June, 2019

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How Big Data Will Make Or Break Future Smart Cities

Smart Data Collective

In today’s digital age, big data is incorporated into many aspects our daily lives. Big data is essentially massive amounts of data that is used in order to drive strategic decisions. An example of how it is used in daily life is through using online maps such as Google Maps to take the quickest route to work possible. Through the collection of data , patterns of traffic congestion are produced to give you the best route.

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Podcast: The Future of Analytics is Now!

Timo Elliott

I was recently interviewed on the future of analytics by Tamara McCleary, CEO of Thulium, a social media analytics and consulting agency, for her new “Tech Unknown” podcast. You can read her blog post summary or listen to the podcast directly below. We explored the current state of the art for AI/ML-driven analytics and talked about what business leaders can do prepare for what’s to come: Ways AI and ML-driven analytics drive better business outcomes.

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Business Intelligence Software for All Users!

ElegantJ BI

Understanding Business Intelligence Will Help You Achieve Your Goals! What is business intelligence? It is quite simple, really. Business intelligence is ‘intelligence’ about ‘business’. Having said that, we cannot really presume that ‘intelligence’ is simply data. Data on its own tells us little and can, at times, actually confuse the very issue you are trying to understand.

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An Introduction To Data Dashboards: Meaning, Definition & Industry Examples

Data Pine

“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.”– Arthur Conan Doyle. Data is all around us. According to the EMC Digital Universe study, by 2020, around 40 trillion megabytes – or 40 zettabytes – will exist in our digital landscape. That’s an unfathomable amount of information. Data has changed our lives in many ways, helping to improve the processes, initiatives, and innovations of organizations across sectors through the power of insight.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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How to write surveys for user research that aren’t terrible

Userzoom

When you use survey questions in your user research , you want them to be designed well. It’s really easy to make bad surveys, and plenty of companies do. Surveys are admittedly overused and often ineffective on their own — the self-reported data that you pull from survey questions is biased and has questionable accuracy. It’s typically much more valuable to gather insights from data on actual behavior and user interviews.

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How To Use Data Analytics To Launch A Sustainable Technology Business

Smart Data Collective

Sustainability is a major concern for many businesses. You probably wouldn’t think that data analytics would be the core solution. Many people believe that the fields of big data and green business have little overlap. However, big data could actually be a wonderful solution for many sustainability problems. People that know me are aware that I have a blog on sustainability, as well as Smart Data Collective.

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VNSG Analytics Day Top Trends

Timo Elliott

Here’s a quick video I put together for the top four analytics trends I talked about at the recent VNSG (SAP Netherlands User Group) Analytics event in Utrecht’s railway museum: Embedded Analytics, Augmented Analytics, Experience Analytics, and… (as ever and always) DATA! And here are the slides : I hope to find the time to write up these trends in more detail in the near future!

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Business Intelligence Software for All Users!

ElegantJ BI

Understanding Business Intelligence Will Help You Achieve Your Goals! What is business intelligence? It is quite simple, really. Business intelligence is ‘intelligence’ about ‘business’. Having said that, we cannot really presume that ‘intelligence’ is simply data. Data on its own tells us little and can, at times, actually confuse the very issue you are trying to understand.

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8 Examples Of Financial Reports You Can Use For Daily, Weekly, And Monthly Reports

Data Pine

Regardless of your sector or industry, it’s likely that your financial department is the beating heart of your entire operation. Without financial fluency, it’s difficult for an organization to thrive, which means that keeping your monetary affairs in order is essential. As a business, you need the reliability of frequent financial reports to gain a better grasp of your financial status, both current and future.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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The UX of UserZoom: Part one – How we set up our research process

Userzoom

Welcome to ‘ The UX of UserZoom ’ – a new regular series where we reveal how we’re using our very own research product to improve the UX of UserZoom itself! If things were more meta, we’d be sending the Inception team into Jakob Nielsen’s dreams to find Deadpool talking to Don Norman about how much they love The Princess Bride while failing to open a door.

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Should Product Roadmaps Have Dates?

Roman Pichler

What Product Roadmaps Are (in a Nutshell). To start with, let’s briefly recap what a product roadmap is. I view a roadmap as a high-level plan that states specific benefits a product should provide over a certain timeframe, which may range from six to 12 months. I find it helpful to use the product roadmap so that it connects the overall product strategy with the product backlog, as shown in the picture below.

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Machine Learning Helps Bloggers Secure More Traffic with Long-Tail Keywords

Smart Data Collective

. Many bloggers get very frustrated after they have been working for a couple of months. They initially are excited about the possibility of making a six-figure stream of passive income. After they get started though, they discovered that the legwork can be overwhelming. The good news is that machine learning is making it much easier for them to create a successful blogging career, as Jeff Bullas points out.

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3 Reasons Why Companies are Hiring Business Analysts | Analyst Catalyst Blog | IIBA

Analyst Catalyst Blog

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Maximize Productivity and Simplify IT Management with Conversational AI

ChatGPT has dominated boardroom conversations for months now. From drafting a stock trading program, to creating a SQL query to model data, there are practically no limits to the applications of the AI language model assistant. At ManageEngine, we have been working on our own AI-assistant, Zia. Zia is a fully-trained analytics assistant that can perform a range of functions such as creating and adding reports to dashboards, providing conversational support to data analysis, insight discovery, bu

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Business Intelligence Software for All Users!

