Click to learn more about author Sam Mahalingam. The profile of data analytics has never been higher. Faced with the unprecedented challenges of COVID-19, governments around the world are typically relying on advanced statistical modeling to make sense of a barrage of constantly changing metrics. Data scientists are playing a critical role, advising decision-makers as […]
Data Science vs. Business Intelligence
The growth of Data Science in today’s modern data-driven world had to happen when it did. If one really takes a careful look at the growth of data analysis over the years, without Data Science, traditional (descriptive) Business Intelligence (BI) would have remained primarily a static performance reporter within current business operations. With the rising […]
Do Citizen Data Scientists Need Special Analytics Tools?
Click to learn more about author Kartik Patel. When Gartner talks about expanding data analytics to business users, they also talk about how the analytical tools must be suitable for business users. If a business wants to implement a citizen data scientist initiative and encourage their business users to become more productive and valuable within the […]
Case Study: Polaris Puts Data Analysis in the Service of Defeating Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is believed to be the third-largest criminal activity in the world, according to the FBI. The Department of Homeland Security advises that industries around the world including agriculture, hospitality, restaurant, and domestic work, as well as prostitution, often take advantage of modern slavery. Those pulled into this underworld are often held in isolation […]
Streaming Analytics: The Value is in the Action
“When we’re talking about streaming analytics, we’re talking about flipping our traditional paradigm a little bit and thinking about how we bring analytics to our data, and not necessarily data to our analytics,” said Kimberly Nevala, the Director of Business Strategies for SAS Best Practices, while discussing streaming analytics during the DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Analytics Online […]
Data Analytics Tech Delivers on Promise to Reduce Cyber and Business Risk
Click to learn more about author Trevor Daughney. The importance businesses attach to data analytics has driven the growth of a successful niche of the technology industry. The potential of the sector is now increasingly being realized in stock market value, evidenced by the recent IPOs of Palantir and Sumo Logic. The Palantir IPO represents […]
Going Beyond Data-Driven: The Three Pillars of Data Analytics
Click to learn more about author Eva Murray. The push for digital transformation is nothing new. Yet the accelerated adoption of digital transformation inspired by the coronavirus pandemic is unlike anything we have ever seen before. Companies have been forced to quickly ramp up their digital strategies in order to survive in our new world […]
How to Transform into a Data-Driven Organization?
Click to learn more about author Konain Qurban. It is a journey to ensure the alignment of analytics initiatives to organizational objectives, combined with consistent and effective coordination of activities across all business units. The road from a pile of raw data to insights and from insights to action is paved with strategic goals. More […]
Data Lakes: What They are and How to Use Them
Click to learn more about author Jaya Shankar Byrraju. For most companies, having data means having access to wealth. And the key to fully leveraging the wealth that data represents lies in how effectively companies harness, manage, parse, and interpret it. But first, the data must exist somewhere. Enter data lakes. These are central repositories […]
How Can Data Strategy Strengthen Advanced Analytics?
The journey of advanced analytics has been a long in development, with many hurdles along the way. Some of the most complicated aspects of data analytics that still remain today are data gathering technologies, data cleansing methods, and skill support for advanced analytics. It has taken years to come to the automated age of business […]