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- Pro Salesforce Analytics Cloud is the first comprehensive book on Salesforce Analytics, providing practical and actionable guidance on different analytical capabilities and how they fit into the overall information architecture.
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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A Complete Guide to the Salesforce Analytics Cloud
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Business Analytics Solutions Using the Salesforce Analytics Cloud
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About this book
In this age of data economy, data analytics is recognized as a key differentiator for companies trying to gain a sustainable competitive advantage and outperform their peers. However, the complexity of establishing an analytical architecture due to a wide array of disparate technical capabilities offered by a plethora of vendors makes the deployment of an on-premise solution a daunting task. For this reason, the Salesforce Analytics Cloud has captured the imagination from of both IT and business communities.
The Salesforce Analytics Cloud represents the rethinking of analytics for the business user. The Analytics Cloud is a cloud-based platform designed for the business user to have access to analytics "on the go," providing answers to questions instantly on any device. This mobile-ready capability of the Salesforce Analytics Cloud means users can immediately collaborate and share insights with team members right inside Salesforce. Pro Salesforce Analytics Cloud Pro Sal
About the authors
William Smith is Chief Architect at Vendita Technology Group, and where he is in
charge of the Advanced Product Group. William is patented inventor of engineered
systems for database and analytic systems, based on a converged infrastructure
featuring both RISC and X86 processors. He is co-author of Master Competitive
Analytics with Oracle Endeca Information Discovery (McGraw-Hill/Oracle Press)
and has more than two decades experience as an enterprise architect with strong
background in decision support systems and analytics. William's early career
experience includes working with data from manufacturing control systems and
instrumentation in industries that include plastics, petro-chemicals, glass,
food, and extrusion processes. William has enterprise systems experience in
higher education, finance, consumer research, and healthcare. His strong
database administration and programming skills have enabled him to address
analytical systems with a comprehensive and complete set of technical knowledge,
resulting in top down designed systems and architectures. In the area of
analytics, William began with working in the area of predictive failures and
statistical process control. Later projects included utilization of advanced
analytics technologies to provide insight in consumer research, institutional
research, clinical informatics, and finance. William is currently working with
customers making use of Big Data and is developing innovative solutions
utilizing Salesforce Analytics Cloud.
Helen Sun, PhD, is the Vice President of Enterprise Architecture and Cloud Computing at Motorola Solutions with over 16 yearsof business and technology leadership experience in various industries including financial services, retail, CPG, logistics, healthcare, telecommunications, and utilities and with deep experience and proven expertise in analytics solutions and enterprise architecture. She is the co-author of Oracle Big Data Handbook and Master Competitive Analytics with Oracle Endeca Information Discovery (McGraw-Hill/Oracle Press). Helen is considered one of the Big Data luminaries in the industry.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pro Salesforce Analytics Cloud
Book Subtitle: A Guide to Wave Platform, Builder, and Explorer
Authors: William Smith, Helen Sun
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-1203-5
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Copyright Information: William Smith and Helen Sun 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-1204-2Published: 30 December 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-1203-5Published: 31 December 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 159
Number of Illustrations: 118 b/w illustrations
Topics: Computer Applications, Computer Science, general, Information Systems and Communication Service
Industry Sectors: Aerospace, Automotive, Biotechnology, Consumer Packaged Goods, Electronics, Energy, Utilities & Environment, Engineering, Finance, Business & Banking, IT & Software, Law, Materials & Steel, Oil, Gas & Geosciences, Pharma, Telecommunications