Perspectives on data, analytics and the industries they change.
Articles from the IntelliCompute team — from cloud data warehousing and process intelligence to what analytics means for oil & gas, banking, retail and manufacturing.
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Why Most AI Pilots Never Reach the P&L
Boardroom ambition has outrun data maturity. The shortest credible path from pilot to production runs through the operating model: an owner, a governed data path, a sequenced portfolio, assurance.
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Why Most AI Pilots Never Reach the P&L
Boardroom ambition has outrun data maturity. The shortest credible path from pilot to production runs through the operating model: an owner, a governed data path, a sequenced portfolio, assurance.
3 min read
Data Engineering & Cloud
Data Engineering vs Data Science: Which One Saves the Business?
The difference between data engineering and data science — definitions, focus areas, responsibilities — and why an alliance of engineers and scientists beats a do-it-all data scientist.
5 min read
Manufacturing & Supply Chain
7 Manufacturing Operations that Data Engineering & Data Science will Revamp
Seven manufacturing operations data engineering and data science will transform — maintenance, real-time monitoring, forecasting, pricing, supply chain, product development and safety.
6 min read
Oil & Gas
Implementing Advanced Analytics for Oil & Gas Market Growth
How advanced analytics helps oil & gas companies bolster exploration and production, keep pace with changing regulations, connect the supply chain and track operations in real time.
5 min read
Oil & Gas
Advanced Analytics in Oil & Gas: Unlocking the Potential with Data Warehousing
Why data warehousing has become the backbone of advanced analytics in oil & gas — consolidating heterogeneous data, simplifying integration and enabling consistent sharing across business units.
4 min read
Oil & Gas
Predictive Analytics in Oil & Gas Industry
Why data is becoming the oil industry's most valuable resource, and how predictive analytics and predictive maintenance catch breakdowns early, schedule repairs and guide capital decisions.
5 min read
Oil & Gas
Oil & Gas Industry to Energise itself with Advanced Analytics-powered Growth
Data integration is the oil & gas industry's biggest hurdle. Four areas where advanced analytics pays off — reservoirs, hydrocarbon production, production optimisation and ESP failures.
5 min read
Banking & Finance
10 Ways the Future of Banking Is Predictive and Prescriptive
Ten applications of predictive and prescriptive analytics in banking — financial management, fraud prevention, screening, liquidity, acquisition, loans, cross-selling, lifetime value and CRM.
5 min read
Retail & Consumer
Top 5 Data Visualization Trends that Revitalize the Future of Retail
How data visualization and visual analytics are reshaping retail — forecasting demand shifts, uniting business and IT teams, blending big data with company data, and managing the retail flow.
5 min read
Data Engineering & Cloud
Evolution of Data Quality Management and Business Intelligence
Why data quality management cannot be separated from analytics — four reasons it matters, and how to implement it with the right data design, architects, processes and people.
5 min read
Retail & Consumer
Why FMCG Is Moving Fast on Data Analytics
Consumer behaviour keeps shifting. How FMCG companies are adopting big data, machine learning and AI to personalise products, understand real-time habits and stay agile.
2 min read
Manufacturing & Supply Chain
Data Analytics is Revolutionizing Material Handling and Management Operations
How manufacturers apply data analytics, machine learning and big data to material handling — better operations decisions and monitored material and equipment performance.
2 min read
Banking & Finance
Why the Financial Sector is Banking on Advancements in Data Science
Data has always been the financial sector's fuel. How BFSI is applying data science to risk management, predictive analytics and personalised marketing.
3 min read
Data Engineering & Cloud
Five Hottest Trends that are Reshaping Data Engineering & Data Science
NLP integration, AI-powered IoT, machine-learning automation, data privacy and security tooling, and cloud data warehouses — the five trends reshaping data engineering and data science.
5 min read
AI & Analytics
Here's how the HR function can be transformed with Data Analytics
Three suggestions for a smarter, data-driven HR function — get creative with data sources, use the full analytics toolbox bottom-up, and put approach before tools.
3 min read
Data Engineering & Cloud
AI & ML thrive on data, but without Data Governance, they can't go far
Machine learning is only as trustworthy as the data behind it. Why a robust data governance framework — availability, usability, integrity, security — is the foundation for AI and ML success.
2 min read
Manufacturing & Supply Chain
5 ways Data Analytics can transform the Procurement Process
Five ways procurement teams use data analytics to buy better — smarter sourcing, evolving demand, best price and quality, internal and external spend views, and unstructured data.
3 min read
AI & Analytics
Strategizing Sales Operations with Data Analytics
Why data-centric companies win: how data analytics transforms sales strategy through segmentation, product development, agility and disruption — and puts customers first.
4 min read
Retail & Consumer
Leveraging the potential of AI in the Distribution Industry
AI is no longer reserved for the biggest companies. How distributors and wholesalers use AI and machine learning to prioritise customers, recommend products, cut errors and grow order size.
2 min read
Manufacturing & Supply Chain
Revolutionizing Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management with the power of AI
How AI is transforming logistics and supply chain — predictive capabilities, robotics, big data, computer vision, autonomous vehicles, demand forecasting, supplier insights and transportation.
4 min read
Data Engineering & Cloud
Connecting Amazon QuickSight to Amazon S3 with Athena
How data archived in Amazon S3 is queried with Athena and visualised in QuickSight — creating buckets, defining schemas, setting permissions and building dashboards.
6 min read
AI & Analytics
How are AI, ML & Deep Learning interrelated, yet different?
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Deep Learning are often used interchangeably. Here is how they nest inside one another — and what actually sets them apart.
2 min read
Retail & Consumer
Implementing Data Intelligence in Retail. Is it worth it?
Why business intelligence matters in retail — understanding consumer behaviour, trend analysis, tracking customer moves, handling non-performing products and strategic product placement.
3 min read
Data Engineering & Cloud
Connecting Amazon QuickSight to a Snowflake Warehouse
Step-by-step: connecting Amazon QuickSight to a Snowflake data warehouse — data sources, custom SQL, SPICE, calculated fields, joins, visuals and publishing a dashboard.
3 min read
Oil & Gas
How Advanced Data Analytics is helping out the Oil & Gas Industry
How advanced data analytics cuts cost and risk across upstream, midstream and downstream oil & gas — from exploration accuracy to supply and demand forecasting.
4 min read