Crayon

JULY 1, 2021

To be successful in a crowded marketplace, it is important to understand the competitive advantages of your company’s solution against its alternatives. Let this blog be your guide as to who can utilize this intel to their advantage, where you should focus your efforts, and how you can best maximize your results.

Analysis 549

Analysis Competitive Advantage Advantage 549

CIO

OCTOBER 29, 2024

That’s great, because a strong IT environment is necessary to take advantage of the latest innovations and business opportunities. There are multiple examples of organizations driving home a first-mover advantage by adopting and embracing technology modernization when the opportunity presents itself early.”

IT 524

IT Human Resources Advantage Advantage 524

CIO

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Changing consumer behavior and expectations, competition from major e-retailers, evolving cybersecurity challenges, inflationary pressures, sustainability and environmental concerns, and the pressure to take advantage of AI are all very real concerns for retailers today.

Retail 243

Retail Competitive Cyberspace IT 243

CIO

DECEMBER 11, 2024

If 2023 was the year of AI discovery and 2024 was that of AI experimentation, then 2025 will be the year that organisations seek to maximise AI-driven efficiencies and leverage AI for competitive advantage. Primary among these is the need to ensure the data that will power their AI strategies is fit for purpose.

Advantage 418

Advantage Advantage Intelligence Intelligence 418

CIO

JANUARY 14, 2025

In a world where software defines competitive advantage, traditional approaches to enterprise architecture focused on control, standards and governance are failing to deliver the speed and resilience businesses require. The modern enterprise architecture challenge Todays enterprises face a critical inflection point.

Technology 448

Technology Technology Innovation Advantage 448

CIO

JANUARY 13, 2025

The economic and competitive landscape is extremely dynamic, and customers expect more seamless, personalized, and efficient experiences, Pappas says. Agility and innovation are no longer competitive advantages theyre necessities, Barnett states. owner and operator of grocery-anchored neighborhood shopping centers.

Innovation 526

Innovation Competitive Landscape Security Security 526

CIO

APRIL 8, 2025

Data is the foundation of innovation, agility and competitive advantage in todays digital economy. They create a foundation for lasting advantage. Cultivating a data-driven culture Building a data-driven culture is essential for organizations aiming to harness data for strategic advantage.

Profiling 382

Profiling Advantage Advantage Innovation 382

CIO

DECEMBER 11, 2024

This organism is the cornerstone of a companys competitive advantage, necessitating careful and responsible nurturing and management. Hence, every company must think like a data company, set up a proper data management capability and leverage data as a competitive advantage.

Management 417

Management Advantage Advantage Technology 417

CIO

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Operational AI offers organizations significant benefits, including time and cost savings, and critical competitive advantages in today’s business landscape.

Intellectual Property 482

Intellectual Property Startups Algorithm Learning 482

CIO

OCTOBER 23, 2024

“When it comes to specific skillsets, our data indicates there aren’t enough candidates with the preferred skills for all open roles, which is fueling competition for top talent. The impact of AI adoption on hiring AI is a double-edged sword for IT careers — will it replace jobs or aid workers in being more productive and efficient?

IT 488

IT Marketing Marketing Globalization 488

CIO

MAY 27, 2024

For CIOs and other tech leaders, this means a shift in mindset to not only keep tech costs in check, but adopt a more entrepreneurial approach to explore how to drive business revenue and competitiveness. A rigorous analysis will invariably reveal that technology has fundamentally altered how they should think about their competition.

Advantage 397

Advantage Advantage Competitive Landscape IT 397

CIO

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Driving operational efficiency and competitive advantage with data distilleries As organizations increasingly adopt cloud-based data distillery solutions, they unlock significant benefits that enhance operational efficiency and provide a competitive edge.

Knowledge 397

Knowledge Analysis Business Intelligence Gaming 397

CIO

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Following are seven steps to guide this transformation for competitive advantage. No-code solutions offer significant advantages in addressing shadow IT as they shift the implementation and support work into business responsibilities.

Competitive 516

Competitive IT Capital Technology 516

CIO

OCTOBER 24, 2024

These advanced technologies will be “crucial for maintaining a competitive edge, improving operational efficiency, and enhancing the customer experience,” he says. These areas of spending are not just responses to current trends but are strategic investments that will foster long-term innovation, resilience, and competitive advantage.”

IT 501

IT Entertainment Technology Technology 501

CIO

APRIL 10, 2025

The company relies on IT to drive innovation, efficiency, and competitive advantages. But there are several alternatives, including value stream management, total cost of ownership analysis, and IT service management, but all lack some advantages that TBM provides, he says.

Business 377

Business Benchmarking Advantage Advantage 377

CIO

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Where innovation and agility are key drivers of competitive advantage, traditional IT metrics that shaped IT for the past 50 years are insufficient. And being late places your organization at a competitive disadvantage. The metrics must reflect this necessity.

Benchmarking 482

Benchmarking Innovation Research Gaming 482

CIO

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Technology has shifted from a back-office function to a core enabler of business growth, innovation, and competitive advantage. Understanding the competitive landscape is also essential. In our fast-changing digital world, it’s essential to sync IT strategies with business objectives for lasting success.

Business 458

Business IT Competitive Landscape Matrix 458

Crayon

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

With tighter budgets, heightened expectations, and increasing competition, you need every advantage you can get. Marketing today isn’t just about creativity—it’s about strategy, pipeline, and outperforming competitors. But here’s the reality: relying on traditional marketing tools may no longer cut it.

Competitive 325

Competitive Marketing Marketing Advantage 325

CIO

JANUARY 2, 2025

Although experimentation will continue, many organizations are likely to focus on projects that give them a competitive advantage, not general HR, digital assistant, or chatbot projects, says Dev Nag, CEO of QueryPal, a support automation company.

