Thu.Jun 28, 2018

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What is Hierarchical Clustering and How Can an Organization Use it to Analyze Data?

Smarten

This article discusses the analytical method of Hierarchical Clustering and how it can be used within an organization for analytical purposes. What is Hierarchical Clustering? Hierarchical Clustering is a process by which objects are classified into a number of groups so that they are as much dissimilar as possible from one group to another group and as much similar as possible within each group.

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IBM CDO Conference: The Chief Data Officer Role Is Evolving

Hurwitz & Associates

By Jean S. Bozman. Chief Data Officers (CDOs) have a weighty responsibility: they are “on point” to find the actionable insights and data trends from analysis of data lakes, data repositories and virtual “seas” of data flowing across their large organizations. Data silos, different data formats – and organizational changes combining disparate data systems – make the CDO’s tasks challenging.