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Analytics Insights and Careers at the Speed of Data

Rocket-Powered Data Science

Focus on the strategies that aim these tools, talents, and technologies on reaching business mission and goals: e.g., data strategy, analytics strategy, observability strategy ( i.e., why and where are we deploying the data-streaming sensors, and what outcomes should they achieve?).

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What is business analytics? Using data to improve business outcomes

CIO Business Intelligence

Business analytics and business intelligence (BI) serve similar purposes and are often used as interchangeable terms, but BI can be considered a subset of business analytics. Whereas BI studies historical data to guide business decision-making, business analytics is about looking forward. This is the purview of BI.

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Data science vs data analytics: Unpacking the differences

IBM Big Data Hub

Though you may encounter the terms “data science” and “data analytics” being used interchangeably in conversations or online, they refer to two distinctly different concepts. Meanwhile, data analytics is the act of examining datasets to extract value and find answers to specific questions.

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Create an end-to-end data strategy for Customer 360 on AWS

AWS Big Data

In this post, we discuss how you can use purpose-built AWS services to create an end-to-end data strategy for C360 to unify and govern customer data that address these challenges. We recommend building your data strategy around five pillars of C360, as shown in the following figure.

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Decoding Data Analyst Job Description: Skills, Tools, and Career Paths

FineReport

Data analysts leverage four key types of analytics in their work: Prescriptive analytics: Advising on optimal actions in specific scenarios. Diagnostic analytics: Uncovering the reasons behind specific occurrences through pattern analysis.

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What Is Embedded Analytics?

Jet Global

Use the experts in analytics to add value to your product. Let’s just give our customers access to the data. You’ve settled for becoming a data collection tool rather than adding value to your product. Diagnostic Analytics: No longer just describing. Predictive Analytics: If x, then y (e.g.,