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Business Analytics tools & use cases

Apiumhub

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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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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What is data analytics? Analyzing and managing data for decisions

CIO

More specifically: Descriptive analytics uses historical and current data from multiple sources to describe the present state, or a specified historical state, by identifying trends and patterns. In business analytics, this is the purview of business intelligence (BI). Data analytics vs. business analytics.

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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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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. Data Scientists: 114%.

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Which Government, Non-Profit and NGO Have Big Data/CDH Lessons Learned To Share?

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Successfully deploying Hadoop as a core component or enterprise data hub within a symbiotic and interconnected big data ecosystem; integrating with existing relational data warehouse(s), data mart(s), and analytic systems, and supporting a wide range of user groups with different needs, skill sets, and workloads.

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

CIO

Some of the top BI certifications include: Certified Business Intelligence Professional (CBIP) IBM Data Analyst Professional Certificate Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate QlikView Business Analyst SAP Certified Application Associate: SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform 4.3