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Monthly Archives: August 2018
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I wanted to share my experience more as a thank you than as a technique to share.
About a year ago, I moved into a new role in health care as a clinical performance analyst. My previous experience easily qualified me as an Excel Pro, and I relied heavily on pivot tables, but I was not yet familiar with Power Pivot. Within the past year, it has transformed the ease and quality of my work and given me a whole new level of appreciation for Excel (I already thought Excel was one of the best things in life!). Furthermore, my team members have started using Data Models and learning about DAX formulas because they have seen the possibilities.
I am so grateful for Rob's books and the articles on powerpivotpro.com. They make learning fun and easy and are such a wonderful resource. I have learned that if I want to do something in Excel, I just have to search long enough to find the blog post that will help me do it. I have not yet encountered something I have wanted to do that Excel cannot accommodate in some way.
The interesting thing for me has been seeing how effective Power Pivot is for clinical data. Most of the examples I have read deal with financial/business scenarios. With clinical data, the logic is more about filtering tables effectively in order to capture specific inclusions and exclusions for numerators/denominators. Since many performance rates are calculated differently (e.g. per 1000 patient days vs. per 10,000 patient days), cube formulas have been invaluable in dashboards to allow seamless presentation of metrics that have different data sources and different calculation methods. I can even capture a user's slicer selection and incorporate that in the cube formulas to switch between viewing hospital overall rates vs. a specific department's rate.
In short, Power Pivot has brought new flexibility and depth to clinical reporting in my position. Thank you for sharing your tools and techniques!
With gratitude,
Hanna Vessey
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Mighty AI Provides the 'Ground Truth' for Self-Driving Cars
Posted by Christopher Lam, Senior Director Customer Success
To fulfill the promise of self-driving cars, the systems that run them must be able to tell the difference between a car and a dumpster, a dotted yellow line from a straight line and thousands of other objects. That's where the rubber meets the road for Seattle-based Mighty AI.
The 4-year-old software and services company has a global community of more than 400,000 citizen annotators that provide the labor-intensive data work automakers need, via a mobile game that has them identifying pedestrians, cars, tractor trailers, construction, signage, bicyclists and many other data points.
That "ground truth" data is gathered, reviewed and validated by the Mighty AI team. It's then made available to autonomous vehicle developers to help train self-driving vehicles to think and act like a safe human driver. Mighty AI works with more than a dozen companies developing autonomous vehicle vision systems.
Recently, Mighty AI announced a collaboration with Mcity, a public-private consortium at the University of Michigan backed by nearly 60 companies including Ford, GM, Honda, Toyota, Intel, LG and State Farm. Mighty AI's training datasets will be used in autonomous vehicle machine learning models developed at Mcity, which includes an R&D center and real-world testing facilities.
"We've seen a great deal of traction in delivering the huge amounts of annotated data needed to train machine learning models," said Teresa A. Kotwis, Mighty AI CFO. "The level of data quality, accuracy and precision is enormously high, which works very well with the tooling we have."
Readiness for Global Growth
With customers in North America as well as Europe and Asia, Mighty AI selected NetSuite OneWorld over Sage Intacct to prepare for international expansion and the launch of global subsidiaries. NetSuite Professional Services led the implementation, with pricing well within their budget.
Time was of the essence. After signing the contract in October 2017, the company had roughly 75 days to go live to make its planned January 1 cutover date from QuickBooks to NetSuite OneWorld. That's a "super fast" timeline, Kotwis said, especially as implementation would proceed through the Thanksgiving and late December holidays.
Led by a three-person team from the NetSuite Global Delivery Center, the implementation was the most efficient she's experienced, said Kotwis who has past experience with deployments of Sage MAS 90, Sage Intacct, Microsoft Dynamics and other ERP platforms.
"I have converted more accounting systems than I can count in my 30-plus years of experience, and this was by far the easiest and most efficient implementation thanks to the dedication of the NetSuite Professional Services team," Kotwis said.
Expert-Led Implementation
The implementation was made easier by a structured process with clear milestones, weekly meetings, online data exchange and accountability for all stakeholders. The NetSuite team was "super flexible" and readily accommodated time zone differences between Manila and Seattle, according to Kotwis.
"Our NetSuite Professional Services implementation process was very smooth and super fast," she said. "Working with the Global Delivery Center team was just excellent — it was seamless from end to end, as if they were side by side with us in our office. Location had no impact on the ability to communicate, get things done and understand where we were in the process."
With OneWorld in place, Mighty AI has new visibility into key metrics, and can report on budget vs. actuals across the business. Once it's ready to open global subsidiaries, Mighty AI is equipped with capabilities for multi-currency transactions and global financial consolidation to help fuel its continued growth. And as it builds out its software-as-a-service offerings, NetSuite Revenue Recognition will play a valuable role.
"The reporting and trend analysis in NetSuite is definitely giving us better information and lets us ask better questions," Kotwis said. "As we move from a tech-enabled services company to more of a software platform, we'll be able to put billing and rev rec in NetSuite to use."
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Must Chatbots Be Voice-Enabled To Improve The Customer Experience?
Digital transformation has forged new pathways for customer relations, allowing organizations to reach their target audiences using emerging technologies that provide instant, easy, and relevant customer experiences. These dramatic advancements in technology have changed customer attitudes toward service times, delivery, and accessibility, especially in the realm of e-commerce. To adapt to customer expectations, companies like Amazon offer Echo, a device that connects to Alexa Voice, enabling customers to access information and complete tasks without having to press a button.
Speed and efficiency is valuable to customers, and this provides the potential for organizations to capitalize on conversational artificial intelligence in retail. Voice-activated chatbots are much more than a fading tech trend, and with companies like Facebook offering businesses text-based and voice-activated communication through Messenger, conversational AI will significantly impact the way customers choose to interact with retailers.
Create a personalized service
Chatbots simulate an in-store experience for customers buying online, ensuring that customer service is cohesive and consistent across the brand. This kind of automation creates a tailored purchasing experience on mobile and web devices, allowing customers to speak to chatbots as they would sales associates. Chatbots can be used to locate and sell products, answer product-related questions, direct customers to helpful web pages, and upsell products with the added benefit of immediacy and accuracy.
Chatbots are the new user interface
Mobile apps are less relevant. unless they're for messaging. With mobile phone messaging apps estimated to increase to 2.5 billion users worldwide in 2021, retailers have a wider reach if they can integrate chatbots into customer service. Conversational AI already exists within our smartphones with Siri, Bixby, and Google Assistant. Improvements to natural language processing (NLP) and understanding make voice the new UI. It can respond to more complex questions and complete simple request commands three times faster than texting. That means that retailers need to prepare for the shift in demand, especially in providing seamless customer experiences in e-commerce, even as they ask "Is it good enough yet?" "Should I focus on other priorities until it's better?"
