If you are working with Big Data or advanced analytics, this is one term you will invariably come across - the data sandbox. The term takes its cue from the traditional sandbox, designed to prevent sand from getting mixed with other on-site material while the child plays. The ‘data sandbox’ is similarly devised to enable
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A round-up of what's been happening in the Indian Analytics space ...
As the Indian start-up ecosystem gets bigger and faster, the need for analytics and Big Data training takes precedence. This month we find a new approach taken by the corporate sector to fill the gap between jobs and appropriate skill sets with TCS entering
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The fight against terrorism - an application area with plenty of scope for development
Terrorist activities are trending strongly across news channels and investigative operations. In this scenario, surely analytics can help fight terrorism by predicting terror attacks and identifying terrorist financing? Oddly enough, it was a lawyer who first advocated wielding the power of data mining
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Much is mentioned about the way Disruptive Technologies have stormed the field of analytics, and in particular Big Data Analytics.
Although, the term was originally popularised by the Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen in his book The Innovator's Dilemma, referring largely to innovations in technology, one finds an increasing mention in analytics.
So let us examine how technology came
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The month of September has been a ‘wait and watch’ period to see how the new Government implements reforms, in particular exchange of technology and FDIs. Although, the India-US talks of September 29-30 will take some time to get off the ground, will it mean we can see more FDIs in the analytics industry and
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This month we make a detour from our usual analytics start-up profiles. We feature a specialised executive search firm focused exclusively on Analytics and Risk Management talent hiring cutting across the industry sectors.
The traditional placement firms have today evolved in fresh avatars, with add-on services, niche domains serviced, or management hiring ‘only’ like this start-up
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It is a data-driven world today, where every organisation or company is working with data. However, data alone is not sufficient for decision-making, unless analysed for insights.
Data analysis is the very first step towards making sense of any data. It is very often an entry level job, which requires good computer skills and an understanding
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Analytics helps solve many problems across various application areas like healthcare, retail, climate science, crime, banking, fraud and more. Each of these different applications calls for some basic domain knowledge. For instance, to solve a problem of your retailer client, you would need to have an idea of retail operations in general.
However, what happens when
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So you have completed your analytics training and are pitching for a job. Or you may have decided for a lateral shift in your analytics career and are looking for an analytics role that excites you. Whatever be, you need to get your portfolio in shape if you want to land a great job.
Select your
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The role-playing of analytics is fast changing from a descriptive to a predictive and prescriptive mode, with application scenarios extending across domains one never imagined before.
With the Indian Government advocating the ‘digital governance’ mode, vendors like SAP are moving in on the e-governance platform across the country, implementing solutions to automate and centralise public service
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“The goal is to turn data into information, and information into insight.” – Carly Fiorina (former executive, president, and chair of Hewlett-Packard Co).
Data is the lifeblood of an organisation. It is constantly converted into insights. But when you have data that has not been used for a while in day-to-day operations, the repository of data and
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The focus this month has been more on new applications and solutions rather than acquisitions. Special mention of the new all new app Surveyi2i, a great blessing to all who need to translate surveys into insights on-the-fly.
Acquisitions & Market expansions
# Bangalore-based analytics firm NettPositive, is slated to be wholly acquired by global information service provider Equifax, the
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If you thought an ‘app store’ was just a digital marketplace for mobile apps, then you need to have a rethink. Indian firm, Nanobi Analytics, has redefined the term ‘app store’ with its cloud based BI platform offering analytic applications for use by various industries.
This Bangalore based start-up is only 11 months old, and has
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If you are anyway connected with analytics, database management, econometrics or BI, you will have heard of this new-fashioned title of the 21st century, the data scientist.
Much like the conventional scientist who researches, experiments and innovates; a data scientist is a hands-on person who puts into practice well established principles and norms of data science
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Of late we have many students asking how to land a job in SAS. Interestingly, landing a job that sets you off on a SAS career path requires a slightly different roadmap than most jobs.
To begin with, know yourself.
Are you an analytical person who likes to works with stats and logic? Or has programming caught
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Who says analytics is only about facts, figures and insights? If you are smart enough, you can combine your career in analytics with unfulfilled aspirations and pleasure pursuits. In a nation gripped with a sports fever each time the World Cup happens, what other example could I give but analytics in sports?
Take for instance the recent
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