CIO

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

It’s no longer a question of whether organizations are moving to the cloud but rather how well it’s going. Cloud isn’t that shiny new object in the distance, full of possibility. It’s come down to earth — sometimes with an unexpected thud onto the wrong side of a company’s balance sheet. “There are so many people who bought into cloud without thinking through the real reasons why they were doing this and what they wanted to accomplish,” says David Mitchell Smith, distinguished vice president and

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Chris Webb BI

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Excel workbooks are one of the slowest data sources you can use with Power Query in Excel or Power BI. Reading small amounts of data from small workbooks is usually fast; reading large amounts of data from large workbooks can be very slow. But what about reading small amounts of data from large Excel workbooks? I did some tests and it turns out that performance can vary a lot depending on where your data is in the workbook and how that workbook is structured.

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mention

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

These days, marketing success is contingent on how well you can interact with your audience on platforms like TikTok. That’s doubly true if your target audience members are mostly or entirely Gen Z ! One of the best ways to engage and build connections with Gen Z audiences is to develop and post branded challenges. If you’re not sure what branded challenges are, how they work, or how you can maximize their effectiveness, read on; we’ll explore the answers to these questions and more.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The upsides of account-based marketing are no mystery to anyone running a B2B go-to-market team. However, the gap between developing an account-based marketing strategy and actually aligning teams to win over their target accounts isn’t always easy to bridge. The difference-maker for modern GTM success is an ABM platform that combines high-performance tools with the most accurate, broadest data coverage and up-to-the-minute market insights.

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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

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In today’s fast-paced business world, companies are striving to harness the power of digital technologies to reinvent their operations, enhance customer experiences, drive innovation, and thereby create value for stakeholders. But the hard truth is that many digital initiatives fail to deliver results. Transformation efforts can be derailed for any number of reasons, but there are several common themes as to why digital initiatives fall short — and most revolve around leadership.

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mention

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Marketing is easy, isn’t it? After all, all you really need to do is put up some adverts and customers will come flocking to your website (or store) to buy the product. Of course, that’s not quite right. In the modern market, marketing is at times a science, and at other times an art. Doing it well involves in-depth knowledge of your product and, more importantly, your customers.

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Domo

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Domo brings your data into one place. Sounds simple, but streamlining your tech stack can create unexpected value—from cost savings and confidence during deals to employee engagement and productivity. Domo’s CTO Daren Thayne and WKS Restaurant Group’s VP of Innovation and Technology (IT) Trevor Fitzgerald discussed it all in our webinar. Who is WKS Restaurant Group?

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CIO

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

It’s the fastest-moving new technology in history. Generative AI is transforming the world, changing the way we create images and videos, audio, text, and code. According to a September survey of IT decision makers by Dell, 76% say gen AI will have a “significant if not transformative” impact on their organizations, and most expect to see meaningful results within the next 12 months.

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FedSavvy

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently announced the 30 awardees on its Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation Two (T4NG2) contract vehicle to provide a range of information technology (IT) services. The 10-year, $60.7 billion contract is the third iteration of the vehicle run by the Technology Acquisition Center (TAC) in Eatontown, NJ and is significant because most of the VA’s IT spend runs through this vehicle.

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Alpha Sense BI

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

There’s an endless number of internal and external factors that contribute to an organization’s research accessibility across teams. However, the prevailing directive is to achieve more with fewer resources while maintaining a sharp focus on enhancing profitability. In the age of information overload, however, professionals are confronted with an overwhelming surge of content—both in volume and the velocity at which it is published.

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Timo Elliot

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Data is like children, it’s constantly on the move, and loves to get dirty — but holds out the promise of huge new value in the organization, thanks to Generative AI. I just listened to industry veteran analysts Jon Reed and Josh Greenbaum discuss the recent ASUG Tech Connect Event in Orlando. I strongly urge you to take a listen to the whole thing , but one thing jumped out: that bad data is one of the biggest problems organizations face when trying to take advantage of Generative A

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CIO

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Competition among software vendors to be “the” platform on which enterprises build their IT infrastructure is intensifying, with the focus of late on how much noise they can make about their implementation of generative AI features. ServiceNow wasn’t the first to announce its generative AI capabilities, but it was among the first of the major platform vendors to make them generally available to all customers.

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Engage3

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Scott boasts 20+ years of experience working with large retailers across a number of well-known retailers in the US. He’s led pricing, merchandising, analytics, and operations for PetSmart, The Children’s Place, Whole Foods Market, Walgreens, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Giant Eagle (where he currently serves as the Vice President of Merchandising Planning, Analytics, and Operations).

