Entries by Geoff Speare

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Modern Analytics Framework Series – Part 5: Our approach is as fluid as data itself

Your data needs are different from those of any other client we’ve worked with. Plus, they’re ever-changing.  That’s why we’re fluid in our approach to creating your framework and why we ensure fluidity in the framework itself.  Whether your current investment in assessments, governance, and technology is heavy or light, we can meet you where […]

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Modern Analytics Framework Series – Part 4: The value of an iterative approach

Your data needs are different from those of any other client we’ve worked with. Plus, they’re ever-changing.  That’s why we’re fluid in our approach to creating your framework and why we ensure fluidity in the framework itself.  Whether your current investment in assessments, governance, and technology is heavy or light, we can meet you where […]

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Modern Analytics Framework Series – Part 1: Things to know if you’ve been delaying analytics modernization

Today’s companies have no shortage of data. In fact, they have more than ever before. And they know that, hiding in that data, are insights for better business decisions and competitive superiority.  But even with all the investments they’ve already made, in everything from data marts and warehouses to operational data stores, companies suspect the […]

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Data & Analytics Governance: Change is Happening. Are You Ready?

Governance is the ongoing process of creating and managing processes, policies, and information. This includes strategies, processes, activities, skills, organizations, and technologies for the purpose of accelerating business outcomes. It also involves creating organizations, roles and responsibilities to perform this management. In our experience, many organizations address governance once and often without completing the necessary […]

Agile Data Warehousing with Spark

Data discovery is a “new” technique that takes a less formal and more agile approach to analyzing data. Okay, well, it’s not really new — people have been doing this with spreadsheets for decades — but the products that support it have improved greatly and have forced a more formal consideration of these techniques. The […]

Bimodal Analytics Defined: Balancing Your Approach

Data discovery tools and techniques represent the largest change to traditional business intelligence in the last decade. Instead of being a replacement for enterprise reporting, however, data discovery is a new approach that augments the old methods. Understanding when to use each and how they work together are key elements in implementing a strategy for […]