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ElegantJ BI announces its participation in The Vibrant Gujarat StartUp & Technology Summit 2018, October 11 through October 13 at the Helipad Exhibition Centre in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. Read More: ElegantJ BI and Smarten Advanced Analytics at The Vibrant Gujarat StartUp & Technology Summit, Oct 11-13, 2018. MORE
This year, at Agile 2018, we had a ton of thought leaders from the Agile community stop by the set of SoundNotes to talk about the state of the industry, give us sneak previews of their speaker sessions, and to promote their latest projects/endeavors. Natalie led two sessions at Agile 2018: MVR: Minimally Viable Relationships (with Jenny Tarwater). We had the chance to sit down with Olaf to discuss the workshop he led at Agile 2018. MORE
Am I the only one who does this? Algorithmically, social media is designed to be rage-inducing — deliberately, cynically — in order to get more clicks and show you more ads. And it’s ripping apart society. Cartoons Cartoon Humor Social Media socmed MORE
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Someone much wiser than I am once said, “It’s easy to predict everything, except the future.” That is especially true when it comes to predicting anything to do with cloud computing and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Technology changes rapidly, and sometimes in surprising ways. MORE
208 INBOUND is Hubspot’s largest annual conference, attracting more than 24,000 global marketers to discuss the biggest trends, successes, and failures in—you guessed it—inbound marketing. MORE
These are some quick answers to some common questions I get about Business Intelligence, Big Data, and Analytics: Big Data. The term has been around for quite some time. Why is it still important for innovative businesses? It’s clear that data is one of the most important assets of the future. Organizations want to optimize their end-to-end customer experience, to improve productivity, and to engage the workforce in new ways. All of these things require data and analytics. MORE
In this article, we will discuss the Decision Tree analysis method. What is Decision Tree Analysis? There are two basic types of decision tree analysis: Classification and Regression. 1) Classification Trees are used when the target variable is categorical and, as the name implies, are used to classify/divide the data into these predefined categories of a target variable. MORE
ElegantJ BI, an innovative vendor in Business Intelligence, Augmented Analytics and Augmented Data Preparation, is pleased to announce its participation in the Gartner 2018 INDIA Data & Analytics Summit from 5 – 6th June 2018 in Mumbai, India. ” More information on the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit is available here: Gartner 2018 INDIA Data & Analytics Summit from 5 – 6 June 2018 in Mumbai, India. MORE
Many organizations assume they need to hire new talent to fill their skills gaps, but that’s an expensive and time-consuming procedure. Determining the skills needed and how to train your existing employees on those skills is a cost-effective and efficient alternative MORE
First, we’d like to thank all of you that were able to attend Mike’s talk at Agile 2018. The post Mike Cottmeyer’s Agile 2018 Talk: Deck and White Paper appeared first on LeadingAgile. The Talk, The Presentation, and The White Paper. We know that it was a a lot of information to digest, so we wanted to send you home with a little something extra to make sure that all the ideas and concepts remain fresh in your mind. MORE
But first, I wanted to look back at my trends and predictions article for 2018 to see whether I could give Nostradamus a run for his money. As 2019 approaches, it’s time to make predictions and “guess-timates” for the coming year. MORE
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The post 25 Metrics that Matter for Mobile Product Mangers in 2018 appeared first on 280 Group Product Management. Mobile product managers have a long list of metrics to pull from when determining the success of their products. Although it’s great to have options, the sheer volume of metrics to choose from can make selecting the right metrics for your product challenging. MORE
The post What To Do With Your IoT Data in 2018 appeared first on Digiteum. Big Data IoT Trends IoT data MORE
According to the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant report, both Micro. This past year has been an interesting one for Amazon Web Services (AWS). The cloud juggernaut continues to lead the pack in the competition to be the most dominant cloud provider. MORE
