Sat.Dec 03, 2022 - Fri.Dec 09, 2022

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IT’s ‘war for talent’ is a losing battle

CIO

It has been almost 25 years since McKinsey & Co. introduced the term “talent war” to the world. For almost a quarter of a century CIOs have been locked in a Sisyphean battle to attract and retain the IT talent necessary to create competitive advantage. Every year, “talent” is one of the top challenges facing IT organizations. Every year, lack of critical IT skills is blamed for failure to deliver the full promise of IT investments.

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What's a SWOT Analysis?

Crayon

Tesla, Rivian, and Toyota all make electric vehicles, but the way they perceive their respective roles in the EV market (and the way prospective purchasers perceive each brand) couldn’t be more different.

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What’s New In Analysis Services 2022?

Chris Webb BI

There was a time when a new release of SQL Server – and therefore a new release of SQL Server Analysis Services – was the most exciting thing in the world for me. New functionality! New things to blog about! Not so now that my focus, and Microsoft’s, is on Power BI and we get cool new functionality there every month. All the same there are still a lot of people running SSAS on-premises and SQL Server 2022 has just been released, so what’s new and is it worth upgrading?

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How Neural Machine Translation is Revolutionizing Software Development

Smart Data Collective

Machine translation has come a long way since it was first developed in the 1950s. It’s said that the machine translation market will have a compound annual growth rate of 7.1% from 2022 to 2027. Neural machine translation is the latest development in this sector. Today, we will discuss Neural Machine Translation (NMT) and how it’s a key player in software localization.

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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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Project management: Tips, tools, best practices

CIO

What is project management? Project management is a business discipline that involves applying specific processes, knowledge, skills, techniques, and tools to successfully deliver outcomes that meet project goals. Project management professionals drive, guide, and execute company-identified value-added goals by applying processes and methodologies to plan, initiate, execute, monitor, and close all activities related to a given business project in alignment with the organization’s overall strateg

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Customer-Centric Design Trends: Simple Ways to Prioritize Your Website Users

mention

As you probably know, a great website is made by more than just beautiful design. Yes, aesthetics genuinely play a role in encouraging web visitors to convert (or perceive your brand as trustworthy and authoritative). But unless your site is also capable of predicting and meeting user needs, its chances of serving your brand are considerably diminished.

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Where Are Business Decisions Really Being Made?

Zoominfo

Sales and marketing teams have always sought to understand how target customers work internally. Knowing how and where a customer’s decisions are made can make a world of a difference in how you sell to them, whether it’s prioritizing the right accounts with the right message or pinpointing which contacts to develop relationships with first. But as companies grow, how they work together can shift — and this difference can throw off your sales and marketing teams.

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How security fears are driving network modernization

CIO

The negative impact of legacy networks can be substantial: increased operational costs, restricted potential for digital transformation and difficulty responding to the demands of the business. NTT’s research finds that two in three organizations confirm their technical debt has accumulated, with 71% saying that low network maturity levels are negatively impacting their operational delivery and ability to meet business goals.

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Crayon Introduces Competitive Performance Insights

Crayon

The best competitive intelligence programs are proactive , meaning they identify threats as soon as they begin to emerge and enable their sales teams accordingly.

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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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Marketing on Discord: Best Practices and How to Get Started

mention

Internet marketing isn’t new by any stretch. Since its inception, businesses have descended on the online community, creating a crowded advertising atmosphere. Just about every business in the world is engaged in some form of online promotion, and they’re all competing for the attention of the masses 24 hours per day. That’s why when new and exciting online advertising opportunities present themselves, it’s important to jump on them immediately and get in on the ground floor.

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How to Drive a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Recruiting Process

Zoominfo

Every talent acquisition executive worth their salt knows the benefits of prioritizing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). Companies with a solid strategy for DE&I are likely to have: Better financial performance Better workplace culture Better employee engagement It benefits every company to go beyond simply promoting equality in the workplace.

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Innovation chief Claus T. Jensen on executing a vision

CIO

Claus T. Jensen, PhD, is known for boldly initiating and leading complex, multi-year transformation initiatives. The author of six books, including his latest, Digital Transformation for Dummies , Jensen’s career journey spans 20 years of transformational leadership in CTO, CIO, and CDO roles at organizations like Danske Bank, IBM, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

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Podcast Episode: Using Competitive Intelligence for Product-Led Growth

Crayon

As we glide into a new month, you know what that means — a new episode of Into the Fray: The Competitive Intelligence Podcast has arrived!

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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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Five Data and Analytics Trends: What Lies Ahead in 2023

Dataversity

It’s rare, if not impossible, to find a business that does not have a digital presence. The convenience factor of digital is accelerating the pace at which businesses are applying an online presence, including the ones that were mainly brick-and-mortar before COVID. More than just offering products and services in this way, most organizations are […].

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What Is the Patient Experience? Using Social Intelligence for a Better Understanding

Netbasequid

The patient experience is increasingly being used as a measure of healthcare quality, alongside patient safety and clinical effectiveness. In the US, healthcare organizations are finding ways to deliver “ superior patient experience ” with the metric being weaved into hospital and physician compensation. As the industry shifts towards more patient-centered care, understanding the patient experience is key for healthcare providers (HCPs) across the world.

