Ivy Jun 07, 2014 No Comments
To unleash the power of Retail Analytics, a retailer needs to face the challenge of too many analytic options – store footfall analytics, supply chain analytics, customer analytics, demand shaping analytics, pricing analytics, and much more.
This calls for the need
Ivy Jun 06, 2014 No Comments
Where Analytics is no longer about a competitive edge, but survival.
The Indian retail industry is a vibrant landscape. Considered the fastest growing industry in the world, it has witnessed myriad business models over the last 20 years. With rising income levels, urbanisation, plastic money and increased rural consumption, India has emerged as the favourite destinati
Eeshani Jun 03, 2014 No Comments
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Role: Statistical / Modeling Analyst Or Business Analyst (Analytics)
Education Required: B.Tech (From reputed college), M.Sc. Eco / Maths / Stats, or MBA in Finance (preferred) from a reputed college with decent academic credentials and preferably knowledge of Finance.
Professional Experience:
Ivy May 31, 2014 No Comments
This month, the IVY Blog featured a series of articles related to analytics in the cloud, with additional topics of interest to our students and Analytics Professionals-in-the-making.
IVY Featured Start-up of the month – Ideal Analytics
Ideal Analytics made it to
Ivy May 27, 2014 No Comments Why did it happen? Will it happen again? What insight does it offer? What happens if changes are made? These are questions typically asked during the process of Business Analytics. Business Analytics uses a pre-established method to find patterns and relationships, to gain insights, to forecast future outcomes and conduct experiments to test decisioDecoding Business Analytics vs. Business Intelligence
Ivy May 22, 2014 No Comments
The recent 2014 IDG Enterprise Big Data Research study puts business spending on big data-related initiatives in 2014, at about $8 million. While analytics software and human analysts form part of this spending, 49% of the enterprises surveyed is slated to invest in hardware like storage and server, 44% plan in cloud infrastructure.
The challenges of analytics in the Cloud
While int
Ivy May 15, 2014 No Comments
As all eyes turn to India and the outcome of the largest “Unreal Elections”, 2014 goes down in history as the year when social media and analytics shaped the elections and voting trajectory in an unprecedented manner.
From the satta model to analytics
This is a country where the satta (odds) market h
Ivy May 15, 2014 No Comments
Data is everywhere whether in unstructured or structured form. Yet stand alone data makes no sense unless measured, managed or optimised. To gain valuable insights into a given set of data, the data has to lend itself to analysis using a clearly defined methodology, strategy and business goals.
What this means.
Data is to be questioned, transformed into information and shaped to des
Anubinda May 10, 2014 No Comments
R is a powerful open source software system for statistical computing. It has become immensely popular due to its intuitive programming language, built-in support for statistical procedures, and ability to produce beautiful graphics.
R programming skills set is attracting some of the highest salaries in Analytics Industry. To read more about R Programming visit Ivy Professional School Blog –
Ivy May 08, 2014 No Comments
The SMAC technology / business model
While Big Data was the predominant buzzword through 2013