Smart Data Collective
MARCH 28, 2019
If someone asked you which industry is the most innovative , you probably wouldn’t say the financial industry. In fact, that would probably be the last industry on your list. Nonetheless, the financial industry is using big data more than ever. The success of both Fintech companies and traditional banks will hinge on their ability to leverage big data to its fullest potential.
BizAcuity
MARCH 29, 2019
Data lakes are centralized repositories that can store all structured and unstructured data at any desired scale. Data can be stored as-is, without first structuring it, and different types of analytics can be run on it, from dashboards and visualizations to big data processing, real-time analytics, and machine learning to improve decision making. The power of the data lake lies in the fact that it often is a cost-effective way to store data.
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ElegantJ BI
MARCH 27, 2019
Combine Flexible, Intuitive KPI Tools with Appropriately Targeted KPI Metrics! KPI Analytics is important to every company. Key performance indicators, or KPIs, help a business to monitor and measure business success by looking at specific factors, activities, tasks and processes. Often, an industry has a standard set of KPI examples it uses that is widely accepted as measurement for success but, many times, the business has its own unique way of measuring success and, when used correctly, KPI s
BI Insight
MARCH 21, 2019
A while ago I was visiting a customer that asked if they can filter a query data by a column from another query in Power BI. And I said of course you can. In this post I explain how that can be achieved in Power Query. The key point is to know how to reference … Continue reading Quick Tips: How to Filter a Column by another Column from a Different Query in Power Query.
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Leading Agile
MARCH 11, 2019
One of the principles of the Agile Manifesto reads: “Simplicity – the art of maximizing the amount of work not done – is essential.” Okay. What does that mean? Does it mean we should avoid doing our work to the extent possible? Well, not exactly. Consistency Between Lean and Agile Principles. Without coming at the question from that angle (as far as I know), the authors of the Manifesto arrived at an idea from Lean Thinking – the idea of reducing process waste.
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Smart Data Collective
MARCH 27, 2019
“Google Search Reveals Community College Student’s Social Security Number.” While this may seem like a headline you would find on sites like The Onion , this is something that actually happened. This situation occurred when staff members at a community college started to test a new type of online application that utilized files full of sensitive and unaltered data on a server that was not secure.
BizAcuity
MARCH 18, 2019
An unsecured loan is a loan issued and supported solely by the borrower’s creditworthiness, rather than by any kind of collateral. The terms of such loans, including approval and receipt, are therefore most often contingent on the borrower’s credit score. The consumer lending business is centered on the notion of managing the risk of borrower default.
ElegantJ BI
MARCH 27, 2019
Combine Flexible, Intuitive KPI Tools with Appropriately Targeted KPI Metrics! KPI Analytics is important to every company. Key performance indicators, or KPIs, help a business to monitor and measure business success by looking at specific factors, activities, tasks and processes. Often, an industry has a standard set of KPI examples it uses that is widely accepted as measurement for success but, many times, the business has its own unique way of measuring success and, when used correctly, KPI s
BI Insight
MARCH 21, 2019
A while ago I was visiting a customer that asked if they can filter a query data by a column from another query in Power BI. And I said of course you can. In this post I explain how that can be achieved in Power Query. The key point is to know how to reference … Continue reading Quick Tips: How to Filter a Column by another Column from a Different Query in Power Query.
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Leading Agile
MARCH 26, 2019
Everybody’s on board, so why isn’t Agile working as it should? Understand the top two reasons Agile fails and what you can do about it with our CEO, Mike Cottmeyer. Video Transcript. The challenge with dependencies is that dependencies reduce Agility. Period. Dependencies are going to reduce Agility, so you have two choices. You either manage dependencies, or you break dependencies.
Tim Mitchell
MARCH 22, 2019
Change detection is a critical component of any system that moves data from one structure to another. Most data movement mechanisms are designed to move a subset of the data – only that which is new or changed since the last load. For that to work properly, there must be a reliable system for detecting delta data touched since the. The post Webinar: Change Detection in SQL Server appeared first on Tim Mitchell.
Smart Data Collective
MARCH 28, 2019
The Internet of Things is one of the most groundbreaking trends affecting consumers and businesses all over the world. According to a report by Gartner, the economic impact of all products connected to the IoT will exceed $300 billion by next year. A number of factors are contributing to the proliferation of the IoT. One of the most influential changes is the increasing capacity of big data.
BizAcuity
MARCH 25, 2019
Revenue Analytics is simple terms can be defined as a set of decisions support tools that help finance and contracting professionals in making informed decisions based on reliable insights. Revenue analytics helps managers in making better decisions as it results in working towards overall goals of increasing revenue by selling product or services at the right price.
