Category Archives: Blogs on Analytics

Interview with SIBA Founder

Vision: Empowering clients to make scientific, data driven decisions. Mission: To create decision enabling tools, which combine the power of predictive analytics and the latest technology, and enable the user to make the right decision at the right time with …

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Analytics and the Indian Market- Good Things Ahead

Data is being collected everywhere around us. This data is analyzed and used to impact B2C and B2B markets in traditional and nontraditional sectors in ways we never imagined. Indeed Analytics has proven itself to be an essential tool for …

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“I aspired to get into analytics…I succeeded!” – Jigsaw Academy student Smriti Singh tells us how she made a career shift into Analytics.

This week we are proud to feature another bright student of ours who, with hard work and determination, translated her dreams of being a data analyst into reality. Fully realizing the potential of analytics in India, Smriti realized that the …

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Analytic Edge Feature

Analytic Edge is a provider of high impact business solutions leveraging advanced analytics and technology. Headquartered in Bangalore, India, it is the brainchild of Santosh Nair. With over 12 years of experience in statistical modeling and advanced analytics consulting, Santosh and …

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Jigsaw Academy Invites You to a Free Workshop!

Jigsaw Academy, an award winning online analytics training academy will be will be offering interested candidates the opportunity to attend a free online workshop in analytics. Whether you are a fresher, or considering shifting to analytics, companies like Genpact, Accenture, …

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Using Big Data to Improve Customer Experience

This week we are happy to introduce and welcome our guest blogger Alastair Kane. Alastair is a freelance writer and has provided this article on behalf of Acxiom a company providing big data analytics services. In this post he talks about …

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Comparison of Analytics Courses in India: Jigsaw Academy and IIM Bangalore

Originally published in Analytics India mag I recently completed the Advanced analytics program conducted by IIM Bangalore. It is a 1 year course that is designed to provide in-depth knowledge of handling data and Business Analytics’ tools that can be used for …

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Application of Decision Sciences to Solve Business Problems- Retail Industry

As big data explodes across all sectors of the business world, it has seen greater relevance and popularity in the retail sector. Whether it’s strategy and planning, merchandising, supply chain, marketing or store operations, Data Analytics can be used to …

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McKinsey Review: Big Data in Business

Companies across the business world have realized that the answer to staying one step ahead of their competition lies within data analytics and the ability to effectively manage their data. The quintessential factor in successfully using their data to positively …

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Jigsaw Academy Launches Analytics Workshops for Business School Faculty

Originally published in PRWeb. The success of Big Data initiatives in any organization is very much dependent on the analytical skills of the management. As business schools seek to have an edge in an increasingly competitive management education sector, developing …

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HR Analytics- No longer just an option. It’s a must!

For those companies that consider their workforce to be their most valuable and expensive asset, HR analytics is the need of the hour. Studies like the Aberdeen Group survey have shown that organizations that use HR or workforce analytics to …

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Prestigious Brands Academy Award for Jigsaw Academy

Jigsaw Academy, won the prestigious Brands Academy Award for ‘Best Upcoming Academy for Analytics Courses in Bangalore’, on April 13th, 2013 at an exclusive gala event held at the ITC Maurya, New Delhi. The award was presented to the founders  …

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Jigsaw Online Review

Originally published in JobBuzz Business analytics has been historically viewed as a specialized field, with a strong emphasis on knowledge of statistical algorithms and tools. Typical analytics teams at most companies used to be staffed with people with Masters Degrees …

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Jigsaw Launches New Placement Initiative

This has been an exciting week at Jigsaw Academy. As we began to wind up another successful analytics training course, our 42nd so far and began gearing up for the 43rd, beginning later this month, we also launched a new …

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Equipping your employees with analytics skills is the need of the hour

Originally published in CEO World. The analytics bug has finally bitten the Indian corporate sector. While demand for analytics talent has always been high in India, it has largely been fuelled by the KPO sector so far. Companies like Genpact, …

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How Jigsaw Academy leverages technology in data science training

At Jigsaw Academy, we aim to provide the best training in the field of analytics and data science. And for this we leverage technology extensively. There are a number of ways technology helps us improve the learning experience. Virtual classrooms …

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Choose the right analytics tool for your company

There are hundreds of analytics tools available in the market. These tools have varied capabilities and they range from free tools to very, very expensive ones. If you are looking to drive analytics within your organization, you will face this …

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How store-based retailers are moving from general propositions to applying rules to individual customers

Business Analytics is a science so hidden that it is rarely that one finds it splashed in a full-featured article in a widely-published newspapers. In this New York Times article, staff writer, Charles Duhigg, details how Tesco uses high-end data …

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Introduction to Analytics – Continued

The first session of our introductory course consists of an Overview of Analytics. As part of our 6 video lecture series on Overview of Analytics, we recently shared the first 3 videos in a previous article. In the following videos, we …

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Introduction to Analytics

The first session of our introductory course consists of an Overview of Analytics. We recently created a 6 video lecture series on Overview of Analytics. Here are the first 3 videos from this series. Video 1

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