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Fantasy Sports, Analytics, and the Enterprise

Growth of fantasy sport coincides with increasing interest in and understanding of data and analytics throughout business. As a game of numbers, it is no wonder that data scientists have taken an active interest in fantasy sport.

5 Reasons Why the Presidential Election Defies Social Media Analysis

As the U.S. Presidential campaign heats up, examining Twitter posts shows the limitations of sentiment analysis.

Data Digest: IoT Data Privacy, IoT Architecture, Data Lake Basics

Today read about privacy concerns that consumers have around IoT data, updating your architecture to take advantage of IoT devices, and the structure, history, and benefits of data lakes.

Cybercrime and Cybersecurity: The Best Defense is in the Cloud

The best place for managing the security of traditional enterprise applications is where the best resources are: at the cloud service provider.

Choosing Data Virtualization/Federation Tools

A pilot evaluation project can be an effective way to choose the best data virtualization and federation tools to integrate your EDW and Hadoop systems.

Think Globally When You're Managing Your Data Locally

Companies in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and elsewhere might not be thinking about the European Union's General Data Privacy Regulation, but they should be.

Data Digest: Uses for Leftover Data Sets, Drawbacks of Data Lakes, Cloud Best Practices

These articles explain why leftover “garbage” data sets actually have value, why you should be skeptical about data lakes, and what to consider when integrating cloud computing to your enterprise.

Data Digest: Edge Analytics, Data-Driven Marketing Opportunities, Decision Rights in Big Data

Today’s articles discuss moving analytics to the site of data collection, finding new target markets with big data, and assigning decision rights for agility with big data.

Marketing IT In-House: 3 Tips for Telling a Good BI Story

Your business colleagues will remember a great story, so learning to tell your team's story can win and keep your in-house customers.