Tag: data scientists

July 22, 2024

Discerning businesses are ensuring each area of their organizations has access to performance metrics. Armed with data, their teams can accelerate decision-making, respond to client and marketplace demands, and mitigate risks. The issue is many organizations have segregated data environments. […]

July 18, 2024

The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) has upped its data personnel budget to £5.37m over the course of the past 12 months, according to data obtained by a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. The information, acquired and analysed […]

May 1, 2024

As businesses adopt generative AI, a technology that creates new content and finds patterns, what will Data Science, the processes and activity geared to getting insights from big data, look like? How will this kind of analytical work change? Will […]

October 13, 2023

In this dynamic era, the freelance economy is experiencing an unprecedented boom, significantly reshaping the work landscape. This shift is leading to the increasing prominence of freelance management, which includes sourcing, coordinating, and retaining independent talent in a strategic manner. […]

August 10, 2023

We’ve all generally heard that data quality issues can be catastrophic. But what does that look like for data teams, in terms of dollars and cents? And who is responsible for dealing with data quality issues? To get to the […]

May 31, 2023

Unlocking the power of geospatial data can give organizations a competitive edge, from optimizing supply chain logistics and enhancing customer experience to mitigating fraud and improving public health outcomes. But despite its far-reaching benefits, many organizations fail to fully harness […]

December 27, 2022

As businesses plan for data democratization, it is essential to include a strategy to ensure that business users will accept augmented analytics solutions and adapt to the new citizen data scientist role. With business users on board, the enterprise can […]

December 22, 2022

What is DataOps? DataOps (data operations) is an agile, process-oriented methodology for developing and delivering analytics. It brings together DevOps teams with data engineers and data scientists to provide the tools, processes, and organizational structures to support the data-focused enterprise. […]

December 12, 2022

Analysts like IDC and Deloitte estimate that up to 80% of the world’s data is unstructured text data, which makes getting valuable insights out of this type of data a huge challenge. Worse, customers can’t easily find the right answers […]

September 1, 2022

With IT leaders increasingly needing data scientists to gain game-changing insights from a growing deluge of data, hiring and retaining those key data personnel is taking on greater importance. Without enough trained, high-level data scientists to fill all the job […]

August 30, 2022

The meager supply and high salaries of data scientists have led to a decision among many companies totally in keeping with artificial intelligence ― to automate whatever is possible. Case in point is machine learning. A Forrester study found that […]

August 23, 2022

Data science involves using scientific methods, algorithms, and systems to extract insights from structured and unstructured data. As a discipline, data science synthesizes mathematics, statistics, computer science, domain knowledge, and other inputs to analyze events and trends.In a world gone […]

August 15, 2022

Many data scientists and analytics consultants complain they were hired to be a part of advanced analytics teams at corporations, but all they do is data analysis or reporting work. The bigger problem here is that the personnel leading these […]

July 28, 2022

For the past few years, IT leaders at a US financial services company have been struggling to hire data scientists to harness the increasing flood of incoming data that, if used properly, could improve customer experience and drive new products. […]

June 8, 2022

In an increasingly data-driven world, companies worldwide have transformed the way they operate. Much of this is thanks to their ability to access a volume of data that was not available in the past. However, more recently, organizations have realized […]

April 12, 2022

A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to interview Sharon Kratochvil, global data & analytics executive for Capri Holdings Limited. Capri Holdings is a global fashion luxury group, consisting of iconic brands (Michael Kors, Jimmy Choo, Versace) that […]

March 9, 2022

Coding is a foreign language for many high-level and C-suite executives who lead corporations today. However, it’s hard to find anyone who doesn’t understand the importance of technology and how our future will hinge on mastering it. Although many computer […]

February 4, 2022

According to Gartner, 85% of Data Science projects fail (and are predicted to do so through 2022). I suspect the failure rates are even higher, as more and more organizations today are trying to utilize the power of data to […]

January 31, 2022

The demand for Data Science talent far exceeds the talent pool, making employee retention challenging. Demand is expected to remain high throughout 2022, providing ample opportunity for talent to move upwards through competing organizations. A vast amount of project familiarity […]

December 27, 2021

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the way we live and work, and the pace of that change is accelerating across every aspect of the business landscape, from operations to the customer experience. As its capabilities expand, investment in AI continues […]