If you are visually impaired or blind, you can visit the PDF version by Pressing CONTROL + ALT + 4
<br /> HTTP://WWW.ANALYTICS-MAGAZINE.ORG<br /> D<br /> RIVING BETTER BUSINESS DECISIONS<br /> MARCH/APRIL 2016<br /> BROUGHT TO YOU BY:<br /> the cloud<br /> Analytics in<br /> It's all about the data in the Internet Age<br /> ALSO INSIDE:<br /> Democratization of analytics<br /> How would Google farm?<br /> Organizational data = strength<br /> Consultant training strategy<br /> Executive Edge<br /> Frontline Systems<br /> President Dan Fylstra<br /> on cloud analytics<br /> and security concerns<br /> INSIDE STORY<br /> Cloud: sky’s not the limit<br /> In the beginning, there was data. Then<br /> along came “analytics” to try and make<br /> sense of, and ascertain insight from, the<br /> data. Then in rolled “big data,” a tsunami<br /> of data of such grand proportions that most<br /> folks crowned it “Big Data,” with capital let-<br /> ters, in a show of respect for its massive<br /> size. Big Data, in turn, begot the “data scien-<br /> t<a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=1"> HTTP://WWW.ANALYTICS-MAGAZINE.ORG D RIVIN</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=2"> INSIDE STORY Cloud: sky’s not the limit </a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=3"> </a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=4"> CONTENTS DRIVING BETTER BUSINESS DECISIONS </a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=5"> XLMINER®: Data Mining Everywhere Predictive Anal</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=6"> 26 82 DEPARTMENTS 2 Inside Story 8</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=7"> ANALYTIC SOLVER® PLATFORM From Solver to Full-Po</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=8"> EXECUTIVE EDGE Cloud analytics: a disruptive tec</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=9"> Your Analytics App – Everywhere Use Solver, Risk </a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=10"> EXECUTIVE EDGE and that number has nearly tripl</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=11"> Web Services to build a secure cloud service for </a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=12"> EXECUTIVE EDGE to academic customers at minimal</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=13"> THE NATION’S FIRST Associate in Applied Science (</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=14"> A N A LY Z E T H I S Quiet storm brewing outside</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=15"> To deal with my newfound anxiety, I reached ou</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=16"> A N A LY Z E T H I S putting stress on business</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=17"> Online MBA Top Rated College by Forbe</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=18"> HEALTHCARE ANALYTICS Quiet period in healthcare </a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=19"> In the United States there are two ma- jor</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=20"> HEALTHCARE ANALYTICS and deployed during the pa</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=21"> CPLEX Optimization Studio . </a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=22"> INFORMS INITIATIVES ACB, continuing education & </a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=23"> INFORMS CAREER CENTER OFFERS SUPPORT FOR INTERNSH</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=24"> INFORMS INITIATIVES On April 13 and 14, INFO</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=25"> Most enterprises rely on analytic experts to solv</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=26"> FORUM Data deluge problem for the oil and gas in</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=27"> systems. However, many companies often perfor</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=28"> FORUM • Compliance with environmental, </a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=29"> GREAT STORIES CREATE LASTING IMPRESSIONS... </a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=30"> VIEWPOINT Is analytics really new? I beli</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=31"> and Python and Hadoop architectures, the field of</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=32"> DELMAN INALISTS CONGRATULATIONS TO </a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=33"> Hadoop brings big data. SAS brings </a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=34"> AUTOMATED ANALYTICS Predictive analytics in t</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=35"> technology makes it much more practical to scratc</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=36"> A N A LY T I C S I N T H E C LO U D For most </a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=37"> The better strategy is to start collect- ing</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=38"> A N A LY T I C S I N T H E C LO U D over thousa</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=39"> This, of course, stifles innovation; af- ter</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=40"> A N A LY T I C S I N T H E C LO U D launched no</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=41"> ® CERTIFIED ANALYTICS PROFESSION</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=42"> EMPOWERING PEOPLE Democratization of analytic</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=43"> Photo Courtesy of 123rf.com | Kheng Ho Toh Many </a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=44"> DEMOCRATIZATION OF ANALYTICS more complicated </a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=45"> story across all the domains of the enter- </a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=46"> DEMOCRATIZATION OF ANALYTICS intelligence reso</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=47"> help maintain relevant versions at the source, </a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=48"> DEMOCRATIZATION OF ANALYTICS the governmental d</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=49"> Shell unlocks the benefits of optimization with A</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=50"> AG R I C U LT U R E & A N A LY T I C S How wo</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=51"> Current agricultural tech- nologies offer li</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=52"> AG R I C U LT U R E & A N A LY T I C S conditio</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=53"> cultivation and plant thinning in high-value crop</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=54"> AG R I C U LT U R E & A N A LY T I C S of the a</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=55"> as components of original farm equipment or separ</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=56"> HUMAN RESOURCES ANALYTICS How to turn organiz</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 57" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=57"> Photo Courtesy of 123rf.com | Duncan Andison The</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 58" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=58"> ORGANIZATIONAL DATA connected to a range of inf</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 59" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=59"> a number of levels to detail work that needs to b</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 60" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=60"> ORGANIZATIONAL DATA </a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 61" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=61"> analytics need to reflect that. Interactive image</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 62" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=62"> L E A R N I N G C U LT U R E Training strategy</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 63" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=63"> (statistics, economics, artificial </a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 64" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=64"> TRAINING STRATEGY artificially constructed busi</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 65" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=65"> Ideally, such professionals should vol- unte</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 66" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=66"> VEHICLE ROUTING Higher expectations drive tra</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 67" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=67"> Photo Courtesy of 123rf.com | Yuri Bizgajmer The</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 68" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=68"> VEHICLE ROUTING predictable and expedient custo</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 69" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=69"> very accurate for trucks, which travel more slowl</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 70" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=70"> VEHICLE ROUTING needs that demand system integr</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 71" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=71"> (think of Home Depot, Walmart, Coca- Cola, Walgre</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 72" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=72"> VEHICLE ROUTING serving similar industries to y</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 73" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=73"> THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNAT Center</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 74" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=74"> CONFERENCE PREVIEW INFORMS Conference on Busin</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 75" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=75"> The highlight of the pro- gram will be the 20</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 76" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=76"> CONFERENCE PREVIEW INFORMS International Confe</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 77" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=77"> Register Now and Save 2016 INTERNATIONAL CONFEREN</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 78" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=78"> FIVE-MINUTE ANALYST St. Powerball Paradox </a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 79" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=79"> unpredictable changes in air temper- ature, press</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 80" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=80"> FIVE-MINUTE ANALYST A few things to note:</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 81" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=81"> DATA ANALYTICA CEREBRUM understanding the un</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 82" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=82"> THINKING ANALYTICALLY Toy builder Figure 1: Wha</a> <a title="Analytics - MarchApril2016 page 83" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0f52c3a8?page=83"> I ION GE NE LA LGE </a>