The Intelligent Enterprise and conversational AI
Conversational AI will make managing operations more efficient and comprehensive by providing real-time data, accessing information on stock and ordering, volumes, sales figures, and HR management through voice-activated commands. Retailers can build their own chatbots dedicated to specific customer-directed aims and customize NLP models dependent on their performance needs. With growing demand for voice-enabled technologies, conversational AI isn't an option, but an increasing necessity, in the retail industry.
Of course, there will be discussions about whether voice-enabled commerce is good enough yet, but regardless of its current accuracy, retailers should start planning and preparing for it now.
To learn more about SAP Leonardo Conversational AI Foundation.
User Experiences That Convert – The Do's and Don'ts
In technology parlance, the emotional result of a person's interaction with a website or digital app is called "user experience" or "UX" — and the success of a business depends on it. Users who have easy, positive experiences with websites and apps likely will be drawn back to the business. On the contrary, websites and apps with poor navigation and slow loading times likely will turn off consumers.
UX is essential in e-commerce because conversion rates often are aligned with a positive or negative experience. As technology continues to improve and as customer preferences evolve, businesses must adapt UX to stay competitive.
To optimize UX and enhance customer perceptions of your brand, following are five UX Do's and Don'ts to focus on.
1. Do invest in a unique visual experience. Don't choose cookie-cutter solutions.
Today, most customers can spot stock imagery and templated websites from a mile away. These features not only make a business look lazy, but also restrict brand expression. Be sure to choose custom visual designs whenever possible.
A website or mobile app should evoke the identity of the brand. Whether a business offers home decor products or tax preparation services, users should be able to identify the business brand from its respective platforms. A relevant and consistent brand fosters legitimacy and trust. You want users to take your business seriously. Of course, this is much easier said than done.
Below is a homepage example from
Restoration Hardware. The simple, neutral background allows brand imagery to speak for itself, and the uncluttered navigation supports an easy, straightforward shopping experience. Additionally, the page's text copy is short and direct, to give visitors clear options and guide behavior. Lastly, the main image not only displays business products, but also conveys the atmosphere that Restoration Hardware promises its customers. Regardless of stylistic preference, Restoration Hardware offers a distinct visual experience on its website.
Businesses can use custom visual content to stand out from the competition. A simple start is to use real pictures of teams/staff, offices/locations and products/services. Moreover, details like updated banners to reflect appropriate seasons, upcoming holidays or events relevant to the market/industry also help to add unique visuals. Unique visual content is a great way to enhance UX.
2. Do make messages personal. Don't be generic.
People want to feel that their needs matter and their voices are heard. Individualized experiences/messaging can be tough with a diverse audience/customer base; however, businesses can gain advantages by using conversational language, addressing people by name wherever possible, and helping visitors/customers find content they might like.
It is important to research customer habits and desires. What words are used in the search for products or services relevant to your business? Talk to your customers in the language they use. Read reviews to better understand customer needs. Also, find out what your competitors are doing.
With the latter research, businesses can install appropriate technology to address specific customer desires, even at scale. For example, a simple upgrade for personal messaging could be automating business newsletters/email outreach to populate each recipient's name in the greeting. Instead of, "Hello," the customer would be greeted with, "Hi Ted." Little details can make a huge difference.
More advanced features include personalized product recommendations, individualized search tools and saved checkout information. If a business offers UX that makes customers feel like VIPs, sales likely will grow.
3. Do get social. Don't keep to yourself.
Social media is a mandatory extension for a business' website. It contributes to the UX businesses want to create, but not all social media platforms are right for business. Be careful to choose the right social media platform to leverage your strengths and connect with your target audience.
For example, a clothing brand for teenagers would be wise to publish content on Instagram, which is image-focused and has a young user base, rather than on LinkedIn, which is text-heavy and oriented toward professionals. Pinterest might be a great choice for an event-planning company, while news blogs would favor Facebook and Twitter for sharing articles and stories.
Content should follow the voice of the brand. A children's toy business should sound different than a high-end luxury sports car company. Be sure to talk to your audience in the language and style they understand and respond to. Below is a great example of brand voice from sunglasses retailer
Foster Grant, which uses messaging that is personable and that its customers can relate to.
Once a business has identified the right social media platform(s), it can share original content that reflects the brand. Some social media best practices are to engage with your audience (always reply to user comments) and to be consistent in content and posting. If your business is active and friendly on social media, you likely will build customer rapport and gain customer trust, which are essential parts of a compelling UX.
4. Do balance form and function. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Not all beautiful websites work well, nor are all functional websites visually appealing. The UX sweet spot is where form and function complement each other, providing a fun and easy experience.
Businesses should audit appropriate website(s) and app(s) for strengths and weaknesses. For example, if a business has blazing-fast page speed and a robust payment gateway but a low conversion rate, it is possible that branding and content need improvement. No matter how good website infrastructure is, if visitors are not compelled to buy or act, they never will reach the checkout page or respond to your call to action.
Furthermore, if visual content is strong but site performance is lacking, businesses should invest in technology that improves page speed, checkout convenience and customer service. Any difficulty finding or buying products/services can ruin an otherwise engaging experience for current and potential customers.
To boost conversions, a website's UX should feel and perform like it is from 2018. This requires keeping up with the latest technology and design trends, such as mobile-first optimization and simple, iconic aesthetics.
5. Do offer an omnichannel experience. Don't restrict usability.
Omnichannel means providing the same excellent UX whether customers shop in-store, online or digitally via mobile device, tablet or laptop, or even live chat or by phone. Giving people options makes shopping more convenient and increases a business' chances for conversion.
To start, businesses should integrate software that makes it possible to offer and manage an omnichannel experience. This often requires a website back end and an ERP (enterprise resource planning) that syncs inventory and processes orders in real time, whether someone buys a product online or in-store.
From the customer perspective, people want flexibility in how they shop, pay, and receive or pick-up purchases/services. Restricting customer options risks a loss in sales, and expanding options can help a business to stay competitive.
At the end of the day, UX is about creating an "environment" on your website or app that visitors/users will enjoy and want to return to. Remember, UX is never final — it is meant to be a work in progress, keeping up with the latest and greatest in innovation and technology.
Businesses should analyze performance and take corrective action to tweak and improve UX every few months. Ask questions on how customers are behaving, and that identify what is and is not working. Review Google Analytics, check conversion funnels, look at drop rates from email lists, and use heat mapping tools. Then, take this information and funnel it through the UX Do's and Don'ts discussed here.
If you improve UX based on data and user feedback, you will see a corresponding improvement in the rise of conversion rates and customer satisfaction.
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Clearing Up Some Confusion about GUIDS in Dynamics 365
Globally Unique Identifiers (GUIDs) are the primary key of all entities in CRM and are sequentially generated. There is often confusion about how GUIDs work, how unique they are, and how they are generated in CRM. This confusion can often lead to unnecessary or bad requirements when planning integrations or migrations for Dynamics 365. Let's discuss some of the different kinds of GUIDs, and how their nature will affect requirement gathering.
