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Schrodinger’s Automation in AI and the Automation Bias

Jen Stirrup

In the UK, the Companies Act 2006 brought in changes to Governance and Stewardship in the corporate setting, partly due to preventable tragedies such as the Hatfield rail crash. In the UK, one recent example is the Post Office Horizon system was poorly implemented and badly tested.

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Analytics On The Bleeding Edge: Transforming Data's Influence

Occam's Razor

I lovingly call our strategy analytics on the bleeding edge. upgrades to processes to create deeper integration with Finance & Strategy teams. What may or may not be as common, but is an integral part of our analytics strategy is the extensive use of controlled experiments to answer life’s hardest questions. The slow music.

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How The Cloud Made ‘Data-Driven Culture’ Possible | Part 2: Cloud Adoption

BizAcuity

IaaS is mainly used for developing softwares (testing and development, batch processing), hosting web applications and data analysis. Fact: AWS started the first IaaS service with S3 back in 2006, which is still one of the most popular cloud platforms to date. When adopting a cloud strategy, at the beginning, sky’s the limit.

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At a loss for data project ROI? Evaluate it like a product

CIO Business Intelligence

In 2006, British mathematician Clive Humby proclaimed, “Data is the new oil.”. Today, Doug Laney, innovation fellow of data and analytics strategy at West Monroe, disputes Humby’s assertion on a technicality: “When you use a drop of oil, you can only use it one way at a time,” Laney says. Humby had bona fides to make that claim.

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Themes and Conferences per Pacoid, Episode 8

Domino Data Lab

Given those two, plus SQL gaining eminence as a database strategy, a decidedly relational picture coalesced throughout the decade. Cloud gets introduced: Amazon AWS launched in public beta in 2006. Mobile gets introduced: the term “ CrackBerry ” becomes a thing in 2006, followed by the launch of the iPhone the following year.

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A guide to efficient Oracle implementation

IBM Big Data Hub

With careful planning and solid organizational strategy, businesses of any size can take advantage of Oracle’s unique cloud solutions , reducing costs and streamlining operations. He also recommended testing applications under “extreme condition” to ensure there were no surprises when the system went live.

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How The Cloud Made ‘Data-Driven Culture’ Possible | Part 1

BizAcuity

Companies planning to scale their business in the next few years without a definite cloud strategy might want to reconsider. 2006: Amazon spearheads the cloud initiative, drops EC2 and S3 into the market. 14 years later, in 2020, the pandemic demands for remote work, and overnight revisions to business strategy. The pain point?