Turning raw data into improved business performance is a multilayered problem, but it doesn’t have to be complicated. To make things simpler, let’s start at the end and work backwards. Ultimately, the goal is to make better decisions during the execution of a business process. This can be as simple as not making a customer … Continue reading Data quality: The key to building a modern and cost-effective data warehouse
Month: June 2020
Experience faster planning, budgeting and forecasting cycles on IBM Cloud Pak for Data
We live in the age of connectivity. Everyone and everything is constantly connected; yet, in most organizations, business unit planning operates in silos. This fragmented approach is often the result of spreadsheet-driven planning processes, which impede collaboration. As we enter a new era of digital transformation, forward-thinking businesses have strategies that are focused on process … Continue reading Experience faster planning, budgeting and forecasting cycles on IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Big Data Analytics – Decision Trees
A Decision Tree is an algorithm used for supervised learning problems such as classification or regression. A decision tree or a classification tree is a tree in which each internal (nonleaf) node is labeled with an input feature. The arcs coming from a node labeled with a feature are labeled with each of the possible … Continue reading Big Data Analytics – Decision Trees
Turn AI talent gaps into opportunities at the Data and AI Virtual Forum
Keeping up with modern business Business analysts today are expected to deliver insights and decisions on demand. Yet with continually increasing data complexity and volume, business analysts find it more and more challenging to produce accurate results in a timely fashion. A common business hurdle is the time and effort it takes to coordinate and … Continue reading Turn AI talent gaps into opportunities at the Data and AI Virtual Forum
Power BI – Comparison with Other BI Tools
In this post, a comparison between Power BI and other BI tools such as Tableau and SSRS is carried out. Power BI vs Tableau Tableau is considered as one of the leading tools in the BI market. Power BI is considered as an emerging tool in close competition with Tableau because of its backend data … Continue reading Power BI – Comparison with Other BI Tools
Netezza is making a comeback on Netezza Performance Server for IBM Cloud Pak for Data System
For years, IBM’s Netezza proved to be an excellent option for companies to run advanced analytics on a single data warehouse appliance without needing to set up and configure a traditional data warehouse. When IBM decided to replace Netezza with Db2 Warehouse, some companies didn’t want to make the switch because of its costs, refresh … Continue reading Netezza is making a comeback on Netezza Performance Server for IBM Cloud Pak for Data System
Big Data Analytics – Problem Definition
Through this post, we will develop a project. Each subsequent chapter in this post deals with a part of the larger project in the mini-project section. This is thought to be an applied post section that will provide exposure to a real-world problem. In this case, we would start with the problem definition of the … Continue reading Big Data Analytics – Problem Definition