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Data and analytics articles

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Leyre Murillo-Villa – "There is always a solution"

22 Jan 2020by David Reed

Leyre Murillo-Villar is chief data officer and data control lead at BNP Paribas. She is also a member of the Women in Data 20 in Data and Tech list. She told DataIQ about the need to close the gender gap and how data is at the heart of managing risk.

Addressing the gender gap in STEM industries

21 Jan 2020by Lucy Desai

The problem with stereotypes is that they linger. There isn’t an informed individual on the planet who would argue that STEM industries (science, technology, engineering and maths) ought to be male-dominated, and yet, these sectors remain imbalanced towards male representation. This is partly down to the aforementioned stereotype that these sectors ought to be “man’s work”.

Leadership Skills Technology

Lyndsay Weir – Keeping quiet as a female leader

17 Jan 2020by David Reed

Lyndsay Weir is global data and analytics manager at Nestlé. At the Women in Data conference in November, she was named as one of the new list of female industry role models, the 20 in Data and Tech. She told DataIQ how being a female leader and role model can be done in a quiet way.

Analytics and insight Data science Leadership Organisation and culture Skills

Data champions are the backbone of data culture

16 Jan 2020by James Eiloart

For data-driven organisations, some of your most high-potential employees are those with strong data skills and a desire to share them with others. James Eiloart of Tableau explains how to identify and manage these data champions

Analytics and insight Leadership Organisation and culture

Bhagya Reddy – Engineering inspiration in data

09 Jan 2020by David Reed

Bhagya Reddy is principal data engineer at QuantumBlack, a McKinsey company. At the Women in Data conference in November, she was named as one of the new list of female industry role models, the 20 in Data and Tech. She told DataIQ what it means to her and shared her views on the sector.

Data science Leadership Skills

Business decisions based less on trust and more on truth

20 Dec 2019by Toni Sekinah

Dun & Bradstreet, a business information data company that provides business credit reports, has over 330 million business records on its Data Cloud. Andy Crisp tells Toni Sekinah about his observation having completed 20 years in at Dun & Bradstreet and what it means to ‘own’ data at the company.

Analytics and insight Business intelligence Data governance Strategy

European AI labs link up to exploit synergies

18 Dec 2019by Toni Sekinah

The Confederation of Laboratories for Artificial Intelligence Research in Europe (CLAIRE), a research network was set up to facilitate collaboration between European labs. Toni Sekinah spoke to Professor Holger Hoos about Europe’s competitive advantage in AI, and how the network can help mitigate the negative effects of AI.

Skills Technology

Data platforms: Helping data scientists do what they do best

16 Dec 2019by Alexander Igelsböck

Data scientists are highly sought-after, with demand for specialist data skills increasing over 230%, but they spend too much time on mundane tasks like data preparation. Using automated ETL could free them up for value-adding tasks, as Adverity’s Alexander Igelsböck explains.

Data science Technology

Can small businesses and start-ups benefit from AI too?

13 Dec 2019by Toni Sekinah

Small businesses and start-up can get in on the AI action that may seem to be the domain of the tech giants. This was the view of DataJavelin’s Philip Rooney who made this claim to a room full of entrepreneurs and small business owners at a workshop. Toni Sekinah reports.

Data science Skills Strategy Technology

Powering strategic development with AI and machine learning

12 Dec 2019by Andrew Appel

Consumers are far more fickle, experimental and granular than ever. To move faster and predict their buying trends more accurately, businesses need to embrace new innovations in data analytics. Andrew Appel of IRI explains why.

Data science Organisation and culture

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Customer data platforms: Integrating data, transforming enterprisesSponsored by Tealium

This report presents the findings from a survey across 101 companies to identify their goals for digital transformation and data integration, together with the ...

Transformation Insights

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ISO 27701: Setting a New Standard for PrivacySponsored by DQM GRC

What does ISO 27701 mean for your organisation? Currently, there is no “official” GDPR certification or seal. ISO 27701 is the closest an organisation can get ...

Mind the Data GapSponsored by Royal Mail

The biggest challenge facing marketers remains the same - acquiring new customers. Alongside it, a new challenge has emerged - how to analyse data and gain ...

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