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What is data analytics? Analyzing and managing data for decisions

CIO Business Intelligence

The chief aim of data analytics is to apply statistical analysis and technologies on data to find trends and solve problems. Data analytics has become increasingly important in the enterprise as a means for analyzing and shaping business processes and improving decision-making and business results.

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Convergent Evolution

Peter James Thomas

From 2000 to 2015, I had some success [5] with designing and implementing Data Warehouse architectures much like the following: As a lot of my work then was in Insurance or related fields, the Analytical Repositories tended to be Actuarial Databases and / or Exposure Management Databases, developed in collaboration with such teams.

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PASS Financials: past, present and the Future:

Jen Stirrup

My analysis is based on the Financial statements put forward by PASS using some basic metrics; until you do that piece, you can’t move forward to compare and contrast it with other data since you have not done your ‘descriptive statistical analysis’ first to ensure that the comparison is valid. From 2014 onwards, I tried to do exactly that.

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Modernize Using The BI & Analytics Magic Quadrant

Rita Sallam

These intentions are also reflected in Gartner’s previous webinar poll results in March and in our 2015 market share results, which show a 63% growth in Modern BI market growth versus a 1.7% decline in traditional BI ( See: Market Share Analysis: Business Intelligence and Analytics Software, 2015 ). Enjoy your summer!!

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A Picture Paints a Thousand Numbers

Peter James Thomas

Sometimes the bars are clustered to allow multiple series to be charted side-by-side, for example yearly sales for 2015 to 2018 might appear against each product category. Some authorities describe them as any diagram using a map to display statistical data; I cover this type of general chart in Map Charts below. Cartograms.

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