As analytics professionals, we deal in data: serving ad-hoc reports on a minute's notice, pulling queries for executives, and generally forecasting company performance across a variety of metrics. But how can we be truly successful if we don't measure our own performance, too? In this article, we discuss six important steps to setting goals for our own data teams, from taking … [Read more...] about 6 Crucial Steps For Setting Your Data Team KPIs
Big Data
What is Big Data and Human Privacy?
Yuval Noah Harari, a famous historian, posits, "Accumulation of data in the hands of governments, companies, and organizations renders human privacy vulnerable." Spying on citizens has been present in human society from the very beginning. Once KGB, CIA, MOSSAD, and RAW used human capital to invade human privacy and spy on others. Resources at their disposal were limited. … [Read more...] about What is Big Data and Human Privacy?
10th Annual Big Data for Intelligence Symposium
With 500 million granted in funding in the FY2023 NDAA to the new DoD CDAO, there is an effort now more than ever to scale up data analytics and utilize emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence to break down big data sets for improved decision making. The 10th Annual Big Data for Intelligence Symposium will bring together senior level members from the Intelligence … [Read more...] about 10th Annual Big Data for Intelligence Symposium
How Big Data Plays A Vital Role In Business Lead Generation
We can never underestimate the value of data to the success of any business. The increased use of big data leads generation and analytics has led to the development of new ways to track interactions between businesses and customers, provide higher quality products and services, boost revenue, and improve brand efficiency. But, perhaps one of the most important uses of data lies … [Read more...] about How Big Data Plays A Vital Role In Business Lead Generation
I Don’t Care How Big Your Data Is
At some point in the last two decades, the size of our data became inextricably linked to our ego. The bigger the better. We watched enviously as FAANG companies talked about optimizing hundreds of petabyes in their data lakes or data warehouses. We imagined what it would be like to engineer at that scale. We started humblebragging at conferences, like weight lifters talking … [Read more...] about I Don’t Care How Big Your Data Is