What is a GUID?
A GUID is a range of values, much like a number. However, instead of using a base-10 number to represent each value in the range, as with an integer, it uses a "hexadecimal digit with the range of 0-9 and a-f in the format of xxxxxxxx–xxxx–xxxx–xxxx–xxxxxxxxxxxx."
Perhaps the most important feature of the GUID is the extend of the range. The number of possible GUIDs is astronomically vast. The total number of possible combinations is 2^128. to show how big a number this is, here it is without scientific notation:
(This is roughly the number of every gain of sand on earth, times 4.5 billion, then times again by one billion.)
Types of GUIDs
One main issue of confusion regarding GUIDs is the misunderstanding that there are different types, that derive their value in different ways. While there are formally five versions of GUIDs (and functionally many ways of getting these five versions), all GUIDs can be summed up in two categories: Sequential and Random.
One main point to take away here: GUIDs are designed to be unique, not random.
In Microsoft SQL Server (the database driving D365), there are two ways to generate GUIDs. The first we'll discuss, NEWSEQUENTIALID, is sequentially (not randomly) generated. It is important to note that the range at which the GUID starts is randomly selected when windows starts, and each subsequent GUID created will be a value sequentially higher than the previous. When windows restarts, the next sequential "GUID can start from a lower range, but is still globally unique." Also, different machines will be working with different ranges, however these will also still be globally unique.
Using sequential GUIDs as primary keys for DB tables allows for optimal indexing and performance, both for creating and querying records. As such, D365 follows best practice.
The other type of method to create GUID in MSSQL is NEWID. This is a randomly generated, but still unique. However, these don't index as well and have more of a performance impact when used as primary keys on DB tables (poor practice, but not how CRM works). Often when speaking to infrastructure architects and the likes, make sure they know that GUIDs are sequentially generated, and will perform similarly to an incremental integer as a primary key.
Another point to take away: CRM generates GUIDs sequentially, not randomly.
Chances of Duplicates/Collision
Another concern that comes from a misunderstanding of GUID generation is a fear that a duplicate might occur.
This might be a following example where this fear might exhibit:
There is a project in which multiple child Dynamics 365 systems needed to be integrated into one main D365 parent. There were concerns that, even though sequentially generated, these different CRM systems could share the same GUID ranges and could cause collision if we tried to directly map the primary keys from the child to the parent. This concern, while understandable, is negligible.
Another point to take away: You'll never see a GUID duplicated.
The likelihood of getting duplicates are very unlikely. Here are some stats to show how completely negligible these chances are.
In this project, if we had 1000 child D365 orgs that were each creating one billion records per second each for a year (that's right, 1,000,000,000,000 per second between all Orgs, for a total of 31,536,000,000,000,000,000 records), the likelihood that there would be a duplicate collision in the master org integration would be about this:
So… zero percent.
According to National Geographic, a person worrying about duplicates would be more than 15 trillion times more likely to be struck by lightning than for a duplicate to occur in the above scenario in that same year.
Another point to take away: Always map the primary key between D365 and other systems.
It is best practice to maintain the GUID from any record when integrating or migrating between any environment. This will help ensure data integrity, and there is no need for concern regarding GUID collision.
Dynamics 365 GUIDs in Summary
- GUIDs will always be unique
- GUIDs are generated sequentially in D365, and are performant as a primary key
- There is no need to worry about duplicates
- Always keep the GUID of a record when moving between orgs or other systems
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A Closer Look at DevOps – Breaking down organizational silos for greater efficiency and reduced time to market
The trend of DevOps has really picked up speed. Today, we'll answer the question "what is DevOps?" and take a look at how businesses are using DevOps methodology stay ahead of the competition.
What is DevOps?
DevOps is a combination of the terms development and operations. DevOps is an extension of the agile development philosophy to promote faster and more efficient development and deployment of software.
Many businesses are adopting this approach because it helps them stay competitive by bringing new product features (or bug fixes) to market much faster. DevOps methodology advocates for automation and monitoring across steps in the process of software production – from integration, QA testing, deployment to production and infrastructure management. The result is shorter development cycles, more dependable software releases and increased deployment frequency.
What is DevOps? IBM Distinguished Engineer and Solutions Architect Sanjeev Sharma delivers a basic, comprehensive overview of DevOps methodology
Agile, DevOps & Continuous Delivery
Agile software development follows a philosophy combining the ideas of collaboration, adaptive planning and continual improvement to rapidly respond to feedback and evolving requirements. Seeing success using the Agile approach, organizations wanted to release the software faster and more frequently, giving birth to continuous delivery and the DevOps culture.
DevOps and continuous delivery are often used interchangeably because of their shared goal to speed up software deployment, but there is a subtle difference between the two. Continuous delivery is focused on automating software delivery processes. DevOps takes this one step further to also break down organizational silos for greater collaboration between the many functional areas that have a hand in this process.
DevOps and the Mainframe
Many business-critical applications rely on mainframes. If you want to efficiently deploy and maintain those applications, you need to make mainframes part of your DevOps workflow.
In our recent interview with Trevor Eddolls, he asserted that DevOps offers the greatest opportunity for organizations to get the most of our their mainframe investment. "For organizations that haven't looked at DevOps and Agile computing, or are unaware of the fact that RESTful protocols work with IMS and CICS, this kind of modernization will bring them the greatest advantages in terms of growth and improved service."
Organizations that do DevOps most effectively understand that, while technologies like Docker are one important component, an DevOps-optimized workflow involves all parts of an organization's infrastructure.
Related: DevOpsify Your Mainframe: Continuous Improvement on Big Iron
Breaking down the mainframe silo
If you have a mainframe, there's a good chance that your mainframe is one of the biggest silos inside your organization. That's because, by default, mainframe data is very disconnected from the rest of your infrastructure. It exists in formats that are difficult to convert and use with modern analytics tools. It takes a long time to offload and is expensive to store for long periods
Fortunately, things don't have to be this way. You can also de-silo your mainframe data by bridging the gap between your mainframe and the rest of your infrastructure.
See how applying DevOps principles can help you unlock the value of mainframe data – read Mainframe Challenge: Unlocking the Value of Legacy Data
How DevOps has changed mainframe careers
The DevOps revolution is meaningfully changing the job descriptions for the mainframe experts they hire. The idea that constant collaboration should be a central feature of IT workflows, and that team members should be prepared to coordinate with one another as much as possible, is now deeply embedded in the way most businesses organize their approach to software delivery.
Mainframe programmers are now required to branch out from roles strictly programming roles to also participate in administrative tasks. It also means that programmers and system administrators who specialize in mainframes need to collaborate more closely with the rest of the IT organization.
This greater collaboration requires a working understanding of other systems – as well as a preparedness to integrate information and resources quickly between mainframes and other types of environments. (In other words, you can't pitch yourself as solely a mainframe engineer anymore.)
DevOps… and Big Data?
