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Cloud Analytics

Cloud Analytics: Six Tips For Success de: https://www.constellationr.com/content/cloud-analytics-six-tips-successAnalyst: Doug Henschen on August 12, 2015 We still live in a hybrid world, but data analysis is moving steadily into the cloud. Here are six tips on how to succeed with online BI and analytics. The cloud movement that started more than a decade ago has turned into a stampede in nearly every category of enterprise software. It’s no different in business intelligence and analytics, as I observed last month , but there’s one set path or approach to bringing data-exploration and analysis into the cloud. One argument is that data analysis is moving into the cloud because more and more data lives there. Google Analytics and social networks like Facebook and Twitter, for example, keep generating more data. And storage-and-analysis options like Amazon Redshift are among the fastest-growing cloud services. In fact, data is or

How Certainty Transforms Persuasion

How Certainty Transforms Persuasion artículo publicado en HBR Online. Link al final del texto. Certainty profoundly shapes our behavior. The more certain we are of a belief—regardless of its objective correctness—the more durable it will be and the greater its influence on what we do. Across dozens of studies spanning more than two decades, consumer and social psychologists have shown that people who are certain of their beliefs are more likely to buy, buy sooner, and spend more. They’re more likely to sign petitions and to vote. They’re more willing to express their opinions, endorse products, advocate for causes, and try to persuade others to adopt their views. They’re better able to withstand attacks on their own beliefs and more inclined to challenge opponents. In short, certainty is the catalyst that turns attitudes into action, bringing beliefs to life and imbuing them with meaning and consequence. Imagine, for example, that two customers flying Virgin America gi

La Estación Espacial Internacional (ISS): Ve el planeta desde el espacio

La estación espacial internacional en alta definición (ISS HD Experiment) Si quieres seguir el experimento de la Estación Espacial Internacional (ISS), donde transmiten en HD en vivo las vistas de la tierra desde 400 kilómetros de altura, puedes consultar la siguiente página: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/917.html Descripción El objetivo principal del experimento High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) es validar el desempeño en el espacio de las cameras en una variedad de modos de operación para ejercitar y demostrar la funcionalidad y longevidad del los equipos COTS para uso en programas futuros de la Estación Espacial Internacional. Esta carga útil es un sistema de cameras multiples externas con vista a la tierra usando un conjunto de cámaras comerciales de venta comercial (COTS: Commercial-off-the-shelf). El ensamblaje integrado del HDEV se compone de un sistema de cuatro cámaras, sistemas de control integrado aviónico y de datos (eth