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Category Archives: Big Data Analytics
ActiveViam demo: precise, collaborative, faster Product Control
You will find below our latest demo of the ActiveViam platform presenting our vision for a faster, more collaborative process for Product Control.Read more
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Le dynamisme des prix augmente en mars
L’indice DPI de mars 2017 montre une nette progression par rapport à février, avec un score global de 84, contre 80 le mois précédent. Amazon augmente aussi légèrement, passant de 87 à 88.Read more
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ActiveViam to host its ActiveViam Connect in London on June 9th 2017
We are very happy to announce the line-up for the ActiveViam Connect. Read more
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4 ways location-based pricing can improve retail volumes and margins
One element that is often neglected by brick & mortar retailers, for lack of sufficient analytical capabilities to take it into account, is that the competitive environment varies greatly from one store location to another.Read more
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Partnering with Atos to build a Big Data appliance
Quartet FS and Atos have created a big data appliance designed to tackle the present and future regulatory challenges banks face. Read blog post.Read more
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Who wants a Real-Time Supply Chain?
Everyone, it seems. Take Procter & Gamble. In a recent talk, Procter & Gamble’s SVP of Product Supply, mentioned they have created a “real-time instrumented supply chain,” which they believe could achieve an upside of 1-2% sales increase, 2-5% margin improvement, and 5-10% improvement in asset utilization.
Only several years ago companies updated their supply chain plans approximately once a month, whereas today forecasts and plans are adjusted twice a day for some product categories. Such frequent updates enable responding much faster to changing demand and allow implementing a more accurate resupply of products to stores.Read more
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How long can CCPs afford to wait?
Two months ago the Basel Committee decided that banks will have to set aside less capital against trades through central clearing houses in a bid to encourage them to use their services. The aim is to make banks use the central counterparties (CCPs), making it easier for regulators to follow the flow of banks’ trades and exposures to each other.Read more
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Tackling the Look-through Challenges with In‑Memory Computing
This post delves into the implications of the look-through approach for asset managers, building the case for the use of in-memory aggregation technology to process massive amounts of highly granular data.Read more
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How to make historical analysis work on real-time data
Historical data analysis is typically enabled using data duplication technologies. But is this method still valid today when users need to analyze historical data that’s moving fast and changing rapidly throughout the day? All we know is that in ActivePivot, we practically had to re-invent our core database to support the requirements of our customers who wanted to travel back in time and analyze large volumes of dynamic data.Read more
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Tagged historical analysis, real-time, real-time analysis
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From Multi-Core to Many-Core: Do not delay in Making Your Java Application “NUMA-Aware”
In the last post, I explained the difference between SMP and NUMA architectures as we enter the “many-core” era. I also asked the following question: “Is it reasonable to expect massive performance improvements when you run an existing application on new NUMA-enabled hardware?” The answer is yes. However, improved performance is not guaranteed and you must be prepared to rewrite the code of your application to get the best out of many-core hardware. Read more
