I was watching a short video by Babson College Prof. Thomas Davenport on the Harvard Business Review website recently and found it to be a good, simplified explanation of analytics. (Stop! Don't swipe ...

In this special guest feature, Will Fellers, Product Manager at Quantum Spatial Inc., explores different types of analytics – descriptive, predictive and prescriptive – and discusses how companies can ...

When a patient walks into a doctor’s office with a symptom, there are few ways for a physician to look at the situation. There is a descriptive perspective, which looks to the past and says, “Aha! The ...

Improved interoperability can lead to greater connectivity that produces real-time data to enrich enterprise analytics tools—optimizing prescriptions, and ultimately producing better outcomes. The ...

Dr. Chris Hillman, Global AI Lead at Teradata, joins eSpeaks to explore why open data ecosystems are becoming essential for enterprise AI success. In this episode, he breaks down how openness — in ...

Troy Segal is an editor and writer. She has 20+ years of experience covering personal finance, wealth management, and business news. Amilcar has 10 years of FinTech, blockchain, and crypto startup ...

Descriptive analytics -- looking into what has happened in the past -- is commoditized. Traditional BI, reports, and dashboards are well understood and used in one way or another across a wide ...

This ebook, based on the latest ZDNet / TechRepublic special feature, explores how you set up an analytics infrastructure that sees around corners and gives you options to avoid a head-on crash. Read ...

The phrase "big data explosion" is quickly becoming a cliche in the business intelligence space. By now, those who are familiar with how quickly data is being generated are well aware that the ...

We’ve all heard the phrase “data-driven decisions” in reference to organizational leaders aspirations' to use hard facts and figures to inform their business decisions. In higher education, the core ...

Here we explore the ways predictive analytics and prescriptive analytics are being used in the call center today, and trends to watch for tomorrow. Predictive analytics can help evaluate behavioral ...

Companies are investing in people analytics tools, people analytics software, and HR analytics software because the importance of HR analytics has never been higher.