Analytics

Charlotte — a New Technology Hub

Slalom Charlotte has now been around for 1 year — traversing WeWork and our new home at the Railyard…

11 Companies to Look at to Stay Ahead in the Data & Analytics Space

10 Themes Observed in Data & Analytics in 2017

2017 has come and gone. Looking back at the year, it was filled with promising…

Evolving Landscape of Analytics on AWS

Far too many to share in this post, but, there were a lot of analytics related announcements…

Impressions From the 2017 Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

The 10th Annual Sloan Sports Analytics Conference recently wrapped up, and it couldn’t have come at a more interesting time of convergence of new analytics findings and proliferation of analysis tools. The panels with the…

Looking forward at the Analytics Space in 2017

We’re 1.5 months into 2017 and I think I’m ready to predict what’s to come in…

The Model You Don’t Build May Be Your Best One

Models are all the rage right now, and why wouldn’t they be? Their applications and capabilities seem to double every year, the toolboxes keep growing, and you can’t throw a rock without hitting 10 articles written about their use cases every week…

Advancement of Analytics as a Community Pt 1

An “open-source” movement in data & analytics — is it possible?

Over a decade ago, I was frequently met with raised eyebrows and eyes glazed over when I mentioned analytics or business…

Shadow IT or Federated Innovation Center?

Shadow IT — sounds devious & deceptive. Lurking behind the scenes trying to remain…

Data Science is a lot more than Predictive Modeling

Statisticians, like artists, have the bad habit of falling in love with their models — George Box

In the corporate world, Data Science is often loosely equated with Predictive Modeling. This is understandable for a…