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In this post, I’ll pick out a few UX trends I’ve noticed on ecommerce sites over the past year, and some things to watch out for in 2018. As the message spreads I think we’ll see more sites ditching their hamburger menus in 2018. The post Six ecommerce UX trends for 2018 appeared first on UserZoom. Graham Charlton gives the skinny on simplified navigation, brutalism, the death of flat design and more! MORE
At Keep Austin Agile 2018, I presented a talk called “So You Made Your Project Managers into ScrumMasters: Roles Transitions When Becoming Agile”. The post Agile Role Transitions: Keep Austin Agile 2018 Activity Summary appeared first on Agile Velocity. Agile Roles are well defined in any foundational training for Scrum or Kanban. However, it’s not always clear who will be filling those roles as an organization begins using its chosen framework. MORE
This year, at Agile 2018, we had a ton of thought leaders from the Agile community stop by the set of SoundNotes to talk about the state of the industry, give us sneak previews of their speaker sessions, and to promote their latest projects/endeavors. Jeff Patton led an Ask Me Almost Anything session at Agile 2018. Case led a session at Agile 2018 entitled: The Flying and the Thud: Mental Health Issues on Agile Teams. MORE
This year, at Agile 2018, we had a ton of thought leaders from the Agile community stop by the set of SoundNotes to talk about the state of the industry, give us sneak previews of their speaker sessions, and to promote their latest projects/endeavors. Keynote speaker Troy Magennis stopped by the booth to talk about his Agile 2018 Session: What is the Story with Agile Data? Larry led a session at Agile 2018 called: Agile Quantified: Measuring the Impact of Agility. MORE
ElegantJ BI, an innovative vendor with its Smarten approach to Augmented Analytics and Self-Serve Data Preparation, is pleased to announce that Elegant MicroWeb (Smarten) is included as one of the Other Modern: Asia-Focused Vendors in the Gartner ‘Other Vendors to Consider for Modern Analytics and BI’ Report published on October 29, 2018. Published: 29 October 2018 ID: G00369983. MORE
So, as 2018 comes to a close, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on what was truly important, and celebrate all the things that went into making this year such a successful one. The post LeadingAgile:<br>A Year in Review – 2018 appeared first on LeadingAgile. Without all of you in the Agile community, our awesome customers, and the people that work here…LeadingAgile wouldn’t be what it is today. MORE
In 2018, the Agile ecosystem continued to evolve and expand. Top 4 in 2018. The post Agile in 2018 appeared first on Jason Little. Those who have been practising agile for years (or more than a decade) seemed to be calling for a simplification of agile, proclaiming that we need to get back to basics. I can’t say I’d disagree, but I thought it would be interesting to see which of my posts were the most popular. Simple Exercise to Demonstrate Value of Collaboration. MORE
Earlier this week, I blogged about the automatic cleanup process that purges old data from the SSIS catalog logging tables. This nightly process removes data for operations that are older than 365 days. While this is useful, many SSIS admins have complained that this process is very slow and contentious on large or busy SSISDB databases. In this post, I’ll. The post A Better Way to Clean Up the SSIS Catalog Database appeared first on Tim Mitchell. SSIS Catalog SSIS MORE
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From invisible UI to emotional personalisation to biometric authentication, which UI trends will be rocking our experts’ socks off in 2018? So over the last couple of weeks we asked some of the most respected UX professionals the following question… What do you think will be the biggest UI trend in 2018? “I hope that 2018 will bring better answers to the same old questions in web application design. So with that in mind… what will be the UI trend of 2018? MORE
At the far end of an out-of-the-way aging strip shopping center in southern Louisiana, there stands a small and modest sushi restaurant. The exterior could be described as tasteful minimalistic: there are no big signs, no flashy advertising, and the word “fancy” would never be used to describe it. Inside, it is a small space, seemingly purposeful in its meager. The post Personal Touch: An Argument Against Automation appeared first on Tim Mitchell. Potpourri MORE
109 The post Mike Cottmeyer: Agile Transformation Explained<br>Southern Fried Agile 2018 appeared first on LeadingAgile. Many organizations are struggling to apply the concepts of Agile because they view Agile as a new way of doing the same old thing. They believe that if the roles, ceremonies, and artifacts of Scrum are in place, they’ll reap the benefits of having become Agile. MORE
