Eva Murray, who leads the Business Intelligence department at Exasol, believes in the power of story. “Stories are the common currency of humanity. Humans have used storytelling for thousands of years to share our history, to pass on and preserve information and to communicate important messages. When reality becomes complicated, stories offer the form, the [...]
Increasingly, ethics and data science are topics in the same conversation—around the water cooler, in the board room, in the university classroom, around the dinner table, and on a leisurely evening walk through the neighborhood. According to some in the data analytics field - it’s about time! They’ve been beating the data science ethic’s drum [...]
In our increasingly data-driven world, business professionals find themselves daily immersed in data. That reality has placed priority status on determining the best ways to clearly and impactfully communicate this wealth of information. “Data is everywhere, but it’s what we do with that data, what insights we tap into that make it so valuable. And [...]
We understand the WHY of data visualization. We know the use of charts and graphs and pictures helps the brain process complex information; that patterns and trends are more readily revealed and recognized in visual data displays than in text-based data delivery formats; how the same data presented via visualization is vastly more efficient, effective, [...]
According to a recent LinkedIn report, the position of data scientists holds the status of number one most promising job in America for 2019. The position has also topped Glassdoor's list of Best Jobs in America for the past four years. These reports come as no surprise, as regardless of the company size or type of industry, [...]
While many in the business world tout the revolutionary transformation brought about by Big Data, others remain skeptical that this analytical process will ever live up to its reputation. The promise of greater efficiency and business growth through the insights provided by Big Data—including market trends/fluctuations and consumer likes/dislikes as well as future predictions—have yielded [...]