Tag: analysis
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The Big Trends in Business Intelligence Competency Centers
The latest and greatest trends in Business Intelligence Competency Centers (or is it Analytic Centers of Excellence?!)
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SAP HANA, Hadoop & Spark at Coca Cola East Japan
At the #HANA2016 conference this week, Coca-Cola East Japan explained how the company uses a modern BI platform with SAP HANA, Hadoop, and SAP Lumira to provide powerful analytics and support new business models.
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A Common Analytic Fail
If you’re going to tout the benefits of your analysis, back it up with data!
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On The Nature of Reported Truth
Despite all the data available in the world, it can still be hard to find out the “truth” — what can we do about that?
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Targeting People Who Suck At Data Analysis
As somebody who has spent the last few decades urging people to do better data analysis, I despair each time I see people fall for appalling misinformation. For example, those “one weird trick” ads? They’re basically designed on the same principles as the Nigerian scam emails: they’re deliberately bad. The idea is that if you’re…
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Scrooge Didn’t Believe in Sentiment Analysis Either
Famously cold-hearted, tight-fisted and greedy, it’s a fair bet Scrooge didn’t care much about sentiment analysis. But it is one of the most powerful new “big data” options available today.
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SAP and the ‘Nexus of Forces’
Gartner says four hugely disruptive technology trends are converging — the “Nexus of Forces” — bringing change and opportunity to the way businesses operate, and restructuring the IT industry as a whole.
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SAP Announces New EPM OnDemand at the SAP BusinessObjects User Conference
SAP’s Sanjay Poonen announces the new SAP EPM OnDemand product at the SAP BusinessObjects User Conference 2012, in Orlando, Florida
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Test, Learn, Adapt: Using Analytics to Improve Public Policy
Randomized controlled trials are rarely used to improve public policy in areas such as social welfare, education, crime, and justice — and that’s a problem
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Teleportd: Big Data Meets Social To Detect Photo-Worthy Events
French startup Teleportd brings sophisticated analytics to real-time social data in order to detect real-world “happenings” – including concerts, rallies, and traffic accidents.