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DESCRIPTION:Click for Latest Location Information: http://edw2014.dataversity.net/sessionPop.cfm?confid=79&proposalid=6187\nWith the advent of Big Data coming out of the "Trough of Disillusionment", executives are searching for ways to use the plethora of information sources to help them make informed business decisions. To really understand information and especially Big Data, executives require multiple visualizations to gain an understanding of trends and to see "ah-ha" moments and the effects of events on their business.  This is especially true in Retail.\nThis was nowhere more evident than at Sam's Club, a large retailer who was swimming in data but was challenged to find a method to make it both understandable, come from a trusted source and provide valuable visualizations that could enable the business.\nI will be describing the development of a big data solution for Walmart Stores Inc. in which we brought together 12 billion rows of information and then presented using both data science toolsets and analytical visualizations allowing the management of the organization to "see" the business and understand the information.
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SUMMARY:Big Data Visualizations
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