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Teaching Analytics
One of the questions we are frequently asked is where the next generation of analysts are being trained. While advanced analytics programs are too few, SAS is hoping to change that by opening free...
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Is Your Data Becoming Commoditized?
If your organization is in the business of supplying data—either to internal or external customers—it’s likely that your business is rapidly becoming commoditized. There is so much data in the world...
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Are Your Analytics Fast Enough?
There’s an interesting new study out from Aberdeen Group, a division of Harte-Hanks (free registration required), Predictive Analytics: Driving Sales with Customer Insights. Among the findings are: -...
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Thinking Out Loud by Tom Vol. 1
Real Estate and Other Virgin Analytical Territory There are many businesses and industries around the world that are virgin territory for analytics. Yes, many industries have considerable analytical...
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More Strategic Placement of Analytic Talent
Several years ago, we noticed some interesting new executive titles elevating the stature of analytics: Chief Analytics Officer and Chief Problem-Solving Officer. The CAO title even has a Wikipedia...
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Uncovering Talent Gems
Analytical Candidates You May Not Have Considered I’ve been thinking about the problems many of us have in recruiting analytical talent since IIA’s 2011 Predictions webinar. Talent acquisition and...
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“Big Data” Is Coming, “Big Data” Is Coming:
What Does It Mean To Analytic Professionals? For my first blog posting, I decided to focus on one of the hottest topics in analytics right now: “Big Data”. Big Data is typically defined as very large,...
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Should “Bob The Marketing Guy” Be Building Your Analytics?
There is a certain topic that comes up a lot. In fact, I responded to a LinkedIn discussion on the topic just a few days ago. While there are many variations, the core of the question always gets back...
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Aiding an Analytics Enthusiast
How Can You Help “Bob The Marketing Guy” Succeed With Analytics? In my last blog, I wrote about the pitfalls of allowing “Bob The Marketing Guy” to build complex analytics or models using a user...
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Analysts As Rock Stars? Don’t Be A One Hit Wonder!
What a change a few decades makes! When first starting my career as an analyst, I had no illusions about what I was getting into. I was choosing a field that most people didn’t enjoy or even...
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