Tue.Sep 05, 2023

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6 signs an IT manager is struggling — and how to help

CIO

IT managers increasingly find themselves oversubscribed, challenged, and in many cases floundering, and it’s little wonder why. Pressured to do more with less, faster, in flatter organizational structures, IT middle managers serve as a company catchall, with too much time spent on lower-value tasks such as administrative work and planning rather than high-value work such as actually managing and executing plans, according to a recent survey from McKinsey.

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Indirect Competitors 101

Crayon

Your company has two kinds of competitors: direct and indirect. You know the former. Those are the competitors that your sales team goes head-to-head with every single day.

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Estée Lauder applies AI, AR for cosmetics accessibility

CIO

How can we help visually impaired individuals use our products and feel more self-reliant and confident? That’s the question The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) set out to answer in 2022 with the help of AI and augmented reality (AR). The result is the Voice-enabled Makeup Assistant (VMA), now fully launched in the UK and US, and soon to debut worldwide.

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Optimizing Go-to-Market Modeling With AI and Clean Data

Zoominfo

There’s a growing appetite for artificial intelligence (AI) in business, and for good reason — after years of promise, new AI applications are reshaping how industries operate, from the inside out. With new developments surfacing at breakneck speed, it’s more important than ever to remember that diverse and accurate data serves as the backbone for effective AI models.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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The ‘IT Business Office’: Doing IT’s admin work right

CIO

Among the unenlightened, running IT “like a business” is supposed to be best practice, delivering goods and services to internal customers who IT must fully satisfy, and who then pay for what IT delivers to them through the auspices of a charge-back system. As has been pointed out in this space numerous times (for example, here ), this is a terrible idea.

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3 hard truths about the multi?cloud journey

CIO

Businesses are getting smarter, faster and more resilient in the cloud. But it doesn’t come easy. On the Futurum Tech Webcast, Chief Analyst Daniel Newman for Futurum Research (an analyst firm focused on technology, digital innovation and market disruption) talks with VMware leaders about the surprising challenges of multi-cloud. Here are three takeaways from their conversations. 1.

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Finding the Right Data Science Role: 4 Key Criteria

Dataversity

Landing a Data Science role is one thing, but joining an organization where you can truly thrive is quite another. As a Data Science talent strategy leader, I can share my perspective on what I believe solid organizations will have in place to foster an engaged and developing data science community. To anyone navigating today’s Data […] The post Finding the Right Data Science Role: 4 Key Criteria appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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Orro: Delivering a sustainable future enabled by the cloud

CIO

In Australia, Orro is synonymous with ironclad software-defined infrastructure and sovereign cloud services that enable new ways of working, from fully managed cloud-native applications that accelerate the pace of business, to advanced collaboration tools that deliver on the promise of remote work. It is a pedigree that aligns well with the company’s ambitious call to action: “Security Connected Everything™.

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Taking A Closer Look at the “G” in ESG

Alpha Sense BI

Today, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goes beyond analyzing the environmental toll of corporate operations. While shareholders are still concerned with a company’s greenhouse gas emissions and how ethically it’s operating (i.e., fair wages for workers, safe working conditions, etc.), the three pillars of ESG also focus on how it is being led (i.e., operational transparency, leadership accountability, etc.

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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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How to get the most out of this transformative moment for business technology

CIO

We are living through a unique moment where two transformative technologies for business are converging. On one side, there is the awesome power of the cloud, which allows businesses to break down silos so their teams can access the data they need to innovate faster and in a more secure environment. On the other side is generative business AI, which can do everything from generating content and code to automating time-consuming tasks and discovering new insights.

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Business Battle Card

Fuld

Unlock Your Competitive Edge with our Business Battle Card Strategy Imagine watching a sports game from the sidelines, shouting your opinions at the players. It’s easy to think you have all the answers when you’re not on the field. Now, imagine you’re an executive relying on Battle Cards full of generic, off-the-shelf information to guide your sales team.

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Controlling cloud chaos: How to realign IT with the business

CIO

The cloud is undoubtedly transformative for both IT and businesses, but the business has often been left out of the process when it comes to cloud technology decisions. In a traditional environment, everyone must collaborate on building servers, storage, and networking equipment. For instance, if IT requires more processing or storage, the team needs to initiate a capital expenditure to purchase additional hardware.

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Data Driven Customer Retention Strategies

TDAN BI

Data driven marketing strategies supported by customer insights can significantly boost the customer experience, leading to higher customer retention rates.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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Indirect Competition—Spotting the Risks and Opportunities

Kompyte

“Keeping up with the Joneses” is more than an old-fashioned suburban idiom; it’s a solid business strategy. By following what your competition does—successful campaigns, marketing strategies, etc.—you can put together your own roadmap to success and find ways to be distinctive. The obvious approach is to follow your direct competitors. You’re competing with them for market share, addressing the same audience, and essentially putting out the same products.