You'll notice that the description of DevOps and continuous delivery didn't mention data. And it's true that, by most conventional definitions, it is not closely linked to Big Data. But new ideas have recently emerged to bring them together.
Integrating Big Data into DevOps
If the goal of DevOps is to make software production and delivery more efficient, then including data specialists within the continuous delivery process can be a big win for organizations working to embrace DevOps. By integrating Big Data, organizations can achieve more effective software update planning, lower error rates, closer alignment between development and production environments and more accurate feedback from production.
Applying these principles to data management
DevOps focuses on software production, and at first glance might not seem to offer much to people working with data. But data specialists have much to learn from the movement.
But upon closer inspection, we notice that the data management process is similar to software production in that both involve multiple teams. A group to set up data storage, another to run the database and a third to work on analytics, plus a security team to keep the data safe and enforce compliance policies.
Traditionally, these different teams have not always collaborated closely. The folks who set up MySQL databases usually don't know much about using Hadoop, for example. By embracing the core ideas of DevOps, however, organizations can achieve DataOps to make these different teams collaborate more effectively.
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Has your organization adopted DevOps methodologies that integrates your mainframe? Have you applied these principles to your data management strategy? See how Syncsort Integrate products can help you break down the silos.
Terminology Check – What are Data Flows?
It's another terminology post! Earlier this week I was having a delightful lunch with Angela Henry, Kevin Feasel, Javier Guillen, and Jason Thomas. We were chatting about various new things. Partway thru our conversation Jason stops me because he thought I was talking about Power BI Dataflows when I was really talking about Azure Data Factory Data Flows. It was kind of a funny moment actually but it did illustrate that we have some overlapping terminology coming into our world.
So, with that inspiration, let's have a chat about some of the new data flow capabilities in the Microsoft world, shall we?
Azure Data Factory Data Flow
The new Azure Data Factory (ADF) Data Flow capability is analogous to those from SSIS: a data flow allows you to build data transformation logic using a graphical interface. A really interesting aspect about ADF Data Flows is that they use Azure Databricks as the runtime engine underneath — however, you don't actually have to know Spark or Databricks in order to be able to use ADF Data Flows. The goal is for it to be a low code/no code way to transform data at scale.
Follow Mark Kromer and the ADF team on Twitter to stay up to date on the rollout of the preview.
More info on ADF Data Flow can be found here: https://aka.ms/adfdataflowdocs.
Power BI Dataflows
Power BI Dataflows (yes, this one is branded as one word) are a new type of object in a Power BI Workspace which will allow you to load data into a Common Data Model. Data is loaded via a web-based version of Power Query, which is why this capability is referred to as self-service data prep. The resulting data is stored in Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 2. Once in the Common Data Model in the data lake, it can be reused among various Power BI datasets — allowing the data load, transformations, and cleansing to be done once rather than by numerous PBIX files. This capability was known for a little while during the private preview as Power BI Datapools or as 'Common Data Service for Analytics' (CDS-A) — but the final name looks like it's going to be Power BI Dataflows.
It's still early so there's not a lot of info available online yet. James Serra wrote up a nice summary and has a few links on his blog. Also, here's a diagram that Chris and I included in the recently updated whitepaper Planning a Power BI Enterprise Deployment which shows our initial understanding of the Power BI Dataflows capability:
Note that Pro users can use Power BI Dataflows without requiring Premium. However, my hunch is that this capabililty will be most appealing for data at scale – i.e., the features that Premium offers with respect to Power BI Dataflows will be pretty compelling, which is why Premium is depicted in the diagram above.
SSIS Data Flow
Data flows have long been a key part of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) for data transformations, just like the new capability being added to ADF discussed above. As of Azure Data Factory V2, we can also host and execute SSIS packages in Azure from ADF V2.
Microsoft Flow
Just for completeness I'll cover one more product which is similarly named. Flow is an Office 365 service for workflow automation between services. It can be used in conjunction with PowerApps and Power BI for different types of workflow automation. Flow lets you do things like approval requests, sending an e-mail alert, or creating a task in a project management system.
Now you know there are multiple types data flows being launched into the world of Microsoft BI (in addition to the good old SSIS data flows we've had forever). Now you can cleverly watch out for which one is being bantered about in your techie conversations.
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5 techniques to take your data analysis to another level
Implementing a business intelligence suite in your organization is about more than simply collecting additional data—it's about converting this data into actionable insights. The amount of data an organization can collect today from a variety of sources offers it the ability to see under the hood, understand which processes are working, and help teams prepare for future trends. However, without properly analyzing and comprehending the data you collect, all you have is figures and numbers with no context.
More importantly, there isn't one right way to analyze data. Depending on your needs and the type of data you collect, the right data analysis methods will shift. This also makes it necessary to understand each type of data, and which methodology can deliver the best results. Even so, there are some common techniques that come included in most data analytics software because they're effective. These five data analysis methods can help you create more valuable and actionable insights.
Quantitative and Qualitative Data—What's the Difference?
The first step in choosing the right data analysis technique for your data set begins with understanding what type of data it is—quantitative or qualitative. As the name implies, quantitative data deals with quantities and hard numbers. This data includes sales numbers, marketing data such as click-through rates, payroll data, revenues, and other data that can be counted and measured objectively.
Qualitative data is slightly harder to pin down as it pertains to aspects of an organization that are more interpretive and subjective. This includes information taken from customer surveys, interviews with employees, and generally refers to qualities over quantities. As such, the analysis methods used are less structured than quantitative techniques.
Measuring Quantitative Data
Quantitative analysis methods rely on the ability to accurately count and interpret data based on hard facts. Our first three methods for upping your analysis game will focus on quantitative data:
1. Regression Analysis
Regression studies are excellent tools when you need to make predictions and forecast future trends. Regressions measure the relationship between a dependent variable (what you want to measure) and an independent variable (the data you use to predict the dependent variable). While you can only have one dependent variable, you can have a nearly limitless number of independent ones. Regressions also help you uncover areas in your operations that can be optimized by highlighting trends and relationships between factors.
2. Hypothesis Testing
Also known as "T Testing", this analysis method lets you compare the data you have against hypotheses and assumptions you've made about your operations. It also helps you forecast how decisions you could make will affect your organization. T Testing lets you compare two variables to find a correlation and base decisions on the findings. For instance, you may assume that more hours of work are equivalent to higher productivity. Before implementing longer work hours, it's important to ensure there's a real connection to avoid an unpopular policy.
3. Monte Carlo Simulation
As one of the most popular ways to calculate the effect of unpredictable variables on a specific factor, Monte Carlo simulations use probability modeling to help predict risk and uncertainty. To test a hypothesis or scenario, a Monte Carlo simulation will use random numbers and data to stage a variety of possible outcomes to any situation based on any results. This is an incredibly useful tool across a variety of fields including project management, finance, engineering, logistics, and more. By testing a variety of possibilities, you can understand how random variables could affect your plans and projects.
