Depict Data Studio

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

On her podcast, we talked about my unexpected shift from being an evaluator to a data visualization designer, along with my tips getting started working for yourself or teaching online. Dana: I’m curious how you transitioned from evaluation and research work into what you do now? That way, each school can view their own data?

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Depict Data Studio

JULY 6, 2021

With software you already have?? Our session was titled, “How to Design Reports that Actually Inform Decisions with Software We Already Have.”. I recorded a portion of our presentation for you. Hopefully you recognize this technique already; I’ve been speaking about it on panels for a decade. 30-3-1 to the rescue!

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Alation

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

We continue to discover why organizations with a top-tier data culture lead their competitors. In a statement that captures this point, Gartner predicts that by next year, “organizations that promote data sharing will outperform their peers on most business value metrics.” Tip #1: A Good Data Strategy Starts With People.

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DataKitchen

MARCH 16, 2023

How to measure your data analytics team? So it’s Monday, and you lead a data analytics team of perhaps 30 people. You’ve got a new boss. But wait, she asks you for your team metrics. Like most leaders of data analytic teams, you have been doing very little to quantify your team’s success.

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Alation

MARCH 1, 2023

How are blockchain organizations tackling data management? To learn the answer, we sat down with Karla Kirton , Data Architect at Blockdaemon, a blockchain company, to discuss data strategy , decentralization, and how implementing Alation has supported them. What are the goals of your data team?

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Data Science 101

JANUARY 19, 2021

34:15 Is 2021 too late to start a blog? 41:20 What career advice would you have for the teenage version of yourself? “The most important part is figuring out what it is you want, because you can’t get what you want if you don’t know what you want.” Listen to the Audio.

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Alation

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

When you’re a student, the world is yours for the taking. There’s so much to learn and even more to accomplish. Every step you take might be the one to make you fly. I was elated when I got an email saying I’d made it to round two! When I learned I got the internship, I felt like I was flying.

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Cloudera

AUGUST 22, 2021

What drew you to work in the cloud space? That’s so interesting! So, what do you like most about the cloud? What motivates you to continue in this industry? In fact, the definition of ‘cloud’ has changed so much over the years. Cloudera has been at the forefront of enterprise data for years.

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Occam's Razor

MARCH 30, 2017

Primarily because we got our first real everyday access to products and services that used some form of AI to delight us. I’m going to take a very long walk with you today. This topic has consumed a lot of my thinking over the last year (you’ll see the exact start date below). AI also seems so out there, so hard to grasp.

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Depict Data Studio

DECEMBER 10, 2019

You eavesdrop too, right? It went something like this: Smart, hardworking person #1: I love the idea of using data to drive decisions, but spreadsheets can be such a drag. 1: I have to type all the numbers into my calculator to add them up…. #2: And then I have to do those same tallies again the next month.

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Cloudera

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Why are technology partnerships so important for you in your region? Benjamin: I think of ‘partnership’ as two parts coming together who complement one another. Technology partnerships are so important because our customers want to drive their businesses forward in the end. We tended to work wherever we could.

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Alation

AUGUST 17, 2022

According to analysts, data governance programs have not shown a high success rate. According to CIOs , historical data governance programs were invasive and suffered from one of two defects: They were either forced on the rank and file — who grew to dislike IT as a result. The Risks of Early Data Governance Programs.

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Ontotext

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Earlier this month at KMWorld in Washington DC I got to meet many of Synaptica’s clients, technology partners, as well as some new faces from the community. I think it’s fair to say that LLMs dominated the discussions. Ontologies in RDF also support machine inferencing, allowing new knowledge to be derived from existing data.

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Sisense

MARCH 26, 2021

Companies surveyed by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services (HBR) report that two of the most important strategic benefits of using data analytics are (1) identifying new revenue and business models and (2) becoming more innovative. 39% of companies want to identify new revenue and business opportunities with data analytics.

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Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

Still, I’m heartbroken that some the simplest elements of ecommerce stink so much. com , I have to buy a minimum of $99 to get free shipping! You could win bigger by cultivating higher more profitable direct relationships, especially when the old world order of commerce is collapsing all around you. youarekillingme.

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Cloudera

APRIL 13, 2021

Gavin’s the all-star quarterback everyone wants on their team, the guy you always see active on Slack in the middle of the night, and the same guy that’s chipper after a long call with legal, trying to get his partners all their asks. I have always been a coffee shop guy. I don’t think I will go back.

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Alation

JULY 26, 2021

How do you initiate change within a system containing many thousands of people and millions of bytes of data? During my time as a data specialist at American Family Insurance, it became clear that we had to move away from the way things had been done in the past. So you can probably imagine: The company manages a lot of data.

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Alation

MARCH 29, 2023

I have been in software and technology sales to the public sector for the last ten-plus years. I have been in software and technology sales to the public sector for the last ten-plus years. Prior to that, I was a CTO in the state of California and have worked for state and local governments for 15 years.

