May, 2018

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5 Simple Ways BAs Can Avoid Repeating Mistakes From Past Projects

BA Learnings

Once you embark on a new business analyst job or project, chances are that you will try to avoid past mistakes and look for ways in which you can deliver better results. A lot can be said for this motivation. The beginning of a project is usually an opportunity for a fresh start. Regardless of how advanced your business analysis skills are, or how fine-tuned your business analysis process is, there is always room to do better.

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GDPR compliance: Reasons to be cheerful

IBM Big Data Hub

When you hire a life coach, feelings can often be mixed. Someone is helping you on the way to improving yourself, but that path is one you have to walk, and it can be tough. Feelings can be much the same about the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which some organizations view as a burden. But can’t it make your business fitter and healthier?

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So Far, VR-Enabled Data Visuailzation is Nonsense

Perceptual Edge

Few data technologies are subject to more hype these days than VR-enabled data visualization. I have never seen a single example that adds value and therefore makes sense. Those who promote it don’t base their claims on actual evidence that it works. Instead, they tend to spout a lot of misinformation about visual perception and cognition. Those who have actually taken the time to study visual perception and cognition could take each of these claims apart with ease.

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Gartner on Blockchain, AI and Data: Hype or Hope?

Bruno Aziza

This past week, Gartner shook the technology space by claiming that “only 1% of CIOs indicated any kind of blockchain adoption within their organizations”. The insight is derived from Gartner’s 2018 CIO Survey, an exercise that gathers data from over 3,000 CIO respondents in 98 countries and.

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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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Venture Capitalists Seek to Minimize Risk. So, Where Are All the Female- Led VC Funded Start-ups?

Rita Sallam

Ever heard of the Medici Effect? It says the world’s greatest innovations have one thing in common: diversity of input resulting from convergence of ideas in art, science, astronomy, and engineering that occurred in Florence during the fifteenth century. Study after study proves this to be the case today in business: According to McKinsey , a company is 33% and 21% more likely to have above average profitability when in the top quartile for ethnic & cultural and gender diversity in man

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Technology implications of political trends

DMBS2

The tech industry has a broad range of political concerns. While I may complain that things have been a bit predictable in other respects, politics is having real and new(ish) technical consequences. In some cases, existing technology is clearly adequate to meet regulators’ and customers’ demands. Other needs look more like open research challenges. 1.

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Why your cloud strategy shouldn’t be a one-stop shop

IBM Big Data Hub

Purchasing options outside of the office are diverse and varied depending on what people want to buy, where and when they buy it, and what they need it for. While shoppers might have personal preferences, they don't limit ourselves to one retailer for all purchasing decisions. So why do that in a work environment?

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Minimally Viable Data Visualization

Perceptual Edge

I received an email a few days ago from the founder and CEO of a new analytics software company that led to an interesting revelation. In his email, this fellow thanked me for sharing my insights regarding data visualization and shared that he has acquired several of my books, which are “nearing the top” of his queue. He went on to provide a link to his website where I could see his attempts to incorporate visual analytics into his product.

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4 milestones of successful Hadoop implementation

ScienceSoft

ScienceSoft knows how to implement Hadoop smoothly and shares some practical tips to guide you through this process. Our consultants highlighted important milestones that are also biggest challenges on your way to success.

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Continued Convergence Of Analytics Products And Services

Boris Evelson

I’ve been watching this trend with great curiosity (and first wrote about it in 2008). On the one hand, software product vendors are slowly but surely migrating from just selling products to selling solutions — and solutions always require professional services. IBM led the trend when it acquired PwC Consulting in 2002. For the last few […].

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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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Some stuff that’s always on my mind

DMBS2

I have a LOT of partially-written blog posts, but am struggling to get any of them finished (obviously). Much of the problem is that they have so many dependencies on each other. Clearly, then, I should consider refactoring my writing plans. So let’s start with this. Here, in no particular order, is a list of some things that I’ve said in the past, and which I still think are or should be of interest today.

