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Feed: Microsoft Power BI Blog | Microsoft Power BI. Author: . We’re pleased to announce the public preview of the new Partner Center Analytics App for Power BI for direct partners. Get a visual representation of your Partner Center Analytics data with the Partner Center Analytics app for Power BI, including: Growth of your customer base, subscriptions, and licenses. Usage of Office 365, Microsoft Dynamics, and Microsoft Azure products. Daily consumption units for each metered resource in each Azure subscription for the last 60 days. Estimated cost based on latest rate card. Ability to export datasets and create custom reports, ... Read More

Feed: IBM Big Data Hub Blog; Author: rob-thomas; We’re living through the third great revolution in modern business. First came economies of scale, which we harnessed with the Industrial Revolution, the assembly line, and the creation of global markets. Second was network effects, seen most obviously in the rise of the Internet and the Web. Third—right now—we are entering the age of data. At our Fast Track Your Data event, coming up on June 22 in Munich, Germany, we’ll help you become one of the winners in this revolution.  Disrupt Yourself before Others Disrupt You We’ve been doing serious analytics with ... Read More

Feed: IBM Big Data Hub Blog; Author: ryan-arbow; When was the last time you used optimization to make a decision? If you asked me, I don't know if I'd have an answer. However, if I asked you when you last used car navigation, I'm sure you'd have no problem answering. Your car navigation system is an example of optimization. Optimization models are built to achieve a goal while considering constraints and variables. With our car navigation example, the goal is the destination, the constraints are the limited roadways, and the variables might be traffic or road closures. After considering traffic ... Read More

Feed: Planet big data. Author: Laura Koetzle. Forrester’s What It Means PodcastConversations with thought leaders to define and demystify the changing market. Listen or subscribe now Autonomous transportation. If you’re reading this, you have an internet connection, so you’ve heard all about how autonomous vehicles (AVs) are coming to take our jobs, eliminate traffic and give machines the power to make moral choices. This technology is exciting, hence all the media hype – but what does it really mean for your business? How will it affect other industries, and even the global economy? Will the rise of AVs transform decades ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Shreya Gupta. 1. Objective Through this blog you will know about the Big data  applications and Big data uses in retail sector with examples along with use of RFID in retail. You will learn concepts related to Big data in retail industry like retail asset management, production tracking in retails industry, inventory control, Shipment, Regulatory Compliance, and Service and Warranty Authorizations and many other retail Big data use cases with examples. 2. Use of Big Data in Retail Industry With the growth in retail industry with millions of transactions spread across multiple ... Read More

Feed: Planet big data. Author: Dipanjan Chatterjee. Engage the empowered customerUncover the shifts in consumer behaviors that set the pace for innovation. Download guide To most marketers, this is an age-old axiom: emotions drive brands. And emotional motivators, like pixie dust, are sprinkled by the likes of Apple, Harley, Lego, and Patagonia to create a frenzied devotion that, on a good day, can give the Star Trek fandom a run for its money. But how does one create pixie dust? Budweiser tried it with the adorable puppy that got lost. Mountain Dew tried it with the less-than-adorable puppymonkeybaby that lost ... Read More

Feed: Planet big data. Author: Anjali Lai. Forrester’s What It Means PodcastConversations with thought leaders to define and demystify the changing market. Listen or subscribe now The many automated “out of office” messages that return when I send emails each day are a sure sign that summer vacations are in full swing. Whether people are enjoying life unplugged or preparing for a seasonal destination, one topic seems to dominate thoughts and conversations: the leisure getaway. The conversation that occurs between friends and colleagues is just a pale reflection of the summer-vacation-themed chatter unfolding online, as travelers turn to social media ... Read More

Feed: Big Data Made Simple - One source. Many perspectives.. Author: Baiju NT. This article aims to list all top BI (Business Intelligence) products available on the market. It should help interested users to compare and select the best solution for their needs. According to the list of best business intelligence tools prepared by experts from FinancesOnline the leading solutions in this category comprise of systems designed to capture, categorize, and analyze corporate data and extract best practices for improved decision making. The more advanced the system is, the more data sources it will combine, including internal metrics coming from ... Read More

Feed: All - O'Reilly Media. Author: Anne Ahola Ward. Greenhouse (source: naidokdin) This excerpt from "The SEO Battlefield" by Anne Ward provides a real-world case study of a successful product campaign. Classic Growth Hackin' This project was one of those during which we kept high-fiving constantly because the money was rolling in steadily. When the chemistry is right for both agency and client, magical things can happen. Strong communication between marketing and product development will only benefit sales. It behooves the growth hacker to stay as granular as possible with sales processes (to identify opportunities). The growth challenges we faced ... Read More

Feed: Latest imported feed items on Analytics Matters. In my last blog, I introduced two trends that have fundamentally changed data-driven marketing over the last two decades. In this instalment I want to introduce two more seismic shifts that modern marketing organisations have to deal with. The third big change to impact marketing has been the dramatic change in consumer expectations. Alberto Brea recently said, “Amazon did not kill the retail industry. They did it to themselves with bad customer service.” The impact of Amazon I think it is possible to over-exaggerate the impact made by e-commerce platforms – and ... Read More