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• Do predictive analytics projects require data scientists?

  Expert Mark Whitehorn explains what skills are required for predictive modeling -- and whether business users can do the work of data scientists. Continue Reading

• Selecting the right SQL-on-Hadoop engine to access big data

  Rick van der Lans explains why it's important to evaluate the differences in the technologies that make it possible to access Hadoop data using SQL. Continue Reading

• Kaiser Permanente VP prescribes bigger role for healthcare data analytics

  Terhilda Garrido is at the head of a heightened effort by health system Kaiser Permanente to use analytics to improve its patient care delivery. Continue Reading

• Defining and using KPIs in a successful business intelligence system

  In this book excerpt, author David Loshin discusses how to select key performance indicators and turn data into actionable knowledge for BI success. Continue Reading

• Change agents: Leaders in information management technology

  In this guide, we examine various transformative projects and the agents of change who made them possible through creativity and determination. Continue Reading

• Quiz: Creating effective predictive analytics programs

  Take this brief quiz to test your knowledge of predictive analytics and what is needed to implement successful predictive modeling processes.Continue Reading

• Analytical modeling is both science and art

  Models are the key to predicting outcomes to business decisions. And while math may make them tick, it also takes a certain eye -- and ear -- for what works.Continue Reading

• QlikView goes enterprise, but much work still to do

  QlikTech is pushing hard into enterprise BI with its QlikView software, says TechTarget's Wayne Eckerson. But, he adds, more upgrades are needed to make QlikView a bona fide BI platform.Continue Reading

• Five first steps to creating an effective 'big data' analytics program

  Choosing the right technology is only half the startup battle on "big data" analytics. Get a list of deployment tips from consultant Lyndsay Wise to help set your organization on the right path.Continue Reading

• Examples of decision support systems (DSS) aiding business decision-making

  Learn how decision support systems can help the business decision-making process. Find out why decision support is needed and what IT skills business managers need for DSS.Continue Reading

• Creating key performance indicator (KPI) reports and dashboard design

  Learn about key performance indicator (KPI) reports and the benefits of KPI reporting. Read about common executive dashboard design mishaps and see examples of KPI scorecards.Continue Reading

• The importance and benefits of operational decision making

  In this section of 'Smart (Enough) System', you'll learn the importance of operational decisions and different strategies that influence decision making. You'll also read about key BI terms including business agility, strategic alignment and ...Continue Reading

• Real-life examples of effective dashboard design

  Browse through these optimized dashboard examples from BITadvisors, Inc., including examples of strategic, tactical and operational dashboards. Find out how to encourage interactivity in dashboards and how to set up your dashboard.Continue Reading

• Simple data mining examples and datasets

  See data mining examples, including examples of data mining algorithms and simple datasets, that will help you learn how data mining works and how companies can make data-related decisions based on set rules.Continue Reading

• Using data merging and concatenation techniques to integrate data

  Learn two data integration techniques, data merging and concatenation, and see how to combine and merge data sets in this excerpt from the book Data Mining: Know it All.Continue Reading

• What is a data rollup?

  Learn what a data rollup is and read about data rollup macro examples and case studies in this data mining tutorial from the book Data Mining: Know it All.Continue Reading

• Successful business intelligence: The role of BI front-end tools

  Learn about the business intelligence front-end tools that are available to business users -- and how the right BI tool can lead to BI success.Continue Reading