CIO
AUGUST 1, 2022
Concerns about a looming recession have not derailed the booming IT job market. In the first half of this year, 115,000 new IT jobs were added, according to consulting firm Janco Associates. Even with inflation, high energy costs, and the invasion of Ukraine, IT hiring continued at a record-setting pace, but keeping tech talent still poses challenges.
Crayon
AUGUST 4, 2022
A couple weeks ago, when we sat down with Andy McCotter-Bicknell and Fouad Benyoub —leaders of competitive intelligence programs at ClickUp and Everbridge, respectively—we were expecting to talk about key performance indicators (KPIs).
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Chris Webb BI
JULY 31, 2022
One feature of Power BI incremental refresh I’ve always been meaning to test out is the ability to create your own M queries to work with the “detect data changes” feature, and last week I finally had the chance to do it. The documentation is reasonably detailed but I thought it would be a good idea to show a worked example of how to use it to get direct control over what data is refreshed during an incremental refresh.
mention
AUGUST 5, 2022
Everyone needs a source of energy to sustain life and stay productive. A person needs food, cars need fuel, Instagram influencers need likes, and businesses need leads. But to get such “nutrition”, you need to constantly act: buy food for cooking, come to the gas station, write posts. The same thing happens with leads: to find them and close a deal, you need to perform an extensive search.
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CIO
AUGUST 4, 2022
Great teams incorporate a variety of skill sets. For example, a football team consisting of 11 quarterbacks would get crushed in a game against talented linemen, running backs and receivers. It’s no different when building a team for an enterprise AI project; you can’t just throw a bunch of data scientists into a room and expect them to come up with a revenue-generating or efficiency-improving project without support from other members of the enterprise.
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Zoominfo
AUGUST 3, 2022
It’s official: We’ve moved past “unprecedented times” and the “new normal” and have entered the “ Everything-is-Weird Economy ”. Over the past couple of years, it has seemingly been one extreme after another — record-high unemployment followed by record job growth followed by record voluntary job changes. Record-high consumer spending followed by record-high inflation.
mention
AUGUST 3, 2022
Among the industries that remained profitable amidst the pandemic was print on demand (POD), currently valued at USD 4.90 billion. The rapid shift to online shopping, as well as the clamor for personalization in recent years, has made POD an attractive option for marketers. Projections for the print on demand market show that it will continue to grow in the coming years.
CIO
AUGUST 1, 2022
With more than 30,000 employees spread across more than 60 affiliate locations and 14 manufacturing sites around the world, pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly operates at a truly global scale. Operating at that scale comes with issues, not the least of which is sharing accurate and timely information internally and externally. “From internal training materials to formal, technical communications to regulatory agencies, Lilly is translating information often,” says Timothy F.
Smart Data Collective
AUGUST 4, 2022
A growing number of businesses are discovering the importance of big data. Thirty-two percent of businesses have a formal data strategy and this number is rising year after year. Unfortunately, they often have to deal with a variety of challenges when they manage their data. One of the biggest issues is with managing the tables in their SQL servers.
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Zoominfo
AUGUST 3, 2022
Creating a global sales strategy is one of the most important and challenging exercises for a business. Having a clear plan will determine where you and your team focus their time — and time is the most valuable investment you can put into your business. However, it’s not a simple rinse-and-repeat process across different countries, where culture and resources will differ as much as the local cuisine.
Intelligence Node
AUGUST 3, 2022
We are starting a new series on the practical applications of data science in retail called, "Digital Commerce Data Mining". The first article in the series is 'Data Acquisition in Retail. The post Digital Commerce Data Mining – Data Acquisition in Retail appeared first on Blog.
CIO
AUGUST 5, 2022
A vast majority of enterprises globally are overspending in the cloud, according to a new HashiCorp-Forrester report. In a survey that saw participation of over 1,000 IT decision makers across North America, Europe, Middle East and Asia-Pacific, 94% of respondents said their organizations had notable, avoidable cloud spend due to a combination of factors including underused, overprovisioned resources, and lack of skills to utilize cloud infrastructure.
Smart Data Collective
AUGUST 4, 2022
Data loss is a growing problem, as companies become more dependent on data than ever. The cost of data loss can be massive for many companies. A data center outage can cost $7,900 in losses every minute. However, the cost of losing data on a regular computer can be significant as well. Many people store valuable company data on their laptops. Some people also store cryptocurrency wallets on their personal computers.
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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
Zoominfo
AUGUST 1, 2022
As interest rates rise by 75 basis points for the first time in almost 30 years, experienced sales reps and newcomers alike are facing the prospect of selling during a recession. Sales is tough enough as it is, and prolonged economic uncertainties make the job even harder. Budgets are reduced or eliminated. Companies evaluate prospective new technologies with greater scrutiny or postpone such investments entirely.
Netbasequid
AUGUST 5, 2022
. With over two billion users , Instagram is a social force to be reckoned with. And now with Instagram Reels, brands have the fantastic opportunity to get in front of their audience in a creative and fun way. Interestingly, people have a love/hate with Reels, as they watch and relate to ‘stupidly sentimental’ creations, forging emotional connections to them––and to the brands creating them!