This year, at Agile 2018, we had a ton of thought leaders from the Agile community stop by the set of SoundNotes to talk about the state of the industry, give us sneak previews of their speaker sessions, and to promote their latest projects/endeavors. Mark and Johanna Co-Presented a talk at Agile 2018 entitled: You have to Say More There: Effective Communication in a Distributed Agile Team. Johanna led another session at Agile 2018: Agile and Lean Roadmapping. MORE
Yesterday I wrote about the little-known but still useful multiple flat file connection manager. In this post, I will briefly show a more commonly used alternative approach for processing multiple data files: the foreach loop container. The SSIS foreach loop container The foreach loop container is used to iterate through a discrete list of items at runtime. That list could. The post Processing Multiple Files in SSIS with the Foreach Loop appeared first on Tim Mitchell. MORE
109 Built into the SSIS catalog is a mechanism that can automatically purge log data after a set period of time. In this post, I’ll show you how to set up and manage that functionality. SSIS catalog automatic log cleanup The SQL Server Integration Services catalog database – SSISDB – has several dozen logging tables that are used to capture details. The post SSIS Catalog Automatic Log Cleanup appeared first on Tim Mitchell. SSIS Catalog SSIS MORE
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When doing any new development or major overhaul of existing SSIS architecture, I almost always recommend to clients that they deploy those packages to the SSIS catalog. Using the catalog to store and execute SSIS packages takes a lot of the manual work out of development and maintenance, particularly when it comes to package logging. When you execute a package. The post SSIS Catalog Execution Parameter Values appeared first on Tim Mitchell. SSIS Catalog SSIS MORE
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The post 25 Metrics that Matter for Mobile Product Managers in 2018 appeared first on 280 Group Product Management. Mobile product managers have a long list of metrics to pull from when determining the success of their products. Although it’s great to have options, the sheer volume of metrics to choose from can make selecting the right metrics for your product challenging. MORE
The post What To Do With Your IoT Data in 2018 appeared first on Digiteum. Big Data IoT Trends IoT data MORE
The post What To Do With Your IoT Data in 2018 appeared first on Digiteum. Big Data IoT Trends IoT data MORE
The 6th edition of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) Guide was released in September 2017 and PMP® certification exam format will be revised on March 26, 2018. There are a lot of exciting changes included in the new PMBOK 6th edition and they’re all packed into a 978-page document. Join Bryan Campbell, PMI certified m. Read More MORE
The post Influential Agile Leader Early Bird Reg Ends May 1, 2018 appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. Are you looking to help support your team, management, or organization’s agile adoption? Do you feel as if you are part of the formal or informal team leading your agile transformation? You need what Gil Broza and I teach and facilitate at the Influential Agile Leader Workshop. Early registration ends May 1, less than two weeks from now. MORE
As a consultant, I get to see a lot of different organizations and work with a variety of teams. By now, virtually everyone has at least heard of agile and read the manifesto. We also seem to have, in technology adoption terms, crossed the chasm, and so adoption by more traditional, sometimes slower moving, global scale organizations is well under way. Agile has finally been vetted by the early adopters and is now becoming mainstream. MORE
If you’re ready for socializing and networking or just looking for professional development opportunities, here are some business analysis events to get you started in 2018. ProjectWorld*BusinessAnalystWorld holds this year from June 4-7, 2018 in Toronto and is reputed to be the largest series of conferences for project managers and business analysts in North America. Explore the event scheduled to hold in Santa Barbara, California from April 17 - April 19, 2018. MORE
2018 Related Topics Simplilearn
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
Someone much wiser than I am once said, “It’s easy to predict everything, except the future.” That is especially true when it comes to predicting anything to do with cloud computing and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Technology changes rapidly, and sometimes in surprising ways.
Simplilearn
JULY 9, 2021
But first, I wanted to look back at my trends and predictions article for 2018 to see whether I could give Nostradamus a run for his money. As 2019 approaches, it’s time to make predictions and “guess-timates” for the coming year.
