Point-A to Point-B: Weather analytics and Transportation

If you work in delivery services, supply chain, public transit or road works, keeping on top of weather is a primary concern. To plan better for weather, you need to learn from it and be prepared for it. By owning a weather data feed, you can perform analytics on past performance data

Convincing reluctant business users to adopt visualizations

After talking to many people across all different industries at the recent MicroStrategy World conference, this was my biggest takeaway: Grid is still number one for business users. The biggest challenge IT practitioners face is trying to convince business users to view their data as

Welcome to GeoDash 4

View the press release on MarketWired here. Project X Labs revitalizes geospatial analytics with GeoDash 4 Complete with new UI, dynamic zoom, cluster operations and in-building analytics (TORONTO) Project X Labs Ltd. is pleased to announce the release of GeoDash™ 4 our location intel

15 Groan-inducing Data Science Jokes

While working as a data scientist is a rewarding career, there are no shortages of tricky situations and encounters involved (we’re looking at you, business team). To lower your blood pressure, here are a few of our favourite groan-inducing data science jokes to impress and bother you

7 Reasons to Launch a Career in Data and Analytics

Back in 2009, solutions marketer Nic Smith stated succinctly that “Business Intelligence is about providing the right data at the right time to the right people so that they can take the right decisions.” With the amount of data available to businesses, it is critical that the data is

New version of GeoDash to be unveiled January 3rd 2017

Location Intelligence Made Easy Project X Ltd. and Project X Labs are pleased to announce that we will be launching the latest version of our GeoDash™ product on Tuesday January 3rd. Start the new year right with new features that will make your map-based analytics more intuitive than

Countdown to Retail’s BIG Show 2017!

Each year, the NRF (National Retail Federation) hosts the largest retail expo in North America, Retail’s BIG Show, and in 2017 it’s set to take place in New York City from January 15 to January 17. It is THE conference to attend if you’re interested in experiencing all things Re

Interpreting Predictive Analytics with a Grain of Salt

Predictive Analytics can be very helpful: algorithms can help retailers decide what quantities of items to order, detect instances of financial fraud or help allocate resources to control the spread of a disease. However, while these predictive tools are helping change lives for the b

“Business Value Through Rapid Analytics” panel – MicroStrategy Symposium Oct. 14, 2016

A big thanks to everybody who came to visit our booth and participate in our “Business Value Through Rapid Analytics” panel last Friday at MicroStrategy Symposium Toronto! We’d also like to extend an extra special thank you to our customer panelists: 407 ETR: Connor

Retail: Big Data and Personalized Shopping Experiences

If you’re a retailer, chances are you’ve got loads of data from your customers, but the question on the minds of many is how to take advantage of it all? The digital age is also the age of personalized experiences, but there are plenty of marketers who have yet to take advantage of th