Choosing the right data cataloging tools can help make your job easier, your company’s data collection more consistent, and most importantly, allow you to make better informed decisions with less hassle. But with many different options on the market, it can be hard to know where to start. Therefore, when […]
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In 2011, James Dixon, then CTO of the business intelligence company Pentaho, coined the term data lake. He described the data lake in contrast to the information silos typical of data marts, which were popular at the time: If you think of a data mart as a store of bottled water—cleansed […]
Image: Public domain/Mark Kaelin Regardless of their industry, geographical location, or size, businesses operating in the modern world generate vast amounts of data about products, transactions and customers. To gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace, businesses must find a way to transform that vast stream of data into reliable […]
WHAT WE HAVE ON THIS PAGE Business intelligence (BI) is a technology-driven process for analyzing and reporting data to help executives, managers, and other corporate decision makers make better informed decisions. BI has been around for many years, but the technology has become more sophisticated in recent years, making it […]
Formations co-founders Uri Bar-Joseph (left) and Shahar Plinner. (Formations Photo) — Bellevue, Wash.-based financial services firm Formations raised $8 million. The startup provides services and software to simplify and reduce taxes and other paperwork for self-employed individuals. The company’s main product is a process to facilitate the formation an “S-Corporation,” a […]
In this article, we will discuss all things about data. What data analytics is, the importance of having a data strategy, and how data analytics can help grow your e-commerce business. We will also review some inspiring companies that have been revolutionized by being data-driven. Let’s start by discussing what […]