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What is data analytics? Analyzing and managing data for decisions

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Data analytics is a discipline focused on extracting insights from data. It comprises the processes, tools and techniques of data analysis and management, including the collection, organization, and storage of data. In business analytics, this is the purview of business intelligence (BI).

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What is a business intelligence analyst? A key role for data-driven decisions

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This is done by mining complex data using BI software and tools , comparing data to competitors and industry trends, and creating visualizations that communicate findings to others in the organization.

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Business Analytics tools & use cases

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More data is available to businesses than ever, which is why business analytics is a growing field. But how and why professionals use data to reach decisions varies depending on the industry. In this article we will discuss business analytics tools and use cases. “The What is Business Analytics?

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PentahoWorld Keynotes Unveil Big Data Orchestration Platform Instrumental to Data-Driven Future

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Editor’s Note: Pentaho’s open approach and value added enterprise capabilities are making it a very popular framework for knitting together organizational data holdings. PentahoWorld Keynotes Unveil Big Data Orchestration Platform Instrumental to Data-Driven Future. Advanced Data Security in Hadoop.

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Pentaho 5.3 Continues To Deliver On Big Data Analytics With Scale Including AWS Redshift and Impala

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of their open data platform including new features which will be of high interest to any enterprise with data (all enterprises!). From their press release: Pentaho to Deliver On Demand Big Data Analytics at Scale on Amazon Web Services and Cloudera. Enterprise Cloud Analytics with Amazon Redshift. “We

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Review Lessons Learned in Big Data 21 May: SAS and Apache Hadoop Architecture Review

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Analysts are able to leverage comprehensive enterprise data stores by use of familiar interfaces and methods and with the well engineered SAS and Hadoop architecture can dramatically improve their results for mission. SAS Business Analytics software is focused on delivering actionable value from enterprise data holdings.

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Top LinkedIn Groups in 2014 for Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, and Data Science

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It it he analyzes the Top 30 LinkedIn Groups for Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, and Data Science. We update our analysis of Top 30 LinkedIn Groups for Analytics, Big Data, Data Mining, and Data Science (Dec 2013) and find several interesting trends.

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