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Welcome to our FAQ’s page where you will find answers to the most commonly asked questions.

  • What does Emcien do?

    Emcien’s patented pattern-recognition platform converts Big (and small) Data into game-changing value. Our pattern-recognition platform represents a significant breakthrough in data analytics solutions – one that will provide leaders with the prescriptive support required for real-time, game-changing decision-making. With an automated approach, Emcien’s industry-specific, pattern-based analytics solutions convert torrents of structured and unstructured, historical and real-time data into actionable intelligence designed to deliver significant, material business value through new sources of revenue, increased profits and a significantly enhanced competitive advantage.

    Read more about Our Value and Our Difference.

  • How can I contact you?

    Call us at 404-961-6360, visit our contact page or find us on a social media site (links are at the top of the website).

  • What is a pattern-detection engine?

    The pattern detection engine can be thought of as a streaming data process that measures and dynamically builds connections between all the items it sees flowing by (similar to how Google indexes the Internet nightly). The pattern engine identifies when elements (or tokens) are found together, always apart, “distance” apart, time-dependent, etc. This network of connections is then leveraged by our unique optimizers and user interface to “automatically reveal” the strongest (and weakest) patterns found, by category but also by item. Our unique technology is extremely fast and cannot be matched by any brute force database queries, Hadoop processes or OLAP.

    Read more about Emcien’s technology >>

  • What is Big Data?

    According to McKinsey & Company,

    “Big data” refers to datasets whose size is beyond the ability of typical database software tools to capture, store, manage, and analyze. This definition is intentionally subjective and incorporates a moving definition of how big a dataset needs to be in order to be considered big data – i.e., we don’t define big data in terms of being larger than a certain number of terabytes (thousands of gigabytes). We assume that, as technology advances over time, the size of datasets that qualify as big data will also increase. Also note that the definition can vary by sector, depending on what kinds of software tools are commonly available and what sizes of datasets are common in a particular industry. With those caveats, big data in many sectors today will range from a few dozen terabytes to multiple petabytes (thousands of terabytes).

  • What is SaaS?

    SaaS stands for Software as a Service. (Wikipedia Definition)

  • What is a configurable product?

    A configurable product is one that has many choices for a customer to make before they can order the product. Good examples are computers or automobiles.

  • What are the client machine requirements for Emcien products?

    Emcien’s SaaS solutions require only a browser for users to access them. Recent versions of Chome, Internet Explorer, FireFox and Safari are supported.

  • How long does it take to deploy EmcienMix?

    The data that goes into each of Emcien’s products requires no modelling, so integration is not difficult. This means that if your sales data is in good shape (ie. cleanly stored in an order management system), then you can be live on EmcienMix in a few weeks.

    Some organizations take additional time during deployment to organize and standardize their data, making it easier for multiple groups (such as Product Management, Manufacturing and Sales) to share the same view of what customers are buying.

    Read our Support section from more information.

  • Where is the data for EmcienMix typically found?

    EmcienMix is a unique system that combines the data from Order Management systems, CRM systems and Financial systems. It’s this combination that provides the capabilities to determine the optimal product offerings as well as give a global view to many groups within an organization such as Product Management, Sales, Marketing, Manufacturing and Executives.

  • How often is data updated?

    EmcienMix data can be updated as often as desired via the secure data feed, but typically it’s Daily, Weekly or Monthly depending on the sales volume for the product lines being monitored.

  • What types of data does EmcienPatterns support?

    EmcienPatterns accepts any transactional data, the elements of which can be anything including items, regions/locations, store number, salespeople, etc. Patterns will find connections between any elements and reveal them to you.

    For more info on the data format see the Data Requirements page.

  • How is EmcienScout different than social media tools such as Radian6?

    EmcienScout is a pattern-detection platform for streaming text and Social Media. It takes in large quantities of unorganized data and makes sense of it. It can also measure the significant people from a network of accounts to allow you to focus in on key people of interest. The reports record data and results over time and are used by Law Enforcement and Intel groups to monitor key individuals and stop criminal activity before it happens.

    Radian6 is a social media monitoring tool that produces reports that count the number of likes, mentions, etc. and shows graphs of these metrics. The user is typically a PR/Marketing person trying to determine the amount of people mentioning one or more terms in social media. The reports are typically static after being run and are intended to support marketing decisions.