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Alpha Sense BI

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

In today’s market, getting ahead of the competition means acting on information before most are even privy to it. Broker research proves to contain more than just the essential information needed for a professional to navigate an industry. Many are unaware of the lucrative insights packed within these reports, spotlighting sector opportunities ripe for investment and strategic business action.

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Kompyte

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

“ We need to ramp up our competitive intelligence program. " But it’s difficult to communicate the return-on-investment (ROI) in numbers, so budget discussions go nowhere, and the initiative goes back to the bottom of your (very long) to-do list.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This year’s Microsoft Ignite developer conference might as well be called AIgnite, with over half of the almost 600 sessions featuring artificial intelligence in some shape or form. Generative AI, in particular, is at the heart of many of the new product announcements Microsoft is making at the event, including new AI capabilities for wrangling large language models (LLMs) in Azure, new additions to its Copilot range of generative AI assistants, new hardware, and a new tool to help developers de

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Dataversity

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

What’s the future of data collaboration? It’s a question that should be on the lips of every C-suite executive in global organizations right now. The unrealized potential of consumer data is immense for businesses wanting to forge deeper connections with their customers and unlock new opportunities, but many are unsure how to proceed when faced […] The post Unlocking the Full Potential of Data Collaboration Through PETs appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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Infegy

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A new use: Social Listening for B2B personas Building B2B personas can be difficult, especially when identifying your buyer. However, it can be done using social listening. A detailed buyer persona is required to build the best marketing messaging and ensure advertising dollars are spent efficiently. If you don’t build around personas, marketing becomes very general, and no one buyer connects to the messaging.

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TDAN BI

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Trust. Trust is defined as the assured reliance or belief on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something (Webster’s Dictionary). It’s a term we use often to describe how we feel about the people, the institutions, and the things around us.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

For IHG Hotels and Resorts, the cloud provides just the right accommodation for business success. “First and foremost we see our journey to the cloud as the most extremely important part of both our technology and commercial strategies,” says George Turner, chief commercial and technology officer of the British multinational, which relies heavily on its sophisticated cloud infrastructure, chatbots, and AI to drive more digital business at its 19 hotel brands — more so at the edge.

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Dataversity

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In September, I had the privilege of co-hosting a new special interest group (SIG), Women in Data Management and Governance, alongside DATAVERSITY’s Shannon Kempe, at a pre-conference Enterprise Data World (EDW) event. I’m so honored to be part of building this community and to better serve a critical and growing constituency in our industry. Supporting the growth of […] The post Building a Strong Community for Women in Data Management and Governance appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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Speaker: Evelyn Chou

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Domo

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The top BI tools of 2023 are Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Qlik, Sisense, Zoho Analytics, Google Looker, Domo and Sigma. Compare their pricing, pros and cons to determine which is the best tool for your business. Business intelligence tools are increasingly vital in the modern business landscape, as they provide crucial insights from data to inform strategic decisions.

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Splash BI

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Panel Discussion Transforming Public Sector Tech: EBS to OCI Migration, Cloud Strategies, and Legacy Data Solutions THU, DEC 07, 2023 02 PM to 03 PM ET Jump to abstract Abstract Join us live for an insightful session where we delve into the evolving landscape of public sector reporting and analytics amidst the shift to Oracle Cloud. Hosted by Tom Ericson, VP of Client Success, alongside a panel of SplashBI experts— John Faucher, Doug Hahn, and Bhawan Mathur —this session is dedicated to empoweri

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CIO

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

It’s no secret that companies are committing to DevOps. In fact, according to a recent survey, three-quarters of leaders have adopted DevOps into their operations. DevOps delivers speed and agility to the development process. By cross-training operations and engineering, development teams can move faster through better collaboration, making continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) a reality for organizations.

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Dataversity

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The transformational promise of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for enterprises has fueled enormous excitement and massive investment by data executives. One estimate predicts that AI’s contribution to the global economy could reach an extraordinary $15.7 trillion by 2030. That’s more than the current combined economic output of China and India.

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Contify

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The post 2024 Market & Competitive Intelligence Process Template for Strategic Business Alignment appeared first on Contify Market and Competitive Intelligence Platform - Blog.

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Alpha Sense BI

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

While inflationary and supply chain pressures have eased considerably in the past year, most industries and global regions are still feeling the impacts of economic volatility. And the consumer and retail sector, in particular, is sensitive to the ups and downs of the market, as this industry is usually the most heavily impacted by periods of economic uncertainty.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Whether you sell cars, candy, consulting, or construction, software is moving to the center of your business. Your products and services rely on software and data for nearly everything from product development to aftermarket support. So congratulations! You’ve become (or will become) what is, essentially, a software company CIO. I’ve been writing about how life is different for software company CIOs for years — more specifically, on how they must make clearer distinctions between IT and product

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