Impressions from SAP Analytics and Innovation Forum 2012 Istanbul March 2012
March 19, 2012 by Ugur
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Thx for all the attendees. I hope you all enjoyed all the presentations. 1,530 attendees, covering 50 presentations in 8 parallel rooms. Details: http://www.sap.com/turkey/about/events/isteoan/index.epx Sap innovation forum istanbul 2012 View more PowerPoint from ugur candan
Combination of in-Memory R and SAP HANA: Complex Analytics at Speed of Tought
March 17, 2012 by Ugur
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“..R combined with SAP’s in-memory platform technology called HANA, R offers the potential to take the in-memory analytics to a whole new level. Imagine performing advanced statistical analysis such as decision tree, game-theory, linear and multiple regressions and much more inside SAP HANA on millions of rows and turning around with critical business insights [...]
Should Pragmatic Chaos or Epagogix determine future of our human entertainment?
December 18, 2011 by Ugur
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Cinematch, Dinasour Planet, and finally Pragmatic Chaos –predicting what movie you might want to watch- is determining 60% of the movies being rented. Pragmatic Chaos got the 1 million dollar prize. Prize for reading what is in your brain. The above photo is from the ceremony in New York City. (20 Sept 2009) for more [...]
How can a $35 book go upto $23,698,655.93 (plus $3.99 shipping) at AMAZON? Real Story !
December 18, 2011 by Ugur
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After a few days From http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=358 Michael Eisen’ Blog: “….But two questions remained. Why were they doing this, and how long would it go on before they noticed? As I amusedly watched the price rise every day, I learned that Amazon retailers are increasingly using algorithmic pricing (something Amazon itself does on a large scale), [...]
Transforming BI for Extreme DATA–Why is it relevant for Today? Why Today? IDC Business Intelligence Roadshow 2011
December 11, 2011 by Ugur
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IDC Business Intelligence Roadshow 2011 View more presentations from ugur candan. In this presentation I tried to explain why big data or extreme data problems are so trendy. There is a specific reason for this. For those who attended the event I hope it is clear. For those who have not attended you need to [...]
Gamification of eEducation System: Where should we start?
December 11, 2011 by Ugur
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Gamification of eEducation View more presentations from ugur candan. Our current education system is engineered during the industrial revolution and have not seen radical changes ever since. With the emerging mobile technologies I do believe that the learning experience could dramatically change. The main problem is having a batch of students receiving the same educational [...]
Video: Evolution of A New Architecture SAP HANA
August 29, 2011 by Ugur
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Evolution of SAP HANA and in-memory Computing !
What is SAP HANA? Why is SAP HANA a Game Changer? What Drives in-memory Computing?
August 22, 2011 by Ugur
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Why is SAP HANA a game changer?
What is Information?
July 16, 2011 by Ugur
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This is a short film by MAYA Design about information. Although most of us think we know what we mean when we say “information,” we sometimes confuse the medium with the message. This is a companion piece to our film about architecture.
What is Architecture?
July 16, 2011 by Ugur
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What is Architecture I was in search for a good definition for a software architecture. I had noticed this fantastic video about “what achitecture is”. This is a short film by MAYA Design about architecture in its broadest sense. This film is a companion piece to our film about information. I really appreciated the ease [...]