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ElegantJ BI
OCTOBER 5, 2018
ElegantJ BI announces its participation in The Vibrant Gujarat StartUp & Technology Summit 2018, October 11 through October 13 at the Helipad Exhibition Centre in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. Read More: ElegantJ BI and Smarten Advanced Analytics at The Vibrant Gujarat StartUp & Technology Summit, Oct 11-13, 2018.
Userzoom
APRIL 17, 2018
From invisible UI to emotional personalisation to biometric authentication, which UI trends will be rocking our experts’ socks off in 2018? So over the last couple of weeks we asked some of the most respected UX professionals the following question… What do you think will be the biggest UI trend in 2018? “I hope that 2018 will bring better answers to the same old questions in web application design. So with that in mind… what will be the UI trend of 2018?
Userzoom
APRIL 5, 2018
In this post, I’ll pick out a few UX trends I’ve noticed on ecommerce sites over the past year, and some things to watch out for in 2018. As the message spreads I think we’ll see more sites ditching their hamburger menus in 2018. The post Six ecommerce UX trends for 2018 appeared first on UserZoom. Graham Charlton gives the skinny on simplified navigation, brutalism, the death of flat design and more!
Simplilearn
MARCH 15, 2021
INBOUND is Hubspot’s largest annual conference, attracting more than 24,000 global marketers to discuss the biggest trends, successes, and failures in—you guessed it—inbound marketing.
Simplilearn
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
According to the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant report, both Micro. This past year has been an interesting one for Amazon Web Services (AWS). The cloud juggernaut continues to lead the pack in the competition to be the most dominant cloud provider.
Leading Agile
SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
This year, at Agile 2018, we had a ton of thought leaders from the Agile community stop by the set of SoundNotes to talk about the state of the industry, give us sneak previews of their speaker sessions, and to promote their latest projects/endeavors. Keynote speaker Troy Magennis stopped by the booth to talk about his Agile 2018 Session: What is the Story with Agile Data? Larry led a session at Agile 2018 called: Agile Quantified: Measuring the Impact of Agility.
Leading Agile
AUGUST 30, 2018
This year, at Agile 2018, we had a ton of thought leaders from the Agile community stop by the set of SoundNotes to talk about the state of the industry, give us sneak previews of their speaker sessions, and to promote their latest projects/endeavors. Mark and Johanna Co-Presented a talk at Agile 2018 entitled: You have to Say More There: Effective Communication in a Distributed Agile Team. Johanna led another session at Agile 2018: Agile and Lean Roadmapping.
Leading Agile
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
This year, at Agile 2018, we had a ton of thought leaders from the Agile community stop by the set of SoundNotes to talk about the state of the industry, give us sneak previews of their speaker sessions, and to promote their latest projects/endeavors. Natalie led two sessions at Agile 2018: MVR: Minimally Viable Relationships (with Jenny Tarwater). We had the chance to sit down with Olaf to discuss the workshop he led at Agile 2018.
Leading Agile
AUGUST 31, 2018
This year, at Agile 2018, we had a ton of thought leaders from the Agile community stop by the set of SoundNotes to talk about the state of the industry, give us sneak previews of their speaker sessions, and to promote their latest projects/endeavors. Jeff Patton led an Ask Me Almost Anything session at Agile 2018. Case led a session at Agile 2018 entitled: The Flying and the Thud: Mental Health Issues on Agile Teams.
Timo Elliott
DECEMBER 11, 2018
These are some quick answers to some common questions I get about Business Intelligence, Big Data, and Analytics: Big Data. The term has been around for quite some time. Why is it still important for innovative businesses? It’s clear that data is one of the most important assets of the future. Organizations want to optimize their end-to-end customer experience, to improve productivity, and to engage the workforce in new ways. All of these things require data and analytics.
