A wise investment in your big data future

 “Data visualization is the presentation of data in a pictorial or graphical format. It enables decision makers to see analytics presented visually, so they can grasp difficult concepts or identify new patterns. With interactive visualization, you can take the concept a step further by using technology to drill down into charts and graphs for more detail, interactively changing what data you see and how it’s processed”

In this blog posting I will be talking about various industries where data visualizations are used.

1) Healthcare: This is one of the biggest industries that is exploiting the usage of big data. It is essential for healthcare industries to come up with innovative ideas to solve the real world problems. In order for them to always be informed it is essential for them to be able to view all the information that they have in a better manner. For this reason I will be taking an example of Donor - Recipients relationship and the purpose for which matches were found. This is very essential for healthcare industries as they exactly need to understand the best combination pair of a Donor - Recipient for a given purpose.

Healthcare Visualization

Above I have mentioned a graph which is one way to look at it though there can be multiple ways to see this too like with the help of:

• Bar Graph
• Line Graph

2) Telecommunication and Broadband Industry: The customers would like to know about various broadband services and the prices that are available in the market. The companies would like to know in which part of the world their services are being offered and how they can differentiate their service in one country from another. In order to compare prices across the world the best way to do so is on a map.

Usage of broadband services across the world

3) E-commerce: This is a booming industry and since everything is going digital. E-commerce is an industry that has really picked up. From people selling products to services in the market everyone now relies on online shopping. It has become more convenient and also reduces the cost of having physical stores and offices.

With the help of data visualization it makes it very easy for employees to track the performance of their product. Since e-commerce has various aspects to it from maintaining a warehouse to managing a well working UI to taking care of delivery. All these fields are related to one another and hence it is essential to be able to view this information in one screen. This is where dashboards come in play where employees and look at exactly all the information that will be helpful in making decisions.

Sales Dashboard for E-commerce

As a conclusion everyone would agree that data visualization is now essential in organizations for them to be able to use the information in an effective manner. With the increase in data it is important to be able to exploit the data and this is exactly where data visualization comes in play.   

References:

http://www.sas.com/en_us/insights/big-data/data-visualization.html