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With the lattest news showing clients of large banks fleeing to smaller credit unions and local banks and as banking competition becomes more and more global and intense, banks have to fight more creatively and proactively to gain or even maintain market...
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When we look up a definition of Predictive analytics, we get that PA encompasses a variety of techniques from statistics , data mining and game theory that analyze current and historical facts to make predictions about future events. For Business Intelligence...
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Quantum theory is open to different interpretations, and this blog reviews some of the points of contention most often associated with the questions the quanta pertains and evolves. The standard interpretation of quantum physics assumes that the quantum...
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Factors preventing full BI benefits relate to experience, best practices Business intelligence tools are designed to transform the raw data that companies collect from their various operations into useable information. The ultimate goal of BI technology...
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In the previous post , we finished by calculating population density for the city of Chicago. Today we will continue to build on that same dataset and will look at a cool way to visualize our spatial data using SSRS in SQL Server 2008 R2. If you haven’t...
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In the last post on SQL Server 2008’s spatial capabilities, I mentioned that there are two spatial data types available in SQL Server, geometry and geography. While the geometry type is easier to work with and has more methods available, we will...
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Suppose that you have a nice dataset of trades for a given time period and you wanted to create a stock-chart from a PivotTable data source (a la PivotChart). Sounds simple enough; go through the quick little wizard and selection screen, and BAM!…error...
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Confused about how to get started with SharePoint 2010 BI, or what the services are? Download the PDF, PPT, or XPS for a quick 1 page cheat sheet. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fc97d587-ffa4-4b43-b77d-958f3f8a87b9&displaylang...
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One of the coolest features of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is its native handling of geospatial data. Spatial data can be stored, indexed, and manipulated using an array of useful functions. There are also a number of third party and open source tools that...
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Oh yes, I went there! But before I answer what the best BI tool is, I'd like to rant about this topic for a moment since many from the Chicago user group, LinkedIn, and Twitter have asked me. Hang with me through the following rumblings... I've...
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What information can be derived from the newest Social Media crazes? It is unstructured, streaming, and highly demographic. Can we effectively mine any value from random thoughts, dribbles, posted pictures, acronyms, and emoticons? I published a paper...
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Why 6? It's 1 better than 5... 1. Decision-making at the micro level rolls up to the macro level 2. Single version of truth across the enterprise 3. Meaningful analytic reporting 4. Detect business issues and opportunities from within the data 5....
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No Thanks. I'll take my chances.