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Excel Alternative: Want More Capable Data Analytics Software Used By GE, For Free?

Excel Alternative: Want More Capable Data Analytics Software Used By GE, For Free?

Sure, Microsoft Excel is perfect for entering data in rows and columns. But what if you want to quickly find practical meaning in your data that allows you to take action and make better data-driven decisions? For example, what if you wanted to learn how many steps you should take to sleep better tonight based on your smartwatch data history? Here’s what you need to know.

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2021 Predictions for Data Science Teams and Technologies

2021 Predictions for Data Science Teams and Technologies

Want to know what 2021 has in store for data science technologies? Will MLOps dominate the conversation? How will the Covid recession change data science inside companies? Spend 5 minutes and checkout Datagrom’s predictions for 2021.

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My Take on the Gartner MQ for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms: “Why I buy” Data Science and Machine Learning Platform Edition

My Take on the Gartner MQ for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms: “Why I buy” Data Science and Machine Learning Platform Edition

Update: Gartner has postponed its Data and Analytics Conference. Hopefully, this article helps to inform in that conference’s absence. If you have any questions about my comments, please comment below, or send me a note.

A few weeks ago, Gartner released its 2020 Machine Learning and Data Science platform Magic Quadrant. Each year Gartner uses their “Completeness of Vision /Ability to Execute” methodology to categorize and rank each vendor who participates in the annual Gartner dance. The Gartner report claims to provide clarity on a complicated market. I believe it creates total confusion. (Yes, this I know that’s their model)

As a veteran of the machine learning and data science technology market, I have some of my own thoughts on these products, their value proposition, their targeted personas and their actual personas reached. I have paid close attention to the MQ for the last 5 years and have worked closely with and for many of the companies/technologies in the quadrant. I wanted to share some of my thoughts in a series of posts. This is the first.

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