How William Hill Pivoted to Real-Time Data and Personalised Customer Experiences

Founded in 1934 as a postal and telephone betting service, William Hill was historically synonymous with the world of horse racing. Since then, the company has continued to grow into other sporting avenues, with the retail arm—which opened in 1966—now amounting to more than 1,400 shops. Fully embracing the potential of the digital revolution, the company now comprises over 10,000 employees over six brands, operating through offices in ten countries.

Frank Slootman Explains: Why Execution Ahead Of Strategy

In today's video, Frank Slootman shares, no strategy is better than its execution. Organizations can go very, very far with world-class execution. However, they will go nowhere without it, no matter how brilliant the strategy is. Execution needs to come first. Then when leaders become strong executors, strategic questions start to crystallize quickly. This leads to individuals becoming better strategists as they become exceptional executors.

Using Postman with ThoughtSpot APIs

ThoughtSpot provides a rich suite of APIs for search, user controls, and platform metadata. These APIs can be especially useful for sharing data with partners via webhooks, building native mobile apps, providing results in json format for third-party charting libraries like D3, or scripting ThoughtSpot configuration to support devops and continuous integration toolchains.

Qlik Sense SaaS in 60 - Auto-generated period over period analysis dashboard

This week we introduce new Insight Advisor auto-generated period over period analysis chart types presented in the form of a period over period analysis dashboard. Exploring data in Discovery Mode, using Insight Advisor, will automatically create a period over period analysis dashboard for you to explore when using date fields and those defined calendar periods within business logic.

Why PII Pseudonymization is Crucial for Data Security

Data security is an important priority for every organization that handles customer or user data, especially those that fall under data privacy and protection laws such as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Large volumes of personal data flow in and out of companies and their systems every day, and the threat of data breaches looms over these operations. How can organizations use their data to power critical operations without running afoul of regulations or privacy concerns?

Getting travelers the right information, right on time

As every traveler knows, even the best-laid plans sometimes go astray. Stuff happens. Trains are delayed. Storms cause outages. People forget their bags. A special event creates long lines. Transportation providers can’t take the uncertainty out of travel or make the world operate precisely on schedule — particularly during a global pandemic.

Making Smarter Decisions with DataScience - The upGrad Way

A large amount of data is generated daily. It is very critical to understand how this ocean of information could be put to the best use. Data Science has helped organizations build differentiators using all these data points, thereby delivering a personalized experience. In the ed-tech space alone, there could be several use-cases starting from helping learners make the right choice with regards to their career decisions, guiding them through their learning journey, and finally connecting them with the most suitable career opportunities.