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Disrupting Everything in BI Analytics

Cloudera

Global Technology Partner of the Year. A Cloudera contingent, including Business Development, Marketing, Sales, and Software Engineering just got back from Qlik Qonnections in Orlando, Florida where the vibe to #DisruptEverything was strong! Qonnections is the premier Business Intelligence (BI) conference that brings data lovers together to share insights and discover data in new ways.

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Find the rotten insights dragging down your business

IBM Big Data Hub

Each insight is useful for only a limited amount of time, so organizations that don’t closely track their insights’ shelf lives may be making poor decisions because of outdated information. Learn how to fix this.

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IDG Contributor Network: What can machine learning do for your business right now?

CIO Business Intelligence

Is machine learning for the future or is it for your business right now? It’s a question lots of business leaders are asking as each day new instances of AI and machine learning push the boundaries of what we thought we knew about technology. One recent and powerful example was Google’s May 8 demonstration of its Google Assistant booking hair salon and restaurant reservations with conversational clarity that was both inspiring and unnerving.

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Marketing Operations in 2025: A New Framework for Success

Speaker: Mike Rizzo, Founder & CEO, MarketingOps.com and Darrell Alfonso, Director of Marketing Strategy and Operations, Indeed.com

Though rarely in the spotlight, marketing operations are the backbone of the efficiency, scalability, and alignment that define top-performing marketing teams. In this exclusive webinar led by industry visionaries Mike Rizzo and Darrell Alfonso, we’re giving marketing operations the recognition they deserve! We will dive into the 7 P Model —a powerful framework designed to assess and optimize your marketing operations function.

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Alternative approaches to implementing your data lake

ScienceSoft

ScienceSoft answers burning questions about big data lake design and implementation. We look at different approaches to its architecture and contemplate if there exists a preferred technology among the available stack.

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Fascinating 2018 Gartner Critical Capabilities Results for Analytics and BI

DataRobot Blog

by Jen Underwood. Earlier this month without nearly the grandiose fanfare or market madness of Gartner Magic Quadrant releases, the Gartner Critical Capabilities for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms Report 2018 was quietly. Read More.

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Navigating Red Hat’s Open Commercial Enterprise Strategy

Hurwitz & Associates

I have been a Red Hat observer for many years. It has always been clear that Red Hat has been largely successful in being able to provide commercial support for enterprises that made the strategic decision to place their bets on the Linux operation system. Unlike many open source focused companies, Red Hat has been able to parlay its success to become an emerging enterprise powerhouse.

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Simulation for better decision making

Cloudera

Over the past decade, we have observed open source powered big data and analytics platforms evolve from large data storage containers to massively scalable advanced modeling platforms that seamlessly operate on-premises and in a multi-cloud environment. Cloudera Enterprise is the market leader in this space and working closely with the wider open source community to integrate the latest innovations in machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI).

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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3 ways IBM Cloud Private for Data can accelerate your AI and machine learning journey

IBM Big Data Hub

It seems like CEOs all over the world are realizing that to be competitive, they have to embrace technologies like private cloud and artificial intelligence (AI). IBM Cloud Private for Data empowers organizations to be AI-ready with an integrated analytics platform.

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IDG Contributor Network: How to overcome the bottlenecks between data lakes and analytics for customer engagement

CIO Business Intelligence

Competing in the business world today is all about knowing your customers. Consumers have come to expect personalized service and a satisfying experience, and anything less from the brands they interact with might cause them to take their business elsewhere. Many organizations in a variety of industries struggle to access the customer data they need to provide personalized and contextual experiences across all touchpoints.

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Sensor data analytics in manufacturing: the ‘why’, the ‘when’ and the ‘how’

ScienceSoft

Sensor data analytics has the potential to turn your manufacturing enterprise into a competitive business. To achieve that, first read this article and learn sensor analytics essentials.

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Infoworks Automated Big Data Engineering

DataRobot Blog

by Jen Underwood. Recently I engaged in a guided “hands-on” evaluation of Infoworks, a “no code” big data engineering solution that expedites and automates Hadoop and cloud workflows. Within four hours of logging. Read More.

