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Data Digest: Evaluating the Need for a Data Scientist, Data Science Tasks, Machine Learning Benefits

How to decide whether you need a full-time data scientist, the core tasks of a data scientist, and how machine learning can make big data analytics more effective.

Data Digest: Monetize IoT, Consumer Relationships and IoT, Common BI Pitfalls

In today’s articles, learn how to monetize the Internet of Things, how IoT can help improve your consumer’s experience, and the largest mistakes enterprises make with BI.

5 Minutes with a Data Scientist: Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro of KDnuggets

To provide you with the most useful, most current information, Upside is collecting quick perspectives from working professionals. Today, meet Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro, president of KDnuggets.

Data Digest: Big Data Pitfalls, Customer Data Integration, Data Retention Tips

Today learn about the blunders many enterprises make with big data, improving your customer data with more integration, and choosing the right amount of data to store.

Data Digest: Securing the Cloud, Understanding Data Lake Pitfalls, Choosing Self-Service BI Tools

Tactics and advice for securing cloud data, problems with data lakes, and myths about self-service BI tools.

Data Stories: Exploring Everyday Life

These three interactive visualizations allow you to make your own discoveries about people’s relationship with food, the impact of where we live, and baby-naming trends.

Data Digest: Shadow IT and Biased Algorithms

Today learn why users turn to shadow IT solutions and why trusting blindly in data analytics may perpetuate biases.

We've Already Failed at Big Data -- Now What?

If your team has been taking "too long" to finish its big data project, here are five steps to take now to regain trust and respect and show the business benefits of your work.

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