AWS Big Data

JANUARY 25, 2023

Recently, Amazon FinTech migrated all their financial reporting to QuickSight. For example, in the following table, we would load all carrier/city combinations nested under Dec 7, 2014 before we can continue querying the next date. For example, a customer 360 report sliced by different regions.

Slice and Dice 103

Slice and Dice Visualization Metrics Dashboards 103

Jet Global

JANUARY 6, 2020

By the end of 2014, McKinsey consultants were including two new criteria considered crucial for 21st-century businesses: speed and flexibility. However, the root of the issue is what really matters, and in most cases, poor financial reporting is to blame. It’s bad news because financial reporting is a struggle at many companies.

Reporting 83

Reporting Finance Consulting Enterprise 83

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 29, 2024

That’s echoed by VMware’s latest State of Spring report, which revealed that the leading impediments to upgrading to a newer version of Spring Boot (the most common Java development framework) are an inability to prioritize it (46%) and a lack of motivation to do so because the current environment is working well (51%).

Cost-Benefit 122

Cost-Benefit Software ROI Enterprise 122

IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 7, 2023

Embracing AI for clinical trials: The elements of success By embracing three AI-enabled capabilities, biopharma companies can significantly optimize clinical trial site selection process while developing core AI competencies that can be scaled out and saving financial resources that can be reinvested or redirected. Clinical Trials.

Optimization 55

Optimization Forecasting Data-driven Statistics 55

Smart Data Collective

DECEMBER 13, 2022

A 2014 study published in The Journal of Medical Practice Management discussed some of the benefits of using cloud technology to make things easier for patients. Many novel patient engagement tactics are employed to suit the demands of the patients, which can be optimized through cloud computing.

Technology 126

Technology Measurement Management IT 126

Smart Data Collective

JULY 2, 2019

Better distribution, cost savings, technical improvements and, above all, the optimization of resources are some of the spaces that are opened up thanks to new technologies. A World Energy Outlook report concludes that global wind energy capacity will increase between 2014 (762 TWh) and 2020 by 85% to about 1,400 TWh.

Data Analytics 97

Data Analytics Internet of Things Analytics Big Data 97

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

APRIL 23, 2024

If the relationship of $X$ to $Y$ can be approximated as quadratic (or any polynomial), the objective and constraints as linear in $Y$, then there is a way to express the optimization as a quadratically constrained quadratic program (QCQP). However, joint optimization is possible by increasing both $x_1$ and $x_2$ at the same time.

Experimentation 52

Experimentation Optimization Uncertainty Metrics 52

BI-Survey

AUGUST 18, 2020

optimization) or increase revenues (e.g., An astonishing 85 percent say they are able to use data to optimize resource allocation, which allows them to save costs and act more efficiently throughout their value creation chain. Interactive Analytical Storytelling Report. For another 38 percent, this is at least partly the case.

Analytics 52

Analytics IT Cost-Benefit IoT 52

Sisense

MARCH 16, 2020

It’s so significant that in 2014, the UN established its Data Revolution Group to recommend how data can optimize its role as a force for good in sustainable development. Data is at the heart of this process, informing these bodies what to do, who to address and how to be successful. The global challenge: harnessing the power of data.

Statistics 72

Statistics Data-driven Big Data Finance 72

datapine

MAY 2, 2019

In our example above, we are showing Sales by Payment Method for all of 2014. Also, showing the relationship between selected multiple variables is not optimal for waterfall charts (also known as Cascade charts), as bubble plots or scatter plots would be a more effective solution. The takeaways are quick to register yet have depth.

Visualization 173

Visualization Dashboards Sales Data-driven 173

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 16, 2022

These principles include: Focus on value Start where you are Progress iteratively with feedback Collaborate and promote visibility Think and work holistically Keep it simple and practical Optimize and automate ITIL 4 focuses on company culture and integrating IT into the overall business structure. How does ITIL reduce costs?

IT 105

IT Cost-Benefit ROI Risk 105

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

From small startups to large, established businesses, container frameworks have proven exceedingly capable of generating stable workflows with optimized runtimes and continuous delivery. An even larger group of respondents (64%) reported expecting to use containers for at least 50% of the apps they would build over the next 2 years.

