CIO

AUGUST 18, 2022

With 65 million vaccine doses to administer at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Luigi Guadagno, CIO of Walgreens, needed to know where to send them. To find out, he queried Walgreens’ data lakehouse, implemented with Databricks technology on Microsoft Azure. “We leveraged the lakehouse to understand the moment,” the CIO says. For Guadagno, the need to match vaccine availability with patient demand came at the right moment, technologically speaking.

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mention

AUGUST 19, 2022

When was the last time you were pleased to see a well-crafted cold sales email? Yeah, we thought so. Emailing as a way of sales prospecting has gotten a bad rap over the last few years, and for a good reason. Overtly sales-y subject lines, phony personalization, bland content…even the salespeople themselves are tired of such emails. Let’s say you worked with your sales team to produce an accurate price quote.

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Smart Data Collective

AUGUST 14, 2022

Data loss is a serious problem for many businesses. An estimated 94% do not survive a catastrophic data loss. Data loss prevention (DLP) strives to protect your business data from inside or outside compromise. This includes data leakage, data loss , misuse of data, or data compromised by unauthorized parties. DLP software aims to identify and classify crucial business data and pinpoint potential organization or policy packs violations.

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Chris Webb BI

AUGUST 14, 2022

In part 1 of this series I showed how you could create a very simple custom connector for Power Automate that allows you to call the Power BI Enhanced Refresh API. However, I didn’t show what I think is the main reason you’d want to build a custom connector: the ability to refresh specific tables or partitions in a dataset rather than the entire dataset.

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Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

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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CIO

AUGUST 16, 2022

Elaborating on some points from my previous post on building innovation ecosystems, here’s a look at how digital twins , which serve as a bridge between the physical and digital domains, rely on historical and real-time data, as well as machine learning models, to provide a virtual representation of physical objects, processes, and systems. Keith Bentley of software developer Bentley Systems describes digital twins as the biggest opportunity for IT value contribution to the physical infrastructu

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Smart Data Collective

AUGUST 15, 2022

Technology has become so advanced that, today, there’s an app for almost anything, from children’s education, to home improvement, to health monitoring, to workplace productivity. Gathering critical data to determine the best action to apply to specific situations has become integral in people’s daily lives. Because of technology, critical decisions are now mostly based on scientific data.

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Crayon

AUGUST 16, 2022

Few things are more intimidating than the prospect of an audit.

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CIO

AUGUST 18, 2022

The nonsense was tucked away in a PowerPoint slide, as so much nonsense is. “We’ll help you institute best practices, followed by a program of continuous improvement,” the offending bullet said. Now, I’m willing to shrug at a bit of harmless puffery from time to time. And maybe this puffery was harmless. But I don’t think so. As my pappy used to say, ‘If someone sells this and someone else buys it, they have something in common: They’re both schmucks.

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IT Innovation Learning Management 835

Zoominfo

AUGUST 17, 2022

Our most recent product updates span our recruiting, marketing and sales platforms to make sure you’re well-equipped to hit your number, wherever you sit in your company. We’re diving into the latest and greatest from ZoomInfo in the video below, and read on for a more in-depth look at some of our newest features and updates. TalentOS Customers using Enhance to append TalentOS data to outdated or incomplete sourcing lists now have insights into what data and how much data was added to each list

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Smart Data Collective

AUGUST 16, 2022

The Department of Health and Human Services HIPAA Breach Reporting Tool shows that there were over 700 data breaches in healthcare organizations last year. Healthcare organizations need to utilize the latest technology to stop these attacks. Machine learning technology is especially important. Machine Learning Helps Healthcare Organizations Fight Cyberattacks.

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Education Security Security Learning 295

Intelligence Node

AUGUST 18, 2022

Intelligence Node’s Probability of Future Success model is an effective ‘Limited Memory’ model that forecasts trends and attributes with a high probability of performing well in the future based on. The post Proven Right: How Our Trend Forecasting Model Went From Probability to Actuality appeared first on Blog.

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Intelligence Intelligence Retail 104

CIO

AUGUST 18, 2022

Even as many business leaders debate the boundaries of remote work styles and schedules, there is little doubt that hybrid work will persist for most enterprises. Yet, how hybrid work takes shape for any given business will likely evolve as business needs and employee expectations change over time. For IT and network security teams, the challenge is to secure their environments, regardless of where people are working.

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Security Security Profiling Innovation 822

Zoominfo

AUGUST 16, 2022

The foundation for most successful go-to-market teams is data — but not just any data will do. B2B sales and marketing teams need reliable firmographic profiles of their target accounts that will stay up-to-date amid the rapid pace of change in business. Sourcing a continuous stream of reliable business data isn’t a straightforward process. Data teams continue to struggle with outdated records and fragmented systems that, at best, result in unpredictable sales outcomes.

