Transitioning to a New World – An Analytical Perspective

Recently, I had the opportunity to speak at the Silicon India Business Intelligence Conference. The topic I chose for the discussion was focused on providing the BI & Analytics perspective for companies transitioning to a new world.  The gist of my presentation is given below: 1)      First, established the fact that the world indeed is changing by showing some statistics: Data Deluge: Amount of digital data created in the world right now stands at 7 Zettabytes per annum (1 Zettabyte = 1 Trillion Terabytes) Social Media: Facebook has touched 1 Billion users which makes it the 3rd largest country...

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Big Data and the Goldilocks Principle

I was inspired to write this post (I can hear all of you sighing ‘Yet Another on Big Data’) due to another ‘Big’ reason. I listened to a TED (www.ted.com) talk by David Christian titled ‘The History of the World in 18 minutes’ in which he narrates a complete history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the Internet, in a riveting 18 minutes. This is “Big History”: an enlightening, wide-angle look at complexity, life and humanity, set against our slim share of the cosmic timeline. Check out his website – www.bighistoryproject.com , and I promise you that this ‘Big’ has nothing to do with Big Data, as we know it. But what got me interested...

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Business Focused Analytics – The Starting Point

Having been a Business Intelligence practitioner for the last 13 years, there has never been a more exciting time to practice this art, as organizations increasingly realize that a well implemented BI & Analytics system can provide great competitive advantage for them. This leads us to the question of – ‘What is a well implemented BI system?’ Let us follow the Q&A below. Q: What is a well implemented BI system? A: A well implemented BI system is one that is completely business focused. Q: Well, that doesn’t make it any easier. How can we have BI that is completely business focused? A: BI & Analytics becomes completely business focused when they have ‘business decisions’ as the cornerstone of their implementation. The starting point to build / re-engineer a BI system...

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Earnings Conference Call on Tuesday, July 31st 2012 at 4.00 pm IST

The Board of Directors of Hexaware Technologies is scheduled to meet on July 31st, 2012 to consider the audited results for the quarter ended June 30th, 2012 (Q2 2012).The company is hosting an earnings conference call for investors and analysts on the same day to discuss the results.Details of the conference call are as follows:DateJuly 31st, 2012DayTuesdayTime4:00 PM ISTDial-in Access NumbersMumbaiPrimary Access:+91 22 3065 0539Secondary Access:+91 22 6629 0539Hexaware ParticipantsAtul Nishar– ChairmanP. R. Chandrasekar – Vice Chairman & CEOR. V. Ramanan – Executive Director & Head – Global DeliveryPrateek Aggarwal – Chief Financial OfficerDeependra Chumble– Chief People OfficerSreenivas V– Chief Strategy OfficerReplay Facility*Playback number: +91...

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Quality Assurance and Testing Services: Strategy of Oracle BI Testing

This Document gives an overview of OBIEE Testing and commonly used in BI Components while doing validation.1. Testing in Levels: In a typical OBIEE project, it is advisable to test in multiple areas rather than attempting to test everything at once.a) The first set of tests can verify the accuracy of the column to column transport of the data between the source and target. This verification is typically done using SQL statements on the source and target databases.b) The next step is to verify the accuracy of the repository (the .RPD file.) These tests will include testing with appropriate dimensional filters on the metrics and the formula used to compute those metrics. Testers can build two sets of comparable queries within the repository interface.c) The...

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Quality Assurance And Testing Services: OBIEE Validations

Hexaware has developed a variety of accelerators that combine Oracle's technology with Hexaware's functional and technical expertise to effectively meet your business needs. Oracle E-business suite range consists of financials, supply chain, manufacturing, HRMS & CRM.Source to target validation: Here source is represented by metadata repository and Target represents OBIEE Reports & Dashboards, BI Publishers.1. Presentation layer object validation:This is the layer of the logical business model that is accessible for the client through the structure query Language better known as the logical SQL. The presentation is the appropriate layer to set user permissions and to validate user permissions to reports.2. Categorizing the metrics:It is important to classify the metrics...

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Healthcare Services - Saving Lives On A Daily Basis

At the end of the day no matter how large your home is, how many cars you own, or what clothes you wear you will not be satisfied if your health is not at ease. Taking care of your body is what allows you to happily partake in your daily adventures and enjoy the materials you have worked so hard for. To ensure a healthy standard of living, healthcare facilities offer their patients comprehensive holistic healthcare services that promise to find a natural cure for your body.Unlike your neighborhood clinic, comprehensive holistic healthcare services will diagnose and cure your problem through natural remediation. Stuffing another antibiotic in to your body is not their technique, yet striving for health through completing one of their many hands on services. When you report to the...

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