TDWI Articles

Data Digest: Cloud Computing Models, Data Quality Teams, Big Data Value

Choose the right cloud model, staff a great data quality team, and ensure that your big data project will create positive ROI.

Push Intelligence -- Delivering Success in a Digital Age

Digital business thrives on the effective use of information, but analysis is only part of the equation. The right information must reach the right decision makers in a timely and effective manner to drive business success.

EBay's Revamped Customer Database Creates Insight

EBay's Customer DNA database is a lot like the customer journey on steroids. It gives the online giant a unified view of all its users -- even those who buy and sell from different accounts.

Data Stories: Mapping Locations, Efficient Routes, Street Angles

Visualization techniques are great for solving spatial questions, such as finding the closest amenities, determining the best travel routes, and plotting the angles of streets.

Q&A: As Emoji Use Grows, So Does Need for Analysis

A long-time expert in legal investigations discusses the growth of emojis and the need for tools to separate emojis from messages for analysis.

Data Digest: Collecting the Right Data, Using Biometric Data, Overhauling IoT Security

Why you should be strategic about what data you collect, protect customers’ biometric data, and use more than passwords to protect IoT devices.

Data Digest: Efficient Data Governance, Data Complexity, BI in 2017

How systematic data governance improves analytics, how modern self-service analytics solves data complexity problems, and why in 2017 no enterprise can afford to be without a BI strategy.

Beer and Diapers: The Impossible Correlation

At TDWI's recent Executive Summit, Mark Madsen asked: is there a statistically significant correlation between sales of beer and sales of diapers or has the correlation been misused.

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