Big Data Strategy

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Planning Your 2018 Data Science Budget? Here Are Some Logical Projects

It’s that time of year again!  With budgeting for 2018 at the forefront of your agenda, you may be wondering where to head with your data science efforts.  Investments in big data are often expensive, but when planned correctly you can manage costs and also ensure that your new systems and employees generate data-driven profits.

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Do you need real-time business analytics? Start by asking yourself these 4 questions

If you have huge volumes of data, chances are that you can get value out of analyzing that data. But, would you derive significant value from analyzing it in real time? This is an important question because, while there are benefits to real time analytics, there are also real costs. To help you decide whether

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So, what is the difference between a programmer and a data scientist?

There exists a chronic confusion as to what the distinction is between your average software engineer (i.e. programmer) and a data scientist. This is totally understandable, considering the fact that both jobs do involve programming and the term “data science” seems so much like the term “computer science”.  However, the two differ in some significant

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Is My Big Data Giving Me Big Value?

I know I have data, but is it big data? Companies often find themselves wondering whether or not they have big data and questioning whether they even need business intelligence and predictive analytics to improve their business strategy.  The reality is that you probably have more data than you think you do, but that the

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