In this special guest feature, Will Fellers, Product Manager at Quantum Spatial Inc., explores different types of analytics – descriptive, predictive and prescriptive – and discusses how companies can ...

I was watching a short video by Babson College Prof. Thomas Davenport on the Harvard Business Review website recently and found it to be a good, simplified explanation of analytics. (Stop! Don't swipe ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The role of a marketer has changed dramatically over the past two decades. I’ve seen it ...

The majority of raw data, particularly big data, doesn’t offer a lot of value in its unprocessed state. Of course, by applying the right set of tools, we can pull powerful insights from this stockpile ...

This article was originally published by Data-Smart City Solutions. Governments today operate in an increasingly complex world, reflected in the volume and ubiquity of data produced by citizens and ...

A typical organization loses 5% of its revenues to fraud each year, and, in the U.S. alone the total cost of (non-health) insurance fraud is estimated at more than $40 billion per year, according to ...

The use of analytic tools to predict student performance is exploding in higher education, and experts say the tools show even more promise for K-12 schools, in everything from teacher placement to ...

As organizations integrate data-driven insights into their operations, predictive screening models are emerging as both a safeguard and a growth catalyst.

Data analysis is helping operators in the solar power sector develop more efficient systems that optimize operations and deliver cost savings. Utilities and other developers of solar power ...