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Combine transactional, streaming, and third-party data on Amazon Redshift for financial services

AWS Big Data

The following are some of the key business use cases that highlight this need: Trade reporting – Since the global financial crisis of 2007–2008, regulators have increased their demands and scrutiny on regulatory reporting.

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Five Strategies for Slaying the Data Puking Dragon.

Occam's Razor

KPI : A key performance indicator (KPI) is a metric most closely tied to overall business success. Take this image from my January 2007 post: Analytics Tip #9: Leverage Statistical Control Limits …. Focus only on KPIs, eliminate metrics. Here are the definitions you'll find in my books: Metric : A metric is a number.

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The Lean Analytics Cycle: Metrics > Hypothesis > Experiment > Act

Occam's Razor

Sometimes, we escape the clutches of this sub optimal existence and do pick good metrics or engage in simple A/B testing. You're choosing only one metric because you want to optimize it. Circle of Friends was a social community built atop Facebook that launched in 2007. But it is not routine. So, how do we fix this problem?

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Knowledge

Occam's Razor

The Awesome Power of Visualization 2 -> Death and Taxes 2007. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Metrics & Analytics. Six Web Metrics / Key Performance Indicators To Die For. 2007 Predictions: Web Analytics. Web Analytics Demystified. Six Data Visualizations That Rock! Tactical Analysis Articles.

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"Dear Avinash": Be Awesome At Comparing KPI Trends Over Time

Occam's Razor

In this post we'll cover a topic near and dear to all our hearts, comparing trends of our Key Performance Indicators and two specific strategies you can use to drive action. Let's say I did lots of things to drive SEO from Nov 2007 to May 2008. Let's go. the question first.

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How to Choose the Best Analytics Platform, and Empower Business-Driven Analytics

Grooper

Key Language of Applied Analytics. The vocabulary of applied analytics includes words and concepts such as: Key performance indicators (KPIs). Primary keys. This is especially true in financial services and with technology and service providers. Master data management. Data governance. It saved the company $1.2B.