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Nearly all applications related to sensor and machine data aim to improve operational efficiency. For example in manufacturing plants, understanding what contributes to unscheduled downtime, and thus productivity, is a prevalent use case. Factors impacting quality and reducing scrap product…
For analytics professionals there was a time where model building decisions were nearly entirely related to methodology and algorithm selection. These decisions also informed the choice of software to use. Today, the availability of algorithms and software has exploded, making…
The applications of IoT data are many, as you can see here. The most touted application is predictive maintenance: foretelling when an asset such as a machine or component might encounter a fault, or fail outright. Sometimes we are not…
It has been ten years since Tom Davenport, one of the leaders of First Analytics, along with Jeanne Harris, published the seminal book, Competing on Analytics. It is credited for initiating the serious adoption of analytics by businesses. Tom says…
First Analytics is a sponsor and active participant in the upcoming SAS Analytics Experience 2017. Please stop by our booth in the innovation hub to say "hello'. Additionally we invite you to attend some sessions that we will be involved…
First Analytics will presenting to entrepreneurs who are members of the mHUB manufacturing innovation center in Chicago. The topic is, "Building Machine Learning into Your Product ." The event is open to the public, so if you have the opportunity…
Technology landscapes like these are "eye charts". While meant to classify vendors and technologies, when viewed from a distance they convey the message that selecting technologies is a daunting and overwhelming exercise. Matt Turck from Firstmark Capital recently updated his…
We will be an exhibitor at IoT World 2017 in Santa Clara for the second year in a row! Please stop by and say hello, and we can discuss some of your ideas on how to leverage data from sensors,…
Yes, everybody’s talking about analytics and the Internet of Things (IoT). A recent Gartner hype cycle places the “Internet of Things” squarely at the top of the so-called “peak of inflated expectations.” Nearby, just a little down the slope on either side,…
Originally published by Tom Davenport in Teradata Perspectives at Forbes.com There is widespread agreement that the Internet of Things will be a transformative factor in the business use of information. The prospect of billions of connected devices promises to transform home activities,…