July 2015 - BI and Predictive Analytics

SQL Server Polybase (2016)

July 20, 2015 by Derek Leave a Comment

What is SQL Server Polybase? Coming in SQL Server 2016 is the ability to query relational tables as well as data stored in Hadoop or Azure Blob storage. This technology will allow you to continue to leverage SQL Server for your data warehousing and access data stored in different formats and technologies to combine data … [Read more…]

HASSUG BI Developer Presentation on 7/14/2015

July 19, 2015 by Derek Leave a Comment

I presented on how to become a BI developer at the Houston Area SQL Server User Group (HASSUG). This session resulted from feedback we received in the user group on differences between database developers and BI developers. If you are interested in seeing the presentation content it is uploaded here: Becoming a bi developer from … [Read more…]

Primed-AP (Analytic Process)
What is the Primed-AP Methodology? CDO Advisors has launched Primed Analytics Process Homepage to publish content related to our newly published Analytic Process. The Primed-AP © process was created based on years of experience working with business users to implement predictive analytics. Existing methodologies focus on the data science tasks but do not include the required tasks […]
Marketing Customer Information File Overview
Marketing Customer Information File (MCIF) Many financial organizations already have a custom customer view called a marketing customer information file. Other industries have these as well, called by different name such as master patient index in the healthcare space. These files are created through existing software or internal jobs to merge data from various sources […]
Speaking at the Global Predictive Analytics Conference
Implementing Predictive Analytics into Operational Workflows I will be presenting on April 3rd 2018 in Santa Clara, CA at the Global Predictive Analytics Conference. My session focuses on how to build predictive analytics and integrate the model into your business. I will examine two use cases: Customer Churn and Cross Selling and demonstrate the process […]

BI and Predictive Analytics

Leveraging Data to Make Better Decisions

Month: July 2015

SQL Server Polybase (2016)

HASSUG BI Developer Presentation on 7/14/2015