Data analytics has always been on the forefront in the financial sector, and Malaysian company Affin Hwang Asset Management continues this trend by ramping up their data analytics . Allen Woo, chief innovation officer for Affin Hwang , states “We’re in the infancy of data analytics, but the future is promising”. They have already accumulatedContinue reading “The Use of Data Analytics in the Financial Sector is Rising”
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How Data Analysis is Changing the World of Sports Scouting
A Dutch tech company, SciSports has been using data analysis to help teams scout and train football teams. In the 2018 World Cup, SciSports helped the Belgian national team analyse their opponents. The concept for SciSports originated 7 years ago while Giels Brouwer and fellow students at the Netherlands’ University of Twente were playing aContinue reading “How Data Analysis is Changing the World of Sports Scouting”
Understanding Customer Experience is Key to Business Success
The analyst firm Gartner has just published a report on the use of customer experience (CX) collection and analysis in relation to a companies profits. Their findings suggest that any company that places an emphasis on studying CX has an advantage in growing their business. A survey of 214 organizations found that 80% of thoseContinue reading “Understanding Customer Experience is Key to Business Success”
Google Cloud is Helping to Enhance the Delivery of Financial Data
Financial institutions rely on market data to build investment strategies. Refinitiv is a company that provides the service of collecting, analyzing, and distributing data to over 40,000 companies worldwide. They store over 5 PB of data on trades and quotes going back to 1996, and add around 4 TB – 5 TB of data eachContinue reading “Google Cloud is Helping to Enhance the Delivery of Financial Data”
Dutch Railways Uses Data Analytics to Enhance Services
Dutch Railways boasts an impressive network of trains that oversee over 1.2 million passengers a day. Some of the ways the railway has been able to better it’s service recently comes from the implementation of a new data analytic strategy. This project is the brainchild of the head of the Data & Analytic department, MarjinContinue reading “Dutch Railways Uses Data Analytics to Enhance Services”
Is There a Balance Between Analytics and Privacy?
It was announced recently that the antivirus specialist Avast has begun to shut down its subsidiary, Jumpstart, amidst evidence of data and browsing information being sold to outside clients. Leaked documents revealed that user clicks and website browsing information of over 100 million devices was sold to companies such as Google and Microsoft among others.Continue reading “Is There a Balance Between Analytics and Privacy?”
SAP Business One Launches New Academy, Emphasizes Importance of IT Education
The UK & Ireland SAP User Group has just announced the release of a new training academy for the company’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, Business One. This software is designed for small to medium sized businesses and aims to automate functions in finance, operations, and human resources. The software was first launched in 1996,Continue reading “SAP Business One Launches New Academy, Emphasizes Importance of IT Education”
How One CIO in London is Changing the Way Ambulances Run
Ross Fullerton started working for LAS (London Ambulance Service) in May 2017. He was brought on board after a horrendous IT disaster that involved all of London’s dispatch service shutting down on New Year’s Day. Unlike others in the healthcare IT world, Fullerton has a pretty diverse background working IT in defense, finance, and independentContinue reading “How One CIO in London is Changing the Way Ambulances Run”
LIS 4022 Spring 2020 