Industry Pulse October 2017 Highlights
by Jen Underwood October was a strange month – shocking, distressing, interesting and exciting all at the same time. Countless vendors announced enhanced offerings and/or significant partnerships in...
View ArticleIndustry Pulse November 2017 Highlights
by Jen Underwood November 2017 was another peak analytics industry event news month. I am thrilled that it is finally over. Here are the collected highlights from IBM Watson Data Science for All, ......
View Article2018 Analytics and Data Science Events
by Jen Underwood Save the date! Here is a highlighted list of Analytics and Data Science Industry Events in 2018. More events will be added as they are announced… January 2018 Microstrategy World ......
View Article2017 Predictions Right, Wrong and Totally Missed
by Jen Underwood Before sharing my annual analytics industry trends forecast for 2018, I wanted to quickly summarize reader hot topics and my past predictions right, wrong and totally missed from 2017....
View ArticleTop 2018 Analytics Industry Trends and Predictions
by Jen Underwood Time to get back to work. Buckle up and get ready for another thrilling year of ups, downs, twists, turns, and tunnels. In this article, I will share top analytics ... Read More
View ArticleTaming the Wild West of Self-Service Data Preparation
by Jen Underwood The self-service data preparation and analytics movement started with the best of intentions: help make organizations more data-driven, agile and confident in their business decisions....
View ArticleIndustry Pulse January 2018 Highlights
by Jen Underwood After two quiet weeks, January analytics and data science industry news predictably heated up towards the end of the month. I mentioned it would be a roller coaster year. Well, ......
View ArticleNew Era of Analytics: Combine the Best of Mind and Machine
by Jen Underwood Due to growing data volumes and increased analytics complexity, today’s most successful organizations have adopted next era analytics that combine the beauty of the human mind with the...
View ArticleAnalyzing 2018 Gartner BI Magic Quadrant – Part 1
by Jen Underwood Once again we enter the most magical, controversial time of the year in the analytics realm. Last year, I delved into understanding this report, why it is skewed, contentious, what ......
View ArticleAnalyzing 2018 Gartner BI Magic Quadrant – Part 2
by Jen Underwood In analyzing the 2018 Gartner BI Magic Quadrant – Part 1, we revisited how to interpret this report, discussed new criteria, who’s missing, top shockers, recurring themes and the three...
View ArticleHands-On with Zoho Reports
by Jen Underwood Zoho Reports is a low cost, cloud business intelligence solution that can be up and running in minutes. It is simple for non-technical personas yet deep enough for true technical pros...
View ArticleIndustry Pulse March 2018 Highlights
by Jen Underwood Here is a quick skim of analytics industry updates from March 2018. This past month we have news from IBM Think, Domopalooza, NVIDIA AI Deep Learning Conference, and the usual ... Read...
View ArticleAdvancing Your Analytics Career with Automated Machine Learning
by Jen Underwood Analytics careers are rapidly progressing into new frontiers. According to The Quant Crunch: How the Demand for Data Science Skills is Disrupting the Job Market, the number of jobs for...
View ArticleHow To Analyze Unstructured Data Visually
by Jen Underwood From raw data to actionable intelligence, I will share how easy it is to collect, ingest and visually analyze unstructured data in this next Oceans of Data series article. Unstructured...
View ArticleTop 5 OLAP on Hadoop Design Tips
by Jen Underwood Process failed. That’s what happens when your data outgrows your OLAP technology. To solve that problem, OLAP on Hadoop was born. In a recent article, I shared classic OLAP dimensional...
View ArticleAre You Ready for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)?
by Jen Underwood If you work with data for a living and don’t know about the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), it is time to educate yourself on this hot topic. If you ... Read More
View ArticleGetting Started with Python [Part 2]
by Jen Underwood In Getting Started with Python [Part 1], you were introduced to the popular Python language for data analysis. Now we are going to play with pandas, Python’s data libraries. pandas ......
View ArticleReflecting on Gartner Symposium 2017 Predictions
by Jen Underwood The Fourth Industrial Revolution – digital transformation – is progressing. Last week Gartner hosted their annual gala of CIOs and tech titans. This year the rise of artificial...
View ArticleAnalyzing 2018 Gartner BI Magic Quadrant – Part 1
by Jen Underwood April 19, 2018: The Magic Quadrant image and report links have been removed due to a Gartner content take down request. This is the first time it has happened in ... Read More
View ArticleAnalyzing 2018 Gartner BI Magic Quadrant – Part 2
by Jen Underwood April 19, 2018: The Magic Quadrant image and report links have been removed due to a Gartner content take down request. This is the first time it has happened in ... Read More
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