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Articles by John Schitka
Can You Keep a (Data) Secret?
The era of data ethics is upon us—and only the companies with the highest standards will win over global customers. The web is worldwide, but data privacy depends very much upon where you live, a political holdover from pre-digital times that has demarcated the globe into privacy haves and have-nots. In the former East Germany, for example, the state police, aka Stasi, had detailed files on 4 million of its own citizens (out of a total population of 17 million), as well as 2 million West Germans.
SAP Predictive Analytics Named a Market Leader in 2018
SAP has recently been named a predictive analytics leader, according to the 2018 Advanced and Predictive Analytics Market Study Report conducted by Dresner Advisory Services. (Join us on November 7th for our next #askSAP Live Chat, when we’ll have Howard Dresner on as our special guest.) The recent report ranked vendors in the market based on five criteria: core advanced and predictive features, data preparation, scalability, usability, and integration.
SAP and the Intelligent Enterprise at Strata Data NYC
Come learn how SAP brings together machine and human intelligence in the Intelligent Enterprise to deliver value across all business functions. It’s that time of year again and I’m very excited to be returning once again to Strata Data NYC 2018., September 11 through 13, at the Javits Center in New York City—my annual pilgrimage. I’m looking forward to networking with old friends and making new ones. SAP will be there with a massive pod right at the entrance.
Predictive at #SAPPHIRE NOW So Far - and What’s In Store for Day Three
Day Two into the SAPPHIRE NOW journey and I am having an amazing time. Fact is, SAPPHIRE NOW is always an amazing event—full of energy, excitement, and buzz. A great place to experience and discover what SAP offerings are new and exciting, as well as to learn how to apply and use the SAP you have. Last week, I wrote about what to see and do at SAPPHIRE NOW – and things have been as interesting as promised.
See and Experience What’s Next for SAP Predictive Analytics at #SAPPHIRENOW
Kevin Poskitt did a really good job in his blog post today describing the path, history, and future of predictive analytics as it shifts in focus to who uses the capabilities and how they action them. (It’s a good read and I recommend it.) Kevin details the substantive data science and automation experience that SAP enables to help business users on their journey to drive business results and attack business problems with predictive machine learning.
Broken Brackets, Failed Predictions: The Joys of Predicting National Champions
‘Tis the season of college basketball madness. It rolls around every March, and the focus—largely in the USA—is on a single elimination tournament determining the men’s division 1 national champion. To be fair, and not to be forgotten, there is amazing women’s college b-ball action as well—always a good watch. But the spotlight, the predictions, the bracket frenzy center on the men’s tournament, where some of the best players in the game will play their hearts out, some for the last time.
Emerging Technology In The Airline Industry
Trends in technology impact all industries, and travel and aviation is no exception. To stay competitive, airlines must use the newest technology to offer customers a better travel experience. Connectivity is a growing trend in airline technology, according to CNN—largely because passengers, employees, business networks, suppliers, and procurement professionals all use digital devices and tools to stay connected.
Accelerate IT Response Times and Cut Costs with SAP IT Operations Analytics and Lenovo XClarity
Streamline your IT operations with a ‘single pane of glass,’ proactive analytic view by integrating data from your Lenovo servers with data from other parts of your IT landscape and SAP applications. Now, you can combine SAP IT Operations Analytics and Lenovo XClarity to speed response times and reduce costs. Holistic transparency across previously segregated information silos can speed resolution and help identify root causes behind incidents.
Discover the Value of Bringing Predictive and Business Data to IT
Come learn about SAP IT Operations Analytics at the BI + Analytics Conference this August 7-9 2017 at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee. I’m very excited about attending the BI + Analytics Conference next week. I’ve always wanted to see Nashville and the conference content and speakers look amazing. SAP IT Operations Analytics (SAP ITOA) will have a strong presence at the show with two speaking sessions and a demo pod in the SAP booth.
Digital Disruption Is About Customer Centricity
The quote in the image above is from Alberto Brea, and I believe the photo is from Roberto Aiello, via Linda Campbell and Lyndsay Wise. Here’s the text if you can’t read it: Amazon didn’t kill the retail industry. They did it to themselves with bad customer service. Netflix did not kill Blockbuster. They did it to themselves with ridiculous late fees. Uber did not kill the taxi business. They did it to themselves by limiting the number of taxis and with fare controls.
How to Avoid Drowning in a Data Lake
This article is excerpted from “Data Lakes: Deep Insights” by Timo Elliott, John Schitka, Michael Eacrett, and Carolyn Marsan* Big Data is morphing into Vast Data. The next generation of the technology will lead to insights and correlations that reveal new strategies—even new business models. Companies of all types—from agriculture through transportation and financial services to retail—are tapping into massive repositories of data known as data lakes.
Data Lakes: Deep Insights
Big Data is morphing into Vast Data. The next generation of the technology will lead to insights and correlations that reveal new strategies—even new business models. Dan McCaffrey has an ambitious goal: solving the world’s looming food shortage.
Stop Fighting Reactive Battles: Discover How IT Can Become Proactive and Predictive
One discussion I kept having at SAPPHIRE NOW in Orlando was around how to move IT from a reactive firefighting mode to a proactive and anticipatory stance. It was a topic of some interest with some 200 attendees adding the demo theater on SAP IT Operations Analytics and SAP Predictive Analytics, which was presented to an overflow audience, to their agendas.
