Make no mistake, business intelligence is big business, with data analysis the fastest growing sector in the BI market.
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As a result he said AMD would focus its new ARM products at servers used to power apps, host websites and carry out data analysis for business.
Through ventures like Coursera, top universities like Stanford University, the University of Washington and the University of Maryland are hosting courses in finance, business, computer programming, data analysis and math free of charge.
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At the other end, we need vast amounts of storage to capture the data, as well as powerful analysis capabilities for turning that data into business knowledge and action.
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While such market information is something you can easily find for free, getting reliable data and analysis is big business.
There are mashups that let you see which products are selling best on eBay , that help manage the sale of foreclosed property through a network of real estate agents, or merge sales information with data mining from analysis firm Business Objects .
Predictive and aggregated mobile local data analysis will open up new business opportunities.
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Many of the fundamental forces driving the business of gathering and distributing security price data and financial news and analysis have remained the same for decades.
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Management theory replaces faith in gut feelings and hands-on know-how a belief in clutch hitters in baseball or brand loyalty in business with faith in the power of conceptually driven data analysis.
The study paints a picture of a business environment in which access to information is more distributed, data analysis skills are more common, and tools to manage and analyze large sets of data are more pervasive.
He decided to use data analysis to target the ideal customers for his gaming business.
As the amount of information grows exponentially and the clockspeed of business gets faster, providing a streamlined flow of real-time data analysis and decision making in key processes will be the foundation for better performance and competitive advantage.
Real-time analysis of Big Data is within the reach of almost any business model in any industry.
When used properly big data analysis leads to a deeper understanding of both the customer and the business processes used to serve them.
Deep, natural-language analysis could mean big things for business, health and anything where massive amounts of data need to be scoured smartly.
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If ManyEyes is a build-your-own kit car, then business intelligence platforms such as IBM Cognos, or SAP BusinessObjects are the Rolls-Royces of data analysis and visualization.
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For the latter bucket of analysis, you have to basically ask if your business operations are designed for conditions of data scarcity (data being either unavailable or too expensive).
Its tools bring together forecasting data gathered from operational administration sources, and merges them for further review and analysis by corporate managers, giving them better data to weigh before allocating resources to a given business initiative.
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