Tag: Predictive Analytics

AI Is Nothing New, Yet We Are Only Scratching The Surface

AI Is Nothing New, Yet We Are Only Scratching The Surface

AI is nothing new, yet we are only scratching the surface. I believe that every Technology company is incorporating broadly-defined "AI" into their products and services offerings at this juncture. "AI" at its core is based upon statistical models that underpin various advanced automation processes such as machine learning, deep learning, neural networks, natural language … Continue reading AI Is Nothing New, Yet We Are Only Scratching The Surface

Google Will Run This Media Playbook Again

Google Will Run This Media Playbook Again

The combination of Google Cloud Platform ("GCP"), YouTube, Google Ads and Search is a powerful bundle for other cloud platform services (AWS and Azure) to compete with in the Media space - particularly as it relates to streaming services. Yesterday Google signed a deal with Univision as the latter transitions to an AVOD (Ad-supported Video … Continue reading Google Will Run This Media Playbook Again

Apple’s New North Carolina Campus Key In AI Race

Apple’s New North Carolina Campus Key In AI Race

Apple's new Raleigh, NC-area campus announcement is the type of corporate announcement that often flies under the radar. The Raleigh / Research Triangle area is home to many technology companies notably SAS of Cary, NC. The Raleigh-area is home to a highly educated workforce with deep Software experience (not to mention it is a relatively … Continue reading Apple’s New North Carolina Campus Key In AI Race

Healthcare and Technology To Enjoy Fastest Jobs Growth

Healthcare and Technology To Enjoy Fastest Jobs Growth

It should come as no surprise that the Healthcare Services and Technology industries will drive jobs growth for the foreseeable future. We examined figures published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics which we believe are directionally correct even through we do not completely agree with BLS data classification methodologies. Non-hospital Healthcare services (shaded in yellow) … Continue reading Healthcare and Technology To Enjoy Fastest Jobs Growth

AWS Would Do Well To Focus On The Healthcare and Government Sectors

AWS Would Do Well To Focus On The Healthcare and Government Sectors

Earlier this week Amazon (tkr: AMZN) announced that Adam Selipsky would become AWS' next CEO. Current AWS CEO Andy Jassy will become Amazon CEO later this year as founder Jeff Bezos will hold only the Executive Chairman title. Selipsky previously spent 11 years at AWS before becoming CEO of Tableau which was acquired by Salesforce … Continue reading AWS Would Do Well To Focus On The Healthcare and Government Sectors

The Marriage of Big Tech and Big Government

The Marriage of Big Tech and Big Government

A Big Tech vs. Big Government showdown is far less likely than a marriage of the titans. Whether it be Google's search monopoly, the Facebook/ Twitter/ TikTok social media oligopoly, the AWS/ Azure/ GCP oligopoly, the App Store/ Google Play duopoly, or the iOS/Android duopoly, the amount of power and influence concentrated among the world's … Continue reading The Marriage of Big Tech and Big Government

Leveraging Competitors To Drive Your Revenue

Leveraging Competitors To Drive Your Revenue

We highlight the example of Amazon's AWS unit leveraging Snowflake - a competitor and partner - to drive AWS revenue. Tickers mentioned: AMZN, GOOG, MSFT, SNOW. Snowflake makes a living providing cloud-based Data & Analytics tools to data scientists and analysts. Snowflake's offerings sit on top of AWS, Azure and GCP. Certain of its offerings … Continue reading Leveraging Competitors To Drive Your Revenue

Palantir Is Not A Software Company

Palantir Is Not A Software Company

Palantir (tkr: PLTR) is not a Software company no matter how hard it may try. It appears that Palantir has allocated a portion of Costs of Goods Sold to General & Administrative expenses in order to boost Gross Margins in-line with Software company Gross Margins (click here for PLTR table). Doing so helped PLTR benefit … Continue reading Palantir Is Not A Software Company

Leading A Successful Advanced Analytics Project Is More Difficult Than Many Companies Anticipate

Leading A Successful Advanced Analytics Project Is More Difficult Than Many Companies Anticipate

Advanced Analytics is not easy. It takes significantly more effort than hiring a bunch of Data Scientists and leasing Analytics software and tools. Some questions to consider as an operating executive when preparing to embark on an Analytics journey: What is the mission? What do you hope to achieve? It is critical that operating executives … Continue reading Leading A Successful Advanced Analytics Project Is More Difficult Than Many Companies Anticipate

Advanced Analytics in Insurance – A Conversation with Upendra Belhe

Advanced Analytics in Insurance – A Conversation with Upendra Belhe

We hosted a podcast episode with Upendra Belhe as our guest. Upendra leads TEK2day's "On-Demand CAO" advisory service. We covered a variety of topics related to Data and Advanced Analytics, perhaps most notably the recent sense of urgency that insurance carriers have around standing up Analytics operations (COVID-related claims are of course a driver along … Continue reading Advanced Analytics in Insurance – A Conversation with Upendra Belhe