Analytics

Analytics employs predictive modeling, statistical methods, machine learning, and process automation techniques to analyze business information. Follow current analytics trends on the TIBCO Blog.

7 Hot Trends in Business Intelligence

This is a guest blog post by Marcus Borba (@marcusborba), the founder of Borba Consulting, a Business Intelligence and Performance Management consultancy located in...

How Analytics Can Improve Collaboration Behavior

This is a guest blog post by Larry Hawes (@lehawes), Principal of Dow Brook Advisory Services and Lead Analyst, Collaboration & Enterprise Social Software...

How Data Analysts and BI Professionals Use LinkedIn

Due to the popularity of our post on how data analysts use Twitter, we thought we’d expand to another popular social network – LinkedIn...

How Data Analytics Can Help Make Staffing Decisions

Business intelligence helps us make decisions about how to attract and retain the best customers, and how to create happy customers who are loyal...

Five Ways to Build a Data-Driven Resume and Cover Letter

According to a survey of 2,500 human resource managers conducted by CareerBuilder, 48 percent review 25 resumes for each open position. Additionally, 79 percent of...

Five Steps to Data Integrity for Job Candidates

Everybody does it. But, not everybody does it right. And recruiters and hiring managers know this. What is it? Social networking. Job candidates need to be...

What Do You Call A Soda Dispenser With Onboard Data Analytics?

If you haven’t yet experienced the new Coca-Cola Freestyle with its onboard data analytics, this is NOT your father’s soda fountain.   The new...

Practical Data Analytics – When is “close enough” good enough?

Data analytics isn’t always about getting the right answer – it’s often about getting useful answers that help make the best decisions. There are...

How to Plan Your Mobile BI Strategy

Tablets, smartphones, laptops and netbooks are all the rage due to their mobility. And, the news and blogs are overflowing with coverage of the...

How Data Analysts and BI Professionals Use Twitter

When most people think of data analytics and Twitter, they think of using analytics to understand the value of Twitter.  But to the data...