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ElegantJ BI
MARCH 27, 2019
Combine Flexible, Intuitive KPI Tools with Appropriately Targeted KPI Metrics! KPI Analytics is important to every company. Key performance indicators, or KPIs, help a business to monitor and measure business success by looking at specific factors, activities, tasks and processes. Often, an industry has a standard set of KPI examples it uses that is widely accepted as measurement for success but, many times, the business has its own unique way of measuring success and, when used correctly, KPI s
BI Insight
MARCH 5, 2019
The latest version of On-premises Data Gateway February 2019 (3000.1.257) has been released on 1st March 2019. The release note is quite short and it doesn’t really provide a lot of information. At least that’s the case as at today (6 March 2019). There is One new feature however, that I found very interesting is … Continue reading Quick Tips: On-premises Data Gateway, Network Ports Test.
Sisense
MARCH 19, 2019
Choosing the right solution to warehouse your data is just as important as how you collect data for business intelligence. To extract the maximum value from your data, it needs to be accessible, well-sorted, and easy to manipulate and store. Amazon’s Redshift data warehouse tools offer such a blend of features, but even so, it’s important to understand what it brings to the table before making a decision to integrate the system.
Roman Pichler
MARCH 4, 2019
Maps are the Foundations on which Adventures are Built. When I was a little boy, I truly loved all things pirate. Even as an adult, I very much enjoyed reading pirate books with my children. One of them even came with a separate treasure map that could be unfolded to discover a hidden treasure. Coming up with a set of tools to capture important strategic decisions reminded me of treasure maps: It should guide you to product success, bearing in mind that not all treasure is silver and gold, as Ca
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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
MARCH 25, 2019
Technology has had a profound impact on the insurance industry. Insurers are relying heavily on big data as the number of insurance policyholders also grow. Big data analytics can help solve a lot of data issues that insurance companies face, but the process is a bit daunting. It can be challenging for insurance companies who have not adjusted to this just yet.
BizAcuity
MARCH 8, 2019
Workforce Analytics – What is its need for companies. Workforce Analytics in simple terms can be defined as an advanced set of software and methodology tools that measures, characterizes, and organizes sophisticated employee data and these tools helps in understanding the employee performance in a logical way. Human resource leaders are using workforce analytics under various forms such as predictive and prescriptive analytics.
ElegantJ BI
MARCH 26, 2019
The Importance of Data Visualization Cannot be Overstated! Data visualization may not seem important, but the way you see data can provide additional insight or it can muddle the picture to the point where you will miss critical issues or opportunities. The importance of data visualization is even more evident when that data is being analyzed by business users who are not likely to see data in an analytical way and probably do not have the knowledge or skill required to change visualization tech
BI Insight
MARCH 5, 2019
The latest version of On-premises Data Gateway February 2019 (3000.1.257) has been released on 1st March 2019. The release note is quite short and it doesn’t really provide a lot of information. At least that’s the case as at today (6 March 2019). There is One new feature however, that I found very interesting is … Continue reading Quick Tips: On-premises Data Gateway, Network Ports Test.
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Sisense
MARCH 7, 2019
Despite progress in recent years, UNESCO says that more girls than boys remain out of school. In fact, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics , “16 million girls will never set foot in a classroom – and women account for two-thirds of the 750 million adults without basic literacy skills.”. There’s a widely-known African proverb that says “If you educate a man, you educate an individual.
Data Pine
MARCH 25, 2019
In our data-rich age, understanding how to analyze and extract true meaning from the digital insights available to our business is one of the primary drivers of success. Despite the colossal volume of data we create every day, a mere 0.5% is actually analyzed and used for data discovery , improvement, and intelligence. While that may not seem like much, considering the amount of digital information we have at our fingertips, half a percent still accounts for a huge amount of data.
Smart Data Collective
MARCH 26, 2019
Forbes contributor Kalev Leetaru recently wrote a fantastic article about the intersection of big data and website hosting. Leetaru notes that big data and cloud technology have led to the evolution of web hosting services. Cloud technology is changing the logistics of many traditional hosting plans. WordPress hosting is a prime example. How Big Data is Changing the Future of WordPress.
BizAcuity
MARCH 1, 2019
There is a coherent overlap between the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence. IoT is basically an exchange of data or information in a connected or interconnected environment. AI is about simulating intelligent behavior in machines that carry out tasks ‘smartly’. AI tries to imitate natural human intelligence or the cognitive functions that humans perform using their mind such as learning and problem-solving.
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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.
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