According to a 2017 survey on digital transformation by Constellation Research, 64% of respondents said a digital transformation strategy was essential to driving profits, 70% said they had an IoT (Internet of Things) strategy, and a whopping 75% said they have a Big Data strategy. IoT, artificial intelligence (AI), and…
Original article on Tapscape, By Munawar Gul, 24/06/2018 Companies try to stay on top or else risk losing business and profit. Web Scraping, or a process where one “collects” publicly available data on websites, can potentially play a huge part in critical business aspects such as competitor analysis and price monitoring. When…
According to Gartner Research, the market for data preparation solutions will reach $1 billion in 2019, with 30% of organizations employing some type of self-service data preparation tool set. So what exactly is data preparation, and why is it so important? Informatica.com defines data preparation as “a pre-processing step in…
Web scraping gives you the opportunity to get detailed information about your prospects and clients and know what their needs are. Original article on Customer Think, by Ehsan Memari, June 4, 2018 Since the beginning of the world wide web revolution and growth in terms of data size, many businesses have been…
“We enable our customers to make business decisions based on data-driven insights using data sourced with Import.io.” StoryFit is revolutionizing how movie studios and book publishers identify winning scripts and manuscripts. Using artificial intelligence and machine learning, StoryFit generates predictive analytics that go deeper and wider than current programs. Never-before…
Story Highlights Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley, says embracing open data can bring significant economic benefits for Jamaica. He said it is estimated that approximately 100,000 jobs will be created within the EU over the next couple of years, and estimates indicate that over US$2.2…
Originally posted on October 18th, 2017 Data extraction consists of more than just scraping valuable business information and compiling it in a spreadsheet for future use. It can also transform your business by keeping you from spending too much time on tasks like manual data entry. You can simply automate…
The Data Scientist is one of the most sought after positions in tech – and much of the business world. But the demand is very quickly outstripping the supply.
McKinsey estimates that by 2018, the U.S. economy will have a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 people with analytical expertise. And if you’re a startup or business that’s looking to expand your data science operations, that might sound a little scary.
We’re not saying it’s going to be easy, but with these tips from Data Scientist at Insightly, Sara Vera, it’s certainly going to get a lot easier.
In her keynote at Extract SF 2014, Sara gave us her top three tips for hiring great Data Scientists. And now, she’s sharing them with you! Watch the quick 10 minute video of her talk and then read on for a more in depth look at her insights.
INSCMAGAZINE: As a business owner, it’s always beneficial to gain more knowledge on how to attract new customers, so by using web scraping tools on relevant high-traffic websites you’ll be able to gather insights on what your customers are looking for. Original article here: May 22, 2018 Zac Ferry Data analysis…
Original article here: AEIdeas Bringing data to the debate A recent report by Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, seeking to address whether the rollout of the UFB has indeed reduced digital divides makes interesting reading. The report is independent and not government-commissioned research. It uses sophisticated web scraping to collect demographic, economic,…
