How will the GDPR affect big data analytics?
With less than a year to go until it comes into effect, organisations are really starting to get to grips […]
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Which data science tools should you learn?
I’ve blogged several times now about different aspects of data science. A conversation I’ve been having more and more frequently
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Data science is everywhere, so why no data scientists to be seen?
Data science is everywhere at the moment. Nearly as everywhere as big data, but not quite. Books out there are
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Understanding what drives your net promoter score – how data science can help
The concept of the net promoter score was introduced to the world in Frederick Reichheld’s seminal Harvard Business Review article The
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Data science projects – what skills do you need and where can you get them from?
Data science is on the rise. A couple of years back Harvard Business Review suggested that ‘data scientist’ is the
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A first look at IBM’s Watson Analytics
An analytical tool for the business user. It isn’t a new idea, more a nut that many of us have
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What makes for good data visualisation?
Data visualisation is a hot topic at the moment. And with good reason: a picture paints a thousand words … and the
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Is there a business case for the Chief Analytics Officer?
The past decade has seen huge growth in the practical use of data mining and analytics. Increasingly, analytics is being
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Predictive analytics – how much data do you really need?
When I’m talking to prospective clients something I hear a lot is ‘but we don’t really have enough data to
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Predictive analytics: how small improvements can deliver big results
It never ceases to surprise me at the wide array of interesting and smart folks we have the privilege to
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Five myths about big data
Big data is everywhere at the moment. There’s a lot of talk about it, much of which presents big data
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Do you really need special software for predictive analytics?
When I’m talking to prospective clients, one of the questions I’m regularly asked is why they should invest in expensive
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Predictive analytics – art or science?
Predictive analytics uses statistical techniques and mathematical algorithms to analyse existing data and extrapolate it forward to predict what’s likely
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Big data analytics – when is enough enough?
There’s been a fair amount of discussion recently as to whether or not the whole big data analytics agenda has
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