March, 2019

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Data Lakes on Cloud & it’s Usage in Healthcare

BizAcuity

Data lakes are centralized repositories that can store all structured and unstructured data at any desired scale. Data can be stored as-is, without first structuring it, and different types of analytics can be run on it, from dashboards and visualizations to big data processing, real-time analytics, and machine learning to improve decision making. The power of the data lake lies in the fact that it often is a cost-effective way to store data.

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How Financial Institutions Are Becoming Champions Of Big Data

Smart Data Collective

If someone asked you which industry is the most innovative , you probably wouldn’t say the financial industry. In fact, that would probably be the last industry on your list. Nonetheless, the financial industry is using big data more than ever. The success of both Fintech companies and traditional banks will hinge on their ability to leverage big data to its fullest potential.

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KPI Tools and Well-Conceived KPIs = Great Metrics!

ElegantJ BI

Combine Flexible, Intuitive KPI Tools with Appropriately Targeted KPI Metrics! KPI Analytics is important to every company. Key performance indicators, or KPIs, help a business to monitor and measure business success by looking at specific factors, activities, tasks and processes. Often, an industry has a standard set of KPI examples it uses that is widely accepted as measurement for success but, many times, the business has its own unique way of measuring success and, when used correctly, KPI s

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Quick Tips: How to Filter a Column by another Column from a Different Query in Power Query

BI Insight

A while ago I was visiting a customer that asked if they can filter a query data by a column from another query in Power BI. And I said of course you can. In this post I explain how that can be achieved in Power Query. The key point is to know how to reference … Continue reading Quick Tips: How to Filter a Column by another Column from a Different Query in Power Query.

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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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SSIS Catalog Dashboard

Tim Mitchell

For organizations using SQL Server 2012 and newer, the SSIS catalog is the ideal tool for storing, executing, and monitoring ETL logic. The SSIS catalog includes built-in reports that show execution activity for current and historical operations. While these built-in reports are very useful, they have one significant limitation: they can only be viewed from within SQL Server Management Studio.

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Enhance your Lending with Predictive Analytics

BizAcuity

An unsecured loan is a loan issued and supported solely by the borrower’s creditworthiness, rather than by any kind of collateral. The terms of such loans, including approval and receipt, are therefore most often contingent on the borrower’s credit score. The consumer lending business is centered on the notion of managing the risk of borrower default.

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Your Guide To Understanding Various Types of Data Masking

Smart Data Collective

“Google Search Reveals Community College Student’s Social Security Number.” While this may seem like a headline you would find on sites like The Onion , this is something that actually happened. This situation occurred when staff members at a community college started to test a new type of online application that utilized files full of sensitive and unaltered data on a server that was not secure.

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KPI Tools and Well-Conceived KPIs = Great Metrics!

ElegantJ BI

Combine Flexible, Intuitive KPI Tools with Appropriately Targeted KPI Metrics! KPI Analytics is important to every company. Key performance indicators, or KPIs, help a business to monitor and measure business success by looking at specific factors, activities, tasks and processes. Often, an industry has a standard set of KPI examples it uses that is widely accepted as measurement for success but, many times, the business has its own unique way of measuring success and, when used correctly, KPI s

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Quick Tips: On-premises Data Gateway, Network Ports Test

BI Insight

The latest version of On-premises Data Gateway February 2019 (3000.1.257) has been released on 1st March 2019. The release note is quite short and it doesn’t really provide a lot of information. At least that’s the case as at today (6 March 2019). There is One new feature however, that I found very interesting is … Continue reading Quick Tips: On-premises Data Gateway, Network Ports Test.

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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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Webinar: Change Detection in SQL Server

Tim Mitchell

Change detection is a critical component of any system that moves data from one structure to another. Most data movement mechanisms are designed to move a subset of the data – only that which is new or changed since the last load. For that to work properly, there must be a reliable system for detecting delta data touched since the. The post Webinar: Change Detection in SQL Server appeared first on Tim Mitchell.

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Your Product’s Most Important Feature Isn’t Getting the Attention it Deserves

280 Group

Misalignment between satisfying end users and wowing decision makers may hurt your bottom line. Every product team tries to prioritize features that most significantly drive sales and retention. Few however realize that reporting dashboards present exactly that opportunity and emphasize it accordingly. That’s because product teams are typically focused on end users while sales teams interface with actual buyers and decision makers.

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An Overview of Revenue Analytics for Event Industry

BizAcuity

Revenue Analytics is simple terms can be defined as a set of decisions support tools that help finance and contracting professionals in making informed decisions based on reliable insights. Revenue analytics helps managers in making better decisions as it results in working towards overall goals of increasing revenue by selling product or services at the right price.

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Optimizing the IoT Infrastructure for Enhanced Big Data Performance

Smart Data Collective

The Internet of Things is one of the most groundbreaking trends affecting consumers and businesses all over the world. According to a report by Gartner, the economic impact of all products connected to the IoT will exceed $300 billion by next year. A number of factors are contributing to the proliferation of the IoT. One of the most influential changes is the increasing capacity of big data.

