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Gen AI in 2025: Playtime is over, time to get practical

CIO

Generative AI playtime may be over, as organizations cut down on experimentation and pivot toward achieving business value, with a focus on fewer, more targeted use cases. Nearly nine out of 10 senior decision-makers said they have gen AI pilot fatigue and are shifting their investments to projects that will improve business performance, according to a recent survey from NTT DATA.

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Data-Driven Guide to Avoid These 15 Mistakes as an Amazon Seller

Smart Data Collective

Big data has had a huge impact on our lives. It is why the market for big data is currently worth over $327 billion. Some of the businesses that rely most on big data are Amazon sellers. While Amazon itself relies heavily on big data, its merchants can find it especially useful.

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Power BI Copilot And The Data Category Property

Chris Webb BI

I have known for a while that setting the Data Category property on a column can influence the results you get from Power BI Copilot but I have struggled to find a scenario where it actually makes a noticeable difference. My sources on the Power BI Copilot team told me that Copilot does consider geographic categories (which are exposed in the Power BI Desktop UI) and date categories (which are available to set in tools like Tabular Editor but aren’t exposed in the Power BI Desktop UI; the

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Strategies for Managing Data Debt in Growing Organizations

Dataversity

As organizations scale, data debt can accumulate silently, affecting productivity, efficiency, and decision-making quality. Data debt refers to the accrued cost of shortcuts and inefficiencies in data management that may have once seemed expedientbut ultimately hamper long-term growth. Over time, whether its due to process changes, platform switching or growth, organizations find themselves boggled down […] The post Strategies for Managing Data Debt in Growing Organizations appeared first

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketer's Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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5 Ways Generative AI is Transforming the Technology Industry

Alpha Sense BI

Generative AI (genAI) is introducing a new era for the technology sector by driving productivity in critical areas like software development and UI prototyping. Beyond time savings, generative AI is making strategic impacts, such as by reducing cybersecurity threats and enabling cutting-edge research. Revolutionizing Software Development: From Code Generation to Optimized Design Generative AI is transforming the software development lifecycle, addressing challenges from code creation to debuggin

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Transform Your Pricing Strategy with AI Pricing: Engage3’s Revolutionary Approach

Engage3

In todays competitive retail landscape, staying ahead means leveraging technology to make smarter, data-driven decisions. Thats where AI Pricing comes ina cutting-edge approach to pricing strategies that combines artificial intelligence, machine learning, and behavioral science to drive both profitability and customer loyalty. At the forefront of this innovation is Engage3 , a leader in Price Image Management.

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Here’s what’s new with Contify – December 2024

Contify

Discover the latest features and enhancements in Contifys products, along with marketing updates and announcements for December 2024.

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Transforming Real-Time Analytics with AI-Powered Digital Twins

Dataversity

Data management professionals face growing challenges in handling the vast amounts of live data generated by live systems, such as transportation networks, power grids, and security infrastructures. IoT devices have proliferated widely and produce real-time data on an unprecedented scale, placing significant demands on traditional data processing methods.

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How Can Data Visualization Help You Achieve Business Results?

TDAN BI

Research has shown that many people learn best when they see a story or information depicted in an image. Graphs, charts with colors, lines and shapes can often tell a story and communicate issues, challenges and opportunities in a business environment. According to Forbes, Almost eighty-thousand scientific studies attest that visual images promote retention.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Download the Hot IT Certifications Enterprise Spotlight

CIO

Download the January 2025 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight from the editors of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World.

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Retail Competitive Intelligence: Drive Success in 2025 with Engage3

Engage3

Thriving in retail requires more than just competitive pricing. To succeed in an ever-changing landscape, retailers need insights into market trends, customer behavior, and competitor strategies. For this, Engage3 , a leader in Retail Competitive Intelligence , offers solutions to help you stay ahead in 2025. What is Retail Competitive Intelligence?

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The Future of Wastewater: How AI Can Enable Efficient Recycling of Water for Urban Areas

SCIP

SCIP Insights The Future of Wastewater: How AI Can Enable Efficient Recycling of Water for Urban Areas As the global population continues to grow and urbanize, the demand for clean water has reached unprecedented levels. Simultaneously, the strain on existing water supplies, coupled with the challenges of climate change, has made water conservation more critical than ever.

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The Connected Revolution: How Integrated Intelligence is Reshaping Drug Development

Dataversity

Connected intelligence (CI) and end-to-end quality are two concepts that, when combined, have a transformative impact on the future of drug development and clinical trials,marking asignificant changein how pharmaceutical companies manage the process of bringing new products to market. By combining different technologies and methods to build a smooth, data-focused environment that improves quality, efficiency, […] The post The Connected Revolution: How Integrated Intelligence is Reshaping D

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Gain a Competitive Edge With This Scenario Planning Toolkit

In a world where uncertainty and change are constant, scenario planning empowers companies with the agility and competitive edge needed to thrive. Download the toolkit to fortify your business strategy , set up your competitive positioning , and ensure your company is poised to respond to any future scenario.

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The Book Look: AI & The Data Revolution

TDAN BI

I am just going to start off by saying that I am a Laura Madsen fan. Her writing style combines laugh-out-loud humor with practical experience, making her books both enjoyable and educational. Even some of the books subheadings, like Lets Not Do Dumb Stuff Faster and Kwality Is Job One, made me laugh out loud.

