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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Data Pine

JULY 11, 2019

The rise of innovative, interactive, data-driven dashboard tools has made creating effective dashboards – like the one featured above – swift, simple, and accessible to today’s forward-thinking businesses. In the digital age, there’s little need for a department of IT technicians, plus a qualified graphic designer, to create a dazzling data dashboard.

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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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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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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

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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Userzoom

JULY 16, 2019

Budget is often restrained for designers and researchers; whether in time, money or both. So, why would it ever make sense to test someone else’s website? Especially where you don’t have any ownership or influence to change the designs based on your research or testing? While it may not be the best case for every situation there are times when it makes perfect sense; maybe you have a fresh idea you are a bit unsure of or perhaps you need to showcase the value of research and the client isn’t bud

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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.

Data Pine

JULY 17, 2019

Experts predict that by 2025, around 175 Zettabytes of data will be generated annually, according to research from Seagate. Moreover, within just five years, the number of smart connected devices in the world will amount to more than 22 billion – all of which will produce colossal sets of collectible, curatable, and analyzable data, claimed IoT Analytics in their industry report.

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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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QAT Global

JULY 24, 2019

Check out our list of the 25 best TED Talks that all UX designers should watch Pleasant user experience on any interface is crucial to adding and retaining users, but what’s the best approach to solving UX design issues? UX design can be ultra-simple or incredibly intricate. Great design is born from studying the [.]. The post 25 Insightful TED talks for UX designer appeared first on QAT Global.

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Smart Data Collective

JULY 19, 2019

When Alan Turing invented the first intelligent machine , few could have predicted that the advanced technology would become as widespread and ubiquitous as it is today. Since then, companies have adopted AI for pretty much everything , from self-driving cars to medical technology to banking. We live in the age of big data, an age in which we use machines to collect and analyze massive amounts of data in a way that humans couldn’t do on their own.

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