BA Learnings
JANUARY 10, 2018
Swiss cheese has holes in various places on different slices of cheese when you cut it up. Let’s imagine these holes reflect weaknesses in the system where mistakes can pass through, afterall no system is perfect. One mistake passing through a hole in one slice of cheese might remain unnoticed and not lead to a business catastrophe, if it's corrected.
Occam's Razor
JANUARY 8, 2018
Like me, I'm sure you are working on complex challenges when it comes to data. Multi-petabyte data warehouses. Multi-touch, cross-channel attribution analysis. Media mix modeling. Predictive analytics. Human-centric analysis. Oh, and let's not forget the application of machine learning to every facet of your work. It is genuinely fun to work on these opportunities.
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IBM Big Data Hub
JANUARY 16, 2018
Two paradoxes of information technology are: data has no value if you can’t access it, and it’s a liability if the wrong people access it. Company leaders don’t think they need data governance until these paradoxes hit them hard.
Jim Harris
JANUARY 1, 2018
“The sky is falling!” exclaimed Chicken Little after an acorn fell on his head, causing him to undertake a journey to tell the King that the world is coming to an end. So says the folk tale that became an allegory for people accused of being unreasonably afraid, or people trying to incite an unreasonable fear in those around them, sometimes referred to as Chicken Little Syndrome.
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Bruno Aziza
JANUARY 2, 2018
Whether it is data-driven marketing, sports analytics, political campaigns, or national security threats, data has become central to any type of informed analysis and plan of action.
Birst BI
JANUARY 16, 2018
When you hear the words “artificial intelligence,” (AI) what’s the first thing you think of: robots doing backflips , Alexa , medical diagnostic innovations or something else? If you’re a business intelligence (BI) and analytics application user, it’s likely that “data-driven insight to the masses” will soon be top-of-mind. Machine learning will transform BI and analytics.
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The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog
JANUARY 16, 2018
by SANGHO YOON In this article, we discuss an approach to the design of experiments in a network. In particular, we describe a method to prevent potential contamination (or inconsistent treatment exposure) of samples due to network effects. We present data from Google Cloud Platform (GCP) as an example of how we use A/B testing when users are connected.
IBM Big Data Hub
JANUARY 4, 2018
Unlock the trusted information about your customers with MDM and empower your business analysts to search, explore and match with other data collections with governed freedom.
Boris Evelson
JANUARY 12, 2018
Most business intelligence (BI) applications are constructed using point-and-click drag-and-drop graphical user interfaces (GUI), but still require end user training and long ramp up times, although not to the extent of learning and writing SQL code. Few business decision-makers access data directly, instead rely on trained business analysts, even for basic information.
Bruno Aziza
JANUARY 7, 2018
In his latest book, “Thank You For Being Late,” Thomas Friedman highlighted 2007 as one of the most pivotal years in technology: 2007 saw the birth of Hadoop, the iPhone and Amazon’s Kindle for instance. My bet is that 2018 will start a new era for the technology space very much like 2007 did.
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When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m
Cloudera
JANUARY 12, 2018
I mentioned in an earlier blog titled, “Staffing your big data team, ” that data engineers are critical to a successful data journey. That said, most companies that are early in their journey lack a dedicated engineering group. And the longer it takes to put a team in place, the likelier it is that your big data project will stall. The data engineering team is responsible for collecting and ingesting batch and stream-oriented data, inventorying the data, working through ingest bottlenecks, and d
BA Learnings
JANUARY 15, 2018
Groupthink, a term introduced by social psychologist Irving Janis in 1972, occurs when a group makes bad decisions because group pressures lead to a reduction in mental efficiency and moral judgement. These groups ignore alternatives and are usually insulated from outside opinions. Think about these scenarios: You attend a meeting where ideas are bounced around.
Birst BI
JANUARY 23, 2018
Data governance is a broad topic that people seem to agree is important, but still argue about the details. Specifically, it’s hard to find an IT professional or BI and Analytics user who doesn’t believe that good execution on data governance will yield the “single version of the truth” required to make confident, accurate business decisions. But what exactly is a “single version of the truth?
IBM Big Data Hub
JANUARY 2, 2018
Whether you want to build a bridge, explore the sea, or simply try to identify new markets, you will only be as good as the data you use. This means it must be complete, in context, trusted and easily accessible to drive insights.
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Paul Blogs on BI
JANUARY 12, 2018
While it’s fun to make predictions at the beginning of a new year, I must admit that my track record on getting them right has not always been perfect. I tend to lean heavily towards things I want to happen, rather than things that are more likely to happen. In the world of Business Intelligence, predictions by leading experts and vendors have also not always been stellar.
Bruno Aziza
JANUARY 12, 2018
Fundamentally, whether you’re on the internet, making a phone call or sending and receiving messages, your communication should simply go through, free of interference from your service provider.
Cloudera
JANUARY 29, 2018
To quote Sam Walton, Walmart’s founder, “There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else”. This very much forms the lens for our focus here at Cloudera Asia Pacific. And it is this unwavering passion and commitment that has driven the team to strive for the very best for our customers and partners, and milestones that we have collectively attained since 2015.
BA Learnings
JANUARY 3, 2018
When we have a strong belief about something or a bias towards a particular opinion, we consciously or unconsciously seek out evidence that validates what we already believe. When we come across contrary evidence, our default behaviour is to ignore it, diminish it or in some cases, conclude that it’s wrong prematurely without exploring its merits. This behaviour is due to a cognitive bias known as confirmation bias.
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Smarten
JANUARY 30, 2018
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IBM Big Data Hub
JANUARY 31, 2018
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Paris Technologies
JANUARY 22, 2018
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Bruno Aziza
JANUARY 29, 2018
In a 2018 survey, which was recently released, nearly two-thirds of executives – 63.4% -- now report their firm having a CDO. Clearly, the Chief Data Officer has become an established role within a majority of leading corporations.
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Cloudera
JANUARY 11, 2018
I often meet with our customers to help them understand how to connect modern technology to business success. The ever-present question at these encounters is “Where do I start?” For them, they may understand that they need a data-driven strategy or the culture may aim to take a shift to being guided by data. These are often goals set by the executive team with little guidance on how to execute or implement.
Nutanix
JANUARY 26, 2018
Digital transformation (DX) has triggered a major overhaul in the way organizations think about tried-and-true business models and operationalize day-to-day processes.
Smarten
JANUARY 15, 2018
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IBM Big Data Hub
JANUARY 26, 2018
Still using spreadsheets for financial planning? Learn more in this webinar how predictive technologies can improve the accuracy of your own planning and forecasting.
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Sanjeev Mohan
JANUARY 15, 2018
I have been working as a research analyst responsible for the Big Data topics for the last year. I plan to regularly post my blogs here. I have been accused of being an insufferable and recovering dataholic since my days at Oracle in the early 1990s. So, my goal is to write about all things data. However, for my first blog, I thought of writing a paean to my admiration for data.
Bruno Aziza
JANUARY 4, 2018
There’s so much risky and objectionable content on the internet—fake news, hate speech, incendiary articles and representations of violence.
Cloudera
JANUARY 3, 2018
Building the right team is as important as assembling the right IT infrastructure – and the needs differ just as dramatically. A traditional BI and analytics organization consists of three main groups: Analysts that develop reports often using sample data. The data management team – modelers that take requests, find data, and develop models to answer the questions.
Nutanix
JANUARY 25, 2018
Of all the blog posts I’ve written since starting Nutanix, this one is particularly special to me because it deals with an organization that’s helped me on my personal and professional journey.
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