For years, your business has hummed along, powered by the steady pulse of software. Day in and day out, it diligently collects data from every corner of your operations: user interactions, client [...]
Manufacturing is in the midst of its fourth industrial revolution. Experts are calling it Industry 4.0. This means that emerging technologies are helping to streamline business practices, which [...]
The number one priority for businesses large and small is meeting their sales targets. For many of those companies, the problem is a disconnect between marketing and sales teams, one driven by [...]
Combining data and real-world locations through GIS technologies is a powerful way to gain customer and user insight. It tells businesses where to apply their resources, lets researchers discover [...]
When it comes to managing the human assets of a company, there’s a new game afoot. If you’re not familiar with Human Capital Optimization – how businesses are making their [...]
Data science projects are being used by leading companies to grow business models and expand opportunities. How so? In general, data science efforts produce two results – they help produce [...]
Most people are aware that computers are getting even smarter, but they’re probably not familiar with how frequently artificial intelligence is used. Today, we will look at Machine Learning and [...]
One of the most common tasks in IT today is the creation of reports. More often than not, a skilled report developer is required for this, because reports are generally written in a reporting [...]
1. They use technology to implement and monitor business initiatives Have you ever wondered why your recent sales, marketing, or operations initiative failed to have the impact you hoped? Is it [...]
A lot of people probably have heard the IT guy in their company mention a “data warehouse” before, but exactly what is a business data warehouse? The easiest way to put it is there are [...]
As I’ve discussed in previous posts, there are several key requirements for implementing a digital dashboard successfully in your company. In addition to displaying actionable data that has a [...]
Someone sent me a link to an interesting use of data for a hospital data visualization today – the Detroit Medical Center’s Emergency Room wait time dials. There are a few things that I [...]
In my last post, I spoke about the importance of actionable data to a business intelligence dashboard for your company. In this post, I’ll address another key aspect that’s needed for a [...]
Once your organization has implemented an electronic document storage solution (storing documents, paper images, and/or emails in a repository) what can you do with all this new-found data? [...]
A big problem that has started to occur in many “wired” organizations is data overload. Every Monday, we are flooded with reports for this financial metric, this workflow performance number, not [...]
Introducing Databases and Web Applications When Excel files store critical data or business process logic, they need to be treated with care. Likewise, the loss of a document, data corruption, or [...]