CIO
AUGUST 2, 2022
A few years back, I wrote an article for CIO on how to handle the blow-up meeting and create breakthroughs. Now almost three years later, I share one of my blow-up meeting moments in my new book, Digital Trailblazer: Essential Lessons to Jumpstart Transformation and Accelerate Your Technology Leadership. In this short excerpt from the book, published with permission from Wiley, I show how these blow-up moments often happen when you least expect them: Charles does his demo at the meeting, and I r
Smart Data Collective
AUGUST 1, 2022
Artificial intelligence has led to some pivotal changes in the financial sector. Fintech companies are projected to spend over $12 billion on AI this year. A growing number of traders are taking advantage of AI technology to make more informed trading decisions. AI technology has actually changed stock market investing as we know it. There are a number of ways that traders can benefit from AI.
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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
Dataversity
AUGUST 1, 2022
The age of digital transformation is over. It’s too late to be debating whether you should digitally transform your organization. The world has already digitally transformed. Everything is already digital-first, totally connected, in the cloud, and powered by data, everywhere, all the time. Digital-first organizations won. Everyone else missed opportunities to innovate, made costly mistakes, and failed […].
Netbasequid
AUGUST 1, 2022
Understanding a market means having specific insight around a customer base, trends, and competitors. And this is all essential intel to capture, as a strategy that’s not rooted in this knowledge is riddled with assumptions and destined to fail. Let’s see that you don’t, with a template to guide your efforts! Even today, some decision makers rely on their own experience, intuition, and opinions to make critical decisions.
CIO
AUGUST 5, 2022
Due to Nigeria’s fintech boom borne out of its open banking framework, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has published a much-awaited regulation draft to govern open banking procedures. And at its core is the need to secure customer data through a robust set of requirements. The regulations streamline how entities who handle customer banking information will secure their systems and share details within protected application program interfaces.
InfoSol
AUGUST 1, 2022
One of the most frequent questions I have been asked lately is what do I think about PowerBI and can it really replace BusinessObjects? My stock answer has been along the lines of “PowerBI is a Business Intelligence solution from Microsoft oriented towards I.T. and, no, it cannot properly replace BusinessObjects although many in the BI Analyst community and Microsoft themselves might lead you to believe that it can.”.
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Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission
Dataversity
AUGUST 1, 2022
The global pandemic and the move to remote and hybrid workplaces have highlighted the importance of connections in an increasingly disconnected world. While the traditional office setting has become dispersed, business leaders must still connect everyone and everything within their organization. They must connect not only systems, data, and applications to each other, but also to their […].
Netbasequid
AUGUST 2, 2022
It’s easy to see why market research and analysis are often conflated. Both equip decision makers with crucial intelligence around the current state of the market, helping leaders analyze trends and predict future scenarios. And to do this, both incorporate big data technologies. But they’re not the same. Let’s find out how they differ! The concepts of market research and analysis are as different as the individual body parts are to the body.
CIO
AUGUST 2, 2022
Fueled by enterprise demand for data analytics , machine learning , data center consolidation and cloud-native app developmen t, spending on cloud infrastructure services jumped 33% year on year to $62.3 billion in the second quarter, according to Canalys. The Singapore-based market research firm said its latest cloud spending research, released Tuesday, shows that demand for cloud services remains strong despite a global economy suffering from inflation, rising interest rates and recession.
Owler
AUGUST 4, 2022
I don't believe in cold calls. I think they are phenomenally rude. You're calling somebody unannounced in the middle of the day to try to pitch your product without permission. I believe in warm calls and picking up on triggers, and I will say that the outreach we do between email and LinkedIn and what we advocate for is simply doing your homework right.
Speaker: Marius Moscovici, CEO Metric Insights & Mike Smitheman, VP Metric Insights
While the proper governance of data is clearly critical to the success of any business intelligence organization, focusing on data governance alone is a huge mistake. Organizations continually fail to generate ROI on their governance initiatives because they are too narrow in scope. To be effective, Business Intelligence (BI) governance must cover both data and visualizations.
Weidert Group
AUGUST 3, 2022
While inbound marketing is an effective way to drive traffic to your website , it has its challenges. Among them is this: You can surface a bazillion data points and still have a tough time determining cause and effect on certain key performance indicators. This fact points back to that holistic quality of an inbound program, with numerous tactics working synergistically.
Netbasequid
AUGUST 3, 2022
Although many are diving into emergent technologies with AI integrations and automations, modern businesses are still struggling to find quality data. Why––and where can they find it? We’ll explore that here! Data quality impacts critical aspects of the business, including innovation, legal compliance, productivity, marketing, and crisis management.
CIO
AUGUST 2, 2022
How important is trust to the art of collaboration? . If collaboration is really going to deliver value, people must trust one another. To achieve this trust, businesses need a safe environment in which everyone feels comfortable being transparent and honest. All of us make mistakes. It’s important to see mistakes as part of a learning process. Businesses must end any blame culture that can exist between departments and among teams.
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