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Big Data Collection: What’s in it for Me?
Many of us stand to benefit from certain types of big data collection. In the medical field, big data can be applied in numerous ways, for example: predictive modeling for R&D, enhancing clinical trial design, or conducting Comparative Effectiveness Research...
How Excel-Friendly BI Teaches Business Analytics
By Bill Tastle, our newest OLAP.com contributor As a Professor at an AACSB accredited business school, I am responsible for preparing business students who are eager to enter the marketplace upon graduation. Naturally, I spend a lot of time researching about what...
3 Reasons Everything in Business is About to Change
There are three important patterns happening in the world that will ultimately change business in fundamental ways: where it is done, how it is done, and who does it. An article from McKinsey Quarterly, Management Intuition for the Next 50 Years, documents these...
2 Questions to Ask about Your BI Project
If you are considering a Business Intelligence Project, there are two questions you should consider. These questions will help you pinpoint what exactly you may need to do with your BI project, as opposed to simply getting "analytics" or "implementing a BI tool"....
New Study: Big Data Analytics Will Improve Patient Health Care
Big Data is making waves in almost every industry. On top of the list of crucial industries that Big Data analytics and intelligence could transform is Healthcare. According to a recent study by MeriTalk —The Big Data cure, Big Data will present many changes to the...
OLAP for Live Time Management—Time is Money!
OLAP applications have, by most accounts, made their biggest impact in Finance Departments. Of course, financial analysts aren’t the only staff who can benefit from OLAP capabilities. There are applications that provide reports and analyses to sales and marketing...
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