Understanding your customers when there’s only a handful isn’t too difficult. But as your company grows and the number of customers expands rapidly, it can be overwhelming to keep up with the change.

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This ebook, based on the latest ZDNet / TechRepublic special feature, explores how you set up an analytics infrastructure that sees around corners and gives you options to avoid a head-on crash. Read ...

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Descriptive analytics -- looking into what has happened in the past -- is commoditized. Traditional BI, reports, and dashboards are well understood and used in one way or another across a wide ...

Techniques for predicting future trends and identifying behaviors are based upon analyzing data and extracting information. Using descriptive analytics, you can turn data into insights that can be ...

Prescriptive analytics has become a real competitive advantage for marketers. Here's why. Analytics has long been the backbone of marketing success. Analytics enables marketers to make data-driven ...

Prescriptive analytics is the final stage of business analytics. Learn more and read tips on how to get started with prescriptive analytics. Technology has given us the ability to forecast enterprise ...