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Descriptive Analytics – Discovering the Story behind the Data

Jane A — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 16:00:23 +0000

Episode 27

Descriptive analytics is nothing new, however IoT is applying evolutionary forces to make it adapt to unstructured sensor data and evolve into a mechanism of discovery rather than report generation. Tools that blend traditional business intelligence, analytical modeling and visualization now help data scientists discover the story behind the data which can lead to valuable insights for the enterprise.

Listen to this podcast (or read the transcript) with Dave Rubal about how to apply descriptive analytics to your Internet of Things

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Exposing the True Nature of the Robust IoT Cloud

Jane A — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 10:00:13 +0000

Episode 21

On the surface, building your own IoT cloud seems pretty straightforward, but brush away some of the fluff and you’ll find the non-trivial issues of data velocity, message processing, scalability, redundancy and robustness.

Listen to this podcast (or read the transcript) with Dan Collins, its differences with the IT cloud and the issues to consider when building or buying

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On Being More Passionate about Data

Jane A — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 05:10:33 +0000

The biggest shift for traditional companies becoming IoT companies is transitioning into an Information Technology company. IoT technology isn’t plug ‘n’ play but it can be built. More difficult is changing a company’s culture to revolve around the information.

Watch this video (or read the transcript) for a primer on big data and the interplay between analytics, databases and cloud services

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