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Data Scientists and Programming: Speaking the Language of Data

By Dick Weisinger

The Python and R computing languages have become the two preferred languages among computer scientists.  R was developed by statisticians specifically for data analysis and comes with strong data visualization capabilities.  Python is a general-purpose scripting language with extensive libraries,

Big Data: Gartner: Half of Ethics Violations Will be From Improper use of Analytics by 2018

By Dick Weisinger

Algorithmic-based decision making is increasingly being deployed, but at least at this point in time, the decision to roll out and rely primarily on data analytic results may not be the right one.  A second point is that improper interpretation

Big Data and the Algorithm Economy: Disruption Built on Data

By Dick Weisinger

Data and analytics are driving new innovation in businesses and IT.  Data insights are becoming a catalyst for new processes and new businesses.  But it’s not only the data that’s important, it’s the algorithms that analyze the data that bring value. Peter

Data Analytics: Businesses Disappointed With Their Efforts to Apply Analytics

By Dick Weisinger

Enterprises aren’t satisfied with their tools for data analytics.  A report from KPMG International found that while 97 percent of organizations surveyed said that they use data analytics, only 19 percent were satisfied with the results from their analytics tools.

Data Analytics: Businesses Say Analysis Takes Too Long

By Dick Weisinger

The biggest gripe that businesses have with Data Analytics is that it takes too long, according to a survey by Researchscape International and sponsored by Data Intensity.  Nearly two-thirds of businesses using data analytics cited that issue in the survey. Other