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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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KPI Tools and Well-Conceived KPIs = Great Metrics!

ElegantJ BI

Combine Flexible, Intuitive KPI Tools with Appropriately Targeted KPI Metrics! KPI Analytics is important to every company. Key performance indicators, or KPIs, help a business to monitor and measure business success by looking at specific factors, activities, tasks and processes. Often, an industry has a standard set of KPI examples it uses that is widely accepted as measurement for success but, many times, the business has its own unique way of measuring success and, when used correctly, KPI s

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Quick Tips: How to Filter a Column by another Column from a Different Query in Power Query

BI Insight

A while ago I was visiting a customer that asked if they can filter a query data by a column from another query in Power BI. And I said of course you can. In this post I explain how that can be achieved in Power Query. The key point is to know how to reference … Continue reading Quick Tips: How to Filter a Column by another Column from a Different Query in Power Query.

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The Top Two Reasons Agile Fails

Leading Agile

Everybody’s on board, so why isn’t Agile working as it should? Understand the top two reasons Agile fails and what you can do about it with our CEO, Mike Cottmeyer. Video Transcript. The challenge with dependencies is that dependencies reduce Agility. Period. Dependencies are going to reduce Agility, so you have two choices. You either manage dependencies, or you break dependencies.

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The Global Benchmark Survey: Product Management Skills – Initial Insights

280 Group

Late last year, 280 Group conducted its most ambitious and comprehensive survey to date, to learn more about the skill levels of product managers across the globe. We invited over 30,000 product managers to participate, and received nearly 4,000 responses. After normalizing the data, the database contained nearly 1,700 high quality responses. Participants in the survey came from across the globe, with 49% working in the US, 21% in Europe, and 16% in Asia, with strong representation from Oceania

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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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Using Artificial Intelligence to Make Sense of IoT Data

BizAcuity

There is a coherent overlap between the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence. IoT is basically an exchange of data or information in a connected or interconnected environment. AI is about simulating intelligent behavior in machines that carry out tasks ‘smartly’. AI tries to imitate natural human intelligence or the cognitive functions that humans perform using their mind such as learning and problem-solving.

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Big Data is Transforming the Future of WordPress Hosting

Smart Data Collective

Forbes contributor Kalev Leetaru recently wrote a fantastic article about the intersection of big data and website hosting. Leetaru notes that big data and cloud technology have led to the evolution of web hosting services. Cloud technology is changing the logistics of many traditional hosting plans. WordPress hosting is a prime example. How Big Data is Changing the Future of WordPress.

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Advanced Analytics Tools and Visual Analytics!

ElegantJ BI

The Importance of Data Visualization Cannot be Overstated! Data visualization may not seem important, but the way you see data can provide additional insight or it can muddle the picture to the point where you will miss critical issues or opportunities. The importance of data visualization is even more evident when that data is being analyzed by business users who are not likely to see data in an analytical way and probably do not have the knowledge or skill required to change visualization tech

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Quick Tips: On-premises Data Gateway, Network Ports Test

BI Insight

The latest version of On-premises Data Gateway February 2019 (3000.1.257) has been released on 1st March 2019. The release note is quite short and it doesn’t really provide a lot of information. At least that’s the case as at today (6 March 2019). There is One new feature however, that I found very interesting is … Continue reading Quick Tips: On-premises Data Gateway, Network Ports Test.

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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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The Importance Of Financial Reporting And Analysis: Your Essential Guide

Data Pine

“Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.” – Joel A. Barker. Financial analysis and reporting are one of the bedrocks of modern business. While you may already know that financial reporting is important (mainly because it’s a legal requirement in most countries), you may not understand its untapped power and potential.

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Optimal Product Process™ 3.0 Phase Three: Develop

280 Group

This post describes the third phase in the Optimal Product Process: Develop. Download the entire Optimal Product Process Ebook 3.0: CLICK HERE. Using a great plan (whether an Agile backlog with sprint priorities assigned or a more formal plan) the agreed upon product is then developed. Feature and schedule tradeoffs are made. Technical feasibility may be assessed – if certain critical features are not possible the product may be delayed or cancelled altogether.

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A Strategy Map

Roman Pichler

Maps are the Foundations on which Adventures are Built. When I was a little boy, I truly loved all things pirate. Even as an adult, I very much enjoyed reading pirate books with my children. One of them even came with a separate treasure map that could be unfolded to discover a hidden treasure. Coming up with a set of tools to capture important strategic decisions reminded me of treasure maps: It should guide you to product success, bearing in mind that not all treasure is silver and gold, as Ca

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7 Ways Big Data Is Essential For Life Insurance Settlements

Smart Data Collective

The life insurance industry will soon undergo a dramatic transformation in response to advances in big data. A growing number of digital startups are starting to emphasize the impact of big data in this antiquated business. A number of insurance executives have been reluctant to embrace the changes of big data. One study found that 74% of respondents felt that the insurance industry had done an inadequate job addressing the need for big data.

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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.