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The Ultimate Guide To Data-Driven Construction: Optimize Projects, Reduce Risks, & Boost Innovation

Speaker: Donna Laquidara-Carr, PhD, LEED AP, Industry Insights Research Director at Dodge Construction Network

In today’s construction market, owners, construction managers, and contractors must navigate increasing challenges, from cost management to project delays. Fortunately, digital tools now offer valuable insights to help mitigate these risks. However, the sheer volume of tools and the complexity of leveraging their data effectively can be daunting. That’s where data-driven construction comes in.

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Cloudera’s Transition: Migrating to the Next Stage

Hurwitz & Associates

Judith Hurwitz and Jean Bozman. Cloudera was a company at the right place and at the right time when it became a leader in Hadoop analytics in the past decade. Today, it is a leader with strong brand recognition. But it is clear to anyone who has participated or observed the data management market, that change is coming to this market space – and coming fast.

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Cross-Functional Trade Surveillance

Cloudera

The Keystone to a Holistic Trade Surveillance Strategy. Criminals don’t refer to a playbook of best practices to execute a crime. They are creative in their thinking and collaborative in their efforts (including with parties who may not know they are complicit) to obtain their objectives and avoid getting caught. Trade surveillance in the financial services industry must respond to their creativity and the complexities of a global trading network, the myriad of digital and physical communication

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What is free Hadoop costing you?

IBM Big Data Hub

By 2025, there will be 180 trillion gigabytes of data in the world, compared to only 10 trillion gigabytes in 2015. Of this, 90 percent will be unstructured, which is why many organizations are adopting open source data lake technologies such as Apache Hadoop to handle this expanding volume and variety of data.

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The best free BI tools, 2018

CIO Business Intelligence

Business intelligence (BI) software is designed to help enterprises discover and visualize their data to drive better business outcomes. These widely deployed applications come in various forms, including high-priced offerings, but many businesses are well served by free services that incorporate most of the key features organizations need. There are many factors and options to consider when evaluating BI tools because some are better suited to particular uses, while others require more extensiv

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Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days

Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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Birst receives among five highest scores for all five use cases in Gartner report

Birst BI

The past 11 months have been an exhilarating period for the Birst team. We’ve had a record-breaking year, we’re seeing tremendous momentum in the business, and we’ve launched the first set of Infor analytics products packaged with Birst business intelligence (BI) capabilities. We’re delighted to cap off our first year, as part of the Infor family, by receiving among the five highest scores in all five of the use cases assessed by Gartner in its 2018 Critical Capabilities for Analytics and Busine

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Smart Visualization Tools Make You Smarter

Smarten

Why Should I Care About Smart Visualization and Advanced Data Discovery? Are you up on the latest analytics lingo or do you still think smart visualization is some kind of artificial eyeball? Well, before you embarrass yourself at the next business conference, let’s get the facts! Data Visualization Tools are part of an Advanced Data Discovery approach that allow users to gather various data components and tell a story that will clarify a problem, identify an opportunity or help to make a

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DataRobot Automated Machine Learning

DataRobot Blog

by Jen Underwood. DataRobot is the world’s most advanced automated machine learning platform. It empowers data analysts and data scientists to rapidly find key insights, hidden data patterns and make better predictions faster. Read More.

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Now Available: Cloudera Data Science Workbench Release 1.4

Cloudera

Cloudera Data Science Workbench (CDSW) makes secure, collaborative data science at scale a reality for the enterprise and accelerates the delivery of new data products. With CDSW, organizations can research and experiment faster, deploy models easily and with confidence, as well as rely on the wider Cloudera platform to reduce the risks and costs of data science projects.

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Enhance Customer Value: Unleash Your Data’s Potential

The complexity of financial data, the need for real-time insight, and the demand for user-friendly visualizations can seem daunting when it comes to analytics - but there is an easier way. With Logi Symphony, we aim to turn these challenges into opportunities. Our platform empowers you to seamlessly integrate advanced data analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting into your applications, transforming raw data into actionable insights.