Data Processing 82

Data Processing Software Marketing Optimization 82

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

When you search for them, if you find them, you end up on sub-optimal landing pages. As with all other Social Networks below, let's take a look at some B2B examples (good and un-good), some B2C examples (good and un-good) and arrive at the optimal answer. We all know that Page Likes is a profoundly sub-optimal metric.

B2B 167

B2B Metrics Recreation/Entertainment Testing 167

Occam's Razor

MARCH 19, 2018

I see reports, dashboards, presentations with wide gaps. If you pause and consider how this data is collected, via a small triple digit sample self-reported survey results, you’ll quickly realize that the error range in this data is likely a few points. The bar chart is a sub-optimal way to let the audience see this.

Visualization 132

Visualization B2B Dashboards Marketing 132

CDW Research Hub

DECEMBER 1, 2020

This marks Sirius’ ninth acquisition since 2014, including Brightlight Consulting, Avnet, Inc.’s Sirius specializes in helping organizations transform their business by managing their operations, optimizing and modernizing their IT, and securing it all. and dramatically expands its Microsoft 365 and Azure cloud services.

Consulting 62

Consulting Optimization Risk Management 62

bridgei2i

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Souce: Amperity Survey Report. A glance at the Adobe Digital Economy Index for April 2020 in the consumer tech & electronics department revealed some interesting insights: Online electronics prices have been experiencing deflation at a steady rate since 2014. Purchases made directly from retailer’s websites grew 57.9%

Sales 52

Sales Metrics Optimization Enterprise 52

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 18, 2023

During its long-term collaboration with SAP, Hoffenheim has achieved many things including assessing the health and performance of players, personalizing fan experiences to increase engagement and loyalty, and migrating and optimizing its business processes to a single platform to support international growth.

Sales 52

Sales Finance Optimization Interactive 52

datapine

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Also, showing the relationship between selected multiple variables is not optimal for waterfall charts (also known as Cascade charts), as bubble plots or scatter plots would be a more effective solution. It also becomes difficult to label the pie chart, and valuable online dashboard /reporting real estate is often wasted in the process.

Visualization 177

Visualization Dashboards Sales Measurement 177

Jet Global

OCTOBER 9, 2024

According to a recent Forbes article, “the prescriptive analytics software market is estimated to grow from approximately $415M in 2014 to $1.1B There are a number of reasons why: You can run a report that has the most updated information , not from one month ago. in 2019, attaining a 22 percent compound annual growth rate.”

Prescriptive Analytics 52

Prescriptive Analytics IoT Internet of Things Cost-Benefit 52

FineReport

MARCH 29, 2023

Introduction to Qlik Sense Qlik Sense is an interactive BI product released by QlikTech in 2014. Users can create visual reports according to their own wishes and achieve self-service analysis. FineReport is a very mature reporting tool launched by Fanruan Software in 2006. Interface of FineReport 5.

Visualization 52

Visualization Reporting Dashboards Enterprise 52

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

JULY 11, 2017

If both variances are positive then the optimal estimator of $y_{t+1}$ winds up being "exponential smoothing," where past data are forgotten at an exponential rate determined by the ratio of the two variances. Figure 1 shows the motivating data set from Scott and Varian (2014), which is also included with the bsts package.

Forecasting 66

Forecasting Statistics Modeling Software 66

Ms SQL Girl

MARCH 30, 2015

Publishing and Administering Dashboards and Reports in Power BI for the Organisation. Attendees will learn the differences between the self-service capabilities offered as on-premise Vs cloud based, and why and when they are important for analytical, operational and strategic reports. Power Query 101 (for Power BI Dashboard).

Dashboards 40

Dashboards Visualization KPI Interactive 40

Ms SQL Girl

MARCH 30, 2015

Publishing and Administering Dashboards and Reports in Power BI for the Organisation. Attendees will learn the differences between the self-service capabilities offered as on-premise Vs cloud based, and why and when they are important for analytical, operational and strategic reports. Power Query 101 (for Power BI Dashboard).

Dashboards 40

Dashboards Visualization KPI Interactive 40

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

APRIL 17, 2017

For us, demand for forecasts emerged from a determination to better understand business growth and health, more efficiently conduct day-to-day operations, and optimize longer-term resource planning and allocation decisions. OTexts, 2014. 2014): 276. [7] We hope this blog post is the start of such a dialogue. Soll, and Richard P.

