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What is data analytics? Analyzing and managing data for decisions

CIO Business Intelligence

What are the four types of data analytics? More specifically: Descriptive analytics uses historical and current data from multiple sources to describe the present state, or a specified historical state, by identifying trends and patterns. In business analytics, this is the purview of business intelligence (BI).

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Themes and Conferences per Pacoid, Episode 10

Domino Data Lab

ans from Nick Elprin, CEO and co-founder of Domino Data Lab, about the importance of model-driven business: “Being data-driven is like navigating by watching the rearview mirror. If your business is using big data and putting dashboards in front of analysts, you’re missing the point.”. I consider that a healthy trend.