With all the hype around big data, it sometime seems that everyone is doing it. But the truth is that implementing big data analytics can be almost as difficult as it is potentially profitable. The secret about big data is out, and the race to become a data-driven company is on. Management consultant companies are in overdrive to get their clients working on data analytic … [Read more...] about The Big Data Cold Feet Syndrome
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Why Bad Data is Wasting Your Marketing Efforts
The amount of money spent on marketing is growing, and the way we spend is changing. The statistics that prove this are plentiful, and becoming more convincing as the years go by. Here are two very compelling examples: By 2016, we expect the amount of money spent on digital marketing to consume 35% of total marketing budgets, according to the CMO survey By 2020, the amount of … [Read more...] about Why Bad Data is Wasting Your Marketing Efforts
7 Best Practices How Big Data Can Help the Air Force
In 1952, when the NSA was founded, they quickly employed thousands of cryptologists to deal with the massive amounts of data that was flowing into the organisation. Since then, governments from around the world have been analysing large streams of data. Therefore, it does not come as a surprise, that the armed forces have also been using data, and more lately big data, to … [Read more...] about 7 Best Practices How Big Data Can Help the Air Force
How to Expand Your SQL Development Career
Clearly even if you can find tools to find and fix query performance issues, expanding your SQL development and career is also important. SQL developers spend countless hours ensuring their employers are able to gain a quick access to data required in solving complex problems at the same time uncovering novel profit opportunities. Expanding your skills and career in SQL … [Read more...] about How to Expand Your SQL Development Career
Quant Risk Americas 2015
CFP's Quant Risk Americas 2015 is a two-day Congress set to address the impacts of regulatory change on the quant risk professional. The Congress will tackle the key challenges facing quantitative risk managers with a strong focus on Model Validation, Stress Testing, CCAR, DFAST, Value Adjustments, and the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book. At Quant Risk Americas 2015 … [Read more...] about Quant Risk Americas 2015
