NEWS THIS WEEK
Analyzing data has gained tremendous prominence in the last decade. With more jobs and revenue being created by the usage of data analytics, the important question remains: What will the New Year bring? Take a look at a few predictions.
Big Data is vital for identifying new business opportunities and identifying new customer demographic. Here is an infographic on how several job functions could be benefited by using analytics.
The many advances in analytics has brought the focus onto predictive analytics. Take a look at a number of practical cases in which it can be leveraged for solving real world problems.
There is a lot of confusion in the usage of the terms 'Business Intelligence' and 'Business Analytics', however, with the entry of 'Big Data', the battle has taken a new turn.
Although there is a lot said about Big Data, many organizations are unable to understand the potential it could have to drive growth. This could prove to be a big mistake as many hidden opportunities are not made use of.
As part of its natural - user - interface push, Microsoft is all set to launch a touch and speech enabled BI tool which is known as the InfoNavigator.
According to Forrester, Oracle BI Apps can deliver significant ROI by providing complete, real-time, and enterprise wide insight for all users.
EXPERTS COLUMN
BY SANJAY MEHTA, CEO, MAIA INTELLIGENCE
A semantic layer will be able to create technically sophisticated SQL and in many instances may need to generate multiple SQL statements in order to return the correct results.
BY HARANATH GNANA, PRACTICE AREA LEADER, SAAMA TECHNOLOGIES
Given that enterprises are spending a lot of effort generating and presenting relevant information nuggets / insights, there is a clear push for "actionable intelligence".
PROFILES
HEAD- ANALYTICS, BI & DW, E-ZEST SOLUTIONS
Anuradha has over a decade of experience in BI domain and has worked as a SAP BI consultant at Wipro.
MANAGING CONSULTANT, ICREATE SOFTWARE
With over 10 years of experience Sriram is currently a part of the BI product team at iCreate software.
EVENT
February 23, 2013 Pune
At the Business Intelligence Conference, you will learn about the challenges, solutions and future of BI from top industry experts and leading-edge peers.