Prescriptive analytics is a type of data analytics that provides guidance on what should happen next. It's related to descriptive, diagnostic and predictive analytics. Descriptive analytics aims to ...

Business analytics is already a pervasive concept in the enterprise, although different types of analytics produce different results, with different business value. While older concepts, such as ...

This ebook, based on the latest ZDNet / TechRepublic special feature, explores how you set up an analytics infrastructure that sees around corners and gives you options to avoid a head-on crash. Read ...

Prescriptive analytics has become a real competitive advantage for marketers. Here's why. Analytics has long been the backbone of marketing success. Analytics enables marketers to make data-driven ...

Businesses today run on data. Businesses of all types and sizes -- from convenience stores to multinationals -- use data for reporting, planning, marketing and managing their daily work. We truly live ...

Understanding your customers when there’s only a handful isn’t too difficult. But as your company grows and the number of customers expands rapidly, it can be overwhelming to keep up with the change.

Speakers at the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) Conference will try to educate legal departments about using metrics to understand and meet future challenges. Leveraging big data into ...

Industrial companies increasingly compete in markets affected by globalization and rapid technology advancements. To survive and thrive in these markets, these companies are attempting to leverage ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Exploring Cloud, AI, Big Data and all things Digital Transformation. Analytics is probably the most important tool a company has ...

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Healthcare analytics no longer ends at dashboards and retrospective reports. Organizations are increasingly seeking analytics that not only explain what happened but also guide what needs to happen ...

Speakers at the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) Conference will try to educate legal departments about using metrics to understand and meet future challenges. Prescriptive modeling—the ...