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How Insurance Companies Use Data To Measure Risk And Choose Rates

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The auto insurance industry has always relied on data analysis to inform their policies and determine individual rates. For instance, the 2000 Honda Civic is the most stolen car in America and the Mitsubishi Mirage (in the 2013-2017 model range) has the most fatal crashes. However, that’s not the only thing insurers look at.

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Cloud Technology Makes Virtual Assistants More Beneficial than Ever

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“The cloud was barely a thing back in the early 2000’s. Author Vanessa Jones said that the biggest benefit of the cloud for virtual assistants was that it made accessing information easier than ever. John Keogh has been a virtual assistant for 20 years. However, it has become even more important in recent years.

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Predictive Analytics Made Last Summer The Season Of Altcoins

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But it’s clear they need help in choosing the best altcoins to buy from the more than 2000 high-risk cryptocurrencies available. Predictive analytics tools have started to tap a number of new sources of information. This information can help forecast important price movements far more accurately than other sources.

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Ways Businesses Can Boost Logistics Performance with Analytics

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You can do this by using web scraper tools to collect data from company review websites and financial information on the company if it is publicly traded. Your average supermarket will have, for instance, 15,000 of these — compared to the fast delivery services that use micro-warehouses and centers, and only have around 500-2000.

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No Database Is Perfect: Applying CAP Theorem to Database Choice

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Since its introduction to the marketplace in 2000, the consistency, availability, and partition theorem, or CAP theorem, has been a guiding principle in database management. Computer scientist Eric Brewer presented the CAP theorem in a talk about distributed systems that provide web services. Two MIT professors later proved the theorem.

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Discovering the Wonders of Data-Driven PPC Marketing

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Users are searching for particular products, services, and information at any given time, and you can connect your brand to these respective audiences through targeted campaigns. Google Ads was launched in October 2000 and has gone through some significant changes and improvements in the past 17 years.

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Technical Analysis is Changing Quickly in the Era of Big Data

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We could only catch a glimpse of market trends, relying on fragmented information to make our trading decisions. For example, due to computerization and algorithmic trading, Goldman Sachs decreased the number of people trading stocks from 600 to 2, from 2000 to 2016.

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