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Smart Data Collective

AUGUST 17, 2022

Cloud technology is becoming more important to modern businesses than ever. Ninety-four percent of enterprises invest in cloud infrastructures, due to the benefits it offers. An estimated 87% of companies using the cloud rely on hybrid cloud environments. However, some companies use other cloud solutions, which need to be discussed as well. These days, most companies’ cloud ecosystem includes infrastructure, compliance, security, and other aspects.

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Security Security Technology Technology 285

IT Business Edge

AUGUST 18, 2022

Last year, Match Group – which operates online platforms like Tinder, Match.com and Hinge – shelled out $1.725 billion to acquire Hyperconnect. This was a play on the metaverse. Unfortunately, Match had challenges in making the strategy work. In the latest shareholder letter, Match CEO Bernard Kim noted : “I’ve instructed the Hyperconnect team to iterate but not invest heavily in metaverse at this time.

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CIO

AUGUST 19, 2022

Comedian John Oliver quipped that cryptocurrency is “everything you don’t understand about money combined with everything you don’t understand about technology.” He missed another area of notorious confusion: the law. The great regulatory bureaucracy has awakened to the significance of blockchain-enabled technology, led by the SEC. . The government is certain that cryptocurrency must be regulated, but it is faced with a knotty question: What kind of asset is cryptocurrency?

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 15, 2022

We’ve all heard the adage that it can cost five times more to land a new customer than it does to maintain an existing one. For many B2B go-to-market teams, this rings true — as long as it’s the right customer. Sustainable revenue growth comes when you engage with the best-fit accounts that have the potential to grow over time. And growing a customer account takes special care.

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Smart Data Collective

AUGUST 15, 2022

Businesses are evolving and searching for newer ways to accomplish their goals, hence the need for artificial intelligence (AI). AI involves building smart machines to carry out tasks that typically need human intelligence, and AI simulates human intelligence using computer systems. The two major AI types used in businesses today are reactive machines and limited memory.

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Netbasequid

AUGUST 17, 2022

We live in an exciting time when brands have unprecedented access to consumers anytime of the day or night––and anywhere in the world. Online access has made all businesses global, for better or worse. Brands do not often place enough stock in the “worse” part of that equation until a crisis hits, but market research can change that! So, what are the characteristics of solid market research – and how can it be used to defend your brand specifically?

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CIO

AUGUST 17, 2022

In March 2022, Steve Demetriou, chair and CEO of Jacobs, announced a new multiyear strategy that would focus on three accelerators for the $15B professional services business: climate response, consulting and advisory, and data solutions, each supported by significant acquisitions. Madhuri Andrews, who became chief digital and information officer of Jacobs in 2019, knew the strategy would require a new IT operating model, both to enable IT to act as a truly global organization and to leverage th

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 16, 2022

Whether you’re an entry-level business development representative (BDR) or a seasoned sales professional, cold calling remains a fundamental element of most B2B sales cycles. Often seen as the most challenging sales tactic, the natural inclination might be to avoid picking up the phone. But when done properly, cold calling is still a very effective way to make genuine contact with prospects.

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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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Domo

AUGUST 17, 2022

Mark Snodgrass recently became just the second Dojo Black Belt in the Dojo’s history, following in the footsteps of Sweetwater Sound’s Grant Smith. As the director of member data strategy for insurance company NLC Mutual , Mark is in Domo “all day, every day,” he says—mainly so he can help members in their Domo journeys. I caught up with Mark to ask him some questions about his use of Domo, what he likes about the Dojo, and more.

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Dataversity

AUGUST 16, 2022

How organizations manage their data directly impacts their success or failure. The correlation between data analytics and intelligence to competitive advantage and growth has led to heavy investments in those technologies throughout the last decade. So, if you consider that content is the consumable form of data, then it follows that the era of big […].

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CIO

AUGUST 17, 2022

By Thomas Been, DataStax. Winning enterprises take data, process it, and use it to deliver in-the-moment experiences to customers. Starbucks, Netflix, The Home Depot, and countless other organizations large and small have built great success based on this understanding. But what does that success look like, and what are the challenges faced by organizations that use real-time data?

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SpyFu

AUGUST 15, 2022

Have you ever visited a website from a Google search that just seems unhelpful? There's writing on the page, but it just dances around any actual substance. Marketers are told how important it is to put out content on so many different topics, so they do. You can't blame them (or yourself). Whether it's because of limited resources like time or people to write, they end up spread too thin.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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