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The Role of Mainframe in Modern Business

CIO Business Intelligence

When people hear the term mainframe they typically think of a tall, black computer in a storage closet or some 2000’s pop culture reference (e.g., The Matrix). In reality, people are engaging with technology that relies on the mainframe every day, like when they buy a concert ticket or use an ATM, without even knowing it.

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The Luck of The Irish: The Rise in Air Traffic & Irish Economic Growth

Sisense

The study looked at both air freight and air passenger traffic from the year 2000 to 2017. Ireland is the “Celtic Tiger” — the economic miracle that began in the 1990s and the early 2000s when the country boomed out of decline, until it was tamed by recession in 2008. However, since this crash, it has been clawing its way back again.

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Our quest for robust time series forecasting at scale

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

Due to multiple changes to the scale of the values depicted on the vertical axis, “Results Pages” values, which reflect search query volume, at the rightward end of the plot (corresponding to July 2004) are 2000 times larger than the values depicted at the leftward end (corresponding to November 1998).

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Towards optimal experimentation in online systems

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

Crucially, it takes into account the uncertainty inherent in our experiments. by CHRIS HAULK It is sometimes useful to think of a large-scale online system ( LSOS ) as an abstract system with parameters $X$ affecting responses $Y$. Here, $X$ is a vector of tuning parameters that control the system's operating characteristics (e.g.

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Misadventures in experiments for growth

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

With the right experiment methodology, a product can make continuous improvements, as Google and others have done. But what works for established products may not work for a product that is still trying to find its audience. Many of the assumptions on which the "standard" experiment methodology is premised are not valid.

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Why Construction Businesses Should Track KPIs to Conquer Economic Uncertainty

Jet Global

Due to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2022 in the United States, nonresidential construction is expected to continue expanding despite expected uncertainty in 2023. Globally, construction is projected to grow substantially. trillion worldwide by 2030. Metrics track the status of a specific business process. Want to learn more?

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Make Faster, More Accurate Forecasts with Automation

Jet Global

In periods of economic uncertainty, financial planning and analysis (FP&A) teams become more important than ever. Serves as efficient resource planning for businesses with short business cycles or businesses with a lot of uncertainty. Positions the organization one step ahead during times of volatility.