BA Learnings

AUGUST 15, 2017

While there’s nothing like having some experience under your belt, Business Process Management (BPM) certifications can aid analysts in some key ways: they serve as concrete evidence of business process management knowledge; offer the opportunity to learn new concepts /best practices; and benefit from the experience of trainers/mentors. While some of these certifications are offered by professional organizations, others have been put together by software vendors.

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IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 14, 2017

Data already is the new currency and is at the heart of everything digital. I like to repeat the adage, “Data becomes Information, becomes Knowledge, becomes Wisdom”. And “It’s all about the data”. So why do we send up probes, sensors or satellites — for the data?

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Big Data 103

Bruno Aziza

AUGUST 7, 2017

Leading companies are quietly undertaking a range of initiatives designed to ensure that big data and analytics can be applied not just for corporate good, but for social good.

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Smarten

AUGUST 16, 2017

Smart Visualization Tools: Analysis and Data Displays Made Simple (and Clear). Smart Data Visualization! This concept seems alien to some people. Is it data that can read your mind and automatically display itself in a way that will help you understand? Is it a method you use to see data in a clear way; a technique you learn in a class? The answer is yes…and no.

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Mark Raskino

AUGUST 30, 2017

Last week the very first regular commercial drone delivery service commenced. It’s likely you have heard of many such experiments around the world over the last few years, but this was the first service to start running every day, as a real business operation. Ponder for a moment – where in the world did you expect to see that happen? In the end it wasn’t Palo Alto, Seattle, London, Tokyo, Shanghai, Mumbai, Amsterdam or Sydney.

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Information Builders

AUGUST 30, 2017

Download the report here. I don't normally do this, but I'm going to quote the entire first paragraph of the "Context" section of Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools. read more.

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IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 31, 2017

The power of machine learning, data science and big data is no longer considered a hype or fad. It’s a reality and it’s impacting the bottom lines of businesses.

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Bruno Aziza

AUGUST 8, 2017

Most business cyber defenses were designed for a world that no longer exists. The days when business users communicated only within the boundaries of the enterprise network are long gone. You can’t stop users from introducing devices and applications, but you can protect your most critical assets.

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Smarten

AUGUST 2, 2017

By providing sophisticated analytical features and algorithms in an easy-to-use self-serve environment, the enterprise enables business users to perform data preparation and test theories and hypotheses and prototype on their own. Rather than preparing data at the central meta-data layer, and restricting what business users can do and see, IT enabled (rather than IT controlled), self-serve data preparation allows users to compile and prepare data and use that data in analytics to test hypotheses

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Enterprise Testing Visualization Reporting 66

Nutanix

AUGUST 16, 2017

Hungry. Humble. Honest. Our values define who we are and play a crucial role in our hiring process. We are hungry to grow and expand with the right talent.

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Speaker: Scott Sehlhorst

We know we want to create products which our customers find to be valuable. Whether we label it as customer-centric or product-led depends on how long we've been doing product management. There are three challenges we face when doing this. The obvious challenge is figuring out what our users need; the non-obvious challenges are in creating a shared understanding of those needs and in sensing if what we're doing is meeting those needs.

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Information Builders

AUGUST 21, 2017

What good is sensor data without context? The hype tells us that the Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming businesses in ways that would’ve seemed impossible only a few years ago. Smart sensors are collecting data everywhere – from capturing pollutions levels in the atmosphere to real-time readings from medical devices. read more.

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ScienceSoft

AUGUST 18, 2017

Let’s look at the KPIs and business strategy of PepsiCo from the perspective of their recently published Q2 2017 results.

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IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 29, 2017

At a time when data breaches and personalized, sensitive data leaks are receiving great focus, individuals and governments alike are pushing hard on the business community to do more to protect citizens' rights and the sensitive customer data these companies maintain.

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Bruno Aziza

AUGUST 14, 2017

The Big Data space has been confusing. Investors looking to ride the ups and downs of this market need to develop high tolerance for contradictory messages. Take Hadoop for example. A few years ago, the technology was hailed as THE solution for all Big Data problems. Then, came the “IT resea.

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Speaker: Timothy Chan, PhD., Head of Data Science

Are you ready to move beyond the basics and take a deep dive into the cutting-edge techniques that are reshaping the landscape of experimentation? 🌐 From Sequential Testing to Multi-Armed Bandits, Switchback Experiments to Stratified Sampling, Timothy Chan, Data Science Lead, is here to unravel the mysteries of these powerful methodologies that are revolutionizing how we approach testing.

