March, 2016

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The rise of greedy robots

Data Science and Beyond

Given the impressive advancement of machine intelligence in recent years, many people have been speculating on what the future holds when it comes to the power and roles of robots in our society. Some have even called for regulation of machine intelligence before it’s too late. My take on this issue is that there is no need to speculate – machine intelligence is already here, with greedy robots already dominating our lives.

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It’s Time to Rethink Integration

In(tegrate) the Clouds

Last week SnapLogic posted the company’s mission on their blog , which is focused on accelerating how enterprise integration technology is delivered in the enterprise. The company is growing rapidly and hiring. Here is the their mission statement: It’s time to rethink integration. Integrating data and applications with legacy products is slowing down your business.

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Using random effects models in prediction problems

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

by NICHOLAS A. JOHNSON, ALAN ZHAO, KAI YANG, SHENG WU, FRANK O. KUEHNEL, and ALI NASIRI AMINI In this post, we give a brief introduction to random effects models, and discuss some of their uses. Through simulation we illustrate issues with model fitting techniques that depend on matrix factorization. Far from hypothetical, we have encountered these issues in our experiences with "big data" prediction problems.

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Analyzing Tabular Model in Excel 2016

Ms SQL Girl

It’s been a long time since I wrote an article on Tabular Model. This week, one of my good readers, Andrew posted me a question. In this article, I want to show you how to connect to your Tabular Model database and use it as the underlying model for either Pivot Table, Pivot Chart, or Power View. As a side note, I actually was struggling to find Power View button in Excel 2016 as it was missing from the ribbon.

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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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The Promise of the Enterprise Cloud: Changing IT to Inspiration and Transformation

Nutanix

A conversation between Howard Ting, Nutanix CMO, and Madhu Matta, Lenovo Vice President, Server and Storage Product Marketing, about the frontiers of data center infrastructure.

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The Marketing Analytics Intersect: My Newsletter!

Occam's Razor

I want you to sign up for something very, very special I'm doing: Writing short stories from the intersection of marketing and analytics. My goal is to get you promoted, you are going to love it. So. Please do sign up. But, first, as you've come to expect from this blog… Context…. Should you own or rent? The logic we are taught from when we were babies is that it is better to own than rent.