Smart Data Collective
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Data breaches are becoming more common in today’s society. Hackers know they can sell compromised information on the dark web or use it for purposes such as blackmail. However, encryption technology for data protection is widely available. It involves protecting information with cryptography via a scrambled code. Only people with the key to decode the data can read it.
Analyst Catalyst Blog
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
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Timo Elliott
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
On Monday, I presented a keynote for the Digital Transformation track of the Elevate Tech Fest in Toronto, coving the top digital trends, illustrated with real-world examples. The presentation and video are below: ?. [Apologies for the sound quality of the video].
ElegantJ BI
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
Data Visualization Tools Provide Crucial Decision Support! If they are to help your users achieve their goals and understand what is happening within your organization, data visualization tools must be easy to use, with sophisticated functionality and an intuitive user interface. If you want business users to leverage data visualization software, you have to give them something they can easily use and adopt with smart visualization that will recommend the best way to process and visualize data,
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Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.
Smart Data Collective
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
Traditionally, the world of investing was bland and exclusive. Investment vehicles were not very different from one another and minimum capital requirements meant that even this was reserved for the few who had the means. Most ordinary people had to settle for a savings account at their local bank while some even opted to simply put their savings under their mattress.
Business Analysis Digest brings together the best content for BA professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
ElegantJ BI
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
Data Analytics Can Transform Users to Citizen Data Scientists! The term ‘data analytics can seem daunting to the average business user. Isn’t analytics something that is the sole domain of data scientists? No, actually it is not! Today’s Data Analytics Tools are designed for the average business user and make it easier than ever to gather, analyze and understand data.
Smart Data Collective
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
The big data market is expected to be worth $189 billion by the end of this year. This is over a 50% increase in just four years. A number of factors are driving growth in big data. Demand for big data is part of the reason for the growth, but the fact that big data technology is evolving is another. New software is making big data more viable than ever.
Sisense
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Blog. The API layer of any application is one of the most crucial software components. It is the channel which connects client to server (or one microservice to another), drives business processes, and provides the services which give value to users. A customer-facing public API that is exposed to end-users becomes a product in itself. If it breaks, it puts at risk, not just a single application, but an entire chain of business processes built around it.
Phocas
SEPTEMBER 22, 2019
LSC is a thriving 93-year-old security hardware distributor for the locksmith industry. To manage the 20,000 lines of stock and serve customers well, the owners made a strategic decision to harness business data and turn it into useful information. Data engineer, Gordon Howell explains “having those higher facts to back up what we're doing and being agile to use the on-hand data does help us make proper decisions.”.
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The HR industry is changing. Did you know… 1. There will be 4M more jobs than workers by 2033 ( BLS ). 2. For 84% of workers, flexibility is a top priority ( FlexJobs ). 3. 75% of employees have used AI at work ( CFO.com ). It’s time to meet the moment! Use Paycor’s guide to design a blueprint for success.
ElegantJ BI
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
Data Visualization Tools Provide Crucial Decision Support! If they are to help your users achieve their goals and understand what is happening within your organization, data visualization tools must be easy to use, with sophisticated functionality and an intuitive user interface. If you want business users to leverage data visualization software, you have to give them something they can easily use and adopt with smart visualization that will recommend the best way to process and visualize data,
Smart Data Collective
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Big data has been billed as being the future of business for quite some time. However, the future is now. Analysts have found that the market for big data jobs increased 23% between 2014 and 2019. The market for Hadoop jobs increased 58% in that timeframe. The impact of big data is felt across all sectors of the economy. It provides very lucrative employment opportunities to talented workers.
The Analyst Agency
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Smart SOPs and How to Write Them By Steven Czyrny Do you understand your business processes? If you find that your management team or employees are confused about their role in projects, or tasks remain unfinished, it’s time to consider your standard operating procedures. If you have never put procedures in place, you are wasting […]. The post Smart SOPs: Why Your Business Needs Standard Operating Procedures and How to Write Them appeared first on The Analyst Agency.
Phocas
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
My fascination with the psychology of decision-making continues. My latest sage is Daniel Kahneman , a leading psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in economics for prospect theory. Kahneman has dedicated his life to researching human judgement – especially under uncertainty and whether people are susceptible to flawed intuition. His book, Thinking, fast and slow summarizes much of his research.
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ElegantJ BI
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
Data Analytics Can Transform Users to Citizen Data Scientists! The term ‘data analytics can seem daunting to the average business user. Isn’t analytics something that is the sole domain of data scientists? No, actually it is not! Today’s Data Analytics Tools are designed for the average business user and make it easier than ever to gather, analyze and understand data.