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2025 Middle East tech trends: How CIOs will drive innovation with AI

CIO

The Middle East is rapidly evolving into a global hub for technological innovation, with 2025 set to be a pivotal year in the regions digital landscape. In a recent interview with Jyoti Lalchandani, IDCs Group Vice President and Regional Managing Director for the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META), we explore the key trends and technologies that will shape the future of the Middle East and the challenges organizations will face in their digital transformation journey.

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SplashTrains: Turning Data into Music: Creating Dashboards That Sing

Splash BI

Upcoming Session Turning Data into Music: Creating Dashboards That Sing THU, JAN 16, 2025 12:30 PM – 01:15 PM EST Audience: Developers and Advanced Users Transform your raw data into a harmonious symphony of insights with dashboards that do more than informthey inspire action. In this webinar, youll learn how to design dashboards that are not only visually compelling but also strategically impactful.

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Data Catalog Platforms: Survey Insights and Trends

Athena Solutions BI

Introduction Over the past fifteen years, data catalog platforms have emerged as essential tools for organizations seeking to streamline data management tools and optimize metadata usage. As these platforms have evolved, so have their capabilities, making deployment easier and reducing the effort required to gather and populate metadata. At Athena Solutions, weve been closely following these advancements.

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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Agentic Models, Smaller LLMs, and Other AI Trends for 2025

Dataversity

Global AI spending will surpass$749 billion by 2028, IDC predicts. Furthermore, the research firm expects AI investments to outpace new spending for cloud and digital service providers by then. Simultaneously, executives are transitioning from the bright-eyed AI experimentation phase into a new era, in which they increasingly expect to see tangible evidence of AIs return […] The post Agentic Models, Smaller LLMs, and Other AI Trends for 2025 appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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20th Blog Birthday

Chris Webb BI

Every year on this date I write a post reflecting on the previous year but, as you’ve probably guessed from the title, this is a special year: it’s twenty years since I started writing this blog. Twenty years ago today on the 30th of December 2004 I was working at IMS Health in London, I was in the office, it was quiet, and since blogging was the cool new thing – and since the great Mosha Pasumansky had just started blogging – I thought I should start a blog of my own.

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What fuels Soltour’s strategy of digitalization and innovation

CIO

Last year, Spains tourism sector, its economic growth engine, reached historical levels, contributing nearly 187 billion (about $195 billion) to its GDP thanks in part to the fruits of digitalization.Technology, saysSoltour CIO Miguel Abril,has taken on a fundamental role, transforming not only the customer experience through personalization and operational efficiency, but also the way in which consumers plan, book, and enjoy their trips.

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Microsoft Fabric: Unlocking the Secrets to Mastering Shared Semantic Models – Part 2 – Implementation

BI Insight

This blog series complements a YouTube tutorial I published earlier this month, where I quickly covered the scenario and implementation of shared semantic models in Microsoft Fabric. However, I realised this topic demands a more detailed explanation for those who need a deeper understanding of the processes and considerations involved in one of the most … Continue reading Microsoft Fabric: Unlocking the Secrets to Mastering Shared Semantic Models – Part 2 – Implementation The p

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7 Strategies to Gather (and Actually Use) Competitive Intel from Employees

Leaders in competitive intel know that the employees who interact with customers and prospects every day hold valuable competitive insights that could help win sales. But they don’t have a good plan or system to gather, organize, and share these insights with the stakeholders who need them. In this eBook, we outline 7 strategies to make it easier to build and scale an employee sharing program that will drive competitive advantage.

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10 Ways to Improve B2B Email Marketing Strategies in 2025

Weidert Group

Struggling to keep up with your inbox? So are your prospects. According to Gartner, B2B buyers and consumers feel overwhelmed by how many emails they receive, and nearly 7 in 10 set up a junk email account to dodge unwanted emails. Despite the challenges, email continues to be one of the best ways to engage your audience, including those all-important marketing-qualified leads.

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A Front-End Engineer’s Guide to Designing Interactive Dashboards

Dataversity

Dashboards are the foundation of modern business intelligence. They enable the visualization and transformation of hard-to-understand data into relevant information that various departments can use for better decision-making purposes. For companies that aim to develop a data-centric mindset, dashboards serve as a dynamic system for examining trends, outliers, and key performance metrics on the fly. […] The post A Front-End Engineers Guide to Designing Interactive Dashboards appeared first

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2024 – Another Great Year for BusinessObjects

InfoSol

BusinessObjects had another great year in 2024. Many organizations who planned to replace BusinessObjects decided to keep it and, in some cases, added licenses or re-purchased it again! While Microsoft PowerBI continued to eat into the Tableau base, BusinessObjects beat them both hands-down for operational and BI reporting. That was basically the story in 2023 and the trend just continued throughout 2024.

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6 ways you’re failing at change management

CIO

In the digital transformation era, organizational change is constant. Its up to IT leaders to ensure the changes their digital initiatives bring to business workflows are absorbed and acted upon by the users impacted by them. Too often, however, change management is treated as an afterthought, observes Munir Hafez, senior vice president and CIO at consumer credit reporting agency TransUnion.

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4 AI Hacks to Make Sales Teams More Efficient

Over the last two years, there’s been a 76 percent increase in AI adoption across sales organizations. The reason for its rise? AI increases teams’ productivity by predicting and automating actions that require manual effort. In other words, the research that takes reps hours, AI can do in seconds. For sales teams, AI opens up a world of new possibilities, including automating outreach, identifying best-fit buyers, and keeping CRMs flush with fresh data.