Measuring Qualitative Data
Unlike quantitative data, qualitative information requires moving away from pure statistics and toward more subjective approaches. Yet, you can still extract useful data by employing different data analysis techniques depending on your demands. Our final two techniques focus on qualitative data:
4. Content Analysis
This method helps to understand the overall themes that emerge in qualitative data. Using techniques like color coding specific themes and ideas helps parse textual data to find the most common threads. Content analyses can work well when dealing with data such as user feedback, interview data, open-ended surveys, and more. This can help identify the most important areas to focus on for improvement.
5. Narrative Analysis
This kind of analysis focuses on the way stories and ideas are communicated throughout a company and can help you better understand the organizational culture. This might include interpreting how employees feel about their jobs, how customers perceive an organization, and how operational processes are viewed. It can be useful when contemplating changes to corporate culture or planning new marketing strategies.
There is no gold standard for statistical analysis or right way to do it. The method you choose should always reflect the data you've collected, and the type of insights you want to extract. Matching the right data and analysis helps uncover better insights to optimize your organization.


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Camping Without Roughing It
Fall is the best time to camp (fewer bugs, less sweating, leaf peeping) and with the right gear you can concentrate on the beauty of the great outdoors rather than finding the nearest hotel to check into. Michael Hsu has details on Lunch Break.
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Below you'll find our event schedule for Lucent Heart for the month of January, 2014. As the first month of events, we're excited to see how things go. Since we're starting things for the first time, we'll do our best to take feedback from the community into account while we go about tweaking the events as well as their rewards for future months! More specific times will be set announced closer to the event dates, so please check back soon!
Friday, January 10, 2014 7:00 PM EST GMT -5 - Monday, January 14, 2014 7:00 PM EST GMT -5 : Double Experience Weekend
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Friday, January 24th, 2014: Boss Chaos
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Description: The GM will spawn a group of bosses in Thereall City Square. Players will have to fight off the bosses, which will become harder and harder to defeat as the event goes on.
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Friday, January 24, 2014: Community Dance
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Reward: 5,000 Gold for each participant
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CFOs: Not Just for Finance Anymore
It's time to change the way we think about CFOs—and the way they think about themselves.
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The current view—which gets pushed by business schools and carried into the executive suite—sees finance officers as little more than number crunchers. They settle the books and look after regulatory compliance, without taking any bigger role in steering company strategy. CFOs analyze the financial impact of a company's moves after they're made—not when they're still being planned.
But that approach just doesn't work anymore, for CFOs or the companies they serve. The world is changing too fast and economic uncertainty is too great to leave finance officers out of executive decision-making. The risk of disaster from an ill-advised move is greater now than ever; think of megamergers that end up costing the acquiring company too much and ultimately destroy shareholder value.
Simply put, the people who have the strongest grasp of a company's finances need to be part of the strategic thinking from the ground up. Not only should they crunch the numbers on potential moves like mergers, but they should also generate strategies themselves, by analyzing the likely financial impact of industry trends and other big issues. Strategy and finance should be like two sides of a coin—inseparable.
Certainly, some CFOs have already moved in that direction and have been rewarded for it, including succeeding to the CEO seat, but most aren't in that role yet. At The Wall Street Journal's inaugural CFO Network in June 2011, the chief financial officers from some of the world's largest companies in attendance were asked to rank their priorities. At the top of the list: "become a strategic CFO."
Here's a look at some changes that can help companies and finance officers move the CFO into a more strategic role.
Look Ahead as Well as Back
Traditional CFOs and financial organizations tend to focus on historical results, or looking backward. That includes closing the books, reporting financial results and comparing those financial results with previously established targets. There is no question that companies have to have strong compliance and internal controls, and CFOs have to be held accountable for them. Strategy, on the other hand, is all about looking forward, and figuring out how to create additional shareholder value.
So, if a CFO and finance organization are going to be considered strategic assets, they must be actively involved in identifying value. They should look for potential acquisitions, attractive markets to enter, product lines to expand and other investments to make—and then see how those moves might pan out by running the numbers.
To that end, the company should make sure the finance officer has a strong controller and chief accounting officer in place, so that the CFO and others in the finance organization develop the skills and have the time to devote to strategic issues.
Get Involved Early
Every decision starts by considering the alternatives, and the critical elements to each alternative, before dropping down into the financial analysis of each. For example, should the company grow externally by acquisition or organically? Should it expand its markets globally, or stay closer to home?
These sorts of questions are fundamental to the strategic direction of the company, and a CFO must put them front and center.
Take the issue of external versus organic growth. One has to consider the current value of the acquiring company, the future prospects of any target acquisition, the benefits to be realized by putting the two organizations together, the anticipated integration costs and other issues of fit—and whether, after everything is put together, the combination will result in significantly increased shareholder value for the buying company.
Look Beyond the Company
Many CFOs and finance organizations tend to be focused on the internal operations of their company. But having a firm grasp of the world beyond the company is just as crucial.
The strategic CFO and finance organization must spend considerable time and effort understanding the company's markets and customers, competitors and suppliers. Which markets and customers represent the greatest value-creating potential? What are competitors doing, and likely to do, relative to the company's customer base? How can the relationship with important suppliers be further enhanced?
Understanding all that means lots of homework: studying the different existing and potential markets, and the economics of key customers, as well as existing and potential competitors. At an even higher level, the CFO has to study up on changing trends in politics, technology, the broader economy and elsewhere that might have an impact on the company.
Indeed, strategic CFOs must have an appetite for focusing on, and understanding, the external world around the company. Having this understanding lets CFOs introduce and promote new strategic alternatives—and bring more value to the company and its shareholders.
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I just had a bit of a thought about installation of distros and partitioning... I think it would be a rather good idea to have an option in at the partitioning process to automatically size to fit to the amount of space needed.... meaning:
That you partition it to say.. 10GB and after choosing the packages (which comes after partitioning) you should have to option to size the partition to the size of what will be installed (with some space left over for personal files).
Just a general thought... its not like its difficult to "resize2fs" (or reiser or whatever your filesystem is) and fdisk the disk, but it would be quite user friendly to do it in the install for you.
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Teaching Your Child To Be Confident Around The Kitchen
If you have been watching every episode of Master Chef or even its Junior series or any other reality cooking competition, you would be simply amazed at the dazzling array of kitchen utensils that they have in their pantry. For the most part, the kiddie version of these cooking shows are definitely so much fun to watch, especially 7- and 8-year olds handling those cleavers and different cheese grater type gadgets more like professional chefs. Some of these kids are practically way better than some adults who do not even know how to properly hold a kitchen knife.
Now it would really be great if you could also have a child who can do wonders in the kitchen, dont you think?
While many consider the kitchen as the last place in the home where you would want to put your kid, some child experts as well as culinary giants recommend otherwise. The kitchen is a place where creativity and independence can be fostered and nurtured. It is also the place in the home where you can readily teach kids about the concept of safety as well as efficiency. There are simply a lot of things that you can teach your child in the kitchen.
