Posts Tagged ‘Analytics’
Forecasting with Data
Everyone wants to know about the future – what to expect, how to act and most importantly, how to prepare. Prescriptive analytics involves finding the best course of action for a given situation. Similar to its cousins, descriptive analytics and predictive analytics that gathers historical facts and then encompasses a variety of statistical techniques that…
Read MoreWaste of Space
Do you know that the average organization doesn’t use half of its structured data in decision-making? Add to that shocking news, less than one percent of unstructured data is analyzed or used at all. There is a lot of data being ignored and not utilized. IT Web brought this interesting information to our attention in…
Read MoreEducational Focus on Data Analysis
Data analytics are becoming more important and significant to the decision-making process of most organizations. With the increased emphasis, there should be no surprise that more attention is being given to the training and education around data analysis. Hendrix College out of Arkansas recently announced their foray into data analytics in their press release titled,…
Read MoreData Quality is a Constant Challenge
Data access, quality and integration are present across industries and one constant are the challenges data professionals navigate in order to actually analyze the data. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Infographic: Nearly 40% of Data Professionals Spend Half of Their Time Prepping Data.” The article shares an infographic that does…
Read MoreData Management Goes Deep
Machines are becoming smarter with each passing day, and hopefully, either as a result or because we created the machines, we are as well. Venture Beat brought this interesting topic to us in their article, “A sober view of AI will lead to more effective innovation.” Many things have changed, only one being our perspective towards…
Read MoreFree Webinar Addresses Modern Data
There is a free learning opportunity this week in the form of a webinar on March 28th at 2:00 p.m. EST titled, “All the Difference – Rapid Discovery on Modern Data.” Bigger, faster, and far more diverse: modern data seriously challenges traditional methods and technologies for even the savviest information managers. In just a few…
Read MoreData in Healthcare
Ontologies and controlled vocabulary are being used to reduce deaths due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Miltech brought this news to our attention in their article, “Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Therapeutics Market; Region Wise Analysis of Top Players inMarket by its Types and Application.” Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy s a genetically determined heart muscle disease most often caused by mutations in one…
Read MoreQuality Data is Useful Data
GS1 US went live in 2017 with its National Data Quality program designed to improve data accuracy for the optimal exchange of supply chain product information. GS 1 is the organization that develops and maintains global standards for business communication. The most well-known of these standards is the barcode. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information to us in their article,…
Read MoreWorkplace Environments Using AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace may mean different things to everyone. For those who are in denial, AI is likely already there in one form or fashion. CMS Wire brought this news to us in their article, “The AI-Based Intelligent Workplace Is Closer Than You Think.” Gartner reports that 85 percent of information in a company…
Read MoreWhat Story Does the Data Tell?
After the Ebola pandemic in 2013-14 where more than 11,000 people died, an independent review panel deemed the response sluggish and ineffective. Out of that report, health researchers are looking to become more proactive, by using machine learning to identify potential hot spots and even predict future outbreaks. The Department of Defense (DOD) is among the organizations…
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