Articles on Analytics

Forecasting time-series data with Prophet. Prophet is a fairly new library for python and R to help with forecasting time-series data.

Today's data challenge is the same one that has plagued organizations for years. Data and analysis are useless unless you actually act on them.

Collecting and analyzing data means nothing if you do not use it for more than taking up storage space. That is wasted money and time.

In “Big Data, Big Analytics and You”, I wrote: “Big data is obviously important to most organizations. There’s plenty of data out there and even more data

Is bit data worth it? Absolutely...but only if you put the time and effort into the analysis of that data. Big data isn't easy, but it is worth it.

In a recent Harvard Business Review article titled “Don’t Ask for New Ideas If You’re Not Ready to Act on Them”, Ron Ashkenas provides an example of a

To succeed with big data, treat it differently than the data warehouse. Open up your data and allow easy, interactive access across departments.

On Being Present And Engaged Quote: Catching peoples’ time, capturing their attention is a huge challenge for all of us.  When we finally do, we need to

I’m always on the look-out for stories of companies using data and analytics to manage their business. In a recent case study, IBM presented the story of

I just finished reading Big Data and Marketing: A Confused Relationship? over on Marketing Pilgrim. There's some good stuff in the post - but what really

A few weeks ago I wrote about Big Data and Small Business. From that post, I wrote: As its defined, big data might be too big for small business, but the

Big Data.  Two small words with huge meaning. Do a search for "big data" on Google and you'll find over 23 million results. Do a book search on amazon for