CIO

OCTOBER 29, 2024

In an era marked by heightened environmental, social and governance (ESG) scrutiny and rapid artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, the integration of actionable sustainable principles in enterprise architecture (EA) is indispensable. By embracing sustainable architecture practices and aligning technological advancements with sustainability objectives, organizations can harness AI’s transformative potential while safeguarding the planet while meeting regulatory requirements.

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TBR

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

TBR Perspective on 6G 6G is unlikely to look like the other G’s in terms of cycle length and scope and level of investment as the beleaguered telecom industry continues to struggle with implementing and realizing ROI from 5G. The telecom industry must also contend with supporting new use cases and how to embed AI, ML and sustainability into the fabric of the network while covering security gaps and preparing for a post-quantum cryptography world.

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mention

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Many people believe that if others do it, they should be doing it, too. This is why a robust social proof strategy can increase the success of a brand’s conversion funnel. Social proof is the psychological concept that people’s decisions are influenced by others, compelling them to do what they think is normal or expected. In the marketing industry, social proof proves that other people have been satisfied with a brand’s products or services.

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Chris Webb BI

OCTOBER 27, 2024

If you’re the admin for a large Power BI/Fabric tenant you’ll know how important it is to monitor your on-premises data gateways: if they aren’t working then no-one will be able to refresh any semantic models or dataflows connected to on-prem sources. A while ago Rui Romano published a gateway monitoring solution that proved to be very popular, but recently my colleague at Microsoft Edgar Cotte built a new open-source solution that builds on Rui’s work and which is even m

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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

OCTOBER 31, 2024

While lawyers argue in the WP Engine versus Automattic litigation whether the hyperbole should be believed, the continuing battle of words, almost all nasty ones, is starting to raise doubts how much an enterprise should rely on open source. And even if open source can be avoided at all in late 2024. The latest legal documents came from Automattic, which argued that its people did nothing wrong and that the blame lies solely with WP Engine.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Personalization, precision and performance are the keys to modern B2B marketing. And account-based marketing software is what helps your team nail all three with perfection. Account-based marketing (ABM) is not a new discipline, but the tools that help fuel successful ABM are constantly evolving. In short, ABM treats individual high-value accounts or collections of good-fit prospect accounts as mini-campaigns, surrounding their buying committees and key influencers with targeted, value-driven ma

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TBR

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

On Oct. 1, TBR attended Fujitsu’s Executive Analyst Day in Santa Clara, Calif., and engaged with Fujitsu leaders, including Tim White, chief strategy officer; Ted Okada, SVP and head of Technology; Ted Nakahara, SVP and Head of Strategic Alliances; Fleur Copping, VP of Strategic Alliances in Regions; and Asif Poonja, EVP and CEO of Fujitsu Americas.

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CIO

OCTOBER 31, 2024

CIOs failing to gain organizational traction with generative AI might want to rethink how they are introducing the technology — and how they are honing their AI strategies to suit. When IT leaders consider generative AI, they should create separate strategies when rolling out productivity-enhancing AI tools than when deploying business-case-driven AI solutions, according to new research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Smart Data Collective

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Autotask and Connectwise are two amazing AI tools that can help with MSPs.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 31, 2024

AI tools are reshaping the way salespeople tackle their day-to-day work, automating many of the core business development tasks that have eaten away at the average sellers’ day. But AI isn’t just taking over mundane administrative work. It’s also raising big questions about the future of the sales profession — including lingering worries that many sales jobs could soon be replaced by machines.

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Dataversity

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In a recent conversation with one of our customers, my team uncovered a troubling reality: Poor data quality wasn’t just impacting their bottom line but also causing friction between departments. In one instance, they explained how their marketing team could not run a campaign on time because they had to wait for the IT team […] The post Poor Data Fuels Interdepartmental Conflict and Organizational Inefficiency – Here’s What to Do appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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CIO

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Software vendors’ pitches are evolving, with agentic AI beginning to supplant generative AI in their marketing messages. Rather than just generating code or content for human review agentic AI will, they say, follow instructions, make decisions, and take actions much as a human worker would, without human intervention. It’s more than just a smarter RPA Agentic AI isn’t just a better version of robotic process automation (RPA) : It promises to take enterprises places RPA never could.

