Occam's Razor
MAY 2, 2017
The very best analysts distill, rather than dilute. The very best analysts focus, when most will tend to gather. The very best analysts are display critical thinking, rather than giving into what’s asked. The very best analysts are comfortable operating with ambiguity and incompleteness, while all others chase perfection in implementation / processing / reports.
Bruno Aziza
MAY 8, 2017
Two years ago an internet-enabled refrigerator was commandeered and began sending pornographic spam while making ice cubes.
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Jim Harris
MAY 5, 2017
Spelling, pronunciation, and examples of usage are included in the dictionary definition of a word, which is a good example of one of the many uses of metadata, namely to provide a definition, description, and context for data. Pictured to the left is the dictionary that has been on my desk for over 15 years, which is a good metaphor for the challenges of metadata management.
DSI Analytics
MAY 22, 2017
Big data technologies are playing an increasing role in cancer research. Two ways that I’ll touch on are the storage of an exponentially growing quantity of sequenced genomic data and analysis of pathway disruption by large-scale graph algorithms. There is an amazing diversity in cancer cells. A single tumor may contain 100 billion cells, each […].
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Smarten
MAY 30, 2017
Complex BI tools are not suitable for the self-serve environment. These tools are meant only for programmers and data scientists. To empower business users and allow them to achieve goals and contribute to the bottom line, you provide advanced analytics and smart data visualization tools in an easy-to-use environment that encourages user adoption and report and data sharing.
ScienceSoft
MAY 23, 2017
BI users are not data analysis experts, but BI is still available for them. The article explores self-service BI tools vs. professional data analysts.
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Bruno Aziza
MAY 8, 2017
Logitech's Scott Wharton predicts that flying cars – also known as personal hybrid ground-to-air vehicles – will soon move from sci-fi dreams to reality
Edwin Chen
MAY 29, 2017
LSTMs are behind a lot of the amazing achievements deep learning has made in the past few years, and they're a fairly simple extension to neural networks under the right view. So I'll try to present them as intuitively as possible – in such a way that you could have discovered them yourself. But first, a picture: Aren't LSTMs beautiful? Let's go. (Note: if you're already familiar with neural networks and LSTMs, skip to the middle – the first half of this post is a tutorial.).
Bruno Aziza
MAY 7, 2017
There are more than one million cybersecurity jobs to be filled, with projected shortages of qualified personnel looking out into the future
Bruno Aziza
MAY 9, 2017
Although much of the press surrounding these incidents has focused on their potential political ramifications, such as influencing the outcome of the recent U.S. presidential election, we see it as portentous of a broader threat to brands and consumers.
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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?
Bruno Aziza
MAY 7, 2017
Cloudera’s recent IPO was probably one of the most anticipated public offerings of the season. The big data company, founded in 2008, was the first company to build a business around the professional deployment and support of Hadoop (MapR was created in 2009 and Hortonworks was founded in 2011).
Smarten
MAY 15, 2017
Nearly every organization has BI tools, but not every organization takes the Smarten approach to business intelligence. The components of the Smarten approach include self-serve data preparation and Plug n’ Play Predictive Analysis , both of which (when combined with Smart Visualization and Advanced Data Discovery tools) provide a sophisticated, yet easy-to-use, solution that supports business users and data scientists alike.
Smarten
MAY 25, 2017
The next technology move: Smart Data Visualization, New intuitive graphical displays, Strength to handle Big Data at blazing speeds, Self-Serve Data Prep to merge and prepare your data in one solution. All this put together with Plug and Play predictive analytics to empower users and making use of analytics a sheer joy! The logo: Colourful Ribbon Gymnast who we call – ATHENA (Greek Goddess of wisdom and knowledge).
Smarten
MAY 24, 2017
To be successful in business, every organization must find a way to accurately forecast and predict the future of its market, and its internal operations, and better understand the buying behavior of its customers and prospects. To accurately predict and plan, every enterprise must select a business intelligence solution that will support their efforts and provide business users with a rich set of features and tools.
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Smarten
MAY 17, 2017
If you are considering a Business Intelligence solution, you ought to give some consideration to the concept of Smart Data Visualization and review your prospective solution to determine its capabilities in that regard. Smart Data Visualization provides many benefits to the organization and to the business users, who will leverage the selected BI tools to gather, analyze, share and report on data.
Smarten
MAY 12, 2017
The Self-Serve Data Preparation trend is growing by leaps and bounds. Why? Well, there are a lot of reasons to like Self-Serve Data Preparation and Self-Serve Business Intelligence solutions. Here are just a few: Empowering Business Users. Making the Best Use of Resources. Using Existing Knowledge and Skill to identify Trends and Patterns. Bring agility in the decision making process.
Nutanix
MAY 17, 2017
I recently read a blog post from a storage vendor attempting to make the case that HCI (Hyper-converged Infrastructure) is not a good fit for healthcare. They used their strategic partner’s HCI solution, VMware VSAN as the example, but tried to apply their reasoning to all HCI.
Nutanix
MAY 18, 2017
We understand your desire to take advantage of the benefits of VDI. But we also know you just aren’t sure how to easily get there because we hear the same thing all the time.
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Nutanix
MAY 10, 2017
Sivantos Group is one of the world’s top manufacturers of hearing aids. The corporation was spun off from Siemens Audiology Solutions in 2015. Sivantos now employs over 5,000 people in more than 25 countries, and its international sales departments serve customers in another 95 countries.
Nutanix
MAY 1, 2017
We just released the 5.1 version of our AOS software last friday, packed with several goodies that you will love.
Nutanix
MAY 1, 2017
The Cloud is a wonderful thing Scalable, flexible, and cost effective from the outset—it’s seems to be everything enterprises today are prioritizing.
Smarten
MAY 11, 2017
If you are frustrated with BI tools, and looking for self-service Advanced Analytics to achieve your goals and empower users, you should understand the difference between traditional BI tools and the Smarten Advanced Data Discovery approach. The Smarten Advanced Data Discovery gives users the freedom to leverage data beyond simple visual data analysis and dashboards.
Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali
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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