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Our Main Points
- A lack of qualified people, not software, could put a brake on analytics.
- Aggregating data isn’t as much of an issue as making sure it’s reliable and meaningful.
- The cost of technical solutions is dropping, but it may be a decade before a new generation of specialists is available to take advantage of it.
- If you’re in financial IT, you’re going to be very busy soon.
- The Dodd-Frank Act – financial reform – is expected to impact every section of the business.
- Observers say they’ll need new technology and upgrades so they can comply with the law.
- And some business models are going to change – like in trading and derivatives.
- Remember how much fun Sarbanes-Oxley was? I bet this is better.
- When you’re networking – with people – here’s a caution.
- Beware of social engineering.
- This is a fancy way of saying be careful about spilling company secrets.
- There are some people who might try and trick you into talking about your firm’s technology, strategy and what have you.
- That doesn’t mean you should stop networking. Just means you should be careful.
R is great for statistics and simulations. A great package for visual analytics, that doesn’t require any programming, is Spotfire (disclaimer: I work for Spotfire). You can download a free 1 year trial version at http://goto.spotfire.com/g/?P5GKGVDIQF.
R is great for statistics and simulations. A great package for visual analytics, that doesn’t require any programming, is Spotfire (disclaimer: I work for Spotfire). You can download a free 1 year trial version at http://goto.spotfire.com/g/?P5GKGVDIQF.
We posted some background on R not too long ago:
http://career-resources.dice.com/articles/content/entry/is_there_an_r_in
We posted some background on R not too long ago:
http://career-resources.dice.com/articles/content/entry/is_there_an_r_in
Where would a person start to gain skills in data analytics? What Software do you recommend might be worth learning?
Where would a person start to gain skills in data analytics? What Software do you recommend might be worth learning?
It sounds like the software to learn would be R .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(programming_language)
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596801717/
It sounds like the software to learn would be R .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(programming_language)
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596801717/
Are we talking Blogs and such here…(SEO)
Try WordPress then learn to use the blog AND start in on Twitter to drum up interest, etc.( can you say advertisement, etc…)….
Are we talking Blogs and such here…(SEO)
Try WordPress then learn to use the blog AND start in on Twitter to drum up interest, etc.( can you say advertisement, etc…)….
scientific software is good for analytics. Am I going to far back to name drop, oh, say, C or Fortran? 😛
scientific software is good for analytics. Am I going to far back to name drop, oh, say, C or Fortran? 😛