Forecasting 83

Forecasting Modeling Statistics Uncertainty 83

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

In blue is how much time we spent in 2010 and in blue the time spent in 2014. was the dramatic shift between 2010 to 2014 to mobile content consumption. Dive into Mobile Reporting and Analysis. Dive into Mobile Reporting and Analysis. Dive into Mobile Reporting and Analysis. What do you learn from this report?

Metrics 143

Metrics Reporting Analytics Marketing 143

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

The post outlines eight sources vendors use to collect data: Toolbars, panels, ISP data, search engines, self reported, scraped/indexed, hybrid, and external voc. I tend to use Hitwise a lot less, or not at all, because it is a very hard to use, it is slow, the UX/UI, metrics and reports have not really evolved over the years.

Metrics 156

Metrics Reporting IT Advertising 156

O'Reilly on Data

APRIL 23, 2024

Instead of continuing to deploy their attention optimization algorithms for their users’ and suppliers’ benefit, the tech giants began to use them to favor themselves. The most-clicked sponsored products were 17% more expensive and 33% lower ranked according to Amazon’s own quality, price, and popularity optimizing algorithms.

Advertising 338

Advertising Cost-Benefit Marketing Risk 338

Occam's Razor

MARCH 10, 2015

No standard reports you can just go grab once you update your site code to analytics.js. Because you can do anything with the platform's features, how does one show specific reports/possibilities? Overtime, in this case, the blue should grow allowing you to understand customer behavior more optimally. You can now do both.

Strategy 153

Strategy Analytics Measurement Business Analysis 153

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

And sometimes they are indeed optimal: 7 Data Presentation Tips: Think, Simplify, Calibrate, Visualize. Better than the table, but perhaps less optimal than the Treemap. It is created using the All Traffic Sources report in Google Analytics, and clicking Source (rather than the default Source/Medium). Table comes in.

Visualization 145

Visualization Slice and Dice Predictive Modeling Metrics 145

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The difference between a Reporting Squirrel and Analysis Ninja? Do you see how far away a Reporting Squirrel's job is from that of an Analysis Ninja? We send out our multi-tab spreadsheets, our best Google Analytics custom reports , our great dashboards full of data , and more to the tactical layer of data clients.

Visualization 161

Visualization Key Performance Indicator Slice and Dice Strategy 161

O'Reilly on Data

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

YouTube’s and Facebook’s algorithms for optimizing “engagement” can make any content viral in seconds. Symantec has reported that it has seen such attacks in the field, and recently an AI-generated voice that mimicked a CEO was used in a major fraud. Once you’ve created a fake, you can use social media to propagate it.

Advertising 237

Advertising Metadata Technology Software 237

Domino Data Lab

JULY 9, 2019

When I showed up I was reporting to the head of BI who reported to CTO who reported to CIO who reported to EVP of digital products who reported to CEO. At this point data is a function that reports directly to CEO. They want to know what’s the optimal treatment. ” Inside my group I say.

Data Science 112

Data Science Machine Learning Advertising Modeling 112

Domino Data Lab

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

To outline that caveat, I count four main points in the article describing necessary conditions which a successful organization must put into practice: Position data science as its own entity—make it its own department, reporting to the CEO. Ensure a culture that supports a steady process of learning and experimentation.

Data Science 66

Data Science Experimentation Machine Learning Data-driven 66

O'Reilly on Data

JANUARY 25, 2021

In this report, we look at the data generated by the O’Reilly online learning platform to discern trends in the technology industry—trends technology leaders need to follow. Look at all the angst heating up social media when TIOBE or RedMonk releases their reports on language rankings. But what are “trends”? Starting with Python 3.0

Machine Learning 364

Machine Learning Software Testing Technology 364

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 12, 2025

And while the maturity of those practices varies, large organizations at the forefront of FinOps are scaling up and out, driving the cloud optimization practice into new areas of IT, including as a way to get a handle on spiraling AI costs. FinOps is starting to become this reporting backbone across variable technology spends.

Optimization 120

Optimization Forecasting Finance Management 120