With business analytics is becoming increasingly strategic to all types of organizations and with many companies struggling to create a meaningful impact with this emerging technology, this work—based on the combined experience of 10 organizations that display excellence and expertise on the subject—shares the best practices, discusses the management aspects and sociology that drives success, and uncovers the five key aspects behind the success of some of the top business analytics program...

Geared toward IT management and business executives seeking to excel in business intelligence initiatives, this practical guide explores creating business alignment strategies that help prioritize business requirements, build organizational and cultural strategies, increase IT efficiency, and promote user adoption. Business intelligence, together with business analytics and performance management, eliminates information overload by organizing the massive amounts of information available in...

Lead your organization into the industrial revolution of analytics with The Analytics RevolutionThe topics of big data and analytics continue to be among the most discussed and pursued in the business world today. While a decade ago many people still questioned whether or not data and analytics would help improve their businesses, today virtually no one questions the value that analytics brings to the table. The Analytics Revolution focuses on how...

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This book is a military psychological thriller of a Marine following orders to his own demise. It takes place on board an aircraft carrier and what he must do to now protect his family when it all comes home to roost.

Benny answers an opportunity to find love and it spirals out of control and finds himself a sex slave to an organized sex crime syndicate.

Revolutionize your data-driven presentations with this simple and actionable guideIn Winning The Room: Creating and Delivering an Effective Data-Driven Presentation, analytics and data science expert Bill Franks delivers a practical and eye-opening exploration of how to present technical data and results to non-technical audiences in a live setting. Although framed with examples from the analytics and data science space, this book is perfect for anyone exp...

You receive an e-mail. It contains an offer for a complete personal computer system. It seems like the retailer read your mind since you were exploring computers on their web site just a few hours prior….As you drive to the store to buy the computer bundle, you get an offer for a discounted coffee from the coffee shop you are getting ready to drive past. It says that since you’re in the area, you can get 10% off if you stop by in the next 20 minutes….As you drink your coffe...

Most of the high-profile cases of real or perceived unethical activity in data science arenâ??t matters of bad intent. Rather, they occur because the ethics simply arenâ??t thought through well enough. Being ethical takes constant diligence, and in many situations identifying the right choice can be difficult.In this in-depth book, contributors from top companies in technology, finance, and other industries share experiences and lessons learned from collecting, managing, and analyz...

An integrated, strategic approach to higher-value analyticsLeaders and Innovators: How Data-Driven Organizations Are Winning with Analytics shows how businesses leverage enterprise analytics to gain strategic insights for profitability and growth. The key factor is integrated, end-to-end capabilities that encompass data management and analytics from a business and IT perspective; with analytics running inside a database where the data reside, everyday anal...

New York Times bestsellerLos Angeles Times bestsellerUSA Today bestsellerThe highly anticipated debut novel from Norman Reedus, acclaimed star of The Walking Dead“This country wasn’t built on good—only fought for with good intentions.”Jack’s dying mother told him, “Run and never look back.” He spent his life amassing wealth, but af...

This book is a military psychological thriller of a Marine following orders to his own demise. It takes place on board an aircraft carrier and what he must do to now protect his family when it all comes home to roost.