Bill Franks, 2018 Articles & Publications

Evaluating The Risk Of Analytics Partners For Your Enterprise

6/28/2018

How do you choose the right vendor partners to move your analytics program forward? Large organizations today need to partner with vendors to successfully build, deploy, and maintain enterprise-level analytics programs. In today’s world, however, there are so many potential vendor partners that it is hard to know where to begin. An often under-addressed aspect of evaluating which partners to invest in is the need to look at the inherent risk a potential partner brings to the table along with its compelling offerings. This research brief provides a framework for evaluating the risks of potential analytics partners. By developing a consistent and complete approach to assessing risk, an organization will help itself make better investments and, therefore, improve its analytics performance.

International Institute For Analytics Research Brief
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Predictive Analytics World 2018 Event Summary

6/26/2018

IIA attended the Predictive Analytics World (PAW) show in Las Vegas, June 6–7, 2018. This year the show had a new format called “Mega PAW” where a number of (previously individual) PAW shows were all housed together under one roof. Some of the keynotes were shared by all attendees, while the breakouts were segmented by topic. All of the sessions IIA attended were in the business track. In this event summary, the key points from each session attended will be provided, as will some commentary on IIA’s thoughts about the topic.

International Institute For Analytics Research Brief
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Why Google Duplex Did Not Pass The Turing Test

6/14/2018

Recently, a lot of press was given to Google’s Duplex Artificial Intelligence (AI) bot. The Duplex bot calls businesses, such as a restaurant, on your behalf and makes a reservation. We’re going to save for another day the potential ethical issues raised by AI bots fooling people into believing they are talking to a person. Instead, let’s focus on whether or not Duplex has successfully passed the Turing test as some have suggested.

Monthly Analytics Matters Blog
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Successful Analytics Leaders

6/1/2018

Successful Analytics Leaders

Business Intelligence Journal Interview With Hugh Watson
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Articles & Publications 2018

Evaluating The Risk Of Analytics Partners For Your Enterprise

Predictive Analytics World 2018 Event Summary

Why Google Duplex Did Not Pass The Turing Test

Successful Analytics Leaders

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