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Find out how analytics, from data mining to cognitive computing, is changing the way we do business

Ian JonesMay 29, 2015 0

VirtualOil: volatility and the value of a hedge

This month we take a fresh analytical view of our hypothetical VirtualOil portfolio by comparing the forward price of WTI (the green line) to the prompt month price (red line). The resulting graphic (chart 1) demonstrates the relative stability of the 48-month forward price in contrast to a very active spot

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Analytics

Muhammad Asif AbbasiMay 26, 2015 0

How to prevent a failed proof of concept

A proof of concept (POC) is smartest way for customers to evaluate if a product meets the required objectives, and the best way for vendors to demonstrate why they feel they are best placed to resolve the current outstanding problems. However, not all POCs are successful. Let’s explore why. What is

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Analytics

Marnie DaveyMay 25, 2015 0

Leading Marketing Excellence with Analytics - Visa Case Study

Recently I had the privilege of hearing Nathan Falkenborg, Head of Consulting & Analytics, North Asia at Visa speak at the SAS Executive Forum in Singapore. Nathan has also spoken at SAS Premier Business Leadership Series where he talked about how the analytics guy won over the marketers at Visa.

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Analytics

Marcel LemahieuMay 22, 2015 0

Three ways to modernize and expand your analytics programs

The cottage industry was based on workers buying raw materials, bringing them home and producing hand-crafted items to sell. The system worked, but was slow, tedious and expensive, producing goods that were affordable only by the rich. The Industrial Revolution changed all that. The factory system brought machines and workers

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Analytics

Daniel AunvigMay 18, 2015 0

Avoiding the pitfalls of multi-channel customer engagement

It seems like everyone is searching for ‘best practice’ these days. We are constantly looking to learn from what is being held up as good, leading and perhaps even the best itself. While this is a valid exercise, I believe we are missing an opportunity to take a closer look

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Analytics

Marcel LemahieuMay 15, 2015 0

Three ways to improve your analytics architecture

Do you “buy and build as you go” with your analytics architecture? Most companies do, and have for decades. The result is a heterogeneous environment for analytics with a variety of hardware, software, databases and analytical applications used in silos. There’s tremendous duplication of data and inconsistency in the analytical

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Analytics | Internet of Things

Bryan SaundersMay 5, 2015 0

Don't make this mistake with new equipment

By now, we have all heard about the Internet of Things (IoT), or the Industrial Internet. Across industries, organizations are attempting to instrument and measure all critical business systems and assets in an effort to drive improved production and service delivery. It is estimated that by 2020, companies will spend

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Manufacturing

Analytics | Data Management

Dr. Laurie MilesApril 30, 2015 0

What's the No. 1 barrier to analytics success?

As the age old idiom goes, the early bird gets the worm and the early adopter gets the break. New technologies give clear advantages to those organisations that figure out before their early-adopting competitors how to use them effectively, an advantage that recedes as others catch up, and the technology

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Manufacturing

Analytics | Internet of Things

David FroningApril 23, 2015 0

New source for manufacturing best practices

Profitable growth is at the forefront of manufacturing executives’ minds¹. The math is simple: increase revenue and decrease costs. Easy, right? Unfortunately, getting there isn't that simple. The good news is that analytics can help. The better news is that there’s a new place for manufacturers to discover analytic best

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Manufacturing

Analytics

Leo SadovyApril 21, 2015 1

Ye Olde information overload

“There’s no such thing as information overload - there is only filter failure”. ~ Internet scholar Clay Shirky Information overload is not just a recent phenomenon, it entered into human experience in the middle of the 15th century with Gutenberg and his printing press, and we’ve been devising ways to cope

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