Bringing Analytics and Business Value to IT : Get to Know SAP IT Operations Analytics
IT is challenged and rapidly changing—consider the shift to Cloud, demand for Five 9s, ever more complex landscapes, increasingly strict SLA’s, and drive for digital transformation. Uber, one of the largest transportation companies, doesn’t own cars. Airbnb, one of the largest accommodations sites, doesn’t own properties. Cloud means data centers managed by IT, which is now more than ever, the mission-critical heart of a company.
Data Lakes: Deep Insights
Dan McCaffrey has an ambitious goal: solving the world’s looming food shortage. As vice president of data and analytics at The Climate Corporation (Climate), which is a subsidiary of Monsanto, McCaffrey leads a team of data scientists and engineers who are building an information platform that collects massive amounts of agricultural data and applies machine-learning techniques to discover new patterns. These analyses are then used to help farmers optimize their planting.
Discover How IT Can Become Proactive and Stop Fighting Reactive Battles at #SAPPHIRENOW
IT is constantly challenged by increasingly complex landscapes, digital transformation, and pressure to do more with less. There is a need to shift to a proactive stance and be efficient, effective and lean. Solutions like SAP IT Operations Analytics (SAP ITOA) can help. SAP ITOA lets you take a proactive stance and stop fighting a constant reactive battle.
SAP IT Operations Analytics Webinar-Digital Transformation for the IT Line of Business
Companies can realize many benefits by using solutions that provide a real-time, single pane-of-glass view across the tools and datacenter landscape while also combining that with customer and other master data. This allows them to prioritize responses, breakdown team and tool silos, reduce duplicated efforts, and avoid blame games. An efficient orchestrated response means fewer wasted resources as they’re freed up to achieve a multitude of things.
SAP IT Operations Analytics Webinar-Realizing the Future
It’s challenging for IT to lead while also being innovative and driving digital transformation for the business. And IT is asked to do so with limited resources and flat budgets. To find the necessary resources you have to be efficient, effective, and lean. Any solutions implemented must meet the changing needs and demands facing IT.
SAP IT Operations Analytics - Digital transformation for the IT Line of Business - Webinar March 29 at 1pmCT
Register for the Webinar here Using solutions that provide a real-time single pane of glass view across the tools and datacenter landscape that when combined with customer and other master data let’s you prioritize responses, breakdown team and tool silos, and reduce duplicated effort and avoid blame games. Efficient orchestrated response means fewer wasted resources freeing them to achieve a multitude of things.
ITOA - Realizing the Future Webinar March 28 at 11amCT
Register for the Webinar here IT is challenged to lead, be innovative and drive digital transformation for the business. But it is asked to do so with limited resources and flat budgets. To find the necessary resources you have to be efficient, effective and lean. Any solutions implemented must meet the changing needs and demands facing IT.
On the Future of IT Management with TDWI and SAP IT Operations Analytics
Earlier this month, Fern Halper (VP and Senior Director, Advanced Analytics at TDWI) and Angela Harvey (Senior Director of Solution Management, Big Data and Analytics at SAP) delivered a webinar on the future of IT management. (Watch the replay.) Fern kicked it off by highlighting some of the challenges that IT departments are facing in the new age of Big Data, namely the increase in size, diversity, and speed of the data they need to use effectively.
On the Future of IT Management with TDWI and SAP IT Operations Analytics
Earlier this month, Fern Halper (VP and Senior Director, Advanced Analytics at TDWI) and Angela Harvey (Senior Director of Solution Management, Big Data and Analytics at SAP) delivered a webinar on the future of IT management. [Watch the replay here] Fern kicked it off by highlighting some of the challenges that IT departments are facing in the new age of big data, namely the increase in size, diversity, and speed of the data they need to use effectively.
User Testing Opportunity for SAP IT Operational Analytics
Make a difference and be part of what shapes the face of the SAP IT Operational Analytics. Have you ever despaired over a less than intuitive UI? Moaned about how non-user- friendly an app is? Wondered what the designers were thinking when they built a tool you were using, because no one in the real world who does the job every day would ever lay things out this way? Well now is your chance to have an impact and change your world. Are you an IT administrators, IT directors, or data center manager?
The Future is not the Past and Businesses Must Adapt
“Do not raise your children the way your parents raised you; they were born for a different time.” -Ali ibn Abi Talib This centuries old adage still rings very true. It came to mind recently as I watched my 6-year-old and 3-year-old grandchildren interact with technology – something they do seamlessly and almost instinctively. It is natural, every day ordinary, to them. Their world experiences and expectations are totally different from mine or their parents at that age.
Big Data with a Simplified Cost Effective Architecture
Easily manage and analyze Big Data in a simplified cost effective architecture to achieve previously impossible results. Truly enjoyed reading Timo Elliott’s article “Top Big Data and Analytics Trends for 2015” in the UberTech section of ZDnet. It is a good read that I would highly recommend. Yes Timo there will be more of everything from data to processing power that will make 2015 a truly wonderful year for analytics. What really caught my eye right out of the gate was his mention of Arthur C.
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