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The Data-Centric Revolution: “RDF is Too Hard”

TDAN BI

We hear this a lot. We hear it from very smart people. Just the other day we heard someone say they had tried RDF twice at previous companies and it failed both times. (RDF stands for Resource Description Framework,[1] which is an open standard underlying many graph databases).

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Business Battle Card

Fuld

Unlock Your Competitive Edge with our Business Battle Card Strategy Imagine watching a sports game from the sidelines, shouting your opinions at the players. It’s easy to think you have all the answers when you’re not on the field. Now, imagine you’re an executive relying on Battle Cards full of generic, off-the-shelf information to guide your sales team.

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Data Governance to Improve Business Intelligence

TDAN BI

Data is the lifeblood of modern organizations, and as such, it must be carefully managed and protected. Whether it’s financial data, personal health information, or customer data, organizations that generate and manage data must implement a comprehensive data governance strategy.

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Business Intelligence 101: How To Make The Best Solution Decision For Your Organization

Speaker: Evelyn Chou

Choosing the right business intelligence (BI) platform can feel like navigating a maze of features, promises, and technical jargon. With so many options available, how can you ensure you’re making the right decision for your organization’s unique needs? 🤔 This webinar brings together expert insights to break down the complexities of BI solution vetting.

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Morningstar Researcher Casts Doubt on Exotic Index Performance

Wink Intel

At the end of last year, there were 157 different indexes upon which consumers could earn interest on a fixed-indexed annuity, according to Wink ’s AnnuitySpecs tool. Click HERE to read the full story via Life Annuity Specialist The post Morningstar Researcher Casts Doubt on Exotic Index Performance appeared first on Wink.

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Data is Risky Business: A Wicked Problem This Way Comes

TDAN BI

A recent data security incident in the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) got me thinking about the idea of wicked problems and data. The data security incident was the disclosure of the names, ranks, and job assignments of every officer and civilian support staff member in the PSNI.

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Annuities can help manage income risks in retirement

Wink Intel

During their years in the workforce, employees spend decades accumulating retirement savings. But when it’s time to retire, the focus switches from accumulating savings to generating retirement income. The challenge is to develop a retirement income strategy that provides a desired lifestyle without concern over running out of money. Click HERE to read the full story via INN Wink’s Moore on the Market: Matt Johnson, CIMA®, CLU®, ChFC®, RICP® at American Equity has an interesting persp

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‘Annuity King’ sentencing delayed a month to permit character witnesses

Wink Intel

Sentencing for Phillip Roy Wasserman, the self-styled “Annuity King” convicted on fraud charges, was postponed until Oct. 5. Wasserman had been scheduled for sentencing Wednesday, with the government recommending a prison term of 324 to 405 months. Instead, Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell granted Wasserman’s motion for a continuance so that four out-of-town witnesses can testify on his behalf.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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Risk Management & Insurance Major

Wink Intel

Look at who now offers an insurance and risk management undergrad program! So excited by this, University of Iowa! -sjm Risk Management & Insurance Major This major begins Fall 2023 Understand risks, reap big rewards To make smart decisions about any project, businesses need to look at what might go wrong and come up with strategies that help them control possible downsides.

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RILAs: How Do Insurance Companies Do It?

Wink Intel

One of the most popular whitepapers that I have created for financial professionals is titled Indexed Products: How the Watch Is Built. This whitepaper speaks to how insurance companies price fixed indexed products (annuities and life). In this whitepaper, I effectively create an indexed annuity based on today’s interest rates and options prices. Click HERE to read the full story via Broker World The post RILAs: How Do Insurance Companies Do It?

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Whole Life: The Foundation Of A Successful Plan For Retirement And Legacy

Wink Intel

Most families are concerned about retirement and what they will leave behind for their loved ones when they are gone. Will they have enough income to maintain their standard of living in retirement? Will they have to work into their 70s to afford retirement? Will they ever be able to retire? Will they be able to leave something to their family or favorite charities?

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A Little About “RILAs”

Wink Intel

Much of what I write about is derived from what I hear from the hundreds of agents that work with my company as their IMO. With that, something that has come up a lot in recent months from many of my agents is the topic of RILAs, or Registered Indexed Linked Annuities. The two questions I get on these products are: What are these products? What are the additional fees?

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How To Speak The Language Of Financial Success In Product Management

Speaker: Jamie Bernard

Success in product management goes beyond delivering great features - it’s about achieving measurable financial outcomes that resonate across the organization. By connecting your product’s journey with the company’s financial success, you’ll ensure that every feature, release, and innovation contributes to the bottom line, driving both customer satisfaction and business growth.