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Smarten

AUGUST 8, 2017

This is a small note on small data. I hope it has a big impact. The common understanding of the world is that one should use predictive and prescriptive data on big data. A vast amount of data, classified and grouped, running analytics to predict what will be the next event that one or more elements of the group will take. Predictive analytics like this allows pushing of right products to e-commerce shoppers.

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BA Learnings

AUGUST 17, 2017

How can BAs ensure requirements are practical and in line with the strategy/capabilities of the business? The business architecture offers a starting point. Study after study shows that when CEOs discuss strategy, most employees don’t get it. When plans and the overarching vision don’t translate into actionable objectives, business performance deteriorates.

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Information Builders

AUGUST 23, 2017

View the playlist on YouTube to see what our customers have to say about working with Information Builders. For more than 40 years, our commitment to helping companies grow their businesses through the use of our BI, analytics, and data management technology has been at the heart of what we do. And, having most recently been recognized as a leader in G2’s Summer 2017 Business Intelligence Platforms Grid SM – based on reviews from the customer community – it’s rewarding to

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Occam's Razor

AUGUST 28, 2017

Over the last couple years, I’ve spent an increasing amount of time diving into the possibilities Deep Learning (DL) offers in terms of what we can do with Artificial Intelligence (AI). Some of these possibilities have already been realized (more on this later in the post). And, I could not be more excited to see them out in the world. Through it all, I’ve felt there are a handful of breath-taking realities that most people are not grasping when it comes to an AI-Powered world.

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Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 31, 2017

There’s no doubt data science and machine learning are main areas of focus for enterprises to better their business. However, talking about data science and machine learning isn’t the same as making it a reality.

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Bruno Aziza

AUGUST 31, 2017

GDPR only protects EU citizens but applies to virtually every company with a global footprint – even if it’s just online.

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Smarten

AUGUST 22, 2017

Why is Self-Serve Data Preparation So Important? What is self-serve data preparation ? It isn’t a method of making up data. It is a method of preparing data that allows the average business user to compile and analyze data without the assistance of a data scientist or an IT professional. In so many enterprises, the idea of bringing together data from varied data sources and actually making it accessible, clear and understandable is a foreign idea at best.

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IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 28, 2017

Some people think of master data management (MDM) purely as a platform for organizing and mobilizing enterprise information. While this is true, leading companies view MDM more as a philosophy or a set of best practices, not just a suite of software tools.

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Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 28, 2017

In today’s energy industry, one of the key priorities is finding new ways to cost efficiently keep up with insatiable demands for power, while also delivering renewable energy. You must be able to predict when events will occur and make the first move. Being first to respond to customer or market events could be the difference between success and failure.

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Marketing 68

Smarten

AUGUST 10, 2017

Does not look like a technical heading? It is as serious as my other stuff. And I have forgiven the definition of technical for being ambiguous. The problem for working in a Clickless world starts with the meaning as meant in the input. So, a simple phrase “come on George” Could mean multiple things. A classic problem which the bot engine developers are resolving by using patterns and machine learning.

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Smarten

AUGUST 18, 2017

Don’t Ask Users to Analyze BEFORE They Analyze! Use Smart Visualization! Smart Data Visualisation is a smart choice for your organization. Not every user can anticipate the best way to display and analyze data. Not every user can gain enough insight into the data in advance to understand and recommend how best to visualize data to reveal problems, opportunities or results.

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IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 30, 2017

A new accounting standard that's changing how sales and finance leaders report incentive compensation expenses.

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Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO

The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.

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Information Builders

AUGUST 10, 2017

Information Builders has ranked as a leader in numerous analyst reports and industry assessments throughout the years. We’re always humbled by the recognition but we’re particularly pleased with our latest positioning as it’s based on reviews from our customer community. read more.

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Information Builders

AUGUST 9, 2017

Today is National Book Lover’s Day, and the perfect opportunity to indulge your inner bookworm. According to a Huffington Post blog on the occasion, one of the best ways to celebrate is by giving the gift of reading and passing along a favorite book to others who might enjoy it. With that in mind, we asked some Information Builders colleagues for their best “data reads” and below is a sampling of their suggestions: read more.

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Information Builders

AUGUST 31, 2017

Click here to see the highlights. This week we sent out the latest edition of the Information Builders Magazine. read more.

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Bruno Aziza

AUGUST 31, 2017

Companies who implement “self-help support” tactics deflect customers without providing a personalized experience.

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