Spur Telecom Growth with Location Intelligence
Telecom providers are working through a pivotal time, as industry fundamentals are shifting with the emergence of 5G, cloud services, and a host of other new technologies to increase telecom growth. To thrive amid this rapid change, telecom leaders must carefully consider how they collect, aggregate, enrich, and analyze data to drive well-informed decisions. Telecom […]
Use Location Intelligence for Better Site Selection and Property Investment
There’s an old saying that the three things that matter most in selecting a property are location, location, and location. What are all the factors that really affect site-selection? Location Intelligence site selection can help you better understand everything from consumer behavior to geological information about a particular location. For businesses, the site selection process […]
How to Power AI Analytics with IBM Z and IBM i
Real-time AI analytics are playing an increasingly important role in today’s midsize and large enterprises. Whether your focus is operational data analytics, service intelligence, or security information, it’s important to have systems in place to monitor, analyze, and report information. IT data analytics is the foundation stone upon which IT excellence is built. Splunk is […]
How Much Is Big Data Worth? A Lot, When It’s Quality Data
You know quality data is important for business. But do you know just how important – in terms of cold, hard cash – it is, or how to maximize data’s value? If not, this post is for you. It’s no secret that big data is essential for business, assuming you can trust your data. It’s […]
What is Data Quality? Explaining What Data Quality Actually Means
If you work with data, you’ve probably heard the term more than a few times, but what is data quality? Do you know what it actually means, and what data quality analysts do? If not, this article’s for you. It may not be quite as popular a buzzword as big data, but it’s an oft-used […]
Big Data 101: Dummy’s Guide to Batch vs. Streaming Data
Are you trying to understand big data and data analytics, but are confused by the difference between process streams processing and batch data processing? If so, this article’s for you! Batch processing Stream processing Data is collected over time Data streams continuously Once data is collected, it’s sent for processing Data is processed piece-by-piece Batch […]
Big Data Industries: 5 Industries Being Reshaped by Data Analytics
You’ve heard all about big data and the theory behind it, but do you know how data analytics are actually being used to change the way we work in the real world? Keep reading for an overview of big data industries and how they are being reshaped by data analytics. The central promise of big […]
The Intersection of Data Analytics and Data Governance
Are you suffering from data exhaustion? The symptoms can vary widely, but it generally stems from the unrelenting influx of data and your organization’s continued struggle to define a full-scale strategy to organize, understand and leverage that data for maximum advantage. There’s certainly no shortage of treatment options being marketed; whatever analytics and data management […]
Why and How to Create an Agile Data Governance Policy
Your data is always changing, and your data governance policy needs to change, too. If it can’t, it’s not agile – and if it’s not agile, it won’t work in today’s IT environment. Here’s why and how to create a lean and agile data governance strategy. To understand what agile data governance means, let’s first […]
Just How Big is Big Data, Anyway?
You know that big data involves lots of information. But have you ever stopped to think about just how much, exactly, goes into it? In other words, how big is big data, actually? Defining big data Before delving into the question, let’s discuss the difficulty of defining what big data actually means. There is no […]
Winning Strategies for Successful Analytics Projects
How Organizations Leverage Data Analytics to Turn Data into Value For businesses to realize the full potential of their data assets, they must leverage data analytics and data prep to enhance operational efficiencies, drive growth, improve the customer experience and optimize business efficiency. The most advanced companies derive analytics from their data to evaluate the […]
What is Data Prep and Analytics?
In a perfect world, businesses use data to make strategic business decisions for operations management, customer insights, growth strategies and performance tracking. But not all organizations have figured out how to establish efficient data prep and analytics processes. To draw valuable analytical insights that benefit the business, organizations must first prep data for analysis. Once […]