Meeting the company’s goals is the responsibility of everyone in the organization, so even those who aren’t directly influencing the cost or the revenue side should know what those goals are. “No matter who you are, you are directly or indirectly affecting key company metrics,” said Vanessa Lam, Business Intelligence Manager for Optoro. Lam shared […]
Case Study: CEMEX Works to Become a Data-Driven Company
Digital transformation is alive and well at CEMEX, a global leader in building materials. It started its journey two years ago, evolving from a traditional brick-and-mortar business model to a digital one where customer-centricity is the dominant factor over product-centricity. Now it needs to become an even more data-driven company, where its data powers digital […]
P&G Staying Current and Connected With Customers And Consumers
Click to learn more about author Laura Becker. In my tenure with P&G, one thing I have learned over time is that digital transformation is not a one-off project. It is the transformation of business processes, organizational capabilities, and a cultural mindset to fully accept the change by leveraging the mix of digital technologies. P&G […]
Endowment Dollars for Data: An Ad Hoc Reporting Case Study
Click to learn more about author Mike Brody. The vast majority of knowledge workers utilizing Business Intelligence via their hub SaaS application, regardless of vertical, will likely never build their own reports from scratch. According to Eckerson Group’s “A Reference Architecture for Self-Service Analytics” (2016), 90% of knowledge workers in an organization use BI casually with […]
Case Study: NAMI Tames Cumbersome Analytics Processes
David Levy has been the Chief Financial Officer for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) – responsible for accounting, finance, financial reporting, and HR – since 2012.The company has grown substantially in the last six years. According to the company website, NAMI is “the largest grassroots-based organization helping families and those affected by mental […]
Case Study: Artificial Intelligence Helps Bike Share Programs Get Smart
The North American Bikeshare Association (NABSA) reports that there were 50,000 bike share bicycles in the U.S. as of 2016, an increase of 30,000 bikes since 2012. Those bikes made 28 million trips in 2016, a 25 percent increase over 2015, and as of 2017, more than 130 North American cities had bike share programs. […]
Case Study: Hach Supports Water Quality with Master Data Management
On the home page of the Hach company website, there is a red button that says, “Hurricane Assistance.” That’s because the company provides water quality testing equipment to communities, companies, and individuals all over the world, some of whom are dealing with natural disasters. Above the button, the words: “After the storms, Hach is here […]
Case Study: CauseSquare and NuoDB’s Elastic SQL Database Partner for Non-Profit Generosity
CauseSquare started in 2015, when co-founder and CTO, Walid Darwish and four of his friends, all developers, were volunteering their time with non-profit organizations and discovered that, “This sector, in terms of technology, still has a long way to go.” They also suspected that these organizations were heading for trouble in the long term. Their […]
Case Study: Hello Fresh Shifts to Big Data with MapR
The doorbell rings and it’s a big box with the words “HelloFresh” on the side in lime green letters. Inside, surrounded by biodegradable ice packs, are fresh ingredients for three different meals for you and your spouse, chosen from a varied slate of innovative entrees. All the vegies and meats in the box are portioned, […]
A Database Reverse Engineering Case Study
Click here to learn more about author Michael Blaha. In a blog last year we discussed database archaeology, which is another name for database reverse engineering. Database reverse engineering is the inverse to normal development. We start with an application and work backwards to understand the software and infer its content. This month we’ll take a […]