Startups 541

Startups Knowledge Technology Technology 541

CIO

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Laying the foundations for generative AI requires a business-wide approach to data-driven decision-making that empowers the entire workforce to take full advantage of the technology while offering confidence and assurance to the business that it is safe and secure to embark on this journey.

Technology 317

Technology Technology Business Data Analysis 317

CIO

JANUARY 1, 2025

The bigplayers,such as OTAs [Online Travel Agencies], are advancing in their adoption of new technologies, taking advantage of AI andbig datatools,while other actors are in earlier stages of integration, he says. This reflects the growing dependence on digital solutions to maintain competitiveness, he says.

Innovation 434

Innovation Travel Benchmarking Technology 434

CIO

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Look for differentiated third-party services that help to build mid- and long-term competitive advantages, and partners that support smart-agent ecosystems. Human in the loop will be a high consideration as organisations weight the autonomy of certain decisions. Partnerships.

Technology 370

Technology Technology Hospitals Globalization 370

Crayon

APRIL 30, 2021

Maybe you’re building a business case for the formalization of a sales enablement strategy and looking for quantitative data that you can use to your advantage. Or maybe you’re just curious. No matter what you’re trying to accomplish, you’ve come to the right place.

Sales Enablement 697

Sales Enablement Sales Competitive Intelligence Advantage 697

CIO

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Proprietary data is your biggest competitive advantage.” “They are not cleaning up their data,” she said, warning that although many CIOs are taking up the data challenge most aren’t preparing data properly for gen AI. Second, Guan said, CIOs must take a “platforms-based approach” to AI development and deployment.

Airline 510

Airline Travel Startups Pharmaceutical 510

Crayon

APRIL 11, 2022

The team recently purchased Crayon and discussed how the platform and their team bring competitive intelligence to the next level. At Bonterra - sales, marketing, and customer success teams all leverage competitive intel to stay informed on competitors’ movements and improve their go-to-market strategy.

Marketing 617

Marketing Marketing Competitive Intelligence Advantage 617

CIO

JANUARY 9, 2025

Many retailers are looking to AI for that competitive advantage. A rebound is on the horizon, which means a substantial opportunity for growth for those retailers that can get ahead of the curve. Salesforces recent State of Commerce report found that 80% of eCommerce businesses already leverage AI solutions.

Retail 396

Retail Commerce Market Segmentation Innovation 396

CIO

MARCH 11, 2025

The second panel focused on how AI helps enterprises maintain a competitive advantage. What is really interesting with genAI and newer technologies is how AI can accelerate how you generate, how you transform, how you understand data, Sekharan said. That is really a fascinating twist in how we think about data.

Business 405

Business Innovation Banking Education 405

CIO

JANUARY 6, 2025

Taking a human-first approach to AI will help ensure our state can maintain ethics while taking advantage of the new AI innovations. The overarching goal is to position technology as a catalyst for business growth, employee satisfaction, and competitive differentiation.

IT 526

IT Innovation Security Security 526

CIO

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A company that adopts agentic AI will gain competitive advantages in innovation, efficiency and responsiveness and may become more agile in operations. Look to see how you can take advantage of the wide range of benefits to your business from operational efficiency and scaling to innovating faster and improving capabilities.

Learning 508

Learning Advantage Advantage Technology 508

CIO

MARCH 25, 2025

Corporate digital responsibility as a seal of quality Compliance can be a decisive competitive advantage in all industries today and a prerequisite for market participation tomorrow. Through needs-based shoring, the company can benefit from additional efficiency gains.

Copywrite 357

Copywrite IT Innovation Finance 357

CIO

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

As competition heats up among cloud service providers, especially on the generative AI front, Oracle is focusing its energies on providing IT infrastructure that can help developers and enterprises take advantage of generative AI in their operations.

Advantage 500

Advantage Advantage Competitive Security 500

CIO

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

AI doesnt just optimizeit enables businesses to orchestrate intelligence across the value chain, unlocking new synergies, competitive advantages, and future-ready capabilities.

Business 540

Business Intelligence Intelligence Innovation 540

CIO

MARCH 5, 2025

The smaller players are more likely to have the innovative solutions that allow an organization to get ahead of the competition, so Gupta allocates 10 to 20% of his IT budget for the more nimble suppliers. That takes away our competitive advantage. We often use them on tier two problems that could become tier one next year.

Technology 373

Technology Technology Knowledge Security 373

CIO

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

If you don’t tackle the challenges associated with cloud adoption today, you will be at a competitive disadvantage tomorrow. Cloud services can present a huge advantage for organizations pursuing digital and network transformations. Competitive advantage. Lower costs of operations. Faster time to market. Learn more here.

Business 448

Business Loss Advantage Advantage 448

CIO

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Deepa Soni: We strongly believe that enterprise agility and speed-to-market are key competitive advantages, and they’re a key tenant of our objectives. As we think about our next step change in driving business outcomes and competitive advantage for The Hartford, it is really our AI-led transformation.

Advantage 482

Advantage Advantage Benchmarking Innovation 482

CIO

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Caldas joined me for a recent episode of the Tech Whisperers podcast , where she opened up her leadership playbook and discussed what it takes to be a truly innovative, tech-forward company, one that leverages technology to gain first-mover advantage. How are you harnessing it for competitive advantage?

Innovation 452

Innovation Technology Technology Advantage 452

CIO

JUNE 21, 2024

“With new innovation such as generative AI and its plethora of use cases, the opportunity to reshape businesses with intelligent technology using cloud applications brings greater competitive advantage.”

Marketing 481

Marketing Marketing Innovation Advantage 481