ElegantJ BI

Understanding Business Intelligence Will Help You Achieve Your Goals! What is business intelligence? It is quite simple, really. Business intelligence is ‘intelligence’ about ‘business’. Having said that, we cannot really presume that ‘intelligence’ is simply data. Data on its own tells us little and can, at times, actually confuse the very issue you are trying to understand.

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Take Advantage Of Modern CEO Dashboards – Examples And Templates

Data Pine

“The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.” – Faye Wattleton. For any business to succeed, it needs purpose, direction, and the resources to grow as well as adapt to the landscape surrounding it – which is why strong leadership is essential. As a CEO, you’re responsible for overseeing every aspect of your business, from the people and the internal culture all the way through to key sales, marketing, and financial strategies.

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Roadmapping Within the Context of the Product Strategy

Leading Agile

Subdividing the work into tasks is the wrong way to go about it when you’re trying to provide iterative and incremental value to your organization and/or the user. Watch this video to learn about the impact this could have on your Product Strategy. Video Transcript. When I start with the Epic. What I’m talking about is an investment vehicle, a justification for doing something.

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A Candid Letter From a Product Management Instructor

280 Group

Believe me when I say that I’ve poured my heart and soul into our online training program. Recently I was conducting a Beta test of our new Virtual Instructor Review program. Names popped up on the list as students logged in, and I checked it carefully. It turns out that people are shy on the phone. They keep their thoughts to themselves. They think that what they have to share and ask isn’t worth talking about.

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Data-Backed Secrets for Minimizing Discounts & Maximizing ROI Post-Holiday

Use data to turn one-off holiday shoppers into repeat buyers and effortlessly drive more sales throughout the year. Our guide will give you an in-depth understanding of what triggers your customers to buy and breaks down campaign examples from leading B2C brands.

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Is Big Data Helping To Solve Problems With Digital Calendars?

Smart Data Collective

Big data is changing our lives in many ways. Some of the ways data impacts us are much more subtle than others. One example is with digital calendars. A number of new data algorithms are being used to make digital calendars more effective. Big data is so important for event planning and preparation. A growing number of companies are using big data to plan their events more effectively.

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Connecting Data Analytics with Business Analysis | Analyst Catalyst Blog | IIBA

Analyst Catalyst Blog

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Take Tally to Mobile with Tally Mobile App!

ElegantJ BI

Tally Mobile App Brings All the Power of Tally ERP to Smart Phones! Today’s businesses depend on mobile solutions to make the most of resources, improve software ROI and productivity and keep business users informed while they are on the road, so they can make informed decisions and positively impact the bottom line. The Tally® ERP solution is a desktop application that is used by many businesses to manage accounting tasks and other financial related tasks.

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How Recruitment Metrics & Dashboards Can Help Improve Hiring New Candidates

Data Pine

“The competition to hire the best will increase in the years ahead. Companies that give extra flexibility to their employees will have the edge in this area.” – Bill Gates. To compete, evolve, and remain relevant, today’s forward-thinking businesses always strive to improve the efficiency of their internal processes while measuring their success – and hiring talent is no exception.

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The Young BA

This article focuses on my experience starting as a customer service representative and working myself up to become a lead analyst in my organization. I did not start with many special skills or talents but I wanted to reflect on what did help me.

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Partnerships in Tech: The When, Why, and How

Sisense

Forming human relationships is one of the most basic and important skills we need to survive. We need relationships just like we need air to breathe. In fact, when we’re born we need skin contact immediately. That’s a pretty strong message from Mother Nature, don’t you think? It doesn’t stop there. From the beginning stages of our lives, we establish intricate relationships in school with our classmates, as well as at home with our families.

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How to overcome reporting challenges in your business

Phocas

The ability to generate accurate, relevant and timely reports is critical if a company is to remain competitive in today's marketplace. However, as many executives know, traditional (static) reporting methods have a range of shortcomings. In this blog we will discuss a few key solutions to the challenges of static reporting.

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4 Gaming Applications Predicated On Fascinating Big Data Technology

Smart Data Collective

Big data is changing the future of gaming. Dataiku’s Pierre Gutierrez presented a compelling analysis of the role of data analytics in gaming in his piece A Flood Of Gaming Analytics Data With No End In Sight. Some of the ways that data analytics has changed the gaming industry are not noticeable to the average gamer. They don’t directly see the impact, but data is changing the gaming experience in many ways.

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BA Lens Now Exclusive to Members | Analyst Catalyst Blog | IIBA

Analyst Catalyst Blog

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Facilitate Risk Management for Medical Devices within Azure DevOps

In this whitepaper, we will describe how to facilitate risk management for medical devices directly in Azure DevOps. In particular, we will focus on how manufacturers can achieve ISO 14971 compliance and overcome key challenges in the process.