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Combating Fraud in Insurance with Data

Cloudera

The insurance industry has a long and intimate relationship with fraud in many different ways. Insurance fraud can take place at a process or business function level, most notably in claims or underwriting. The different venues to commit fraud against an insurer are mind-boggling, with serious financial consequences.

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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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Business intelligence and analytics firm Pyramid Analytics raises $100M

TechCrunch

Business intelligence is an increasingly well-funded category in the software-as-a-service market. By handling large amounts of data to analyze and benchmark lines of business, BI promises to help identify, develop, and otherwise create new revenue opportunities.

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Making the Best of a New Winning Relationship – Robotic Process Automation & Business Process Management

Newgen Software

As a next step, BPM platform introduces the heavy artillery in the form of digital tools ranging from business analytics software to web forms, to data mining to collaborative work tools that will facilitate successful completion of business processes.

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SaaS software: 7 industries in which it has made an immense impact

Openxcell

SaaS: Everything you need to know Traditionally, companies invested optimum capital in on-premise infrastructure to streamline business analytics, CRM, and automation. In recent years, it has been possible to operate the whole business offsite using SaaS or Software-as-a-Service. Yet another example is Freshworks.

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6 Smart Investment Decisions To Make As An Entrepreneur

Strategy Driven

A well-maintained building and environment is easier on the eyes and markets your business better to a potential customer. Buying the right insurance. Insurance on your property, car, and health is an added layer of protection to your assets. Investing in marketing. Investing in yourself.

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Streaming Analytics in the Real World

Cloudera

From leading banks, and insurance organizations to some of the largest telcos, manufacturers, retailers, healthcare and pharma, organizations across diverse verticals lead the way with real-time data and streaming analytics. According to Belev, “the future is all based on streaming and real-time analytics.” .