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DESCRIPTION:Click for Latest Location Information: http://edw2014.dataversity.net/sessionPop.cfm?confid=79&proposalid=5863\nOften it is said that the most important thing in real estate is LOCATION, LOCATION, and LOCATION.  In data, it seems that it is becoming about ANALTYICS, ANALTYICS, and ANALYTICS.  Data professionals have to embrace the new focus on analytics because this is where the data jobs will be in the next 10 to 20 years.   \nMIT Sloan Management Review partnered with IBM in a research where they surveyed nearly 3000 executives across more than 30 industries and 100 countries regarding information and advanced analytics. One of the key findings of the survey is that “top performing organizations use analytics five times more than lower performers”.   They noted that top performing organizations say “Analytics is the differentiator”.  Furthermore, McKinsey & Company reported that the United States faces shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 people with analytical expertise. \nThe presenter will dive deeper into why Analytics is the way of the future for data professionals, and more specifically, the presenter will dive deeper into the following subjects: \n\n Types of analytics covering predictive, descriptive, forecast, pattern, statistical, trend, etc. \n Types of tools that are used for the various types of analytics\n Actual use cases
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SUMMARY:Analytics, Analytics, and Analytics – The Impact & Tools Required
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