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Increase the Success Rate of BI Initiatives
Measuring Success “Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can’t measure something, you can’t understand it. If you can’t understand it, you can’t control […]
7 Implementation Challenges of Big Data Analytics (w/ Infographic)
Data is an asset. There is no question about that. The economics of data are based on the idea that the value of data can be extracted through analytics. However, contrarily to […]
How to prioritise your Big Data Analytics use cases
That’s it, you’ve made it. A Big Data Analytics team has been implemented in your company. A few use cases have been identified and for now, they are executed on in a […]
Big Data in Cities: Benefits and Challenges
Introduction By 2050 it is expected that 70% of the world’s population will live in cities. Management of infrastructure and utility assets is therefore a growing priority. After decades of poor resource […]
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bicorner.com’s Top 10 Posts for 2014 (based on views). Google Just Made Big Data Expertise Much Tougher to Fake Little Data: The 25 KPIs Everyone Must Understand How do I become a […]
How Hadoop has Developed as an Enterprise Software
Introduction In the hype surrounding “Big Data” and data analytics, Hadoop gets much attention as it has fast become the technology of choice. However at times little space is given to describing […]
Knowledge Discovery – Text Mining Using R
Introduction Text mining via analysis of online text sources is a vital tool for gaining new knowledge and insights into people’s habits, sentiments and for monitoring social progress. While search engines exist […]
Data Visualisations in R
Introduction to R Producing basic statistical analysis can be quite complex with many of the programming languages used in mathematical programming such as C++, Java, VBA or Python. For this reason a […]
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