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Textual Analytics Climbing the Ladder

Textual analytics has come a long way from the early days of comment fields. Each step toward textual disambiguation has grown a little closer to providing truly effective analytics for text.

How Do You Make Decisions? (Part 3 of 4)

How do we actually make decisions, and do BI tools support our processes?

Data Digest: Managing Big Data Quality, Defining Insight, and Effective Analytics Tools

Explore governance principles to protect big data quality, the difference between analytics and insight, and tools for managing vast volumes of data.

Small Businesses Report Benefits of Real-Time Data

According to a new survey, frequent metric tracking and sharing data with staff can benefit companies of all sizes. Few small businesses use these tactics, however, and those that do have another surprising thing in common.

Data Stories: Comparing Global Populations, Home Prices, and Teacher Salaries

A good visualization can answer a question or provoke discussion. Today, find out how where you live affects how much you spend on health care, your home, or your schools.

Data Digest: External Data in BI, Infrastructure for IoT, Analytics for IoT

Learn how external data will improve BI, what a data infrastructure designed for IoT might look like, and how to implement new analytics strategies that will handle IoT data.

How Do You Make Decisions? (Part 2 of 4)

Emotions and intent are a large part of decision making, even in business -- and that's not necessarily a bad thing.

How Do You Make Decisions? (Part 1 of 4)

Is decision making really a purely rational process? If not, what is the importance of business intelligence?

Data Digest: IoT Standards, Choosing Open Source Solutions, and Defining Value in Open Source

Why open source standards are critical to the spread of IoT, the risks and benefits of adding open source solutions to your project, and why open source has become pervasive in modern technology.