Smart Data Collective

JULY 9, 2019

Business success begins and ends with customer experience. According to recent studies, 90 percent of buyers would gladly spend more for a better customer experience. That’s exactly why understanding what an improved experience means for customers is so important. Companies have been able to perform more in-depth customer analysis—above and beyond social media commentary and feedback surveys—with the development and proliferation of analytics.

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Analyst Catalyst Blog

JULY 25, 2019

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BizAcuity

JULY 22, 2019

This is the era of IoT (the Internet of Things). One where every sector around us, right from transport, retail and manufacturing to automobiles, is undergoing a major transformation. Fleet management is the latest to join this revolution. Today, the science and study of fleet management is transforming the way traditional fleets were managed. The confluence of connected gadgets, networks, and its consequent by-product of big data is enhancing the impact of fleet management.

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Timo Elliott

JULY 4, 2019

In a couple of weeks, I’ll be heading off to Nairobi, Kenya, to keynote the SAP Innovation Day on July 18th. I’ll be explaining how organizations can optimize every experience that matters using the latest technologies, as part of their Intelligent Enterprise digital transformations. Innovation is moving at the speed of light, and our job is to show you how to move with it, how to arm your business for a brighter future with new levels of agility and resilience, and how to accelerate

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ElegantJ BI

JULY 23, 2019

What is Predictive Analytics and How Can it Help My Business? What is predictive analytics? Put simply, predictive analytics is a method used to forecast and predict the future results and needs of an organization using historical data and a comprehensive set of data from across and outside the enterprise. Predictive Modeling allows users to test theories and hypotheses and develop the best strategy.

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Smart Data Collective

JULY 12, 2019

Do you remember what it was like trying to buy a house before the days of online listings? If you were born after about 1980, you probably never experienced that. The internet has catapulted the real estate industry into a world where people can buy houses site-unseen and sign the paperwork without ever meeting in person. And it’s only just beginning. 2019 has hailed in an incredible era of mobile-centric technology, automation, smart tools, and other electronic marvels that make real estate tra

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Analyst Catalyst Blog

JULY 3, 2019

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Userzoom

JULY 25, 2019

Screening the ‘right’ participants is the most important part of conducting effective user research. The right participants are able to provide you with the type of valid feedback that could assist with some meaningful improvements to your design. So how can you effectively screen your test participants so you’re only getting the most valuable data?

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Timo Elliott

JULY 31, 2019

I recently presented a web seminar with lots of great examples of how organizations are using the latest and greatest SAP technologies to transform the way they do business… The presentation includes real-world examples of organizations using SAP Leonardo technologies, including internet of things, new business models, mobile experiences, analytics & predictive, and blockchain.

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ElegantJ BI

JULY 23, 2019

What is Predictive Analytics and How Can it Help My Business? What is predictive analytics? Put simply, predictive analytics is a method used to forecast and predict the future results and needs of an organization using historical data and a comprehensive set of data from across and outside the enterprise. Predictive Modeling allows users to test theories and hypotheses and develop the best strategy.

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Business Analyst Learnings

JULY 18, 2019

I tend to describe the agile approach as a way of working; A targeted way of working that allows us to make changes, respond to customers’ needs and manage uncertainty with minimal delays, and without needing to wade through “red tape”. Agile manifesto encourages: - Customer collaboration over contract negotiation - Individuals and interactions over processes and tools - Responding to change over following a plan - Working software over full documentation This does not however imply that the agi

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Smart Data Collective

JULY 25, 2019

The healthcare industry is happily embracing big data. Hospitals around the world are finding that data can have a profound impact on their operations. A lot of the emphasis so far has been on the use of big data to better engage with external third-parties, but big data can be equally valuable for managing internal hospital systems. Big Data is the Key to Improving the Efficiency of Hospital Management Systems?

