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Big Data: An Opportunity for Data Scientists & Data Analysts

Tom Spencer

Data analytics is a subfield of data science that involves examining large data sets to identify trends, develop charts, and create visual presentations to help business leaders and government officials make better decisions. Required Skills.

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How Cloud Computing Is Changing Management

Harvard Business

That makes it imperative to start thinking about how management will be changed by the most impactful information technology of our time: cloud computing. Key to the new system are rapid data collection and analysis, followed by over the air changes to product software. How it effects product design and customer experience.

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

IBM was founded in 1911 and has a rich history of ingenuity, deep convictions, premier research and development, and trend setting. These services focused on business management and information technology. Finance Risk. Information Technology. Cognizant – very technology focused.

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BearingPoint Interview Preparation – Mystery or History?

Management Consulted

was still using the old software from KPMG to handle all of their accounting and human resource functions. This software did not have functionality in line with the internal control requirements of the SOX Act nor was it intentioned to handle a public company’s needs. Information Technology. Sustainable Development.

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Could Open-Source Code Make Our Y2K Fears Finally Come True?

Harvard Business

Over the previous decades, software developers had used the date 01-01-00 (January 1, 2000) as a convenient hack to make it easier to debug software. So as 2000 loomed, there was a realization that, when the clocks hit midnight, software all over the world could simply stop running. The same goes for software programs.

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Who Killed the GE Model?

Harvard Business

The model was honed by Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, with new portfolio restructuring strategies and a headlong expansion into finance. Fourth, some argued that GE’s advantage lay in its system of professional management, epitomized by its investments in executive education and management development.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

As an outgrowth of a multi-district pharmaceutical case, the firm formed its technology practice, specializing in e-discovery solutions and software. E-discovery software provider. In 2005, the firm developed their first 5-year plan with a goal to double revenues from approximately $427M to $1B in 5 years. Latin America.