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How a team of
data scientists can
make a difference
to your bottom line
Data scientists are brought
in by businesses to find
solutions to their problems
but both sides need to be
prepared for failures and
hidden opportunities along
the way, explains Islam
Zeidan, General Manager
UAE and MEAD, Teradata.
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n today’s digital world of cloud, mobility,
analytics and data, the focus for both
business and consumers is to find
answers to their problems. Just building a
solution or buying devices and applications,
without coming up with an answer, in the
shortest possible time and most economical
manner, will sooner or later prove
meaningless and futile.
The upcoming field of data sciences is
focused on resolving problems raised by
end-users, using a number of tools such as
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and
Deep Learning.
While there are myriad number of such
tools available, selecting the right tool, for
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BY FINDING A
SOLUTION TO AN
END-CUSTOMER’S
BUSINESS
CHALLENGES,
DATA SCIENTISTS
CAN BE ENABLERS
IN THEIR
FINANCIAL
PRODUCTIVITY.
the right problem and for the right data,
will only lead to a favourable outcome. The
objective of any data scientist is therefore
to be successful in finding the right
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