Business Analysis

4 Interview Qs for Business Analysts in Product or Marketing

Leslie Stevens-Huffman, 

July 31, 2014

The duties and requirements for business analysts vary from position to position. While some BAs support an entire organization or a particular function, others are tethered …

Why Retail Analytics Specialists Need New Skills

Dawn Kawamoto, 

January 22, 2014

Following the consumer fallout of the massive security breach that engulfed Target, retail analytics specialists may find it tougher to glean valuable shopping data from consumers. …

Take Advantage of Those Consulting Gaps – Part 2

Brad Egeland, 

August 30, 2013

I’ve been writing about what we can constructively do with the scary gaps in our consulting assignments, otherwise known as “bench time.” In part one, I …

Gainsight: How to Get Hired at This Big Data Startup

Myra Thomas, 

August 26, 2013

Big Data startup Gainsight describes itself as the first and only complete customer success management platform to leverage Big Data predictive analytics. The company offers a …

Take Advantage of Those Consulting Gaps – Part 1

Brad Egeland, 

August 22, 2013

“Downtime” and “non-billable hours” are two terms that can strike fear into the most confident consultant – especially in a questionable economy. And for good reason: …

Webinar: Breaking into Business Analytics

Yvonne Lee, 

August 12, 2013

The surge in Big Data is raising demand for Business Analysts and encouraging a growing number of tech professionals to consider opportunities in the field. If …

Tech Innovation at the Heart of Retail

Susan Hall, 

May 21, 2013

Technology is increasingly the differentiator among brands in retail, according to research firm Gartner, which pointed in a recent report to four forces — cloud, mobile, social …

New Certification: HP Focuses On Embedded IT

Susan Hall, 

May 1, 2013

Hewlett-Packard has created a certification, focused on skills needed to implement cross-department IT initiatives, as a way to achieve business goals. It’s another indication that technology …

Demand for Data Analytics Skills Rises Sharply

Dawn Kawamoto, 

January 3, 2013

Though hiring managers are particularly interested in tech professionals with Java/J2EE development skills, the demand for data expertise has increased notably in the past year, according …

When Software Engineers Whine With Reason

Mark Feffer, 

November 26, 2012

Not long ago, Slashdot’s Jeff Cogswell set out to see if two business intelligence tools would come back with the same answer to a single question. …