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Blockchain: The Fall of Traditional Centralized Systems in Business & Finance

Smart Data Collective

A time that world leaders and innovators refer to as the fourth industrial revolution. In the year 2009, a man under the alias of Satoshi Nakamoto invented the first digital currency called bitcoin and initiated the use of blockchains. A time that will fully embrace the advancement of technology in all areas of life.

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How to Decide Whether a SaaS Tool is Worth Purchasing?

Smart Data Collective

It was launched as a paid service and went on to add a freemium option in 2009, growing its user base from 85,000 to 450,000 a year. Don’t mistake relying on pricing; always consider other variables such as reputation, stability, R&D, and references. Why must one use SaaS management software? 5) Make a final analysis.

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Nimble Vs Agile: why is a unique term not enough?

Analysts Corner

Agile is a specific approach to getting the job done, while Nimble refers to an organization’s capability to respond quickly to changes and opportunities. The Brazilian BA, 2023 BABOK Guide® — A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge , IIBA, 2009 [This article was written by The Brazilian BA in February 2023.]

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Regulatory Acts in the Healthcare Industry

GAVS Technology

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 authorizes The U.S. Enforced since November 2009, the HITECH Act contains four subtitles from A-D. Ethics in Patient Referrals Act of 1989 or Stark Law limits physicians from referring patients to laboratory services with a financial interest.

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Understanding Simpson’s Paradox to Avoid Faulty Conclusions

Sisense

If you don’t have the time to read “The Book of Why,’” you can refer to Towards Data Science. In 2009, researchers suggested that Simpson’s paradox may occur more often than commonly thought. To better understand when the data should be grouped, you should be familiar with causal inference. How common is Simpson’s paradox ?

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Skills and Tools Every Data Engineer Needs to Tackle Big Data

Sisense

MapReduce : The distributed processing framework of the Hadoop ecosystem, MapReduce is often referred to as the heart of the system. Apache Spark : This unified analytics engine for Big Data processing was created in 2009 as a replacement for MapReduce. IBM does a great job of describing the basics of the framework here.

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How To Spot Misleading Charts: Review the Message

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Unemployment rate shown over multiple years, showing a downward overall trend from 2009 to 2018. For example, the graph below refers to incarcerated people as “inmates” when showing the rate of mental health diagnoses they receive. Including this context tells a very different story. Image from How Charts Lie by Alberto Cairo.