May, 2017

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20 Sales and Marketing Alignment Statistics

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Sales and marketing alignment should be one of your organization’s top priorities. These two teams may not always agree, but they need to work toward common goals. In fact, when both departments communicate effectively, they can generate more leads and increase revenue. Still not convinced? Check out these 20 sales and marketing statistics: Sales and Marketing Alignment Statistics Organizations with tightly aligned sales and marketing functions enjoy 36% higher customer retention rates ( source

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Our New Logo, Our New leap in technology!

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The next technology move: Smart Data Visualization, New intuitive graphical displays, Strength to handle Big Data at blazing speeds, Self-Serve Data Prep to merge and prepare your data in one solution. All this put together with Plug and Play predictive analytics to empower users and making use of analytics a sheer joy! The logo: Colourful Ribbon Gymnast who we call – ATHENA (Greek Goddess of wisdom and knowledge).

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Data-Driven Success Rests On The Shoulders Of A Strong Executive Sponsor

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In a recent KPMG report, CEOs indicated that data and analytics would be one of their top three investment priorities over the next three years. An Economist Intelligence Unit study showed 70% of US senior executives felt analytics would be either “very” or “extremely important” to their business’s competitive advantage. However, much of this expected value is yet to be realized—only 2% of respondents felt their analytics investments had already had a “broad, positive impact.

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LMS for Nonprofits: 5 Successful Case Studies

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Donors. Volunteers. Employees. Board members. It takes a lot of people for a nonprofit organization to make a difference, whether it’s on a local or global level. More so, it takes a lot of time and effort to get all those people to understand and effectively advance a nonprofit’s mission. Learning management systems (LMSs) are […].

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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How to Source Passive Candidates

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Due to recent economic uncertainty, the job market has been undergoing a major reset. While labor market signals remain mixed, employees have a strong say in demanding better work-life balance, more flexibility, and competitive benefits from their employers. Still, the macroeconomic conditions may convince workers to become more cautious, opting for the stability and security of their current positions.

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Smart Data Visualization and Data Discovery Tools Empower Business Users

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Complex BI tools are not suitable for the self-serve environment. These tools are meant only for programmers and data scientists. To empower business users and allow them to achieve goals and contribute to the bottom line, you provide advanced analytics and smart data visualization tools in an easy-to-use environment that encourages user adoption and report and data sharing.

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Power Up Your Predictions with Plug n’ Play Predictive Analysis

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To be successful in business, every organization must find a way to accurately forecast and predict the future of its market, and its internal operations, and better understand the buying behavior of its customers and prospects. To accurately predict and plan, every enterprise must select a business intelligence solution that will support their efforts and provide business users with a rich set of features and tools.

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Self-Serve Data Prep & Plug n’ Play Predictive Analysis

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Nearly every organization has BI tools, but not every organization takes the Smarten approach to business intelligence. The components of the Smarten approach include self-serve data preparation and Plug n’ Play Predictive Analysis , both of which (when combined with Smart Visualization and Advanced Data Discovery tools) provide a sophisticated, yet easy-to-use, solution that supports business users and data scientists alike.

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IBM Watson Flops For Cancer Treatment: Why Did AI Fail?

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MD Anderson Cancer Center recently announced it was dropping IBM Watson’s cognitive-computing system, which was supposed to use artificial intelligence (AI) to expedite physicians’ decision making when treating malignant tumors. Amid that move came a question: Was the problem with Watson – and artificial intelligence in general – or was it a human problem?

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7 Strategies to Gather (and Actually Use) Competitive Intel from Employees

Leaders in competitive intel know that the employees who interact with customers and prospects every day hold valuable competitive insights that could help win sales. But they don’t have a good plan or system to gather, organize, and share these insights with the stakeholders who need them. In this eBook, we outline 7 strategies to make it easier to build and scale an employee sharing program that will drive competitive advantage.

