BA Learnings

DECEMBER 15, 2017

I’ve always been intrigued by the concept of cognitive bias for the simple reason that it exposes the flaws in one’s thinking and ability to make sound decisions. Every analyst, and in fact everyone, stands to benefit from understanding what cognitive biases are so they can be kept to a minimum or spotted when interacting with others. This piece discusses the anchor effect, how it is used to gain or lose advantage (consciously or unconsciously), and how its effects can be mitigated when dealing

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IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 14, 2017

As happens so often, IBM is quietly laying the groundwork for the future. A recent step toward that future is TJBot, an unassuming, do-it-yourself cardboard robot that opens a window into what AI researchers are calling “embodied cognition.

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Darkhorse

DECEMBER 11, 2017

The chasm between Business and IT is well documented and has existed since the first punch-card mainframe dimmed the lights of MIT to solve the ballistic trajectory of WWII munitions. Analytics and now Data Science are trapped in the middle. Everyone hopes they'll deliver the productivity gains, but the jury is still out. Some studies suggest that analytics projects have an 80% failure rate.

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Smarten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Smart Data Visualization Helps Your Users to Gain Insight! Organizations that are currently considering and upgrade or a new business intelligence solution, should focus on advanced analytics capability that is simple enough for its business users to improve accountability and empowerment and cascade information throughout the organization to improve planning, results and competitive advantage.

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ScienceSoft

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Big data visualization techniques: habitual pie charts and line graphs or something special? We share our experience in a new blog post.

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DMBS2

DECEMBER 15, 2017

I apologize for posting a December downer, but this needs to be said. The technology industry is under attack: From politicians and political pundits … … especially from “populists” and/or the political right … … in the United States and other countries. These attacks: Are in some cases specific to internet companies such as Google and Facebook.

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Smarten

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Plug n’ Play Predictive Analysis for Accurate Forecasting! There are numerous considerations when a business looks at upgrading or acquiring an analytical solution. One very important capability is Put n’ Play predictive analysis. Assisted Predictive Modeling and predictive analysis tools should include sophisticated functionality in a simple environment that is easy for every business user.

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Bruno Aziza

DECEMBER 15, 2017

How the role of the CIO, CISO, and CTO has changed in 2017

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DMBS2

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Most of my comments about artificial intelligence in December, 2015 still hold true. But there are a few points I’d like to add, reiterate or amplify. 1. As I wrote back then in a post about the connection between machine learning and the rest of AI , It is my opinion that most things called “intelligence” — natural and artificial alike — have a great deal to do with pattern recognition and response. 2.

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Cloudera

DECEMBER 14, 2017

The Apache Hadoop community recently released version 3.0.0 GA , the third major release in Hadoop’s 10-year history at the Apache Software Foundation. We covered earlier releases like 3.0.0-alpha1 and 3.0.0-alpha2 on the Cloudera Engineering blog, and 3.0.0 GA is bigger and better than ever. General availability (GA) marks a point of quality and stability for the release series that indicates it’s ready for broader use.

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Nutanix

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Earlier this month, Nutanix met with a number of IT professionals at the Gartner Data Center Conference in Las Vegas.

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Bruno Aziza

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Around the world, fraudsters buy stolen credit card information and use those stolen cards to make online purchases.

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Smarten

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Advanced Data Discovery Can and Should Be Available to All! Advanced Data Discovery allows business users to perform early prototyping and to test hypothesis without the skills of a data scientist. Advanced Data Discovery ensures data democratization and can drastically reduce the time and cost of analysis and experimentation. With the right Data Discovery Software , business users have the freedom to imagine and leverage data without limiting the user’s ability to analyze and visualize da

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Cloudera

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Manufacturing as an industry has always been at the forefront of squeezing value from data. Instrumentation, highly connected systems, and automation have been part and parcel of manufacturing organisations for decades. Constrained by the state of technology more than cost, process optimisation was always achieved by making clever use of the data available and has given rise to completely new disciplines and applications.

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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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Nutanix

DECEMBER 14, 2017

There’s no question that enterprise application usability has for the most part been left behind.

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Cloudera

DECEMBER 12, 2017

From left to right: Nirupama Kamat, Anne Smith, Aimee Schneider, Wendi Durnin, Britt Sellin, Saketa Chandra Chalamchala, Josh Blackburn, Mike Olson, Kathy Erickson, Hilary Mason, Lauren Tipton. Not pictured: Kathyrn Hirsch. Mike Olson, Amr Awadallah, and the rest of Cloudera’s early leaders laid the foundation for a culture of respect, openness, and inclusion from day one.

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Cloudera

DECEMBER 11, 2017

. First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—. Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—. Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—. Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. Most of you will likely be familiar with some version of this poem.

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