist and data analyst positions as businesses realized that data-driven market intelligence […]
Data Architect vs. Data Engineer
Data careers are becoming increasingly important and popular all across the globe, simply because “data” is the new currency of the data economy. The pandemic gave the needed push to accelerate the digital transformation of global businesses, and currently, the primary market differentiator is an enterprise’s data infrastructure readiness. This data infrastructure comprises systems, processes, […]
Fundamentals of Self-Service Business Intelligence
It’s clear that there is considerable recent market movement towards self-service business intelligence (SSBI) in the numerous vendor offerings available. There is also a growing concern among the Data Science community that ordinary business users may misunderstand or misinterpret the available data, leading to incorrect results. Experienced data scientists have a tremendous ability to analyze, […]
Ten Use Cases to Enable an Organization with Metadata and Catalogs
Click to learn more about author Tejasvi Addagada. Enterprises are modernizing their data platforms and associated tool-sets to serve the fast needs of data practitioners, including data scientists, data analysts, business intelligence and reporting analysts, and self-service-embracing business and technology personnel. However, as the tool-stack in most organizations is getting modernized, so is the variety of […]
How Decision-Makers Can Improve Data Literacy in Organizations
Click to learn more about author Eva Murray. In this blog we will learn what a difference decision-makers can make by being involved in the process of improving Data Literacy. Read the first blog in this series to learn about the three most important considerations for Data Literacy in your organization Data Literacy for Decision-Makers […]
How AI Empowers Machine Learning to Be More Democratized
Click to learn more about co-author Adam Carrigan. Click to learn more about co-author Jorge Torres. Traditionally, machine learning tools were only available to enterprises with the necessary budget and expertise. Now, AI is empowering machine learning to be democratized to reach more users, allowing them to make the business intelligence-driven decisions that could transform […]
How to Create and Query a NoSQL Table
Click to learn more about author Alex Williams. NoSQL databases are incredibly versatile and flexible, and while it would be great if there was a general approach to creating and querying a NoSQL database, as there are dozens of NoSQL databases, that’s not the case. Instead, what we’ll do here today is give you an […]