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This article is by Jake Snyder and originally appeared on the DataRobot Blog here: https://blog.datarobot.com/predicting-churn-how-data-can-help-with-customer-retention
Customer retention is a big concern for companies. The cost of acquisition is typically 5 to 25 times more expensive than the cost of retaining a customer.
This article is by Alan Jacobson and originally appeared on the Alteryx Analytics Blog here: https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Analytics-Blog/Innovating-in-Data-Science-and-Machine-Learning-Modeling-Better/ba-p/472421
What is Feature Engineering?
First, before we go too far into all the reasons why we are excited, let’s talk a bit about what Feature Engineering is all about.
This article is by Elif Tutuk and originally appeared on the Qlik Blog here: https://blog.qlik.com/being-in-the-zone-with-augmented-intelligence
According to positive psychologist Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, what I described with this skiing experience is known as flow state, defined as an “optimal state of consciousness where we feel our best and perform our best.
This article is by Gareth Goh and originally appeared on the DataRobot Blog here: https://blog.datarobot.com/how-pepper-spain-optimizes-consumer-finance-through-machine-learning
Pepper Spain is one of the leading providers of consumer finance services in Spain, working with point-of-sale retailers across all industries to give them the best financing options for their business needs.
This article is by Sydney Firmin and originally appeared on the Alteryx Nation Blog here: https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Data-Science-Blog/Citizen-Data-Science-Buzzword-or-Big-Deal/ba-p/454195
Drivers of Citizen (Data) Science
Citizen science has become more and more widespread in academic research because of a few different phenomena; both social and technological.
This article is by James Fisher and originally appeared on the Qlik Blog here: https://blog.qlik.com/the-qlik-sense-november-2019-release
Qlik has released 'Qlik Sense' November 2019 that introduces expanded cloud connectivity, SOC 2 Type 2 certification, new visualization capabilities, mobile offline support for Android, reporting improvements and more.
This article is by Sarah Khatry and originally appeared on the DataRobot Blog here: https://blog.datarobot.com/ai-driven-demand-staffing-for-fulfillment-centers
Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Super Saturday—let’s talk numbers. In 2018, 165 million people shopped over Black Friday weekend from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday.
This article is by David Hare and originally appeared on the Alteryx Engine Works Blog here: https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Engine-Works-Blog/Parquet-will-it-Alteryx/ba-p/423156
Interest in Parquet has rapidly surpassed both ORC and Avro formats.
This article is by Dan Potter and originally appeared on the Qlik Blog here: https://blog.qlik.com/qlik-attunity-recognized-again-in-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-data-integration
The Gartner MQ is a really useful publication for helping to frame the data integration market at a high level and understand who are the vendors that are shaping and driving the market.
This article is by Andrew Pellegrino and originally appeared on the DataRobot Blog here: https://blog.datarobot.com/journey-to-intelligent-automation-with-rpa-and-datarobot
Background on Robotic Process Automation
The term “robotic process automation” (RPA) emerged as a marketing term around 2010. RPA focuses on the user interface (UI) levels of applications to automate processes and is highly dependent on both screen scraping and workflow automation.