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Data and analytics articles

Profiles, features and insights on the key trends, leaders, emerging stars and best practices within data, analytics and data science, originated by DataIQ and our partners

Siemens and Anthony Nolan getting the most from analytics

21 Nov 2019by Toni Sekinah

Electronics giant Siemens and blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan are both improving their data practices with a self-service analytics platform. Toni Sekinah hears from Jon Cajacob and Franky Stephenson who say that self-serve analytics is making their organisations more efficient and more productive, and the charity data is no longer in a ’shack’.

Teradata’s Reema Poddar on taking risks and learning

14 Nov 2019by Toni Sekinah

Reema Poddar of Teradata heads up the company’s technology and innovation office and looks after the information security. She tells Toni Sekinah about the women she admired in the technology and business worlds, what she does to make sure the customer comes first and how she encourages diversity in her organisation.

Analytics and insight Leadership Skills Technology

Data privacy, security concerns are barriers to data use says report

12 Nov 2019by Toni Sekinah

Concerns about data privacy and data security are top obstacles to effective use of data and analytics. This is finding of a report by Microstrategy of 500 data professionals across five countries. Toni Sekinah reports.

Analytics and insight Skills Technology

Teradata keeps sports entertainment company happy

08 Nov 2019by Toni Sekinah

Dustin Spangler of Larry H Miller Sports and Entertainment has a huge variety of data to deal with as sports teams, a cycle race and a cinema chain, to name a few, fall under his company’s umbrella. He tells Toni Sekinah the challenges that he and his team face when dealing with that variety of data and how they went about choosing a cloud platform.

Analytics and insight Data science Leadership Technology

Wood Mackenzie putting energy resource data under the Lens

07 Nov 2019by Toni Sekinah

Energy industry research and consultancy firm Wood Mackenzie, has been integrating its numerous data sources into a single platform since the end of 2018. Karen Padir and Craig Foot tell Toni Sekinah how the platform Lens and its latest module are helping the company’s clients, consultants and researchers to locate and evaluate energy sources.

Analytics and insight Data science Technology

Data scientists - time to brace for impact

29 Oct 2019by David Reed

We are stardust, we are golden. But data scientists could soon be finding themselves ushered out of the garden they have been enjoying for the last five years. The reason? In a down economy, companies look to cut out expensive overheads and replace them with the very automation they have been asking this function to build. David Reed explains.

Analytics and insight Data science Skills

In defence of data democratisation – Why it’s more than a buzzword

06 Oct 2019by James Eiloart

Technology is to buzzwords as jam is to wasps. But don’t let the jargon put you off - underneath these terms there are innovative approaches that can help to transform your business. James Eiloart of Tableau explains why data democratisation is one such example.

Analytics and insight Organisation and culture Technology

Pets at Home top dog for customer and CRM success

02 Oct 2019by Toni Sekinah

Pet owners superstore Pets at Home took home the prize for Customer/CRM Success at the DataIQ Awards this summer. It displayed impressive numbers related to customer retention and brand loyalty. Matt Lawrenson and Andy Wood of Pets at Home’s marketing agency Go Inspire told Toni Sekinah what other companies can do to set up a successful loyalty programme.

Analytics and insight Technology

Powell’s data baggage is picked up at Heathrow

27 Sep 2019by Toni Sekinah

Mark Powell works with baggage data at the UK’s busiest airport Heathrow, looking at ways to improve the efficiency of the handling of luggage through one of the world’s biggest transport hubs. He tells Toni Sekinah what other types of data he would love to get his hands and how light can be used to track a bag.

Analytics and insight Technology

MotoGP: How Ducati goes racing with data (and beyond)

25 Sep 2019by Peter Galdies

At the UK MotoGP at Silverstone over the August bank holiday weekend, I was fortunate to be invited to meet the Ducati team and its technology partner NetApp to find out just how important data and soft skills are at the pinnacle of motorcycle racing.

Analytics and insight Organisation and culture Technology

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Transformation Insights

Industry data leaders from NHS Digital, Samsung Europe, Schneider Electric, TUI Group and Zurich will be presenting at the DataIQ Transform event taking place ...

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 ...

Privacy, Value and Ethics Report 2: Coping with the cautious consumerSponsored by DQM GRC

This research report confirms that we have now entered the calm before the storm. We expect that ongoing investigations by the ICO will not only put the ...

Privacy, Value and Ethics Report 1: In association with CroweSponsored by Crowe

This research report confirms that, while consumers will continue to want increased personalisation, speed and flexibility in how they transact and engage with ...

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