Not being an analyst, but a business person that gets analytics, I love nothing more than sitting around listening to analysts telling me about the newest technology, methodology and some other -ology that they have been working with or researching. Although sometimes, I do struggle to keep up with the concepts and then have to spend hours researching terms on the Interweb.
To help with that, I spend a lot of time looking through the postings on various groups in LinkedIn.
I just wanted to share some of the posts that I've been reading recently.
Business Analytics Group - Can analytics predict everything
Advanced Business Analytics Group - SAS versus R
Advanced Business Analytics Group - Is there a shortage of Business Analytics talent