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McDonald's orders up customer service analytics, shakes up fast food
The fast-food giant announced last month that it is acquiring Dynamic Yield, a big data platform, in pursuit of a more personalized customer experience.
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- Sisense acquisition of Periscope yields versatile BI platform
The Sisense merger with Periscope Data is expected to create a new, combined BI product that will cater to casual business users and advanced data scientists alike.
- Qlik multi-cloud, Kubernetes options drive cloud-first vision
Qlik advances its plan to be a cloud- and SaaS-first analytics vendor with new multi-cloud and Kubernetes deployment options. But on prem still is a priority -- for now.
- Qlik debuts free data literacy certification
Qlik unveiled a free data literacy certification in the hopes of making people -- both customers and non-customers -- more data literate.
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- citizen data scientist
A citizen data scientist is any individual who contributes to the research of a complex data initiative but who does not have a formal educational background in data analytics (DA) or business intelligence (BI).
- natural language processing (NLP)
Natural language processing (NLP) is the ability of a computer program to understand human language as it is spoken.
- logistic regression
Logistic regression is a statistical analysis method used to predict a data value based on prior observations of a data set.
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BI management
Get comprehensive information on business intelligence management, including news and news analysis stories, case studies, expert tips and more. Learn about important BI management issues that can determine the success or failure of business intelligence projects, including business intelligence strategy, best practices and project management. Read about emerging technologies and concepts such as operational, self-service and collaborative business intelligence. Get advice from business intelligence experts on key aspects of business intelligence process management, such as setting up and managing business intelligence teams and selecting vendors.
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- citizen data scientist
A citizen data scientist is any individual who contributes to the research of a complex data initiative but who does not have a formal educational background in data analytics (DA) or business intelligence (BI).
- operational efficiency
Operational efficiency is a metric that keeps track of the efficiency in internal costs incurred and profits earned by a company.
- key results indicator (KRI)
A key result indicator (KRI) is a metric that measures the quantitative results of business actions to help companies track progress and reach organizational goals.
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- McDonald's orders up customer service analytics, shakes up fast food
- SAS Viya cloud software at center of SAS analytics strategy
- SAS Platform update expands AI in Viya cloud analytics tools
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BI technology
Get the latest information about enterprise business intelligence technology and platforms, including news on the latest business intelligence (BI) software, tools and applications, plus articles on business intelligence strategy and market trends with insight from industry experts. Learn how business intelligence vendors are reacting to the ever-changing industry with updates to their business intelligence product suites, and read news and articles on Oracle business intelligence platforms, SAP business intelligence platforms, Microsoft business intelligence platforms and IBM business intelligence platforms. Read about business intelligence case studies, fundamentals and best practices, find out how business intelligence relates to other disciplines and learn the advantages of business intelligence. Also, read about business intelligence reporting tools, open source business intelligence, Software as a Service (SaaS) business intelligence, real-time business intelligence and BI architecture, design, integration and development.
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- vanity metrics
A vanity metric is a unit of measurement that looks positive but fails to provide the viewer with any information that can be used to drive future actions.
- business intelligence (BI)
Business intelligence (BI) is a technology-driven process for analyzing data and presenting actionable information to help executives, managers and other corporate end users make informed business decisions.
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
Software as a service (SaaS) is a software distribution model in which a third-party provider hosts applications and makes them available to customers over the Internet.
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- McDonald's orders up customer service analytics, shakes up fast food
- Sisense acquisition of Periscope yields versatile BI platform
- Qlik multi-cloud, Kubernetes options drive cloud-first vision
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- Business intelligence architecture and integration
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- SaaS business intelligence
- SAP business intelligence platforms
Performance management
Corporate performance management software and performance management concepts, such as the balanced scorecard model, enable organizations to measure business results and track their progress against business goals in order to improve financial performance. To help make your CPM strategy a success, get useful information and insight on performance management trends and the use of performance management technology, including CPM software, business performance management software, enterprise performance management software and forecasting, planning and budgeting software. Read news stories, case studies and other articles on the use of performance management tools, and get tips from business intelligence experts on performance management best practices and how to deploy a coporate performance management system. Also, learn about using a balanced scorecard methodology, managing a balanced scorecard implementation and developing performance management metrics.
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- key results indicator (KRI)
A key result indicator (KRI) is a metric that measures the quantitative results of business actions to help companies track progress and reach organizational goals.
- International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)
International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) is a non-profit association that promotes and aids in the use of business analysis.
- Kano Model
The Kano Model is a product development theory which is centered on customer satisfaction. The model was developed by Professor Noriaki Kano in the 1980s.
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- What-if business planning simulation at its predictive best
- What-if business planning simulation at its predictive best
- Rising demand for business analytics education programs
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Analytics
Data analytics software and advanced analytics techniques can help organizations make sense of -- and gain a competitive advantage from -- all the data that they have in their systems. Get fully informed about the different types of business intelligence analytics that your company can take advantage of, including predictive analytics, text analytics and text mining, customer analytics and business intelligence data mining. Read news stories and case studies about data analytics vendors and the latest developments in business analytics and advanced data analytics technology, and get tips and advice from business intelligence experts on deploying and managing analytic business intelligence systems. Learn about topics such as unstructured data analysis, predictive data mining, customer data analysis, text data mining and customer data mining.
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- citizen data scientist
A citizen data scientist is any individual who contributes to the research of a complex data initiative but who does not have a formal educational background in data analytics (DA) or business intelligence (BI).
- natural language processing (NLP)
Natural language processing (NLP) is the ability of a computer program to understand human language as it is spoken.
- logistic regression
Logistic regression is a statistical analysis method used to predict a data value based on prior observations of a data set.
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- McDonald's orders up customer service analytics, shakes up fast food
- Sisense acquisition of Periscope yields versatile BI platform
- Qlik debuts free data literacy certification
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- Advanced analytics software
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- Customer analytics
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- Text analytics and text mining
Data visualization
Data visualization tools, such as data mashups, executive dashboards, performance scorecards and other data visualization technology, are becoming more popular among enterprises. Here you’ll find the latest news and articles on data visualization software, learn about techniques, strategies and best practices, and read about emerging trends in the data visualization market. Get best-practices guidance on how to create and set up data visualization applications and tools, and learn about interactive, real-time and multidimensional data visualization. Also, learn how different industries, including financial services, healthcare, retail and manufacturing, are using data visualization to reach their business goals.
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- business intelligence (BI)
Business intelligence (BI) is a technology-driven process for analyzing data and presenting actionable information to help executives, managers and other corporate end users make informed business decisions.
- data exploration
Data exploration is the first step in data analysis and typically involves summarizing the main characteristics of a data set, including its size, accuracy, initial patterns in the data and other attributes.
- Ad Hoc Analysis
Ad hoc analysis is a business intelligence (BI) process designed to answer a single, specific business question.
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- Qlik Research head talks Associative Engine, NLP and Data Swarm
- Yellowfin Signals delivers automated insights to BI users
- Tableau-VoiceBase deal brings speech analytics data to users
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