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What’s Ahead for Big Data? Tableau Makes 10 Predictions

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It’s been a little more than 10 years since Yahoo deployed a Hadoop cluster designed for storing large amounts of unstructured information and ushered in an era of Big Data. Now, what’s next? Tableau has made 10 predictions for what you can expect from Big Data this year. 1. Greater Need for Speed The desire […].

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3 Top IoT Applications in the Maintenance Industry

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There’s no question that technology has disrupted and innovated the maintenance industry. One technology that simply can’t be ignored is the Internet of Things (IoT). Think the IoT is just a buzzword? Think again: McKinsey & Company states that the IoT has helped organizations realize major improvements, like a 25% reduction in maintenance costs.

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Inside Gartner’s Data and Analytics Predictions for 2017

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What does the remainder of 2017 have in store for big data and analytics? Business intelligence research firm Gartner has identified three major trends businesses should keep an eye on. According to Gartner, forward-thinking companies are already on the path to creating more holistic approaches to big data and analytics that encompass the entire organization […].

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Gartner Data & Analytics Summit, Mumbai, India June 6-7: ElegantJ BI is Silver Sponsor

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ElegantJ BI is pleased to be a Silver Sponsor at the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit, which will be held on June 6 and 7, 2017 in Mumbai, India. The theme of the conference is ‘Lead in the Age of Infinite Possibilities’ ElegantJ BI, the respected Business Intelligence and Advanced Data Discovery solution provider offers a suite of Business Intelligence and Advanced Analytics tools, featuring the Smarten approach to BI tools with Self-Serve Data Preparation, Smart Visualization an

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

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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Data Storytelling: Separating Fiction From Facts (Part 2)

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Fiction #3: Data stories have a beginning, middle and end. In this case, the fictional aspect is not that this statement is incorrect but that this piece of advice is actually useful to would-be data storytellers. The idea that stories are structured this way came from the Greek philosopher Aristotle. However, a textbook has a beginning, middle and end—so too does a financial report or a phone book—yet none of them would be considered stories.

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Discover the Advantages of Mobile BI Business Intelligence Software

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Every business is mobile these days! Whether you have a large, medium or small business or you are a sole proprietor working in a home office, you are on the go and you need business intelligence tools that provide mobile BI dashboards and advanced data discovery and analytics to support your business decision, identify issues and opportunities and keep your business moving in the right direction.

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A Business Intelligence Tool Must be a MOBILE Business Intelligence Tool!

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A business intelligence tool is only valuable if it is accessible and In today’s mobile world, a mobile business intelligence tool is a necessity. Business users are now empowered with data democratization and social BI is more popular than ever. But, all of that is out of reach if your tools are not mobile. Give business users BI and analytics in the form of mobile business intelligence software , so they have the tools they need to find, analyze and share data, in the office, on the road

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Social BI and Visual Analytics Go Hand-in-Hand

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Social BI is BIG in business intelligence! As self-serve BI tools grow in popularity and ease-of-use, the natural progression for BI is toward socialization. Business users understand social networking and social media paradigms and they embrace the idea of social business intelligence. The result is increased productivity, the emergence of data popularity, and creative business users who become leaders in sharing, analytics and report formats.

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Maximize Productivity and Simplify IT Management with Conversational AI

ChatGPT has dominated boardroom conversations for months now. From drafting a stock trading program, to creating a SQL query to model data, there are practically no limits to the applications of the AI language model assistant. At ManageEngine, we have been working on our own AI-assistant, Zia. Zia is a fully-trained analytics assistant that can perform a range of functions such as creating and adding reports to dashboards, providing conversational support to data analysis, insight discovery, bu

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Smarten Advanced Data Discovery is All the Buzz!

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If you are frustrated with BI tools, and looking for self-service Advanced Analytics to achieve your goals and empower users, you should understand the difference between traditional BI tools and the Smarten Advanced Data Discovery approach. The Smarten Advanced Data Discovery gives users the freedom to leverage data beyond simple visual data analysis and dashboards.