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BUILDING USER CONFIDENCE WHILE REDUCING CLOUD COMPUTING COSTS
Kforce migrated from costly, legacy ETL processes to a modern approach that has widespread positive impacts on the business.

MINI-EPISODES TO HELP POWER BI USERS GO FROM KNOW TO PRO
Starts with the basics of what you need to know about PBI Desktop, an overview, and importing some data within the Power Query Editor.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND AI IMPLEMENTATION
Ideal Agent is partnering with SME to scale the business, reduce overhead expenses and improve customer experience.
Case Studies & Customer Stories
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A PLATFORM DESIGNED FOR CONTINUOUS DATA DELIVERY
Case study on data integration, automation, and governance for a customer-facing challenges around data collection.

DATA BLENDING AND DISPARATE SOURCE INTEGRATION
Case study on ingesting multiple data sets to see the whole story in your data and building dynamic presentations around the insights.
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DATA ENGINEERING FOR FRAUD ANALYSIS
Case study on utilizing Azure Data Factory and Snowflake to improve time to insight for potential fraud.
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DATA-FIRST APPROACH TO INVENTORY ANALYTICS
An inventory system can provide unparalleled insights into customer behavior, product performance, and channel performance.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND AI IMPLEMENTATION
Ideal Agent is partnering with SME to scale the business, reduce overhead expenses and improve customer experience.
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CALL CENTER METRICS AND DASHBOARDS
Producing actionable results by identifying performance trends, reason for service tickets, and trends in call volume.

BUILDING USER CONFIDENCE WHILE REDUCING CLOUD COMPUTING COSTS
Kforce migrated from costly, legacy ETL processes to a modern approach that has widespread positive impacts on the business.
eBooks & Analyst Reports

MODERN CLOUD DATA WAREHOUSES TO THE RESCUE
Big data is becoming more diverse, distributed, and dynamic. This strains your data warehouse and existing BI processes.
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CHECKLIST REPORT, CLOUD DATA WAREHOUSING
If you’re overwhelmed trying to find a solution for cloud data warehousing, take a look at this TDWI checklist report.
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TOP 6 REASONS BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE FAILS
Business Intelligence projects can begin with a simple goal, but can easily go astray, and often results in money wasted.
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SIMPLIFY DATA ARCHITECTURE FOR FASTER INSIGHTS
Maintaining separate systems makes it difficult to be agile and responsive in today’s fast-moving markets.
Webinars & Videos

MINI-EPISODES TO HELP POWER BI USERS GO FROM KNOW TO PRO
Starts with the basics of what you need to know about PBI Desktop, an overview, and importing some data within the Power Query Editor.
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DATA LITERACY AND DEMOCRATIZING DATA FOR ALL
Understand the main characteristics of a data literate culture and the practical next steps for a data literacy program.
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DATA ENGINEERING FOR FRAUD ANALYSIS
Case study on utilizing Azure Data Factory and Snowflake to improve time to insight for potential fraud.
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DATA WAREHOUSES, DATA LAKES, AND DATA LAKEHOUSES
Similarities, differences, and what each of these terms mean for the future of Business Intelligence (BI).
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THE FOUNDATION FOR EXECUTIVE DASHBOARDING 2.0
As flexible as you want, responds instantly to new questions, and a mobile version that isn't just a scaled version of the desktop.
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ACTIVE INTELLIGENCE VIDEO PLAYLIST
Interviews, how to's, and use case examples featuring Qlik. We also cover value added extensions like Vizlib and PlatformManager.
White Papers
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DATA LAKEHOUSE, WAREHOUSE, & AZURE ARCHITECTURES
BI projects often focus on the Visualization/Reporting aspects but place less emphasis on the layers that power this.
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CRASH COURSE ON CLOUD COMPUTING
We get it, moving to cloud computing can be scary. But, can you confidently say that you understand cloud computing?
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BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ROADMAP BUILT FOR SUCCESS
Insights into the components of a successful BI Implementation and how to avoid common pitfalls.
News & Announcements
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
SME and H20.ai announce new strategic partnership. SME will leverage the power of the H2O.ai platform to maximize data science efforts at companies looking to innovate with artificial intelligence.
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WHERE NUMBERS AND STATISTICS ARE CHANGING LIVES!
In today's digital era, data fuels innovation and drives social change. It not only helps us understand and predict trends but provides us improve the quality of life with informed decisions.
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INSPIRED CORPORATE GIVING WITH THE SME FOUNDATION
Each team member at SME was encouraged to select a nonprofit to share with the team including their personal connection and the mission. $500 was then gifted to each of those organizations.
Industry Specific Resources
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TOP 7 ANALYTIC USE CASES IN HEALTHCARE
How organizations are driving transformation through accurate, granular, and contextual data analytics.
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REDUCING HOSPITAL READMISSIONS, A CASE FOR INTEGRATED ANALYTICS
Healthcare organization utilizes BI to minimize readmission occurrences to drive lower costs and higher patient satisfaction.
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DATA LINEAGE IN THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY
Having every employee understand the data – not just the IT or data science departments- is a critical step to faster decision making.
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SYSTEM-WIDE VIEW OF UTILITY OPERATIONS
Our resources have "on the ground playing field" perspective as well as "sky-box" perspective.
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VENDOR MANAGEMENT SOLUTION AND PORTAL
In this case study, a portal solution for vendor management that increased efficiency by 40%.
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DATA ENABLEMENT FOR POWER GENERATION
Helping power generation companies optimize energy production, reduce downtime, and increase efficiency.
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TRANSFORMS DATA MANAGEMENT & STORAGE WITH CLOUD SOLUTIONS
Improved data management and storage systems to streamline processes, reduce costs, and make data-driven decisions faster.
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GETTING INSIGHTS AND DRIVING VALUE FOR UTILITIES
Watch how a utility uses ThoughtSpot to make it easy for anyone to get answers from their company data in seconds.