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Paul Turnley

OCTOBER 29, 2024

I work with hundreds of consulting clients who go through the same cycles, having the same experiences, facing the same challenges, many making the same mistakes, and many learning some of the same lessons. The purpose of this series is to share those lessons with you. Universal Best Practices If we sum up Power BI best practices at the highest level, it is that all projects of any scale and size should adhere to the same general set of guidelines, categorically.

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Weidert Group

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Think back for a moment about the weeks and months after ChatGPT’s public launch on November 30, 2022. Within five days, the platform drew more than a million users—and faster than you could say “prompt engineer,” marketers had some thoughts. Doomsayers predicted the end of human content creation. Writers would be out of a job, followed by designers, developers, data analysts…you get the point.

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Dataversity

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Imagine you are assigned to extract sales insights from your data. Along with troves of corporate financials together with other market trends, you are also given access to hours of audio and video files of actual sales representatives speaking with customers. How do you process this in Spark? Or, consider another scenario where you work […] The post The Post-Modern Data Stack: Unleash the Power of Foundational Models appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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CIO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Whether it’s a financial services firm looking to build a personalized virtual assistant or an insurance company in need of ML models capable of identifying potential fraud, artificial intelligence (AI) is primed to transform nearly every industry. In fact, a recent Cloudera survey found that 88% of IT leaders said their organization is currently using AI in some way.

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Domo

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the way businesses function. In 2024, McKinsey conducted a global survey that found the adoption of AI is accelerating rapidly. Nearly three-quarters of respondents said that they had adopted AI in at least one business function, while half had adopted AI in two or more business functions. And the spike (sharp increase) in generative AI use was even more pronounced.

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Fuld

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

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Dataversity

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

When diving into the world of AI, you have likely noticed how cloud costs can skyrocket unexpectedly, with bills piling up along the way. According to my company’s latest State of the Cloud Report, over half of all data now resides in public clouds. With 84% of the respondents citing cloud spending as their primary challenge, […] The post Strategies to Mitigate Cloud Expenses Amidst the Rise of AI appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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CIO

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Technology continues to advance at a furious pace. That’s great, because a strong IT environment is necessary to take advantage of the latest innovations and business opportunities. The bad news, however, is that IT system modernization requires significant financial and time investments. When addressed properly , application and platform modernization drives immense value and positions organizations ahead of their competition, says Anindeep Kar, a consultant with technology research and advisor

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ATTEST

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Marketing is in a state of constant evolution. Over the past decade, we’ve witnessed the rise of digital marketing channels and seen consumer behaviors shift to transform the marketing space. With greater and faster advances in technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and the continued evolution of media consumption — e.g. TikTok only launched in September 2026 — the pace of change is only going to increase.

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Speaker: Evelyn Chou

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Fuld

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

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Dataversity

OCTOBER 31, 2024

We’ve all been there – searching for hours through a tangled mess of files, databases, and drives, trying to find a simple sales report from last quarter. The data exists somewhere, but good luck with trying to use it. This kind of data chaos throttles productivity every day across organizations. Valuable insights remain buried and […] The post Metadata Management: The Critical Foundation for Data Leverage appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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CIO

OCTOBER 29, 2024

When executives got tired of long project timelines, unclear requirements, and missed deadlines, Agile seemed like the ultimate solution since it promised faster delivery, more flexibility, and closer alignment to business needs so the strategy could be realized quicker and with a higher ROI. Now, however, organizations are laying off Agile teams en masse, disillusioned by the lack of tangible results.

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Alpha Sense BI

OCTOBER 29, 2024

If this past summer proved anything, it’s that action against climate change is dire. According to NASA , “ August 2024 set a new monthly temperature record, capping Earth’s hottest summer since global records began in 1880.” The consequences of such a heatwave resulted in wildfire smoke from Canada shutting down New York City, record-breaking heat in the Southwest , and climate records being shattered by the waters off Miami.

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