April, 2016

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A Great Analyst's Best Friends: Skepticism & Wisdom!

Occam's Razor

Here's something important I've observed in my experience in working with data, and changing organizations with ideas: Great Analysts are always skeptical. Deeply so. This was always true, of course. But, it has become mission critical over the last few years as the depth, breadth, quantity and every other dimension you could apply to data has simply exploded.

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What the Algorithmic Economy Means to the Human Decision Maker

Information Builders

Today is National Book Lover’s Day, and the perfect opportunity to indulge your inner bookworm. According to a Huffington Post blog on the occasion, one of the best ways to celebrate is by giving the gift of reading and passing along a favorite book to others who might enjoy it. With that in mind, we asked some Information Builders colleagues for their best “data reads” and below is a sampling of their suggestions: read more.

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Retail trends 2016: bite-size takeaways from Retail Technology Show USA

ScienceSoft

Back from a visit to Retail Technology Show USA 2016, we compiled this year’s retail software development trends in one bite-size guide.

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Who Ruined Social Media?

Jenny Sussin

Someone asked me about Twitter’s stock price the other day to which I replied: I know nothing of stocks, but I’ll happily tell you who I think is ruining it for all of us. Let’s have some straight talk about who is ruining Facebook and Twitter. Facebook. Embarrassing parents ruined Facebook. Sorry, but they did. Years back when people outside of colleges were granted access to Facebook, us college folk were more concerned about high school kids getting access to our “priv

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Blockchain Or Distributed Ledger? What’s In A Name – And Does It Matter?

Martha Bennett

“Blockchain” and “distributed ledger” continue to generate plenty of headlines in both the specialist and mainstream press. If these — and vendor publicity materials — were anything to go by, we’re on the cusp of mainstream adoption. But that’s far from the case. And judging by the questions Forrester receives about the topic, there’s still […].

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Using Data Analytics To Improve Local Government in Massachusetts

TIBCO

With all of the technology available today, it would seem that data-driven government would be the norm rather than the exception. However, it doesn’t appear that local governments are taking advantage of massive amounts of data they collect to operate as efficiently and as effectively as possible–at least not in Massachusetts, according to Michael Ward , director of municipal services at the Collins Center for Public Management at UMass Boston.

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Leadership for the Future: What Does Tomorrow Look Like?

Information Builders

Today is National Book Lover’s Day, and the perfect opportunity to indulge your inner bookworm. According to a Huffington Post blog on the occasion, one of the best ways to celebrate is by giving the gift of reading and passing along a favorite book to others who might enjoy it. With that in mind, we asked some Information Builders colleagues for their best “data reads” and below is a sampling of their suggestions: read more.

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What is “Better” When It Comes to Software?

Jenny Sussin

I remember being back in ninth grade English when my teacher taught our class the importance of communication skills. She said that if we couldn’t put into words how we felt, thought or viewed the world, then we would never be able to get our point across and ultimately get what we wanted. Now, that is a somewhat harsh reality for a group of 14 year olds (I realize as I am writing this…) but years later I see that she was absolutely right.

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Hallmark Business Connections @.NEXT

Nutanix

An Interview with Bob Dussault, Director of Infrastructure and Information Security Officer at Hallmark Business Connections

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Langs Building Supplies ICT Manager heads to.NEXT

Nutanix

An Interview with Matthew Day, ICT & Support Manager at Langs Building Supplies

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8 Steps to Transformation at Speed & Scale – Your Guide to Deploying StratOps

📌Is your Data & AI transformation struggling to really impact the business? Discover the game-changing StratOps approach that: Bridges the Gap : Connect your Data & AI strategy to your operating model, to ensure alignment at every level. Prioritizes Outcomes : Focuses on concrete business outcomes from day one, rather than capabilities in isolation.

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Nutanix at Citrix Synergy 2016: Enterprise Clouds for Applications and Desktops

Nutanix

2016 has been a very busy year for the VDI solution team here at Nutanix.