The one major obstacle however, is how to make your child feel more confident around the kitchen. Heres how:
Watch kiddie versions of reality cooking shows together. Show your child how enthusiastic you are about working in the kitchen. Take note of one particular recipe that you would like to try on your own.
Start with very simple dishes. Create a plan that will slowly introduce him to the different kitchen utensils. So before you let him prepare the cheese for example, maybe you would like to teach him first about the different parts of a cheese grater and how to use it properly.
Be copious in your praises every time he accomplishes something. If he is doing something wrong, correct it immediately and show him how it is done properly. Also, do not punish him or shout at him if he makes mistakes. Remember, you are teaching him to enjoy working in the kitchen. This means that you need to make sure that the kitchen experience is something that is really fun and enjoyable.
Post his culinary creations on his own personal Facebook page. You will simply be amazed at how his enthusiasm and confidence grows with each cooking session.
* Buy him his very own set of kitchen utensils. From knives to pots and pans to a cheese grater and fryer, he will treat them as his own.
Now dont you think its about time to get cooking with your kid?
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What is Mobile Application Testing?
Mobile Application Testing is a phenomenon of testing functionality, usability and consistency of application software designed for mobiles. It is done in two ways: Automated and Manually.
When you buy a new mobile, various applications came pre-installed and some you install as per your need from mobile software distribution platforms such as Google Play, Nokia Store etc. In the recent years, mobile devices had shown a rapid growth rate.
Factors that give an open challenge to Mobile application Testing:
1. Mobile devices models: Different models have different hardware configurations, input methods (some are QWERTY, some are touch while others are normal).
2. Several different operating systems (OS): Market is full of availability of different operating systems ( Android, IOS, BREW, BREWMP, Symbian, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry (RIM)).Each operating system is unique in itself, thus providing a challenge to a tester as he has to test various devices running on a same OS.
3. Operators providing Mobile Networks
Common use mobile networks are: GSM, CDMA
Rarely used mobile networks are: FOMA, TD-SCDMA
4. Scripting: Different mobile devices differs in keystrokes, display therefore, a single script is not sufficient for every device.
5. Testing is done in two ways: manually and through software, thus it is a challenge for tester which method will be appropriate.
Kinds of Mobile Application Testing:
1. Functional Testing: The purpose of it is to ensure that the application is functioning properly.
2. Laboratory Testing: This is done by creating artificial conditions in order to know whether mobile or carrier networks work properly or it fails suddenly.
3. Performance Testing: as name indicates, the performance is checked under conditions such as low battery, low memory. Performance testing is done to check the effect from the side of both: application server side and client side.
4. Testing of memory leakage: When allocated memory is not managed by computer and its performance slows down, this is called memory leakage.
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GRINNELL COLLEGE - DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY - TENURE TRACK POSITION (PLANT BIOLOGY) (START FALL 2007) Grinnell College invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in plant biology at the rank of Assistant Professor. Candidates must have a Ph.D., post-doctoral experience and plan an active research program involving undergraduates. The position will begin in August 2007. The successful candidate will be expected to teach three courses (with labs) in our inquiry-based curriculum: Introduction to Biological Inquiry (Bio 150); Molecules, Cells, and Organisms (Bio 251); and a third course at the upper level in the candidate¹s area of specialty. We seek candidates with a background in plant molecular biology, biochemistry, development, or physiology. The successful candidate should demonstrate an interest in participation in the College¹s general education offerings. Start-up funds, excellent equipment, new and recently renovated facilities, support for student-faculty research, and a biological field station are available. Grinnell is a highly selective, residential, liberal-arts college with an enrollment of approximately 1500 students from across the country and around the world. One-third of the college¹s students major in the sciences, including about 30 biology and 15 biological chemistry graduates per year in recent years. The department has 12 faculty with active research programs and offers an innovative curriculum centered around research-based learning; for information see: http://www.grinnell.edu/academic/biology/. In their letters of application, candidates should address their ability to teach courses described above, and discuss their interest in developing as a teacher and scholar in an undergraduate, liberal-arts environment that emphasizes close student-faculty interaction. Candidates should also address how they can contribute to diversity, a core value of the Grinnell College community. Please send c.v., copies of all transcripts, and other supporting materials to: Dr. Vincent Eckhart, Plant Biology Search Committee, Department of Biology, Grinnell College, 1116 8th Avenue, Grinnell, IA 50112-1690 (phone 641-269-4354; fax 641-269-4285; biologysearch at grinnell.edu ). Candidates should also arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent the mailing address above. To be assured full consideration, all materials should be received by October 16, 2006. Grinnell College is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to attracting and retaining highly qualified individuals who collectively reflect the diversity of the nation. No applicant shall be discriminated against on the basis of race, national or ethnic origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, creed, or disability. For further information about Grinnell College, see our website at www.grinnell.edu <http://www.grinnell.edu/> . *********************************************************** Diane C. Robertson, Ph.D. Phone: 641-269-3039 Biology Department Fax: 641-269-4285 Grinnell College robertdc at grinnell.edu Grinnell, Iowa 50112


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Directions (Q. 1): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions that follows : P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are eight enclosures in the zoo. Eight animals viz. Lion, Panther, Bison, Bear, Deer, Leopard, Tiger and Monkey are housed in each enclosure but not necessarily in the same order. All the enclosures are around a circular chamber but the lock of each enclosure is in the outward direction with respect to the circular chamber. Enclosures T and V are not in neighbor position. Bear is housed in enclosure V. There are two enclosures between the enclosures in which Panther and Bison are housed. The enclosure in which bison is enclosed placed second to the left of enclosure P.
There are two enclosures between V and the enclosure in which monkey is housed. W and S are immediate neighbors of each other. The enclosure in which leopard is housed, is on the immediate right of the enclosure in which tiger is enclosed. Leopard and deer are not housed in enclosure U. U is not an immediate neighbor of the enclosure in which monkey is enclosed. The enclosure in which leopard is housed cannot placed with the enclosure in which lion is housed.
Enclosure T is second to the left of the enclosure in which panther is housed. Neither monkey nor panther is housed in R. S and Q are not at neighbor position. Q in which bison is not housed placed on the immediate left of enclosure U. There is only one enclosure placed between Q and the enclosure in which monkey is housed and that enclosure can never be P. There is only one enclosure placed between those two enclosures in which tiger and monkey are housed.
1. Which of the following is the position of enclosure P with respect to the enclosure in which deer is housed ?
1) Third to the right 2) Fourth to the left 3) Third to the left 4) Second to the right 5) None of these
Directions (Q. 2–6): In each questions below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusion and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer :
1) If only conclusion I follows. 2) If only conclusion II follows. 3) If either conclusion I or conclusion II follows. 4) If neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows. 5) If both conclusion I and II follow.
