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The Data-Shack has got your back when it comes to the number crunch. In this section you will find interesting data and analytics articles, as well as information about our future webinars.
Blockchain and Manufacturing: A Match Made at the Factory
There’s been a ton of coverage on how artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and robots are helping push the boundaries of manufacturing. However, we can also add blockchain to this list, as it turns out that blockchain, when coupled with other solutions, can...
Candy Maker Cloetta Crystalizes Fact-based, Real-time Decision-making with TIBCO Data Virtualization
Even candy companies need help making sense of their data to make real-time decisions. Meet Cloetta, a confectionary company in Northern Europe who manufactures and sells chocolate products to over 40 countries worldwide. While they make and sell sweet treats with no...
Simplifying Your Data Experience with Smart, Inline Data Wrangling
Are you spending way too much time connecting boxes with arrows instead of taking action on insights from historical and streaming data? Or are you constantly moving between your data preparation tool and your visualization tool to get your data model right? With...
Deploying Data Analytics in the Cloud
Your on-premises data analytics platform works great. So, why move it to the cloud? According to Gartner, by 2025, 55 percent of large enterprises will successfully implement an all-in cloud SaaS strategy. Whether you plan to use a managed analytics platform like...
On-Demand: The Building Blocks of Data Science – Beginning Topics: Getting Started with Statistica
This introductory webinar is geared towards beginners who would like to utilize tools to quickly create and deploy analytic models to drive change within their organizations. We will also share how TIBCO's analytics products work in concert to get the most out of your...
TIBCO Data Science Ranked #1 in Dresner’s 2018 APA Market Study
TIBCO is the top vendor for the second year in a row in Dresner Advisory Services’ 2018 Advanced and Predictive Analytics Market Study. TIBCO® Data Science received the highest overall score out of 17 qualified vendors in a study that looked at advanced and predictive...
Hitachi’s VP Greg Kinsey: Black Belts Can (and Should) Drive the Digital Transformation of Manufacturing
Greg Kinsey, Vice President at Hitachi, reveals how creative uses of the DMAIC process with digitization are helping factories to unlock the next level of process improvement. Greg is speaking at next month’s Minitab Insights Europe Conference in Dublin - sign up now....
And He Takes the 5th; Lewis Hamilton Among Most-Titled F1 Drivers
We want to congratulate Lewis Hamilton on his fifth FIA Formula One™ World Drivers’ Championship! This win makes Lewis the most decorated British driver in F1 history – an astonishing accomplishment. A huge congratulations to Lewis and to everyone who made this...
How to Choose the Best Regression Model
Choosing the correct linear regression model can be difficult. Trying to model it with only a sample doesn’t make it any easier. In this post, we'll review some common statistical methods for selecting models, complications you may face, and provide some practical...
Healthcare Quality Week: How to Use Value Stream Maps
Healthcare has many data-rich opportunities which can be used to improve cycle times, customer satisfaction scores, wait times, capacity/throughput, and inventory. In honor of Healthcare Quality Week October 21-27, 2018, we wanted to share this helpful how-to on value...