The Five Styles of Enterprise BI

With roots dating back almost four decades ago, Business Intelligence (BI) software began with a fairly consistent profile of solution providers and users. Corporate IT was the dominant solution provider. BI insights were powered by data warehouses and IT-based developers performed all of the heavy lifting associated with data modeling and report development. Users, primarily finance and accounting department managers, anxiously awaited their batch reports. Thrilled by these early insights, the IT teams steering the BI ship could do no wrong. BI infrastructure and programs always costed at least a million dollars and large enterprises were the only companies who could afford the dedicated staff required to operate these early versions of business insight software.

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Georesearch LATAM

We are considered the leading company in Latin America in the area of information geointelligence services. We support small and large companies in making strategic business decisions regarding optimal location and estimation of potential sales behaviors.We do Geointelligence. We take all the data and apply advanced analytics, which allows us to predict market behaviors accurately. We help professionals from the retail, utilities, marketing, real estate and security industries to make informed decisions about their business strategies.

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The Lock and Key of Data Literacy and Data Governance

whitePaper | November 24, 2022

Without a data-literate team, your company doesn’t have a chance of becoming data-driven. “Speaking data” is one of the biggest skills in the coming years as more technical skills (think SQL or R programming) become embedded in the tools themselves, demonstrating what we’ve always known — that tools will only take you so far. Your real resource is people.

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SaaS and The Evolution of Cloud-Based Data Management

whitePaper | December 21, 2022

The evolution of cloud-based technology is continuing to reshape the data management landscape. As data volumes increase, users in different industries are demanding flexible, scalable processes that enable them to leverage a wider variety of sources, uncover new insights and confidently make decisions that will drive their businesses forward.

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A Review of BioPharma Sponsor Data Sharing Policies and Protection Methodologies

whitePaper | September 12, 2022

This whitepaper examines clinical trial data contribution policies and the data protection methodologies applied to protect patient privacy. Information published by 29 biopharma sponsors was collected across three data-sharing platforms, collated by sponsor size. Results showed that large sponsor contribution policies can provide helpful benchmarks for medium and smaller sponsors.

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Fault-Tolerant Components on AWS

whitePaper | November 15, 2019

Fault-tolerance is the ability for a system to remain in operation even if some of the components used to build the system fail. Even with very conservative assumptions, a busy e-commerce site may lose thousands of dollars for every minute it is unavailable. This is just one reason why businesses and organizations strive to develop software systems that can survive faults. Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a platform that is ideally suited for building fault-tolerant software systems. The AWS platform enables you to build fault-tolerant systems that operate with a minimal amount of human interaction and up-front financial investment.

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Drive Analytic Innovation Through SAS and Open Source Integration

whitePaper | May 27, 2021

In many organizations, we need more collaboration between businesses, analytic teams, application developers and IT operations. These teams often work with data in silos and end up duplicating efforts, failing to integrate, or missing opportunities to deliver value from data. In addition to siloed efforts, data scientists are also faced with ever-increasing volumes and speeds of data. And the reality is they’re expected to answer questions just as fast as - or faster than - before. It’s important that we’re using the right data and the right techniques to ensure optimal outcomes. Download this guide to learn more about SAS and open source.

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The Rising Threat to Consumer Data in the Cloud

whitePaper | December 29, 2022

Imagine that you are starting a family and you want to stay on top of your finances so you can manage your budget for your growing family. Because you have too many accounts for banking, loans, subscriptions, and bills to keep track of, you decide to sign up for a service that aggregates all your accounts in one place. When you register your account online, you follow the instructions carefully. You create a strong, unique password and set up multifactor authentication. You enter your bank account and loan information, home address, and other personal information. Your spouse also signs up, and you create a joint family account that combines your information.

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Georesearch LATAM

We are considered the leading company in Latin America in the area of information geointelligence services. We support small and large companies in making strategic business decisions regarding optimal location and estimation of potential sales behaviors.We do Geointelligence. We take all the data and apply advanced analytics, which allows us to predict market behaviors accurately. We help professionals from the retail, utilities, marketing, real estate and security industries to make informed decisions about their business strategies.

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