(2 – 3) : Statements : All rows are columns. Some columns are straight. Some straight are queue.
2. Conclusions: I.Some rows being queue is a possibility. II.All rows are straight.
3. Conclusions: I.Some columns can never be rows. II.At least some queues are columns.
(4–5) : Statements : No blue is sea. Every sea is river. Some rivers are fountains.
4. Conclusions: I.All blue are possibly fountain. II.Some sea are fountain.
5. Conclusions: I.No river is sea. II.There is a possibility that some blue are not fountain.
6. Statements: All managers are professionals. All professionals are engineers. Some engineers are good.
Conclusions: I.All engineers being manager is a possibility. II.Some professionals are not managers.
Directions (Q. 7-10): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions : A word and number arrangement machine when given on input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement. Input :talent 13 to 32 draw 92 when 35 immediate 42 85 arrived.
Step I :to 92 talent 13 32 draw when 35 immediate 42 85 arrived.
Step II:to 92 when 85 talent 13 32 draw 32 immediate 42 arrived.
Step III:to 92 when 85 draw 42 talent 13 32 35 immediate arrived.
Step IV: to 92 when 85 draw 42 talent 35 13 32 immediate arrived.
Step V:to 92 when 85 draw 42 talent 35 arrived 32 13 immediate.
Step VI:to 92 when 85 draw 42 talent 35 arrived 32 immediate 13.
Step VI is the last step of the rearrangement. As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following
questions, the appropriate steps for the input given below.
Input:8 possibility 38 chocolates 72 row 14 other 82 64 chisel season.
7. Which of the following will be the last step of the rearrangement ?
8. Which of the following would be at sixth position from the right in step IV ?
1) chisel 2) season 3) 38 4) 64 5) None of these
9. Which step number would be the following output ? row 82 other 72 season 64 8 possibility 38 chocolates 14 chisel
1) Step IV 2) Step III 3) Step V 4) Step II 5) No such step is possible
10. If in step V 'row' is related to '72' and 'other' is related to '64', 'season' would be related to which of the following in the same pattern ?
1) 82 2) chisel 3) 38 4) 14 5) None of these
Answers :-
1.2; 2.1; 3.4; 4.1; 5.2; 6.1;
(7-10): The word and number arrangement machine rearranges words in increasing order of their lengths and in case there is a tie, the words are arranged according to the reverse alphabetical order. Numbers are rearranged in descending order in each step, the machine rearranges one word and one number.
Input : 8 possibility 38 chocolates 72 row 14 other 82 64 chisel season.
Step I :row 82 8 possibility 38 chocolates 72 14 other 64 chisel season.
Step II:row 82 other 72 8 possibility 38 chocolates 14 64 chisel season.
Step III: row 82 other 72 season 64 8 possibility 38 chocolates 14 chisel.
Step IV: row 82 other 72 season 64 chisel 38 8 possibility chocolates 14.
Step V: row 82 other 72 season 64 chisel 38 chocolates 14 8 possibility.
Step VI: Row 82 Other 72 Season 64 Chisel 38 Chocolates 14 Possibility 8.
7.3 , 8.1 , 9.2 , 10.3


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OLYMPIC hero Mo Farah has applied to be a tax exile.
The double gold medal winner and World Champion runner – who was given Lottery funding to launch his career – has told the taxman his main place of residency is the US.
HMRC are considering the claim, which could help Mo avoid a hefty tax bill on earnings in the UK.
Somali-born Mo, 30, is expected to make as much as £10million over the next few years after shooting to fame with his 2012 victories in the 5000m and 10,000m.
The athlete, who lives in Teddington, London, has continually spoken of his pride at representing Britain.
He once said: "It's where I grew up. I don't know nothing but England."
But his non-residency application names Portland, Oregon – where he trains – as his main home with wife Tania, her daughter Rihanna and their 17-month-old twins Aisha and Amani.
Meanwhile, the athlete's Connecticut-based management firm Octagon aim to push "Brand Mo" here and in the US.
Clifford Bloxham, the firm's UK vice president, said: "Mo can be doing big deals in British sport.
"He will be able to compete with Andy Murray, Lewis Hamilton and top footballers. He needs to be conscious of his brand."
In the US, the firm will make him a fortune by concentrating on his African roots.
He was born in wartorn Somalia but moved to England aged eight. Mo, who delighted millions with his Mobot celebration, already earns around £250,000 a time for exhibition events around the globe.
He has sponsorship deals with Virgin Media, Quorn, Lucozade and Nike, earning him millions more.
But he was shocked at criticism he was motivated by money after being paid £250,000 for running only half last year's London Marathon.
Mo, who received an OBE last year, said: "When you become Olympic champion, yes there are rewards.
"But for someone to say you're only doing it for those rewards…that's wrong."
Mo was one of around 100 promising athletes to receive Lottery funding in 2006.
He went to Portland with his family in 2011 to be trained by world-renowned coach Alberto Salazar.
The training paid off when he stormed to his two gold medal victories at the 2012 Olympics.
Last March, Mo was reported to have joined Robbie Williams in calling on George Osborne to clamp down on global firms which avoid taxes in the poorest countries.
A spokesman for HMRC said he could not comment on Mo's case but added that tax exile applications were judged individually.
He said: "The more time you spend in the UK, the more likely you are to be a resident.
"If visits average more than three months in a tax year, you are likely to become a UK resident."


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GAAP revenue for the quarter was $142.8 million compared to $139.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2013 and $124.6 million in the first quarter of 2013.
GAAP gross margins for the quarter were 40.9% compared to 40.2% in the fourth quarter of 2013 and 34.2% in the first quarter of 2013.
GAAP net loss for the quarter was $(4.4) million, or $(0.04) per share, compared to net loss of $(10.2) million, or $(0.08) per share, in the fourth quarter of 2013, and a net loss of $(15.3) million, or $(0.13) per share, in the first quarter of 2013.
Non-GAAP gross margins for the quarter were 41.8% compared to 41.4% in the fourth quarter of 2013 and 35.9% in the first quarter of 2013.
Non-GAAP net income for the quarter was $4.2 million, or $0.03 per share, compared to net loss of $(0.2) million, or break even on an earnings per share basis in the fourth quarter of 2013, and net loss of $(7.3) million, or $(0.06) per share, in the first quarter of 2013.
These non-GAAP measures exclude non-cash stock-based compensation expenses and the amortization of debt discount on Infinera's convertible senior notes. A further explanation of the use of non-GAAP financial information and a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to the GAAP equivalents can be found at the end of this release.
Management Commentary:
"Our first quarter performance was exceptionally strong in what is typically a soft quarter for our industry. We are benefitting from the continued investment cycle in 100G and network convergence. The favorable economics of our PIC-based architectures and the operational benefits of super-channels positions us as the industry recognized leader in the optical market," said Tom Fallon, Chief Executive Officer. "I remain optimistic about our short-, intermediate- and long-term opportunity. Our focus this year remains on winning footprint, gaining market share, and servicing customers. We believe the continued growth of our business in long-haul, combined with product investments in adjacent markets, is the best way for us to provide long-term shareholder value."
