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Cookie conundrum: The loss of third-party trackers could diminish your privacy
Web giants who have been advocating for an end to a nearly 30-year-old technology that follows you around the internet may be motivated more by profit than altruism.
PDF to Excel conversion: Your ultimate guide to the best tools
Need to extract data from PDF files into a spreadsheet so you can analyze it? Find out how seven PDF to Excel conversion tools fared in head-to-head tests with increasingly complex data sources.
How to choose an enterprise search platform
Beyond indexing content from multiple data sources into a single interface, advanced enterprise search tools analyze data, identify patterns, make smart recommendations, and provide insights to users. Here's what to look for and 10...
Mining gold from Amazon reviews
Why negative feedback is your friend -- and what ‘Amazon’s Choice’ really means
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Beginner's guide to R: Syntax quirks you'll want to know
Why x=3 doesn't always mean what you think it should, about data types and more.
8 key technologies for the future of work
As the hybrid workplace becomes the norm, technologies designed to accommodate, protect, and improve productivity for remote and in-office employees will be critical.
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New Goldman Sachs-AWS data service points to a larger banking trend
Goldman Sachs and AWS have teamed up to launch a financial services data analytics and management service to help businesses seeking to crunch massive pools of data for smarter business insights.
4 big ways to put Zoom apps to work
From collaboration tools to security platforms, Zoom apps and integrations can help you hold better meetings, capture and secure important data, analyze Zoom usage, and more.
Tableau’s new Slack capabilities democratize data
Tableau is counting on Slack to make its data visualization tools more accessible and is adding new data prep and governance tools to make enterprise data more trustworthy.
Zoho One suite expands to more than 50 apps
The first major update to Zoho’s “operating system for business” in two years adds a shared email inbox, AR remote assistance tool, retail website creation platform, and more.
Great R packages for data import, wrangling, and visualization
Here are my go-to R packages — in a handy searchable table.
Real IT leadership: Selling the transformative dream
It's one thing to cook up a great new initiative, but making it happen requires powers of persuasion, solid partnerships, and access to genuine technical insight.
Zoho brings business intelligence to the mass market
Zoho's new business intelligence suite puts deep, data-driven business insights within reach of many smaller enterprises.
Driving better social outcomes in NZ through data and analytics
New Zealand’s ImpactLab CEO explains how government data and other information can be made available, analysed, and used to marry hard data and human stories to grow services’ impact.
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5 perspectives on modern data analytics
You can't navigate business challenges without the right instruments. Done right, analytics initiatives deliver the essential insights you need, as these five articles explore.
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Collaboration analytics: Yes, you can track employees. Should you?
Analytics tools provided by Microsoft, Slack, and other collaboration app vendors offer insights into communication patterns and other employee work habits. But companies should be wary of reading too much into the data — or abusing...
Cisco adds 'People Insights' analytics to Webex
The company joins other tech vendors, including Microsoft and Google, in using worker analytics to focus on employee well-being and a healthy work/life balance.
Microsoft unveils Viva, its employee-experience platform for Teams
Calling employee experience the “new ERP,” Microsoft introduced four Viva “modules” that provide access to workplace learning, knowledge, analytics, and corporate info.
Why we need computer modeling and simulations to make better decisions
AI-based computer modeling and simulations could improve enterprise productivity, reduce waste and lead to better, smarter outcomes. So why aren't we doing more of this?