Tag: value

Feed: Actian. Author: Traci Curran. Embarking on a big data project can be daunting. If you believe that you need insight into your business activity, that you have to collect a large “big data” stash, and that you need to analyze it all to generate worthwhile insight, you will likely feel swamped by the task ahead to get any meaningful value from this project.Big data, especially open data, has huge potential. Many businesses hold the same data – that is, data gathered from open-data sites – and combine it with their own data to find something unique. Being able to ... Read More

Feed: Actian. Author: Traci Curran. You can’t measure what you can’t see. If you consider this in terms of data, you also can’t analyze, curate, or leverage data blind spots to help create actionable insight.For many business technologists and business intelligence professionals, blind spots and data gaps create functional frustration and make it harder for teams to deliver data-driven value back to the business. But what does this mean in practice? How does lacking visibility impact line-of-business objectives, and what can businesses do to get information operations back on track? The Current State of Sight Recent survey data makes it ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Evelyn Padrino. A modernized cloud workload offers significant benefits—including cost savings, optimized security and management, and opportunities for ongoing innovation. But the process of migrating and modernizing workloads can be challenging. That’s why it’s essential to prepare and plan ahead—and to ensure that your organization finds continued value in the cloud. Whether you’re just starting your move to the cloud or are looking for ways to optimize your current cloud workloads, my team and I are committed to helping you maximize your cloud investments, overcome technical barriers, adopt new business processes, develop your team’s skills, ... Read More

Feed: AWS Partner Network (APN) Blog. Author: Venkat Raman R. By Venkat Raman R, VP and Head, Architecture – Infosys FinacleBy Shivaji Apte, Principal Architect and Head, Cloud Architecture – Infosys FinacleBy Dinesh Shetty, Principal Product Architect, Cloud Architecture – Infosys Finacle Infosys Core banking systems have been around for decades as the backbone on which the world’s financial infrastructure is built on. While not as visible as other fintech systems, core banking is nonetheless central to banking services and is mission-critical software. As digitization rewrites the future of banking, traditional core systems are falling short. Transactions are increasingly moving ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Author: Volker Metten. When you work in IT, you see first hand how the increasing business appetite for data stresses existing systems—and even in-flight digital transformations. You’re tasked with managing a sprawling data ecosystem that likely requires costly maintenance, and at the same time, your analysts can’t find the data they need or worse, are building their findings on poor data.  If that's the case, you aren't alone. Only 25% of IT leaders say their technology maximizes employee productivity. They rank disconnected data and systems among their biggest challenges alongside budget constraints and competing priorities. It might ... Read More

Feed: AWS Partner Network (APN) Blog. Author: Francis Lavelle. By Francis Lavelle, Sr. VP Data & Analytics – SoftcrylicBy Kenny Rajan, Sr. Solutions Architect – AWSBy Anuj Dewangan, Principal Solutions Architect – AWS Softcrylic Continuous streams of data are exponentially generated by online platforms. The value of digital analytics data is many fold, as customers provide behavioral indicators and preferences in how they interact with online applications. Businesses are beginning to leverage this digital data in advanced analytics and data science models to better understand customer needs and unlock new opportunities for growth. Digital clickstream data can be difficult to ... Read More

Feed: The Internet of Things on AWS – Official Blog. Author: Adam Rasheed. In our prior blog, we discussed a definition and framework for Digital Twins consistent with how our customers are using Digital Twins in their applications. In particular, we described a Digital Twin leveling index to help customers understand their use-cases and the technologies needed to achieve the business value they are seeking. This Digital Twin leveling index is analogous to what we see in the self-driving cars space which uses an L0 through L5 system, where L0 is manual driving, L1 is cruise control, and L5 is ... Read More

Feed: What's New. Author: Jessica Murguia. Editor's note: This article originally appeared in Forbes. Many organizations are challenged with scaling analytics to reach every employee and/or realizing the full value of their analytics investments. Also, the exponential amount of data they’re generating creates additional complexity to helping employees use data in their roles. Organizations are investing trillions to become more data-driven, but only 8% successfully scale analytics to get value from their data, according to McKinsey.  Harnessing data effectively will create many opportunities for your business to solve problems and thrive. To use and analyze data successfully, employees need access ... Read More

Feed: AWS Partner Network (APN) Blog. Author: Ivan Panushev. By Ivan Panushev, Principal Partner Solutions Architect – AWS Nasuni The architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry is experiencing unprecedented growth in unstructured data. As a result, IT teams have been pushed to consider innovative strategies for file data storage and analytics. Modern computer-aided design (CAD) and building information modeling (BIM) workflows have contributed to the need for collaboration between building architects and engineers. In construction, new methods of capturing site information, such as laser scanning, photogrammetry, drone photography, and continuous video monitoring have presented challenges for file storage, analysis, and ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Rick Wicklin. Oh, no! Your boss just told you to change the way that SAS displays certain features in graphs, such as missing values. But you have a library of hundreds of SAS programs! Do you need to modify all of your previous programs? Fortunately, the answer is no. SAS provides ODS styles that control the colors and attributes that appear in graphs and tables. By using styles, you can make one change that affects all graphs that use the style. This article provides a simple introduction to modifying a graph style in ... Read More