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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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TechCrunch+ roundup: Musk’s Twitter bid, European cannabis survey, borrowing against NFTs

TechCrunch

will.i.am, investor, Sanity Group. How social commerce is bridging Southeast Asia’s infrastructure gaps. Most social commerce platforms don’t require any upfront investment, and resellers can rely on startups’ supply chains, payments infrastructure and logistics networks. Will Gibbs, principal, Octopus Ventures. Walter Thompson.

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How Blacks in Technology Foundation is ‘stomping the divide’

CIO

Whether it’s workplace issues, social justice issues, or talking about engineering, and help each other along with our careers,” says Greenlee. Dennis Schultz, executive director of BIT, says that at its core BIT offers Black technologists an “external support system,” and an external employee resource group (ERG).

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Accelerate Business Decisions with Power BI: Enhanced Customer Analysis with Data Visualization

Sunflower Lab

For executives guiding strategic direction, Power BI goes beyond analytics, providing a clear view of the customer experience and highlighting needs, desires, and preferences throughout the business landscape. As a result, targeted promotions or loyalty programs tailored to their preferences can be directed towards this group.

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CDH Users: If you have done impactful things with data please share how what and why

CTOvision

SOCIAL IMPACT. Driving significant, steady innovations within the Apache Hadoop community through active participation and contributions to ecosystem projects, online forums, and/or user groups. ADVANCED ANALYTICS. Earlier, he ran technology research for Forrester, following its acquisition of Giga Information Group.

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

CTOvision

SOCIAL IMPACT. Driving significant, steady innovations within the Apache Hadoop community through active participation and contributions to ecosystem projects, online forums, and/or user groups. ADVANCED ANALYTICS. Earlier, he ran technology research for Forrester, following its acquisition of Giga Information Group.

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Radar trends to watch: January 2022

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

The developers are a small group of dedicated, but underfunded, volunteers. This group will do AI research that is not influenced by corporate or military aims, but rooted in communities, and prioritizes people in the groups that are currently constantly being harmed. Please don’t say DAOs. Security and Privacy.