Data Marts

Kishan Shri, Advisor Business Intelligence, Erasmus MC-Netherlands presents the key takeaways that Erasmus University Medical Center learnt in the process of building their logical data warehouse.

The last 10 years we have focused on accumulating untold volumes of data-at-rest, predicted to grow to 40+Zetabytes by the end of the decade. The next frontier master is data-in-motion – the data that is flowing from billions of sensors that are instrumenting every machine, device and person. Unique actionable intelligence lives at the intersection of these two domains when IoT data meets machine learning and artificial intelligence. Hear how leading organizations harness next-gen connected data platforms to drive transformative data initiatives.Listen to Piet Loubser, VP of Product and...

"As a large biotechnology company, Biogen Idec sells its drugs globally in over 90 countries through multiple wholesalers and distributors. Senior executives monitor drug sales and market share using daily sales reports by drug and territory.Business analysts at Biogen were manually collecting sales data from numerous internal and external sources, including wholesalers and distributors worldwide, in various formats like Excel, PDF, XML file transfer etc. They had to monitor the file versions, normalize formats and currencies, and consolidate sales figures with in - ternal forecast and budget...

Oil companies are finding it increasingly challenging to maintain their profit margins for multiple reasons including difficulty in accessing new reserves and fluctuating economic and political conditions. With global recession and slow growth conditions further moderating oil prices, energy companies need to find other ways to improve revenue; they need to become more efficient.