Tag: data analyst
Four Ways Analysts Can Increase Value Across Your Data Strategy
It sounded like it was going to be a good meeting. The data science team briefed company leadership on what the data said about a proposed cost-cutting initiative, excitedly revealing findings that took them a few weeks Read more…
Immuta Expands Hooks Into Starburst for Better Data Mesh Governance
Starburst and Trino users will have an easier time hammering their distributed data governance policies into place thank to a deeper set of data mesh integrations between the open data analytics engines and Immuta, the d Read more…
HPE Adds Lakehouse to GreenLake, Targets Databricks
Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery. But if you’re Databricks, you might not be too flattered by HPE, which today announced Ezmeral Unified Analytics, a new lakehouse offering based on Spark and Databricks� Read more…
Data.world Aims to Rethink Data Catalogs
What is a data catalog? If you answered that it’s simply an index that tells you where to find data, then Brett Hurt would like a word with you. As the co-founder and CEO of data.world, Hurt is looking to redefine what Read more…
Sisu Seeks to Answer Why
In a typical business, analysts are tasked with using data to finding answers to questions. They’ll often use a BI tool to explore and query data stored in analytical database to figure out why something happened. Desp Read more…
How COVID-19 Is Impacting the Market for Data Jobs
The United States has shed nearly 10 million jobs in the past two weeks due to the COVID-19 shutdown, and there are some data science, data engineering, and data analytics positions among them. However, surveys indicate Read more…
The 3 Roles Needed for the Modern Data Team
According to the McKinsey Global Institute, data-driven organizations are 23 times more likely to acquire customers, six times as likely to retain those customers, and 19 times as likely to be profitable as a result. As Read more…
Why Big Data and Data Scientists Are Overrated
What does it take to get value out of data? Many organizations assume that you need a big collection of data and a highly skilled data scientist to spin all those 1s and 0s into dollar signs. In reality, companies need n Read more…
Data Scientists–Who Needs Them Anyway?
It's great being data scientist. You get a ridiculously large salary and, because the Harvard Business Review called it "sexiest job of the 21st century," automatic success on the dating scene. The problem is, like the Eastern Lowland Gorilla and the Black Spider Monkey, data scientists are an endangered species. Good luck finding one in the wild. Read more…