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Big Data: An Opportunity for Data Scientists & Data Analysts

Tom Spencer

Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves”, Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web. The above statements encapsulate the promise and possibilities that data offers. Data Proliferation. quintillion bytes of data every day , the equivalent of more than 100 gigabytes per person per year.

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Impact of Data Analytics in Consulting

Tom Spencer

Data scientists, fast computers, and advanced software are replacing traditional decision-making processes and disrupting tried-and trusted traditional consulting methodologies, with Big Data being one of the main forces of disruption” ( Tras, 2015 ). The words “big data” have become a “buzzword” in the business industry.

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Why Law Firms Need IT Policies

Kraft Kennedy

The answers to these and hundreds of other questions should be documented and considered integra l to the operations of all organizations, especially in industries where work product and client data are highly sensitive, and highly valuable. Law firms need IT policies that define the rules and procedures for using technology within the firm.

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Business Audits: Leveraging Expertise for Growth

Business Consulting Agency

In this context, the role of business consultants proficient in performing various types of business audits proves instrumental in steering companies towards enhanced efficiency, profitability, and long-term success.

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Our Physical World Has Changed: Augmented Reality in Tourism

Tom Spencer

Augmented reality operates by transforming data and analytics into information and images which are overlaid on the real world. Flat screen devices that render two-dimensional data for use in a three-dimensional world can be used to increase a user’s access to information and analytics. Reading Time: 3 minutes.

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Why Hospitals Need Better Data Science

Harvard Business

What these solutions have in common is the ability to mine and process large quantities of data to deliver recommendations to administrative and clinical end users. Analytics-driven software that can determining the most efficient order of ED activities, dramatically reducing patient wait times.

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Data Quality Should Be Everyone’s Job

Harvard Business

All of us depend on data created elsewhere to do our work. In the face of errors, most people’s natural reaction is to correct such errors in the data they need — after all, when you’re dealing with a mountain of day-in, day-out demands, that seems the fastest, most efficient way to complete the task at hand.

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