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Sisense

OCTOBER 29, 2021

While even the most advanced analytics systems can’t tell you everything to expect in the months to come, we’ve once again rounded up some of the stories in the news we think you should be aware of to see what’s new in the world of embedded analytics and how you could be doing more with your data.

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Andrew White

OCTOBER 14, 2019

It’s the data that counts.” I can tell you this comment came from someone in our team who covers the data side of D&A. The silence was finally broken, and a rallying cry for how data is cheap to store, copy and move came to the rescue of the importance of models and analytics. But I digress.

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Jet Global

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

As a Chief Financial Officer (CFO), you are the pinnacle of the corporate financial food chain. There are always new things to be learning and experiences to help you guide your company through the waves of the business cycle. We have compiled a list of resources to help you on your journey as a CFO. Definitely not.

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Sisense

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

When deploying analytics for your company or your customers, you can feel stuck between the twin poles of “What data is available?” The key to coming up with the best insights lies in delving deeply into both questions; the answers you discover can help you get even more out of your data.

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 31, 2017

Ten years, and the 944,357 words, are proof that I love purposeful data, collecting it, pouring smart strategies into analyzing it, and using the insights identified to transform organizations. Along our journey, I've also sprinkled in 15 universal truths that will bring you joy. simplification and 2.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 15, 2019

If you are in the data business – my bread, butter and tofu – you often carry the burden of being the bearer of bad news. Negative data. Sadly still, negative data to the person/team receiving it. In 2019, we can measure the crap out of so much. The combination means no red carpet for negative data.

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Sisense

JULY 22, 2020

Sisense News is your home for corporate announcements, new Sisense features, product innovation, and everything we roll out to empower our users to get the most out of their data. SearchBusinessAnalytics: What led you to the decision to leave Alteryx and move to Sisense to head the development of its analytics platform?

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 18, 2023

The Technology & Engineering Emmy awards recognize individuals or organizations whose work provides “extensive improvement on existing methods” or whose contributions are “so innovative in nature that they have materially affected television.” How did this come about?

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Occam's Razor

JANUARY 12, 2015

But it is a lot less complicated than you might believe. When someone played the omg, it is all so complicated (!!) In this blogpost I want to share that with you. Regardless of your experience in the space, I believe you'll find it to be of value. How do you define a metric: It is simply a number.

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BizAcuity

APRIL 25, 2022

Casinos would do well to think through their marketing strategies, to support growth, differentiate themselves from competitors, and strengthen their relationship with patrons and members. Casinos have to continuously work on the game mix such that they are able to generate ROI while managing player win expectations.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Winners, well before they think data or tool, have a well structured Digital Marketing & Measurement Model. This article guides you in understanding the value of the Digital Marketing & Measurement Model (notice the repeated emphasis on Marketing, not just Measurement), and how to create one for yourself.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

This blog post is about the above recommendations, and their merit. But first let's punch up the value you'll get from this post. That video got a magnificent number of Likes. So to imply the ROI in Step 4 is sub-optimal. From the data presented, there is no way to tell if the Facebook campaign worked or not.

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Depict Data Studio

OCTOBER 15, 2019

I can’t be the only data designer with this problem. Why You Should Care About Grayscale Printing. or “Why are you printing at all? If you work for a billionaire, go for it. The rest of us can think of better ways to spend our money. Someone Thought Your Data Visualization Was Worthy of Being Shared.

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Jenny Sussin

MARCH 8, 2017

This is my second year attending Gartner’s Data and Analytics Summit and I love it. I love it because the conversations I have with analytics leaders about social analytics shed brilliant light on why social analytics has been, and often continues to be, the responsibility of a separate social marketing team.

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Depict Data Studio

APRIL 16, 2019

The first of two data visualization workshops with @AnnKEmery is underway! Long ago, I had majored in psychology so I could take as many research methods and statistics courses as possible. And so began the long, hard mental transformation from a university to a non-university researcher. Because what else would I do?

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Data analysis is not easy. It takes years to get good at it, and once you get good at it you realize how much more there is to learn. You are always learning. You are always growing. My hope is that you'll skip them if you are aware of them, and move on to making more important valuable mistakes. :).

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Jedox

APRIL 10, 2019

If you have been through sluggish ERP and CRM implementations, you may have seen how far projects can go wayward before they stop draining time (and money) and start being useful. Jedox conducted a global Survey with ACCA and discovered only 35% of organizations have a digital transformation roadmap in place.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The answer will invariably be: Before you provide the data, ask the requestor what is the business question they are trying to answer. Most of the time they, Marketers /bosses /HiPPO's, ask and we puke data out. Most of the time they, Marketers /bosses /HiPPO's, ask and we puke data out. Then fulfill that need.

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 8, 2011

Partly because of a lack of any tie to business strategy (ensure you have a Digital Marketing & Measurement Model !), partly because they are out of the box standard reports that web analytics vendors create for “average” people (and we both know that you are not average!), Remember all data is secondary.

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