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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? In business analytics, this is the purview of business intelligence (BI). Diagnostic analytics uses data (often generated via descriptive analytics) to discover the factors or reasons for past performance.

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Birst Named to Constellation ShortListâ„¢ for Cloud-Based Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms for 4th Straight Time

Birst BI

Providers of Cloud-Based Business Intelligence and Analytics solutions were evaluated by Constellation Research, based on their ability to meet the following criteria: Multi-tenant delivery of business intelligence platform and descriptive and diagnostic analytics services.

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What Is Embedded Analytics?

Jet Global

Leading research and consultancy company, Gartner describes the path that businesses take as they move to higher levels: Descriptive Analytics: Describe what happened (e.g., Diagnostic Analytics: No longer just describing. Predictive Analytics: If x, then y (e.g., sales went up, and here’s a chart depicting that trend).