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We've built a business partly around automatic analytics - our approach is to keep the headcount low and the value high. I wonder if the demand for analysts is
by gstar 17y ago
We've built a business partly around automatic analytics - our approach is to keep the headcount low and the value high.
I wonder if the demand for analysts is a symptom of business waking up to the possibilities, while automated analytics is not mature.
- maukdaddy 17y agoYes, businesses are definitely waking up with regards to data. They are suddenly realizing that their various systems are currently or are capable of generating shit loads of valuable data that the business has no idea what to do with. Executives and managers learn through conferences, industry events, etc. that OTHER companies are using this awesome data to generate BILLIONS or save BILLIONS etc. When you see a company like IBM thrust itself into a field like this, you know that the field is entering mainstream business. This is a perfect time to position a firm as a "niche analytics firm" that focuses on high-end projects where IBM just can't compete.