Click to learn more about author Maurice Lacroix. In an industry as competitive as eCommerce retail, the ability to turn data into actionable insights presents the opportunity to make business decisions that drive more revenue and control costs. Collecting and then analyzing retail data like customer visits, logistic fulfillment, pricing, and customer satisfaction presents a […]
Guided Visualization and Guided Exploration
Click to learn more about co-author Scott Fincher. Click to learn more about co-author Paolo Tamagnini. Click to learn more about co-author Maarit Widmann. No matter if we are experienced data scientists or business analysts, one of our daily routines is the easy and smooth extraction of the relevant information from our data regardless of […]
The State of Data Education: Bringing IT and the Business Together
There’s something missing in the way that many higher education institutions educate students about the intersection between technology and business. The problem: they often don’t. There just isn’t enough focus on getting those people who are studying the science – and art – of working with data to also work in tandem with business peers […]
The Realities of Machine Learning for the Benefit of Tech Leaders
Click to learn more about author Tyler Warden. In the cycle of technology buzzwords, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning have become part of the regular vernacular used to make technology seem more relevant, modern and innovative. In reality, these tools can either make solutions better or complicate and frustrate well working processes. In order […]
Streamlining Real-Time Data Integration and Analytics: The Struggle is Over
Data Architects and CDOs today face a variety of demands, including delivering Real-Time Analytics, predicting customer behavior, or operationalizing Machine Learning. All of these initiatives share one critical requirement: real-time data. But to get value from real-time data, they must enable continuous collection of data, and on-the-spot integration in-flight across heterogeneous systems. For years, companies […]
Data Risk in 2018: Data Management and Data Integrity Necessities
Click to learn more about author John Felahi. Once again, businesses sat up and took notice of a number massive consumer information leaks over the past year. The data breach headlines of 2017 were led by Yahoo, Uber, Arby’s, and Equifax, to name just a few. These events exposed various levels of personal and identifiable […]
Moving from AI Science Experiment to Operationalized Pipeline
Click to learn more about author Dipti Borkar. Organizations have spent the past few years educating themselves on various Artificial Intelligence frameworks and tools. But for AI to become mainstream, it will need move beyond small-scale and often ad hoc experiments being run by Data Scientists, to becoming an automated pipeline with the inference and […]
The Business Analyst in the World of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
In the on-going debate over whether Artificial Intelligence, and its allied technology Machine Learning, can completely replace the human brain, many scientists are still not convinced that machines can be trained to both “think” and “feel” like humans. AI research states that when smart algorithms are exposed to patterns that are joyful or positive, they […]