Tag Archives: predictive analytics

Common myths of predictive analytics

By Anna Brown, Editor | Published: May 1, 2012
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Piyanka Jain, President and CEO of Aryng.com, shares top predictive analytics myths, discusses analytics skill gaps, and the importance of company culture in this video interview.

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Using the cloud to your advantage

By Anna Brown, Editor | Published: April 3, 2012
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“Predictive analytics is hot, the cloud is hot, so the intersection of the two is hot,” says James Taylor, CEO of Decision Management Solutions, as he discusses the scenarios of using predictive analytics in the cloud in this video interview.

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What’s the story with analytics?

By Anna Brown, Editor | Published: February 23, 2012
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I’m looking forward to attending Predictive Analytics World in San Francisco in a week or so. I’ll blog a few presentations and interview analytics experts and SAS customers to get their stories of analytics, in front of quite a unique SAS booth.

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Separate data and analytical environments will be a thing of the past

By Bill Franks, Chief Analytics Officer, Teradata | Published: February 20, 2012
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“Ten years from now kids are going to be questioning why anybody ever had these separate environments,” says Bill Franks, Chief Analytics Officer at Teradata. In this video interview, Franks expands on analytics, video analytics and his upcoming book.

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Analytics links winter storms to spikes in hospitalizations

By Anna Brown, Editor | Published: January 25, 2012
Analytics Links Winter Storms to Spikes in Hospitalizations

Read about a research team at the University of Central Florida (UCF) that used predictive analytics to show that winter storms had the greatest impact on infectious diseases – more than floods, thunderstorms or windstorms.

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Analytics creates a healthier workforce … and bottom line

By Kristie Evans, Founder of HR Logistics LLC | Published: November 21, 2011
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As human resources increases its strategic presence at the executive table of influence, its need for analytical, fact-based approaches is on the rise. Read about how predictive modeling can be applied to managing company health care in this Q&A.

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Advanced analytics vs. query and reporting: Knowing which to use when

By Dan Vesset, Vice President of Business Analytics, IDC | Published: October 21, 2011
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Dan Vesset, Vice President of Business Analytics for IDC, provides guidance on when advanced analytics make sense versus more basic query and reporting options, how to find the right resources to begin using advanced analytics and tips on using unstructured data.

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Take the leap into advanced analytics

By Bill Franks, Chief Analytics Officer, Teradata | Published: October 21, 2011
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There is a wealth of new data sources for companies to use in their analytics. Bill Franks, Chief Analytics Officer, Global SAS Program for Teradata, provides some insight into how to evaluate new data sources and what pitfalls to avoid.

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Cooking up new ways to analyze your data

By Tonya Balan, SAS | Published: September 21, 2011
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Ever thought about the similarities between cooking and analytics? SAS’ Tonya Balan explains how adventurous cooking techniques are much like innovation in the field of analytics. Mix and match a bit of this and a bit of that, and you have a recipe for novel analytical approaches.

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Author Kaiser Fung explains analytics’ influence on our world

By Kaiser Fung, Author, Numbers Rule Your World | Published: August 31, 2011
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Author and statistician Kaiser Fung makes a compelling case for the value of analytics. We caught up with Fung recently and asked him about how a better understanding of statistics and analytics can help organizations avoid financial problems, hire quantitative talent and make greater insights by using predictive analytics.

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