Tag: Big Data
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BI in Barcelona, Scary Big Data, Cool 3D Analytics and More
Another analytics round up – what’s going on in the analytics world this week? Gartner BI and Analytics Summit: Nos Vemos en Barcelona! A host of SAP Analytics folks will be in Barcelona next week for the Gartner BI and Analytics Summit. Jason Rose will be presenting with Mark Cooper of British American Tobacco…
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The Convergence of Analytic and Operational Processing is a Big Deal
40 years of conventional analytic is being overturned, with in-memory technology that allows analytic and operational processing on the same system.
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Baking and Computers, a Surprising History of Analytics Pioneers
Perhaps surprisingly, baking companies and computers have a long history of working together. The very first business application ever was “bakery valuations” in 1951, and now pioneers like Turkish baker UNO are taking things to the next level with in-memory technology.
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Christmas Tree Analytics
Americans will spend around $3.4 billion buying over 25M Christmas trees this year. How can analytics help?
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What is Big Data?
This is. (More serious answer after). What does Big Data mean? (1) The current use of the term big data took off because it was used to refer to new technologies like Hadoop and MapReduce (2) Most definitions refer to the data characteristics outlined by analyst Doug Laney in 2001: the 3Vs: extremes of volume,…
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Is Big Data The New Term for Business Intelligence?
Forget about “business intelligence” vs “business analytics”: newcomer “big data” seems to be winning the war of the words…
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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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Could Ebenezer Scrooge Be On YOUR Board?
Could Ebenezer Scrooge be on your board, comfortable with lagging income statement and balance sheet measures, or are you taking advantage of the latest advances in big data to sense changes to your business environment in real time?
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Are You Ready For SAP’s Big Data Processing Framework?
SAP’s Steve Lucas and Timo Elliott discuss what Big Data is, why you should care, and unveil SAP’s Big Data Processing Framework
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BI Past, Present, Future — Interview with TEC
Interview with Jorge Garcia of TEC on BI past, present, and future.