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Watson Analytics – Watson for the Rest of Us
A lot of my conversations lately revolve around business analytics and Watson Analytics usually comes up. The question I usually get is – What is Watson Analytics? My simplest, most straightforward answer: Watson is a desktop, subscription-based, easy to use, cloud-based analytics tool. Watson is intuitive and fast and is designed to give you answers…
Data Storytelling – Help Make the Data Meaningful
I was having a conversation a couple weeks ago with a client. First let me explain the client environment. This was an IT executive at a fairly large consumer products manufacturer with multiple manufacturing and distribution locations. They operate at least 3 differing systems (accounting/backoffice, manufacturing, warehouse/logistics) on 2 different server platforms, and like many,…
Its too early to gloat about your bracket, the hard picks are still ahead
Using the same Business Analytics tools that are available to you to analyze your data resources (Sales, Marketing, or Production data) we’re looking at the data that’s available for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. With the first two rounds of March Madness behind us, I’ve created a visual look at how this year compares to…
Visualizing the History of the NCAA Basketball Tournament
Although it is too late to effect anyone’s bracket, I have a few historical visualizations which strongly indicate how the tournament will play out. Round 1 – Seeds and Conference match ups, covered in previous post I posted earlier this week with predictive charts for the first round. Historically, seeds 1-4 get a pass, the…