The ability to provide a single place for instantaneous data access can mean business continuity or closure. Many nations found this out during the recent global crisis, as countries needed to know the number of tests taken and the infection rate in order to determine both the virus’ spread and who to quarantine. Unfortunately, the […]
EHR and BI Systems Integration: Benefits of Working Together
Click to learn more about author Piyush Goel. The health care system today is in the midst of a much-needed technological revolution. Considering how medical errors are now the number three killer in the United States every year, this overhaul is sorely needed. Furthermore, COVID-19 stretched the health care system thin over the past 16 months. To many, it is a wake-up call on how our health care system needs the […]
Data Strategy and Machine Learning: How Do They Intersect?
With the tremendous growth of business data in terms of volume, size, and complexity, it is imperative that global enterprises develop a strong Data Strategy to address their core business needs. However, a realistic Data Strategy has to incorporate a clear road map with milestones, so that strategy documents do not end up as digital […]
Using Workforce Analytics to Improve HR Strategy Execution
Click to learn more about author Adi Janowitz. Workforce analytics is transforming the way we look at HR strategy. The C-suite is increasingly focused on analytics such as employee engagement, recruiting strategy, learning and development, and performance in order to better understand their employees – and therefore their business – as a whole. Regardless of […]
Reversing Cognitive Bias in Business Decisions Through Data Curiosity
Click to learn more about Sharad Varshney. “We don’t see things as they are. We see things as we are.” –Anais Nin, French-Cuban-American novelist Cognitive bias damages research and, in turn, analytics. However, you might be surprised to learn that bias is fundamental to the function of the human brain. In one cognitive bias study at Stanford […]
Tracking User Data Movement in Your Network: Five Things to Know
Click to learn more about author Avee Mittal. Advances in Internet of Things (IoT) systems are increasingly facilitating data collection and information transfer over the IoT network to provide a range of automated services to the users. Be it health care, traveling, learning, or smart home, through IoT systems, networks, and connected devices, users in the real […]
A Glance at Spark Structured Streaming
Click to learn more about author Iqbal Shaikh. What is Spark Structured Streaming, and how can you put it to use? This article will provide more details to help you get started. Overview of Data Streaming Data streaming refers to endless and continuous data generated with high velocity by thousands of data sources, which send […]
Translating Data into Action
Click to learn more about author Michael D. Shaw. To collect data is to collate data: arranging intelligence by exercising intelligence; analyzing intelligence based on experience; applying intelligence in accord with wisdom. No algorithm can do these things well, just as no amount of artificial intelligence (AI) can supplant the wants of people to interact – to […]
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning Explained
The first reference to artificial intelligence was in a paper written by Alan Turing in 1950, entitled Computing Machinery and Intelligence, where he asked the question, “Can machines think?” Turing’s article, as well as a 1977 paper entitled History of Artificial Intelligence by P. McCorduck are recommended reading for those wanting a greater understanding of […]
Why Use Interactive Financial Dashboards for Reporting? A Complete Guide
Click to learn more about author Ashok Sharma. Humans process visual data far more quickly and effectively than other ways of presenting information. The need for visual data, which speaks for thousands of words, has sparked the emergence of interactive dashboards. This tool has become a go-to solution for enabling people in business environments to […]