Business Analytics - Business Intelligence

Nice BA - BI articles...

4 Key Benefits of Business Analytics 

http://www.techopedia.com/2/30429/it-business/business-intelligence-bi/the-4-key-benefits-of-business-analytics?utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_medium=best&utm_source=07302014

Can Big Data Analytics Close the Business Intelligence Gap?

http://www.techopedia.com/2/30430/it-business/business-intelligence-bi/can-big-data-analytics-close-the-business-intelligence-gap

90% of all the data in the world has been generated in the past two years

Build more harddrives?

No, we do need software to manage our current data and business intelligence data archival rules.

http://www.gadget.co.za/pebble.asp?relid=8704

Google Drive classes available at Mitchell Community College

Web Tech Czarnecki is teaching Google Drive classes on both:

• Monday, 8/18 - 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.  
• Monday, 10/20 - 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.  

Discover free and simple web tools.  

Learn the fundamentals of Google Drive, Docs, and Sheet including how to upload, create, and edit files in Google Drive through a Web browser. 

A Gmail account is required.

See the catalog link below for details on how to sign-up.  

http://www.mitchellcc.edu/files/continuing-ed/CE%20Schedule%20-%20Fall%202014.pdf#view=fit

Social Media Business Intelligence and Data Visualization

Facebook:    56% Male   /   41% Female    /    3% Unknown



More at:  http://www.business2community.com/social-media/10-benefits-social-media-business-every-skeptic-know-0955900#!bm6usR

The State of the Power Influencer

We are all voices influential bloggers; although most of us do not transcribe to a blogger tool.

Consider making a blog from your passion.

And CPCC ReachIT associates, note the impactful image below.  It is full of Business Intelligence - Data Visualization via an infographic.

It is easy you can grow a blog and hopefully one day we will have revenue streams from it.



Read more at https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=81636474156809930#editor/target=post;postID=4981211393434528418

Microsoft store coming to Charlotte

Full Microsoft store is opening at Southpark Mall... later this year.

Aisle store is currently open.

Uber D.C. Customers 'Kidnapped'

Uber and Lyft are ride share programs (competition to the taxi industry) that conveniently provide smartphone apps to coordinate pickup and payment of their service.  

Read more on how this Uber ride went very wrong in D.C.:  

I looked into the rollout of Lyft as a potential side job in NC and found:

• No service in the Mooresville area (yet)
• Charlotte uptown area had a high demand for the services, especially on Friday evenings.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2460678,00.asp?mailingID=E6BAD76ADF0EDC2888B3C6DDDED64938

Business Intelligence Market Shifts from Indeed.com and SQL Magazine

How does analytics differ from business intelligence? 

Analytics means interacting with information at the speed of business, continuous iterative data exploration, and fact-based decision making using statistical and quantitative analysis, explanatory, predictive and prescriptive modeling. 

Analytics is closely related to operational management science. 

Where traditional business intelligence was historically focused on measuring past performance with querying, reporting, OLAP, and dashboards answering what happened, how many, how often and where type questions. 

Analytics strives to answer why, and forward looking questions such as what if these trends continue, what will happen next, and what is the best that can happen?

See complete article at: http://sqlmag.com/business-intelligence/business-intelligence-market-shifts

Zinnia Czarnecki

What do home grown zinnias and business intelligence have in common?  I needed a professional haircut for interviews, but funds are tight!  Not expecting a discount, I took a bouquet of zinnias to my hair stylists.  At checkout, I was delighted to receive a discounted haircut.   Now I'm considering taking a bouquet of flowers on my next interview.   Unexpected smiles are priceless.     :)