Leading Agile
DECEMBER 19, 2018
So, as 2018 comes to a close, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on what was truly important, and celebrate all the things that went into making this year such a successful one. The post LeadingAgile:<br>A Year in Review – 2018 appeared first on LeadingAgile. Without all of you in the Agile community, our awesome customers, and the people that work here…LeadingAgile wouldn’t be what it is today.
280 Group
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
The post 25 Metrics that Matter for Mobile Product Managers in 2018 appeared first on 280 Group Product Management. Mobile product managers have a long list of metrics to pull from when determining the success of their products. Although it’s great to have options, the sheer volume of metrics to choose from can make selecting the right metrics for your product challenging.
280 Group
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
The post 25 Metrics that Matter for Mobile Product Mangers in 2018 appeared first on 280 Group Product Management. Mobile product managers have a long list of metrics to pull from when determining the success of their products. Although it’s great to have options, the sheer volume of metrics to choose from can make selecting the right metrics for your product challenging.
Leading Agile
AUGUST 7, 2018
First, we’d like to thank all of you that were able to attend Mike’s talk at Agile 2018. The post Mike Cottmeyer’s Agile 2018 Talk: Deck and White Paper appeared first on LeadingAgile. The Talk, The Presentation, and The White Paper. We know that it was a a lot of information to digest, so we wanted to send you home with a little something extra to make sure that all the ideas and concepts remain fresh in your mind.
Leading Agile
JULY 11, 2018
As a consultant, I get to see a lot of different organizations and work with a variety of teams. By now, virtually everyone has at least heard of agile and read the manifesto. We also seem to have, in technology adoption terms, crossed the chasm, and so adoption by more traditional, sometimes slower moving, global scale organizations is well under way. Agile has finally been vetted by the early adopters and is now becoming mainstream.
Leading Agile
NOVEMBER 14, 2018
The post Mike Cottmeyer: Agile Transformation Explained<br>Southern Fried Agile 2018 appeared first on LeadingAgile. Many organizations are struggling to apply the concepts of Agile because they view Agile as a new way of doing the same old thing. They believe that if the roles, ceremonies, and artifacts of Scrum are in place, they’ll reap the benefits of having become Agile.
Business Analyst Learnings
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
If you’re ready for socializing and networking or just looking for professional development opportunities, here are some business analysis events to get you started in 2018. ProjectWorld*BusinessAnalystWorld holds this year from June 4-7, 2018 in Toronto and is reputed to be the largest series of conferences for project managers and business analysts in North America. Explore the event scheduled to hold in Santa Barbara, California from April 17 - April 19, 2018.
Johanna Rothman
APRIL 19, 2018
The post Influential Agile Leader Early Bird Reg Ends May 1, 2018 appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. Are you looking to help support your team, management, or organization’s agile adoption? Do you feel as if you are part of the formal or informal team leading your agile transformation? You need what Gil Broza and I teach and facilitate at the Influential Agile Leader Workshop. Early registration ends May 1, less than two weeks from now.
Agile Velocity
JUNE 6, 2018
At Keep Austin Agile 2018, I presented a talk called “So You Made Your Project Managers into ScrumMasters: Roles Transitions When Becoming Agile”. The post Agile Role Transitions: Keep Austin Agile 2018 Activity Summary appeared first on Agile Velocity. Agile Roles are well defined in any foundational training for Scrum or Kanban. However, it’s not always clear who will be filling those roles as an organization begins using its chosen framework.
Timo Elliott
DECEMBER 16, 2018
Am I the only one who does this? Algorithmically, social media is designed to be rage-inducing — deliberately, cynically — in order to get more clicks and show you more ads. And it’s ripping apart society. Cartoons Cartoon Humor Social Media socmed
Agile Coach
JANUARY 7, 2019
In 2018, the Agile ecosystem continued to evolve and expand. Top 4 in 2018. The post Agile in 2018 appeared first on Jason Little. Those who have been practising agile for years (or more than a decade) seemed to be calling for a simplification of agile, proclaiming that we need to get back to basics. I can’t say I’d disagree, but I thought it would be interesting to see which of my posts were the most popular. Simple Exercise to Demonstrate Value of Collaboration.
