I was watching a short video by Babson College Prof. Thomas Davenport on the Harvard Business Review website recently and found it to be a good, simplified explanation of analytics. (Stop! Don't swipe ...

When a patient walks into a doctor’s office with a symptom, there are few ways for a physician to look at the situation. There is a descriptive perspective, which looks to the past and says, “Aha! The ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

Descriptive analytics -- looking into what has happened in the past -- is commoditized. Traditional BI, reports, and dashboards are well understood and used in one way or another across a wide ...

Improved interoperability can lead to greater connectivity that produces real-time data to enrich enterprise analytics tools—optimizing prescriptions, and ultimately producing better outcomes. The ...

Divya Malhotra, director of analytics and innovation at Connecticut-based Stamford Health, spoke with Becker’s Hospital Review about deploying data to clinicians and seizing the power of descriptive ...

The majority of raw data, particularly big data, doesn’t offer a lot of value in its unprocessed state. Of course, by applying the right set of tools, we can pull powerful insights from this stockpile ...

This ebook, based on the latest ZDNet / TechRepublic special feature, explores how you set up an analytics infrastructure that sees around corners and gives you options to avoid a head-on crash. Read ...

Prescriptive analytics has become a real competitive advantage for marketers. Here's why. Analytics has long been the backbone of marketing success. Analytics enables marketers to make data-driven ...

Manufacturing execution systems (MES) have undergone many transformations in the past several years—from simple point solutions to comprehensive shop floor systems that are now mission-critical to ...