What Ticks in Analytics

Moving to wordpress

2010-01-29T15:10:00.002+05:30

Have just migrated the blog to wordpress to cross post from my wordpress login. the new url ishttp://analyticsmusings.wordpress.comRegular posting shall resume shortly on the new address...

Dofficially D!

2007-12-11T12:37:00.001+05:30

Finally, I put to official use the name that was given to me by the people I loved working with (read, Inductis colleagues) - DThe Diamond Consulting Case Competition on campuses is called DConstruct. I think they think its D for Diamond. (wink wink). Its D for D!! :)Couple of links I could find about DConstruct - Here and here

Customer Analytics is here to stay

2007-11-13T18:05:00.000+05:30

Couple of very interesting articles here - 1 and 2The first talks about the relative unpreparedness of Asian Banks in maximizing the value of their data as well as the need for advanced analytics for the next stage of growth. Not sure if the link would work; So, I am pasting the article below anyway.The second talks about digiton's view of an IBM report that talks about the end of advertising

Evaluserve report predicts Indian KPO Boom

2007-07-19T16:05:00.000+05:30

This link here [may require subscription.. not sure] talks about the impending boom in Indian KPO market. Headline says - India to dominate global KPO mkt; create 1.8 lakh new jobs"The Evalueserve report also states in detail about the few sub-sectors within the KPO industry that are expected to do well. These include banking, finance, securities and insurance research, data mining and

Nascence, Idling & Adolescence

2007-07-03T19:32:00.000+05:30

One of the things I’ve always been scared about, in an organization, is the transition from Nascence to Adolescence. What I mean is a new/small/fresh/startup environment of the firm (NASCENCE), gradually maturing into the processes/culture/large company environment (ADOLESCENCE). However, the theme here is the transition process and my fear around Idling. Often, as we build delivery capacity,

Desktop Analytics

2007-06-20T19:05:00.000+05:30

Read this quote - (Measuring productivity, or the lack thereof, on the personal computer. "Desktop Analytics") on Google Reader feed of Data Sciences AnalyticsInteresting. Not getting into the contents of the real post, I loved the statement. Its funny how many times I have tried to measure my desktop productivity. My desktop (or, laptop) time includes work, watching cartoons/animations/manga,

Communicating is required!

2007-06-06T11:17:00.000+05:30

A very impressive experience based blogpost by Kevin. It rightly emphasizes the equal if not greater importance of communicating over crunching!I guess its true not just in an internal vs. consultant kinda scenario, as Kevin mentions, but also in the case of a Manager-Analyst relationship. There are times when I have seen the Engagement Managers and above have a tough time with the team, because

My first white paper.. on rapid market segmentation.

2007-06-04T18:49:00.000+05:30

My first ever White Paper is here titled Rapid Market Segmentation: Collaborate and Conquer Download it from the link for a rapid reading. There are some related articles on Diamond's Analytics blog as wellLet me know what you think.

Back from vacation

2007-05-21T22:20:00.001+05:30

There folks! Just came back from a 2 week break (spent partly in my village, and partly in Chicago).Will be right back with more and comments!

Analytics Start-Up Series : 3 of Many

2007-04-26T17:35:00.000+05:30

I have covered my first couple of posts on this topic here (1, 2)Coming to the fourth pillar of Strategic Alignment – Organizational flexibility is the most important to have and most difficult to ascertain. Whether a business or a group of individuals are ready to do something that they have never done before, is a lot of introspections. No offence meant, but not every leader is Captain Kirk,

Analytics Start-Up Series - 2 of Many

2007-04-24T00:52:00.000+05:30

I will continue with part 2 of the start up series and focus on the third part of the element wheel - New Product Design (Air)New Product DesignWhat? By the time I had joined the team, we were still defining what we want to do, and what we don’t want to do. Analytics has come to connote not just data mining and predictive analytics, but even research analytics, product based analytics, dashboards

Analytics Start-Up Series - 1 of Many

2007-04-17T17:15:00.000+05:30

Yesterday, I was talking to one of my friends who wanted to get my perspective on what did I learn or not learn about starting an analytics company (having been a part of multiple start-up environments). That’s when I thought tt might be a good idea to pen down my thoughts on this. Disclaimer: This applies to my understanding of a company which is doing offshore analytics.I always looked at my

A weekend thought on analytics

2007-04-13T14:50:00.000+05:30

I have often thought about what is the kind of analytics I want to do and tried to correlate it with the kind of analytics that companies are thinking of doing.I want to think of analytics as a key to strategy. Organizations want strategy to define the analytics required for the business. I want to do analytics to optimize social benefits. After all, what is policy but a goal programming issue!