Conference Call Information:
Infinera will host a conference call for analysts and investors to discuss its first quarter of 2014 results and its outlook for the second quarter of 2014 today at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (2:00 p.m. Pacific Time). A live webcast of the conference call will also be accessible from the Investor Relations' section of Infinera's website at www.infinera.com. Following the webcast, an archived version will be available on the website for 90 days. To hear the replay, parties in the United States and Canada should call 1-888-566-0689. International parties can access the replay at 1-402-998-0823.
About Infinera
Infinera provides Intelligent Transport Networks to help carriers exploit the increasing demand for cloud-based services and data center connectivity as they advance into the Terabit Era. Infinera is unique in its use of breakthrough semiconductor technology to deliver large scale Photonic Integrated Circuit (PICs) and the application of PICs to vertically integrated optical networking solutions that deliver the industry's only commercially available 500 Gb/s FlexCoherent super-channels. Infinera Intelligent Transport Network solutions include the DTN-X, DTN and ATN platforms. Find more at www.infinera.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on information available to Infinera as of the date hereof and actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied due to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding Infinera's expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies including statements regarding Infinera's opportunity in the short-, intermediate- and long-term; Infinera's ability to win footprint and gain market share; and Infinera's belief that continued growth of its business in long haul, combined with product investments, is the best way for Infinera to provide long-term shareholder value. Such forward-looking statements can be identified by forward-looking words such as "anticipated," "believed," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "should," "will," and "would" or similar words. The risks and uncertainties that could cause Infinera's results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include aggressive business tactics by Infinera's competitors, Infinera's reliance on single-source suppliers, Infinera's ability to protect Infinera's intellectual property, claims by others that Infinera infringes their intellectual property, and Infinera's ability to respond to rapid technological changes, and other risks that may impact Infinera's business are set forth in its annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 21, 2014, as well as subsequent reports filed with or furnished to the SEC. These reports are available on Infinera's website at www.infinera.com and the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Infinera assumes no obligation to, and does not currently intend to, update any such forward-looking statements.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information
In addition to disclosing financial measures prepared in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), this press release and the accompanying tables contain certain non-GAAP measures that exclude non-cash stock-based compensation expenses and amortization of debt discount on Infinera's convertible senior notes. Infinera believes these adjustments are appropriate to enhance an overall understanding of its underlying financial performance and also its prospects for the future and are considered by management for the purpose of making operational decisions. In addition, these results are the primary indicators management uses as a basis for its planning and forecasting of future periods. The presentation of this additional information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for net income (loss), basic and diluted net income (loss) per share, or gross margin prepared in accordance with GAAP. Non-GAAP financial measures are not based on a comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles and are subject to limitations. For a description of these non-GAAP financial measures and a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, please see the section titled, "GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations." Infinera anticipates disclosing forward-looking non-GAAP information in its conference call to discuss its first quarter results, including an estimate of non-GAAP earnings for the second quarter of 2014 that excludes non-cash stock-based compensation expenses and amortization of debt discount on Infinera's convertible senior notes.
A copy of this press release can be found on the Investor Relations' page of Infinera's website at www.infinera.com.
Infinera and the Infinera logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Infinera Corporation. All other trademarks used or mentioned herein belong to their respective owners.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Infinera Corporation GAAP Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (In thousands, except per share data) (Unaudited) Three Months Ended ----------------------------------- March 29, March 30, 2014 2013 ----------------- ----------------- Revenue: Product $ 124,242 $ 108,343 Services 18,573 16,282 ----------------- ----------------- Total revenue 142,815 124,625 Cost of revenue (1): Cost of product 78,438 75,447 Cost of services 5,971 6,476 ----------------- ----------------- Total cost of revenue 84,409 81,923 Gross profit 58,406 42,702 Operating expenses (1): Research and development 29,346 29,726 Sales and marketing 17,862 18,046 General and administrative 12,254 9,872 ----------------- ----------------- Total operating expenses 59,462 57,644 Loss from operations (1,056) (14,942) Other income (expense), net: Interest income 336 197 Interest expense (2,677) - Other gain (loss), net: (729) (203) ----------------- ----------------- Total other income (expense), net (3,070) (6) Loss before income taxes (4,126) (14,948) Provision for income taxes 248 331 ----------------- ----------------- Net loss $ (4,374)$ (15,279) ================= ================= Net loss per common share, basic and diluted $ (0.04)$ (0.13) ================= ================= Weighted average shares used in computing basicand diluted net loss per common share 121,352 114,308 ================= ================= ---------------------------------------- (1) The following table summarizes the effects of stock-based compensation related to employees and non-employees for the three months ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013: Three Months Ended ----------------------------------- March 29, March 30, 2014 2013 ----------------- ----------------- Cost of revenue $ 452 $ 486 Research and development 2,138 3,119 Sales and marketing 1,720 1,999 General and administration 1,530 769 ----------------- ----------------- 5,840 6,373 Cost of revenue - amortization from balance sheet* 832 1,602 ----------------- ----------------- Total stock-based compensation expense $ 6,672 $ 7,975 ================= ================= * Stock-based compensation expense deferred to inventory and deferred inventory costs in prior periods and recognized in the current period.


text: Over the weekend Alice Springs received a fair bit of rain. Temperatures plummeted from 45 to a very pleasant 26 degrees Celsius. However, it was very wet outside and it prompted staying inside out of the wet with the camera equipment. The upside of all of this rain will be the wildflowers over the next week that I will attempt to photograph before the sun burns them to a crisp. You never really know what to expect out this way so I just have to keep searching for something interesting.


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Drives the people initiatives that supports delivery of the Group People strategy and the Benelux and Nordics business strategy, strengthening leadership and engaging the hearts and minds of our people.
Key accountabilities
- Provision of HR strategic advice to the Regional Leadership Team supporting the formulation and implementation of strategy for regional business growth
- Contributes to the development of HR strategy and agenda and drives implementation within the region
- Business Partner to the Regional Leadership Teams, supporting team and personal development and wellbeing, and delivering People Services
- Collaborate with site HR teams in the development, design and delivery of People Services ensuring the Sites receive effective and timely support
- Continuously improve and build HR bench strength
- Contribute to the Identification and build of the human capital critical now and for the future
- Creation of a climate in which our people within region feel connected and committed to the business and genuine advocates
- Delivers key Global HR change projects/programmes that impact across the business
Key experience, knowledge and skills
- 12 years' plus experience in HR leadership within multinational manufacturing organisations
- Graduate level capability (ideally with postgraduate HR qualifications)
- Broad HR Generalist background
- Proven track record of delivering cultural and business change utilising structured approaches to project management
- Strong influencing skills and relationship management at all levels internally and externally
- Numerate and analytical
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