Tim Mitchell
DECEMBER 30, 2018
Earlier this week, I blogged about the automatic cleanup process that purges old data from the SSIS catalog logging tables. This nightly process removes data for operations that are older than 365 days. While this is useful, many SSIS admins have complained that this process is very slow and contentious on large or busy SSISDB databases. In this post, I’ll. The post A Better Way to Clean Up the SSIS Catalog Database appeared first on Tim Mitchell. SSIS Catalog SSIS
Simplilearn
MARCH 4, 2018
The 6th edition of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) Guide was released in September 2017 and PMP® certification exam format will be revised on March 26, 2018. There are a lot of exciting changes included in the new PMBOK 6th edition and they’re all packed into a 978-page document. Join Bryan Campbell, PMI certified m. Read More
Tim Mitchell
DECEMBER 17, 2018
When doing any new development or major overhaul of existing SSIS architecture, I almost always recommend to clients that they deploy those packages to the SSIS catalog. Using the catalog to store and execute SSIS packages takes a lot of the manual work out of development and maintenance, particularly when it comes to package logging. When you execute a package. The post SSIS Catalog Execution Parameter Values appeared first on Tim Mitchell. SSIS Catalog SSIS
Simplilearn
JULY 3, 2018
Many organizations assume they need to hire new talent to fill their skills gaps, but that’s an expensive and time-consuming procedure. Determining the skills needed and how to train your existing employees on those skills is a cost-effective and efficient alternative
Digiteum
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
The post What To Do With Your IoT Data in 2018 appeared first on Digiteum. Big Data IoT Trends IoT data
Digiteum
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
The post What To Do With Your IoT Data in 2018 appeared first on Digiteum. Big Data IoT Trends IoT data
Digiteum
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
The post What To Do With Your IoT Data in 2018 appeared first on Digiteum. Big Data IoT Trends IoT data
ElegantJ BI
MAY 25, 2018
ElegantJ BI, an innovative vendor in Business Intelligence, Augmented Analytics and Augmented Data Preparation, is pleased to announce its participation in the Gartner 2018 INDIA Data & Analytics Summit from 5 – 6th June 2018 in Mumbai, India. ” More information on the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit is available here: Gartner 2018 INDIA Data & Analytics Summit from 5 – 6 June 2018 in Mumbai, India.
Tim Mitchell
DECEMBER 19, 2018
At the far end of an out-of-the-way aging strip shopping center in southern Louisiana, there stands a small and modest sushi restaurant. The exterior could be described as tasteful minimalistic: there are no big signs, no flashy advertising, and the word “fancy” would never be used to describe it. Inside, it is a small space, seemingly purposeful in its meager. The post Personal Touch: An Argument Against Automation appeared first on Tim Mitchell. Potpourri
Tim Mitchell
DECEMBER 18, 2018
Built into the SSIS catalog is a mechanism that can automatically purge log data after a set period of time. In this post, I’ll show you how to set up and manage that functionality. SSIS catalog automatic log cleanup The SQL Server Integration Services catalog database – SSISDB – has several dozen logging tables that are used to capture details. The post SSIS Catalog Automatic Log Cleanup appeared first on Tim Mitchell. SSIS Catalog SSIS
ElegantJ BI
OCTOBER 16, 2018
In this article, we will discuss the Decision Tree analysis method. What is Decision Tree Analysis? There are two basic types of decision tree analysis: Classification and Regression. 1) Classification Trees are used when the target variable is categorical and, as the name implies, are used to classify/divide the data into these predefined categories of a target variable.
Tim Mitchell
DECEMBER 16, 2018
Yesterday I wrote about the little-known but still useful multiple flat file connection manager. In this post, I will briefly show a more commonly used alternative approach for processing multiple data files: the foreach loop container. The SSIS foreach loop container The foreach loop container is used to iterate through a discrete list of items at runtime. That list could. The post Processing Multiple Files in SSIS with the Foreach Loop appeared first on Tim Mitchell.
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