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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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Analytics Insights and Careers at the Speed of Data

Rocket-Powered Data Science

Focus on specific data types: e.g., time series, video, audio, images, streaming text (such as social media or online chat channels), network logs, supply chain tracking (e.g., RFID), inventory monitoring (SKU / UPC tracking).

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Editorial Review of “Building Industrial Digital Twins”

Rocket-Powered Data Science

The digital twin is more than a data collector. It is an insight engine, providing not only data for descriptive and diagnostic analytics applications, but also providing essential data for predictive and prescriptive analytics applications.

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Three Emerging Analytics Products Derived from Value-driven Data Innovation and Insights Discovery in the Enterprise

Rocket-Powered Data Science

Accompanying the massive growth in sensor data (from ubiquitous IoT devices, including location-based and time-based streaming data), there have emerged some special analytics products that are growing in significance, especially in the context of innovation and insights discovery from on-prem enterprise data sources.

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Assisted Predictive Analytics Benefits All Team Members!

Smarten

Leverage Enterprise Investments for Predictive Analytics and Gain Numerous Advantages! Gartner has predicted that, ‘predictive and prescriptive analytics will attract 40% of net new enterprise investment in the overall business intelligence and analytics market.’ Why the focus on predictive analytics? It’s simple!

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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. JPMorgan Chase & Co.:

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What Leaders Want: Shifting to AI-Driven Healthcare

DataRobot Blog

The main themes emerging from our conversations cover data integration, security and humility, strategy, and workforce development: Join siloed data together to create longitudinal, ready-to-analyze datasets. The push to predictive and prescriptive analytics requires strategy and C-Suite ownership.