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Curiosity, Analytics, and Your Bottom Line

Creating a culture of curiosity can pay off big in your analytics.

Four Misconceptions about Bimodal IT Project Management

Bimodal is all about getting the two modes of delivery -- such as waterfall and agile -- to coexist. We expose the truth about bimodal IT.

Data Digest: Unverified Data, Data Lakes, and Improving Data Analytics

Articles examine current causes and solutions of univerified data, using distributed data lakes, and how to improve data analytics with a converged infrastructure.

Amazon and Cloudera Make Big Moves

The performances of Amazon and Cloudera stand out from the pack in Gartner's new data warehousing Magic Quadrant. Both are oh-so-close to breaking through into leadership roles.

Data Digest: Focus on Data Storytelling and Visualizations

Articles around the Web offer techniques and tactics for telling stories effectively, best practices for data visualizations, and how to create strong outcomes from your visualizations.

Building Your Big Data Analytics Staff

Finding analytics talent is increasingly difficult, so companies are looking to build skills from within. Here are strategies you can use in your own enterprise.

Marketing IT In-House: Don't Assume Too Much

Keep marketing your BI team because user management will not automatically see you as the technological authority.

Racing 'Round the Reporting Track: Q&A with Jill Dyché

Keep your BICC vibrant and important by coaching your "power users."

Data Digest: Training Data Scientists, Analytics Education for Employees, and the Future and Streaming Analytics

Long-term strategies for creating more data scientists, alternate training for data analytics, and basic opportunities of streaming analytics.