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Why, and when, CIOs deserve a seat at the M&A negotiating table

CIO

When one company acquires another, it’s typically to enter a new market, gain market share, or obtain a new technology. In all three cases, IT systems and the data they hold are crucial to the realization of those goals. “The biggest mistake most companies make when they’re looking at deals is they tend to minimize the investments necessary to bring the organizations together and drive costs out of the IT function to get those synergies,” says Mike Macrie, CIO of toy maker Melissa and Doug, who

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BusinessObjects Solid for the Next Decade and Beyond

InfoSol

This is usually the time of the year when people make predictions about the coming year. I have done this myself many times but, this year, I am going to make a prediction about the next 10 years. Here it is : “BusinessObjects will continue to thrive and remain the most solid BI reporting tool for the next 10 years and beyond”. It is not just the fact that SAP changed it’s BI and Analytics Statement of Direction in June this year and announced a 10-year plus roadmap for BusinessObjects which, by

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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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How to Transform Customer Experience with Explainable AI

Dataversity

In today’s competitive landscape, customer experience can make or break a business, and companies need to know more about their customers than ever before. One way to do so is by using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). Companies collect all types of data from customer interactions, use that data to build AI/ML models, […].

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When it comes to sustainability, we have leverage!

Timo Elliot

As an individual, I don’t feel like I can do much to help head off the climate crisis. In fact, I’m personally making it worse. I try to do my part, of course: I switch off the lights when rooms aren’t being used, I sort my garbage, I’m eating less red meat, I haven’t owned a car in over twenty years, and I vote for people who believe in change.

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Cardinal Health CIO Michelle Greene on simplifying transformation

CIO

Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking with Michelle Greene, who was promoted from SVP of EIT of Cardinal Health’s pharmaceutical segment to CIO last August. As technology chief, Greene is now charged with leading IT teams to help the Dublin, Ohio-based distributor and manufacturer of medical and laboratory products innovate new ways to evolve healthcare delivery.

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Intuitive Web Design: How to Make Your Website Intuitive to Use

CXL

The easier your website is to use, the more people use it. An essential part of “easy to use” is intuitiveness. Intuitive design means that when a user sees it, they know exactly what to do. Intuitive design is invisible. Design is intuitive when users can focus on a task at hand without stopping, even for a second. Intuitive designs direct people’s attention to tasks that are important.

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What Regulations Will Impact Sustainability Comms in 2024?

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

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Planes, Trains, and Travel Pains: TIBCO Makes Your Holiday Drama-free

IBI

Reading Time: 2 minutes. With the holiday season kicking into swing, travel is booming. According to PwC, almost half of all American consumers, 47 percent, plan to travel this holiday. And 46 percent of those travelers plan to fly, up from 40 percent last year. According to TSA numbers, that’s roughly 2 million people per day. Luckily, some of the world’s largest and most complex transportation and logistics operators rely on TIBCO as a mission-critical tool to keep people and cargo moving from

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What is Price Intelligence – The Complete Guide

GrowbyData

The price of a product is one of the most important considerations in every consumer’s purchasing decision. If you price your product extremely high, you will lose significant sales. Similarly, if you set them extremely low, you will lose valuable profit/revenue that affects the health of your business. Modern technology has enabled buyers to analyze prices from multiple providers and sellers in real- time.

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A CIO’s gift guide for IT and business colleagues

CIO

Welcome to the holiday season. Sure, I know the holiday season’s true start date is sometime in September, but I didn’t want to hurt Halloween’s and Thanksgiving’s feelings. Which is why I’ve refused to start my shopping until after the last of the turkey leftovers and Kit Kat Bars are gone. Once upon a time I delayed my holiday shopping until the middle of December for a more practical reason: procrastination.

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How to use social media intelligence to boost your brand sentiment analysis

Infegy

With 2023 just around the corner, it's easy to get wrapped up in the projected top marketing trends for 2023. However, before getting lost in devising influencer and experiential marketing strategies and upping your digital content game, make sure you have a strong grip on a foundational brand management metric – brand sentiment.

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A Practical Guide to Business Intelligence Governance

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.

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Hiring Data Scientists? Here’s What You Need to Know to Make Your Company Stand Out

IBI

Reading Time: 2 minutes. The need for experienced data scientists continues to increase while the amount of actual data scientists struggles to keep up. Forbes notes that the projected growth rate for data science skills will increase by 26 percent by 2026. CIO notes that tech behemoths like Google and Amazon tend to grab first pick, adding to the shortage for other companies.

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Competitive SERP Analysis: 2023 SEO Must-Haves to Gain an Edge

GrowbyData

I n today’s competitive market, marketers or businesses need to focus heavily on their SEO marketing efforts and generate traffic on Google where Competitive SERP Analytics plays an important role. It provides a better understanding of your SERP strategy to gain a competitive advantage. With the increasingly populated SERP and Google’s rapidly changing algorithm, it’s crucial to analyze competitive Search Engine Results Pages and aim to appear in all available SERP components f

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Van maker BrightDrop builds ERP and business in parallel

CIO

Electric vehicles are sufficiently distinct from their gas-guzzling cousins that auto makers have the chance to toss out decades of legacy manufacturing systems. That can go for their IT infrastructure too. When General Motors named Namo Tiwari CIO of its internal startup BrightDrop, he decided to build an ERP from scratch rather than piggy-back on GM’s existing system.

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