Smart Data Collective
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Big data is changing the world in a number of ways. Companies rely on data to deliver efficient services, but they also have to worry about cybersecurity risks. Towards Data Science provided a very detailed guide on the relevance of machine learning to hackers. Hackers use a number of different big data tools to orchestrate more severe attacks. As big data leads to new cybersecurity risks , a growing number of managers are falling victim.
Data Pine
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
In the Age of Information, data equals power. By harnessing the power of your business’s most valuable digital insights, you will enhance decision-making, improve internal communication, and accelerate your success. But with so much information and such little time in the day, how do you get the most from your data? Data is most effective when it’s visual, easy to analyze, and accessible to everyone in the organization.
Phocas
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
“We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge” according to best selling author, John Naisbitt. Today’s businesses have the ability to collect an extraordinary amount of information on everything from customer buying patterns and feedback to supply chain management and marketing efforts. Are you drawing value from your data?
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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
ElegantJ BI
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
Data Visualization Tools Provide Crucial Decision Support! If they are to help your users achieve their goals and understand what is happening within your organization, data visualization tools must be easy to use, with sophisticated functionality and an intuitive user interface. If you want business users to leverage data visualization software, you have to give them something they can easily use and adopt with smart visualization that will recommend the best way to process and visualize data,
Smart Data Collective
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
There are many ways that big data is being utilized in marketing. We have talked extensively about the use of big data in digital marketing, but it can very useful in traditional marketing strategies as well. One study from Forbes found that 55% of companies have used big data analytics. However, there are other big data applications that they have overlooked.
Domo
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
We sat down with five of the most revered IT leaders in the world to find out how they’d tackle today’s most mind-mending CIO challenges. In this whitepaper, you’ll learn best practices for: Overcoming data distress Breaking down silos Embracing risk Engaging in real time And more. Get the whitepaper.
Agile Velocity
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
In a recent discussion with a business leader, I asked a simple question: “Why are you considering an Agile transformation?” . “We just want to get better,” she replied. Awkward silence. . I understood what she meant. We all want to get better. But that’s not a great reason to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on full-scale organizational change.
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ElegantJ BI
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
Data Analytics Can Transform Users to Citizen Data Scientists! The term ‘data analytics can seem daunting to the average business user. Isn’t analytics something that is the sole domain of data scientists? No, actually it is not! Today’s Data Analytics Tools are designed for the average business user and make it easier than ever to gather, analyze and understand data.
Smart Data Collective
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Big data is playing a more essential role in website administration than ever before. TechRepublic points out that it is important for content management. However, it is also ideal for user experience optimization, marketing and much more. The market for big data is growing 41% over the next few years. This is largely due to the need for big data in website management and marketing, as well as advances in AI.
Actian
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
Looking around at Strata this morning I observe that the folks here fall into three broad categories: The t-shirt wearing techie who proudly wears their favorite logo’ed t-shirt e.g. “Data is the New Bacon” and who is here to reassure themselves that there isn’t much that they don’t know about what is happening in the data ecosystem.
Agile Velocity
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
In a recent discussion with a business leader, I asked a simple question: “Why are you considering an Agile transformation?” . “We just want to get better,” she replied. Awkward silence. . I understand what she meant. We all want to get better. But that’s not a great reason to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on full-scale organizational change.
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In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.
Smart Data Collective
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
Scalability is a crucial factor that is talked about even before an application has been created. Yet, even after the application is deployed, the application will be required to be updated frequently to scale based on the application load. While scalability has been one of the concerns even in the blockchain space, it wasn’t the first priority when the technology was first proposed.
Smart Data Collective
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Artificial intelligence has been the basis of robotics for several decades. However, early AI technology was not well-suited for solving the countless challenges robots needed to solve. Robots were often programmed with simple algorithms that were made in BASIC or Cobol. They couldn’t adapt, unless the programmers developed more sophisticated artificial intelligence programs to manage them.
Smart Data Collective
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
Smart items make up the majority of modern life. We have smartphones, smart speakers, smart cars and an entire Internet of Things (IoT) filled with devices meant to make our lives easier and more intuitive. Even the data businesses use has the option to become smart when business intelligence practices come into play. Instead of sifting through mounds of information to find the material you need, you can run everything through some software and receive a report outlining the most pertinent detai
Smart Data Collective
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
Artificial intelligence is leading to some surprisingly robust advances in the field of digital gaming. One of the most important contributions of artificial intelligence is with geolocation technology. Geolocation technology is something that does not get a lot of discussion among everyday people that have expressed an interest in online gaming. However, people working in the gaming industry recognize how essential it is.
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Use data to turn one-off holiday shoppers into repeat buyers and effortlessly drive more sales throughout the year. Our guide will give you an in-depth understanding of what triggers your customers to buy and breaks down campaign examples from leading B2C brands.
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