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Granularity Is the True Data Advantage

Commerce today runs on data – guiding product development, improving operational efficiency, and personalizing the customer experience. However, many organizations fall into the trap of thinking that more data means more sales, when these two factors aren’t directly correlated. Often, executives will become overzealous in their digital transformations and cut blank checks for data collection,…

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Analytics and Data Science News for the Week of May 3; Updates from Databricks, DataRobot, MicroStrategy & More

Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable analytics and data science news for the week of May 3, 2024. Keeping tabs on all the most relevant analytics and data science news can be a time-consuming task. As a result, our editorial team aims to provide a summary of the top headlines…

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Data Discovery 101

Data discovery deals with extracting useful information from data and presenting it in a visual format that is easily understood. The types of useful information discovered during the process range from finding patterns in human behavior to gaining insights about data glitches to answering highly specific business questions. Using data taken from a variety of…

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The Vizzies at Tableau Conference 2024

Sarah Molina May 1, 2024 – 3:25pm Emily Kund Data Visualization Specialist: Visual Analytics and Accessibility Consultant Matt Francis Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute For the community, by the community. Organized by Emily Kund and Matt Francis, the Vizzies have recognized and celebrated outstanding members of the Tableau Community for the last 9 years.  This year,…

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The End of Agile – Part 4 (Lessons from Agile)

In my first article, I laid out the basic premise for this series: an examination of how Agile has gone from the darling of the application development community to a virtual pariah that nobody wants to be associated with, and an exploration of the very important question of what we should replace it with. We…

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A Step Ahead: IoT Data Characteristics — Seven Vs

IoT (Internet of Things) incorporates many new and innovative technologies, such as sensors, smart devices, machine-to-machine communication, networking, advanced computing, and data analytics. One of the keys in the success of IoT is the data that flows underneath these technologies. Naturally, the IoT sensors and devices generate a huge amount of data automatically and continuously….

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The Rise of Augmented Analytics: Combining AI with BI for Enhanced Data Insights

Businesses today are drowning in data. The sheer volume and complexity of information available have made it increasingly difficult for organizations to extract meaningful insights using traditional business intelligence (BI) tools and the expertise of specialized data scientists. This is where augmented analytics comes in. This game-changing technology combines the power of artificial intelligence (AI)…

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Understanding Linear Regression Intercepts in Plain Language

I am often asked about the role of intercepts in linear regression models – especially the negative intercepts. Here is my blog post on that topic in simple words with minimal statistical terms.   Regression models are used to make predictions. The coefficients in the equation define the relationship between each independent variable and the dependent variable….

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Analytics and Data Science News for the Week of April 26; Updates from Alteryx, Infragistics, insightsoftware & More

Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable analytics and data science news for the week of April 26, 2024. Keeping tabs on all the most relevant analytics and data science news can be a time-consuming task. As a result, our editorial team aims to provide a summary of the top headlines…

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