Data is continuing to prove to be a valuable asset for businesses of all sizes. I say that both from the fact that consulting firms like McKinsey have found that in their research companies that are using AI and analytics can attribute 20% of their earnings to it. Similarly, I have been able to consult for…
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When it comes to finding the right CRM, ERP, or Coach Bus Management System the question often is, buy or build. For a long time, but has been one of the better options. This is why companies like Salesforce and Workday rose so quickly in popularity. However, there are other options now besides these two…
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Photo by bruce mars on Unsplash Technology has been speeding forward through 2020. The impacts of Covid have only sped up the adoption of change for companies. Companies small and big, start-ups and corporations have been pushed to innovate and improve processes. For example, small, medium, and large companies are migrating to the cloud to…
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Photo by Stephen Phillips – Hostreviews.co.uk on Unsplash You may have recently invested in Panoply to improve your team’s ability to access data. Panoply’s automated ELT process makes it really easy to integrate data from multiple sources including Salesforce, Workday, Asana, QuickBooks, and so many other tools into your company’s data warehouse. The simple GUI…
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The rise in self-service analytics is a significant selling point for data warehousing, automatic data integrations, and drag and drop dashboards. In fact, in 2020, the largest software IPO this year was a data warehousing company called Snowflake. The question is how do you get your data from external application data sources into a data…
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Did you know that $28.5 billion were spent on investing in machine learning projects, tools, and employees in 2019? Machine learning has taken over pretty much every industry, owing to the automation and flexibility it is bringing to work. Companies of all sizes are using machine learning tools and cloud services. Services like AWS Comprehend and other similar…
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Photo by Shahadat Rahman on Unsplash With the increased need for data analytics and data science that is even more granular and allows for self-service analytics. Getting access to the data you need still is far from easy. If you have worked in any role related to data, or even just adjacent to it, you…
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Photo by Nathan John on Unsplash Managing big data no longer means just buying bigger and faster servers It now also means needing to understand the concept of parallel computing. The list of tools and data systems that are helping manage this specific concept continues to grow on a yearly basis. Whether it be using AWS and querying…
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Python really is everywhere at this point. Although many gatekeepers argue whether a person is really a software developer if they don’t code in a language more difficult than Python, it still is everywhere. It’s used to automate, manage websites, analyze data, and wrangle big data. As data grows, the way we manage it becomes more and…
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Are All NoSQL Systems The Same? Photo by Campaign Creators on Unsplash Which database is best for your current business needs is usually dependent on the skill set of your dev team and the applications in place already. Understanding which database system will best fit your companies both current and future needs is an important step. Databases…
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