Analytics and Data Summit 2018

Oracle Advanced Analytics 12.2c delivers new features and significant performance gains. OAA new features include an unsupervised feature selection algorithm, ESA algorithm, partitioned models. OAA can now build machine learning models on billions of records in minutes, “score” millions of records even faster and supports real-time model deployment. Integration with R now supports R model registration for in-database processing. Oracle Data Miner adds a workflow Scheduler. ORAAH adds new ML algorithms. Oracle Machine Learning, a new Zeppelin based notebook supports collaborative model building and deployment in Oracle Data Warehouse Clouds. Several customer reference use cases will be presented.

The Oracle Management Cloud is a broad platform which has great capabilities on mining data and perform machine learning in order to detect anomalies in your IT systems. In this way you will be able to pro actively detect possible bottlenecks, predict peak loads so you can take the necessary actions to scale your system. In this session it will be explained how to use these features.

The world of business analytics is rapidly changing. Technology is focused on bringing more and more functionality to end users and automating or obscuring many of the tasks that were the cornerstone of a number of technology careers. As the skills that were in extremely high demand 5 or 10 years ago become less valued in the marketplace what skills should you focus your efforts on today, that take advantage of the skills you already have, to continue to advance your career as a technologist? 
In this panel discussion thought leaders from the analytics industry will exchange views on the changing landscape of business analytics and technology and share their impressions of the current and future state of the industry. The panel, with participation from attendees, will try to separate the hype from reality about what skills really matter and how to stay relevant and advance your career in the ever-changing world of analytics.