There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words,Thomas Ried once said. That rings very true when it comes to the way companies today are throwing […]
Beware Big Data’s Easy Answers
The rise of powerful and easy-to-use software (e.g., software as a service) and analytic programming languages (e.g., R) have made it possible for people across the entire organization — not just the […]
How do I become a data scientist? An evaluation of 3 alternatives
One of the most frequent questions we hear, right behind “so, what exactly is a data scientist” or “what makes a great data scientist”, is “how do I become one? I should […]
INFOGRAPHIC: So, you think you can be a data scientist?
Not since “ project manager” has a job description been as ambiguous and vague the “data scientist.” Singapore-based Aureus Analyitcs put together an infographic to help dispel some of the myths about data […]
Big Data Survey Finds 75% of Businesses Yet to Reach Production
Seventy-five percent of businesses have yet to successfully deploy big data analytics solutions to gain business-impacting insights, despite 65 percent increasing their investment in analytic services and technologies in 2014. These findings […]
Hire Better Talent With a Big-Data Scientist
According to a recent report by SilkRoad, 65 percent of human resources professionals surveyed said one of the biggest problems faced by companies that don’t have HR tasks “integrated with automated systems” […]
Data Science –What’s the big deal about it?
Thomas Davenport, an American academic and publisher for Harvard Business Review, once said that Data Scientist is “the Sexiest Job of the 21st Century”. But why is there such a big hype […]
Quick Wins for new Chief Data Officers (CDOs)
While Canopy Labs work aggressively with companies across all industries and revenue sizes, the CDO role is still relatively new to most organizations. In many cases, companies are still determining what a […]
Big Data Fatigue?
It may be everywhere now, but big data matters more than ever. I was having lunch recently with the editor of a leading business publication, when I was asked, “Don’t you see […]
What is a data scientist?
A few months ago, FlowingData highlighted the fact that “data scientist” has surpassed “statistician” on Google search trends for the first time. “Data Science vs. Analytics—Approaches to Problem Solving” by Nick Kolegraff […]
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