Smart Data Collective

MAY 20, 2019

We’re well past the point of realization that big data and advanced analytics solutions are valuable — just about everyone knows this by now. In fact, there’s no escaping the increasing reliance on such technologies. Big data alone has become a modern staple of nearly every industry from retail to manufacturing, and for good reason. IDC predicts that if our digital universe or total data content were represented by tablets, then by 2020 they would stretch all the way to the moon over six times.

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BizAcuity

MAY 7, 2019

Businesses in every industry are facing increasing demand volatility. Additionally, with rapidly evolving market conditions, it has become vital for businesses to stay prepared and anticipate the future. To cater to these fast-changing market dynamics, the practice of demand forecasting began. Today, several businesses, especially those belonging to the FMCG sector, have sophisticated demand forecasting models in place, which help them stay ahead of the market.

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Analyst Catalyst Blog

MAY 17, 2019

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ElegantJ BI

MAY 8, 2019

Small and Medium Sized Businesses CAN Enjoy the Benefits of BI Tools! I recently attended a business intelligence conference and I spoke with a small business owner who attended the conference in hopes of finding out how to leverage business intelligence to sustain growth and address competition while juggling other responsibilities and managing a small business budget.

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Tim Mitchell

MAY 2, 2019

One of the most common questions I am asked about ETL configuration is how much memory SSIS requires. When configuring a new instance of SQL Server running SSIS, or adding SSIS to an existing SQL Server installation, it is important to understand how SSIS uses memory, and what factors in your package design will impact the amount of memory used. The post How Much Memory Does SSIS need?

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Smart Data Collective

MAY 2, 2019

Large companies around the world are investing in big data. Big data has been especially important for optimizing their marketing campaigns. However, a number of small businesses are getting in on the action too. Local marketing agencies have discovered that SEO is more dependent on big data than ever. They are developing more data driven solutions to offer better search marketing strategies.

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Simplilearn

MAY 28, 2019

Employee training is no longer an option in today’s evolving digital landscape. It’s important for teams to gain the latest skills and stay updated to accomplish your company’s objectives—but it often gets pushback from upper management.

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Analyst Catalyst Blog

MAY 30, 2019

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ElegantJ BI

MAY 3, 2019

KPI Software Should be Part of Your Suite of BI Tools! There is no doubt that business intelligence and analytics should include key performance indicators (KPIs). Business intelligence tools must include KPI software and an intuitive KPI dashboard that is easy for business users to adopt and to use to monitor, manage and understand business metrics, actual vs. planned results and other data.

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Userzoom

MAY 14, 2019

It’s great to convenience sample from your customer base , but please don’t stop there! Photo by Fortyozsteak. Imagine you are on a product team about to embark on a new project — a project to make design updates to a fitness tracker app. (And maybe this is not unlike your everyday work life. So, please, feel free to make substitutions in this example for a Different Product.

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Data Pine

MAY 28, 2019

BI projects aren’t just for the big fishes in the sea anymore; the technology has developed rapidly, the software has become more accessible while business intelligence and analytics projects implemented in various industries regularly, no matter the shape and size, small businesses or large enterprises. With the help of online data analysis tools , these kinds of projects have become easy to manage and agile in performance.

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Smart Data Collective

MAY 29, 2019

Big data is completely transforming the way we live and the way companies conduct business. Pretty much every industry you can think of uses some form of big data technology to help optimize their business. In this article, we reveal five industries which have been reshaped by big data technology. 1. Retail. IBM wrote an excellent report about the use of big data in the retail sector.

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Simplilearn

MAY 28, 2019

Key causes of failure for employee Learning and Development programs (both online or classroom-based) include lack of engagement by participants, lack of oversight by management and lack of social involvement by peers. However, what you might not know is that many of these issues can be ameliorated through gamification. Read More. Read More.

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Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Analyst Catalyst Blog

MAY 30, 2019

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ElegantJ BI

MAY 22, 2019

Tally App for Mobile is the Perfect Marriage of Mobility and Productivity! The Tally ERP solution is one that is quite familiar to users, especially in India. Its features and functionality support accounting and financial related activities and the solution is used by many businesses. When you add mobility to this solution, users have the ability to use the Tally features on the road and Tally in Mobile adds many benefits to the already impressive list of advantages.

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Userzoom

MAY 22, 2019

So much more than playing ‘Wood You Rather?’ with a Red Maple. As part of our UX 101 education series , where we discuss the different types of studies and research methodologies you can use with the UserZoom platform, we’d like to introduce our readers to the exciting world of tree testing! What is tree testing? Tree testing allows you to test the findability of content on a website or app by asking participants to find a specific piece of content from the information architec

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Data Pine

MAY 9, 2019

“Without big data, you are blind and deaf and in the middle of a freeway.” – Geoffrey Moore, management consultant, and author. In a world dominated by data, it’s more important than ever for businesses to understand how to extract every drop of value from the raft of digital insights available at their fingertips. According to Better Buys, 85% of business leaders feel that using big data to their advantage will significantly improve the way they run their companies – and they’re not wrong.

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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

MAY 8, 2019

If you’re a marketer or business owner in today’s competitive marketplace, you’ve probably tried just about everything you can think of to maximize your success. You’ve dabbled in digital marketing, visited trade shows, paid for print advertising, and incentivized customer testimonials. It’s probably resulted in lots of stress, sleepless nights, and CBD oil drops to give you the energy and focus to keep going.

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Simplilearn

MAY 29, 2019

While instructor-led training (off-site or on-premises) offers mentorship and assistance, online training programs offer the flexibility to learn anytime and anywhere. How do you blend the best of both training methods and offer a holistic learning experience for your employees? With compelling research from training experts, this white paper revea.

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Analyst Catalyst Blog

MAY 28, 2019

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ElegantJ BI

MAY 22, 2019

Tally App for Mobile is the Perfect Marriage of Mobility and Productivity! The Tally ERP solution is one that is quite familiar to users, especially in India. Its features and functionality support accounting and financial related activities and the solution is used by many businesses. When you add mobility to this solution, users have the ability to use the Tally features on the road and Tally in Mobile adds many benefits to the already impressive list of advantages.

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Userzoom

MAY 29, 2019

Welcome to a brand new series where we introduce you to the people behind UserZoom. You may assume that we’re either just a fully automated service floating around in the cloud, or that our sole employee is a giant orange owl. But no, actual people work here, and they not only ensure that our customers are getting the very best out of our user research software and services, but that the platform itself is as easy-to-use as possible.

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Roman Pichler

MAY 1, 2019

What is an Ethical Product? An ethical product is an offering that does not cause any harm, neither to its users nor the planet. [1] The former includes negatively impacting the people’s mental wellbeing, for example, by encouraging addictive behaviour or promoting harmful information. The latter comprises contributing to climate change by developing and providing the product.

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Smart Data Collective

MAY 6, 2019

Self-driving cars and trucks once seemed like a staple of science fiction which could never morph into a reality here in the real world. Nevertheless, the past few years have given rise to a number of impressive innovations in the field of autonomous vehicles that have turned self-driving cars from a funny idea into a marketing gimmick and finally into a full-fledged reality of the modern roadway.

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Simplilearn

MAY 29, 2019

Learn how to measure employee learning in ways that can improve results and ROI with this ebook. It explains the importance of measuring the effectiveness of the training you offer to make sure you’re getting the outcomes you want and the challenges to doing so. Read More. Read More.

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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.