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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue. May 2012: A senior member of HP’s Autonomy unit raises concerns about Autonomy’s accounting practices. November 2012: HP takes an $8.8 billion, valuing the company at $10.3

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Rising Tide Rents and Robber Baron Rents

O'Reilly on Data

By the end of 2012, it was up to 82%. There is little space left for organic results at the top of the page, the real estate that drives most sales. The market was maturing. From 2000 to 2011, the percentage of US adults using the internet had grown from about 60% to nearly 80%. It appears to have worked—for now.

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Debunking observability myths – Part 3: Why observability works in every environment, not just large-scale systems

IBM Big Data Hub

Even a simple web application can benefit from observability by implementing basic logging and metrics. By using real-time monitoring to see relevant events and metrics during development and testing, they can spot problems early, leading to more robust and reliable applications.

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A Guide To The Methods, Benefits & Problems of The Interpretation of Data

datapine

In fact, a Digital Universe study found that the total data supply in 2012 was 2.8 For example, if you want to predict your sales for next month you can use regression analysis to understand what factors will affect them such as products on sale, the launch of a new campaign, among many others. trillion gigabytes!

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Perform time series forecasting using Amazon Redshift ML and Amazon Forecast

AWS Big Data

The OBJECTIVE parameter specifies a metric to minimize or maximize the objective of a job. When you use forecasting in Amazon Redshift, Redshift ML uses Forecast to train the forecasting model and to generate forecasts. To use Forecast, you need to have the AmazonForecastFullAccess policy. For more details, refer to AutoMLJobObjective.

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Why an Incredible Company Culture Matters: Q&A With Women at Alation

Alation

Tassia Reinhold, Mgr, Regional Sales: After almost 6 years at one of the world’s largest tech companies, I was ready for a change. Today, as a manager, I lead a sales team. Since launching in 2012, the company has seen explosive growth, and our data intelligence platform is used by more than 50 Fortune 100 companies today.

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Big Data Paves The Way For Fantastic New Social Listening Tools

Smart Data Collective

For example, it hones in on metrics in social media like retweets, engagement rates, mention, and story completions. Its goal was to “turn anonymous social media audiences into qualified prospects for sales and marketing” and the company raised $300,000 from a VC firm in 2012.