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Ironside Achieves AWS Advanced Consulting Partner Status

Boston, MA, October 22, 2020 — Ironside, a Boston-based cloud, data, and analytics consultancy, today announced it is now an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Advanced Consulting Partner. AWS Consulting Partners help customers design, architect,…

Business Analytics, Data Management, Data Science

Better Together: Data Science and Location Data

When it comes to AI and automated machine learning, more data is good — location data is even better. At Data Con LA 2019, I had the pleasure of co-presenting a tutorial session with Pitney Bowes Technical Director Dan Kernaghan. We told…

Business Analytics, Data Management, Data Science

The Importance of Data Preparation for Business Analytics

In today's "Big Data" era, a lot of data, in volume and variety, is being continuously generated across various channels within an enterprise and in the Cloud. To drive exploratory analysis and make accurate predictions, we need to connect,…

Data Science

3 Ways Machine Learning Can Enhance Insurance Underwriting

The day-to-day work of an Underwriter ranges from research, to data entry, to pricing a risk, to ultimately negotiating that premium value with an agent. At the core, they need to accurately gauge risk, on a case by case basis. But their job…

Data Management

How To Start Your MDM Journey on the Right Foot

Any journey requires a few things before getting started. Wandering through the forest can be a very pleasant experience, but if you don't plan ahead and bring your compass and map, what happens if you get lost? (I know, you probably brought…

Business Analytics, Technology Spotlight

Power BI/SSAS Tabular Modeling Essentials

Gathering data is an essential step before performing analysis in Power BI Desktop. The tool allows users to connect with many different data sources, such as traditional or cloud databases, text files, big data, and live streams. Among these…

Awards & Recognition, Data Science

Enabling Clients to Be Self-Sufficient with AI

LEXINGTON, MA, May 10, 2019 - Ironside, an enterprise data and analytics firm, was featured in a Wall Street Journal article about AI consultants that enable their clients to be self-sufficient with AI and not have to rely on their consulting…

Awards & Recognition, Data Science

Ironside Recognized in Wall Street Journal as AI for Analytics Consultant

LEXINGTON, MA, May 3, 2019 – Ironside, an enterprise data and analytics firm, was recognized in the Wall Street Journal this morning for AI work being done at one of our clients, Coverys, a Boston-based provider of medical professional liability…

Business Analytics, Technology Spotlight

Enable Bimodal Analytics with Cognos Analytics: Part 3

In the first installment of this series, we discussed the origins of Mode 2 Analytics, and in the second installment we focused on how to enable this capability in your organization using Cognos. Now that we've learned all about how Mode 2…

Business Analytics, Data Management, Featured

Analytics Anarchy: How To Manage a Multi-Vendor Analytics Ecosystem

When you think about the different ways that data gets used in your company, what comes to mind? You surely have some executive dashboards, and some quarterly reports. There might be a reporting portal containing everything that IT created…

Business Analytics, Data Science

From BI to Data Science: An Interview with Tom Clancy

At Ironside, we believe that data science is a team sport, and should be accessible to and enable as many players as possible. We work with clients on a regular basis to make data science accessible within their organization. But we also do…

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Join Ironside CEO @tkreytak and our partner @IBM tomorrow morning for a discussion around how #DigitalTransformation has become essential in business, and how new ways of working impacted organizational culture and people dynamics. Register here:
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This week's #Take30 will discuss how to evaluate #ML models, both as a data scientist and a business leader. The #datascientist can tell you how accurate a model is, but determining if a model is accurate enough to be used is a business decision. https://irns.de/31S7Z95

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We are happy to announce that Ironside has been named an @AWSCloud Advanced Consulting Partner! Our team is grateful for this distinction and looks forward to deepening our relationship and expertise with #AWS. Read more here:
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Are you an #AWS user? Join a FREE session with our expert #DataAdvisors to hear our lessons learned around planning data projects for AWS. Register here: https://irns.de/35hxKk4

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Join us tomorrow morning for another installment of #Take30 with a #BI Expert, where we'll explore the new features of #MicrosoftPowerBI #BusinessIntelligence https://irns.de/312oRJJ

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