Presenting Data and Information

February 11th, 2011 Tony Agresta No comments

Here’s the fourth and final installment in the blog series “Key Data Visualization Techniques Used by the Pros”.   This one focuses on annotation, presentation and collaboration techniques used to present data and information.  

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Your Foundation for Good Data Analysis: Data Integration

February 8th, 2011 Tony Agresta No comments
Here’s the third installment in our blog series entitled “Four Key Data Visualization Techniques Used by the Pros”.          

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Data Analysis Using Relationship Graphs

February 1st, 2011 Tony Agresta No comments

In our last post (“Four Key Data Visualization Techniques Used by the Pros”), we mentioned four important techniques in data visualization.  They are:

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Four Key Data Visualization Techniques Used By the Pros

January 24th, 2011 Tony Agresta No comments

For quite some time, Intelligence Analysts in key government agencies have used these four techniques to reveal significant insights hidden beneath layers of disparate data. Today, they can be applied to your business. Just follow these guidelines.

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5 Things you can learn about analysis from the Intelligence Community

December 4th, 2009 admin 6 comments


Abstract
Businesses have a large and growing need to analyze data. This is no easy task today with the exploding volumes of data pouring in from everywhere, and the enormous pressure to turn these mountains of data into information that can be acted upon quickly.

It is no surprise that organizations spend over $15B annually on Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Mining technologies. But with all of the focus on infrastructure technologies, there is little emphasis on the art of analysis (analytics).

This is an area where the private sector would be well served by studying the methods used by the US Intelligence Community. This community has been in the business of understanding massive amounts of data for a long time and the applications are as mission critical as they get.

So, what are the lessons that you can apply to your business today. This multi-part blog series will explore 5 specific areas in more detail. Read more…

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