More on Sports

2007-03-21T11:04:00.000+05:30

Its surprising that the sports and analytics phenomenon should get so much press coverage suddenly.I saw an article in viewpoint , the journal of Marsh & McLennan which again talks about the Maths of sports.Some of my previous posts on this topic are here - 1, 2 and 3

Analytics and Invasion of Privacy

2007-03-20T10:14:00.000+05:30

Lately, I have seen a string of articles on the concerns around Department of Homeland Security's A.D.V.I.S.E program (Analysis, Dissemination, Visualization, Insight and Semantic Enhancement). People have had concerns around invasion of privacy and DHS acting like a peeping tom. A similar set of concerns came around the DoD and Microsoft deal

Analytically Sports... Continued!

2007-03-14T11:18:00.000+05:30

FractalAnalytics seems to be a step ahead of me! Here is a news item that covered their prediction on the First Match of World Cup (Cricket), between West Indies and Pakistan. Lo and behold, 2 of the predicted scores match exactly! Nobody would have expected that granular a performance prediction to be correct 75% of the times (as per their claims).Going back to some of my earlier posts on use of

Complex Data to Complex Knowledge

2007-03-12T12:14:00.000+05:30

Dell Zhang quoted the challenging problems in Data Mining research [ICDM ‘05’]. It will be interesting to touch upon each of these problems in greater detail. However, for now, the most interesting bit is 4. Mining Complex Knowledge from Complex Data. That is what defines the heart of data mining for me. Mining – From its origins in extraction of minerals, mining has traditional implied

Acquisitions - Offloading Offshore Analytics

2007-03-08T09:18:00.000+05:30

This one merits a mention- WNS is acquiring Marketics, an offshore analytics firm founded by some ex-P&G CMK senior professionals. People like Shankar Maruwada, Ramki, etc. are extremely smart people. A $65 MM cash deal for its 200 people, with $30MM upfront and $35MM earnout in an year, does show the smartness of the deal.Isn't this somewhat an action replay of how Inductis was taken over by

Whats with going solo?

2007-03-08T00:59:00.000+05:30

Avinash Kaushik writes stuff about web-analytics that can be used by novices as primers for building their understanding, and experts as content matter for strong debates. Avinash announced on his blog that he is going solo and will be a analytics evangelist for google for his first assignment.Kevin Hillstrom of MineThatData has also decided to go solo. No need to tell the readers who Kevin is

Houston Rockets using Analytics

2007-02-26T09:25:00.000+05:30

Recently, I had posted my views regarding the use of analytics in sport (on the company blog here).I just came across this additional piece of information today. Rockets using Daryl Morey and his analytical skills for the game.It justifies my faith in the world of analytics and its universal applicability.

UNC and SAS partner for advanced analytics degree

2007-02-14T09:24:00.000+05:30

University of North Carolina and SAS are partnering for an advanced degree in analytics. This is pretty cool stuff, I say.So far, most of the people I know in the industry have started off with theoretical knowledge of statistics and econometrics and then built their understanding of "analytics" which is beyond the subject matter. I am hoping that courses like these would help fill the void

Crime Analysis Blog

2007-02-13T13:42:00.000+05:30

Here... I want to link it to my RFID post .. Crime Analysis using RFIDs!!Thanks Sandro for pointing me to this...

Hilarious (Though not quite analytics)

2007-02-13T08:58:00.000+05:30

Just saw this post on Juice Analytics.. hereHilarious.. Outrightly hilarious and contemporary. We don't even realize how close we have gotten to the evil/angel called PPT presentation for all our communication needs. And the breakup surely is gonna hurt, as and when it happens!

Tagging Frequently

2007-02-11T18:30:00.000+05:30

One of the most interesting possibilities with analytics is what I discovered in my first job, working with the RFID team. While we were discussing RFID tags, the way they store data, and the nature of the data stored, we were also discussing the umpteen CVM and Loyalty possibilities opening up in retail. The next idea that came about was RFIDs and Cars and tagging for payments, tolls etc. And

Let me introduce myself

2007-02-09T10:47:00.000+05:30

Well, I am Amit Das, a Consultant with the Analytics team at Diamond Management & Technology Consultants (erstwhile Diamond Cluster International/ Diamond Technology Partners) (NYSE: DTPI). The company also has an analytics blog carrying some neat discussions!Given my numerous dealings with data, analytics and data analytics, and the gazillions of terabytes of thoughts that keep coming to my mind