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Analyst Catalyst Blog

JULY 29, 2019

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Userzoom

JULY 10, 2019

With more people heading online for insurance quotes, this is a sector in which UX has become vital to remain competitive. Insurance companies are spending a lot to attract customers to their websites. Indeed, insurance and related terms are frequently some of the most expensive PPC keywords. This makes it even more important that insurance sites focus on providing the best possible UX to convert as many of these visitors as possible.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 9, 2019

Organise Around Products. In order to grow your product management team, start by reviewing your product portfolio. Determine which assets are actual products —value creating vehicles that offer a tangible benefit or address a real problem for a group of people, while at the same time deliver specific business benefits, such as generating revenue directly or indirectly, reducing cost, or increasing brand equity.

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ElegantJ BI

JULY 23, 2019

What is Predictive Analytics and How Can it Help My Business? What is predictive analytics? Put simply, predictive analytics is a method used to forecast and predict the future results and needs of an organization using historical data and a comprehensive set of data from across and outside the enterprise. Predictive Modeling allows users to test theories and hypotheses and develop the best strategy.

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Perceptual Edge

JULY 14, 2019

People increasingly claim that the best and perhaps only way to convince someone of something involves telling them a story. In his new book Ruined By Design —a book that I largely agree with and fully appreciate—designer Mike Monteiro says that “If you’re not persuading people, you’re not telling a good enough story.” Furthermore, “…while you should absolutely include the data in your approach, recognize that when you get to the point where you’re trying to persuade someone…, you need a story.

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ChatGPT has dominated boardroom conversations for months now. From drafting a stock trading program, to creating a SQL query to model data, there are practically no limits to the applications of the AI language model assistant. At ManageEngine, we have been working on our own AI-assistant, Zia. Zia is a fully-trained analytics assistant that can perform a range of functions such as creating and adding reports to dashboards, providing conversational support to data analysis, insight discovery, bu

Smart Data Collective

JULY 4, 2019

When it comes to understanding all the contributing factors and advanced innovations of the impending digital era , it is more than fair to say that we are all striving to contribute in our own way. For some, that means teaching themselves how to code. For others, it is taking on the commitment of a post-graduate program in AI and ML. No matter what one’s individual contribution to the ever-looming digital era, seemingly big or small, the point remains the same: we are propelling towards the dig

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Analyst Catalyst Blog

JULY 25, 2019

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Userzoom

JULY 31, 2019

In honour of us sprucing up our own Tree Test Results capabilities , we thought we’d update our classic beginner’s guide to Tree testing. Here we’ll be answering the following questions: What is tree testing? What are the benefits? How do I run my own tree testing? How will I possibly stop myself from making a joke about going into a forest, pressing up against a silver birch and saying, “yeah feels pretty woody, now let’s try another one”?

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Roman Pichler

JULY 9, 2019

Organise Around Products. In order to grow your product management team, start by reviewing your product portfolio. Determine which assets are actual products —value creating vehicles that offer a tangible benefit or address a real problem for a group of people, while at the same time deliver specific business benefits, such as generating revenue directly or indirectly, reducing cost, or increasing brand equity.

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ElegantJ BI

JULY 11, 2019

Smart Data Visualization and Augmented Analytics Makes Users Smarter! Why is smart data visualization important? Consider how difficult it would be to put together a jigsaw puzzle if you were blindfolded. You might have access to all the pieces, but you could not truly see the picture unless you were able to visualize the outcome. Data is like that.

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Sisense

JULY 24, 2019

Blog. In my previous blog , I wrote about Natural Language Query (NLQ, or search analytics for some), as one of the major topics that we, the AI group in Sisense, are working on. NLQ is one of the oldest AI disciplines, but we’ve only recently started hearing about it in conjunction with BI and analytics. In this blog, I would like to expand on NLQ and discuss how this AI technology can be leveraged in our domain.

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Smart Data Collective

JULY 30, 2019

Computer breaches from Russian or Chinese hackers get the headlines, but the reality is you are more likely to be a victim from an insider. It turns out that as much as 60 percent of all attacks were carried out by insiders – either overtly or inadvertently. The High Cost of Breaches. If it’s your business that falls victim, the cost can be high. Your company’s reputation can be damaged.

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Analyst Catalyst Blog

JULY 23, 2019

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This article focuses on my experience starting as a customer service representative and working myself up to become a lead analyst in my organization. I did not start with many special skills or talents but I wanted to reflect on what did help me.