CIO

JANUARY 22, 2024

Supporting business objectives has long been IT’s mantra, but how to go about doing that when the objective is aggressive business growth isn’t always cut and dry. Delivering for growth Today, McCullen is creating new technical foundations to ensure that adaptability, and further support ongoing business growth.

Business 533

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CIO

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The move to digital business has wrought profound changes in certain industries, and financial services is one of them. Not only are traditional financial services companies using data and technology to change the game, a plethora of “FinTech” startups are using digital products to dislodge traditional players.

Startups 658

Startups Gaming Advantage Advantage 658

CIO

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

For most organizations, a shift to the cloud brings scalability, access to innovative tools, and the possibility of cost savings. ADP’s innovation lab has already developed many machine learning models and predictive analytics that exploit the company’s data cloud. An early partner of Amazon, the Roseburg, N.J.-based

Innovation 697

Innovation Predictive Analytics Startups Globalization 697

CIO

MAY 15, 2024

This was 12 months in which interest rates and inflation soared, and persistent business, economic, and geopolitical uncertainty weighed heavily on corporate strategy. Those prepared to embrace the change with a robust plan for managing the risks will be best placed to take advantage. Unfortunately, they didn’t get it.

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CIO

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Without revenue from sales of products or services, a business becomes little more than a hobby or a charitable organization. Vashisht also suggests conducting internal “hot houses” that encourage business and IT leaders to work collectively as they solve real-world business problems.

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mention

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Not that long ago, unicorn startups were very rare entities. Less than 100 new unicorns were founded annually between the years 2011 and 2014, but the niche has been on a dramatic incline over the last decade, with 291 new unicorns registered in 2021 according to business research provider Crunchbase. Which startups become unicorns?

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CIO

JANUARY 10, 2024

Optimizing cloud investments requires close collaboration with the rest of the business to understand current and future needs, building effective FinOps teams, partnering with providers, and ongoing monitoring of key performance metrics. Refactoring applications to take advantage of cloud-native services is vital to maximizing cloud ROI.

Key Performance Metrics 710

Key Performance Metrics Win Advantage Advantage 710

CIO

MARCH 26, 2024

Collaboration with external partners allows enterprises to enhance their IT prowess, drive innovation, and bridge skill gaps more effectively amid a swiftly evolving digital landscape,” says Arpita Dwivedi, practice director at Everest Group. Staff augmentation and outsourcing are nothing new. Take a Goldilocks approach.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

So meeting challenges to compete is nothing new, but business all but came to a halt during the pandemic in 2020. We’re starting to think of Air New Zealand as a Petri dish for innovation where we can solve some long-standing challenges in the airline industry. Unfortunately, the startup didn’t go anywhere, but we learned a lot.

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Airline Travel Startups Hospitals 512

CIO

JANUARY 12, 2023

Youth innovation in Ghana, for instance, continues to exceed expectations according to Kenneth Abdulai Nelson, co-founder and MD of Farm360 Global, a crowdfunding and consulting company dedicated to smart farming projects. He also appreciates the expensive but valuable irrigation technologies being used by some businesses on the continent.

Startups 893

Startups Innovation Education Technology 893

CIO

JUNE 6, 2023

IT leaders looking to accelerate their innovation agendas have a partner-in-waiting in the startup ecosystem. By linking up with startups, CIOs can greatly expand their opportunities to experiment with emerging technologies and augment their in-house innovation programs.

Startups 662

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CIO

JULY 20, 2022

I have the great privilege of getting to know leaders from the world’s most recognized brands and fastest-growing startups. The best mentors show up in good and bad times and push you to become better in business, leadership, and life. Take advantage of luck. I’ve had decades of experience in startups and large companies.

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CIO

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The PMO also collaborates with business leaders to prioritize projects and ensure projects are aligned to the company’s strategic objectives. The PMO works with a project’s business sponsors to articulate expected outcomes, establish metrics for measuring success, and then report on the returns generated by the finished project.

Management 745

Management Startups Finance Advantage 745

CIO

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

in business administration and wrote his dissertation on digital acuity and intelligence in “incumbent companies.” Digital technology is infiltrating our business in ways we never thought of ourselves,’’ he says. When it comes to fostering digital literacy in the C-suite, Michael Seals literally wrote the book. At his company, anyway.

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Smart Data Collective

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

In response to the global Coronavirus pandemic, businesses are adopting a series of new, innovative digital technologies. Business intelligence is emerging as a new point of differentiation to help them stand out amongst their competitors. Business intelligence has changed the nature of company engagement in countless ways.

Business Intelligence 291

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Smart Data Collective

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Big data is transforming the daily realities of running a business. Vince Campisi, CIO of GE Software, Ash Gupta, an executive with American Express, and many other companies use big data to get a competitive advantage. Overall, big data is a gift to businesses of all sizes. Of course, big data also raises some new challenges.

Competitive 276

Competitive Business Startups Predictive Analytics 276

Smart Data Collective

JUNE 23, 2022

Data analytics technology has become a pillar in modern business. You can do a lot to improve your business’ financial performance by using data analytics. This can greatly impact your ability to hire the best people, maintain staff’s salaries and effectively grow your business. Make use of Government grants where possible.

Business 265

Business Data Mining Finance Startups 265

CIO

APRIL 18, 2023

A fractional CIO thinks beyond technical needs and considers the needs of the organization from a strategic business perspective.” A fractional CIO may be tapped to head a specific initiative requiring senior IT leadership guidance, allowing the busy, full-time CIO to focus attention on other critical issues.

Startups 658

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mention

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Introduction Businesses constantly work to stay ahead of the competition and make wise decisions in today’s fast-paced digital world. This article will discuss the significance of media monitoring and quality control software, as well as how it may transform businesses and produce measurable benefits.

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CIO

AUGUST 17, 2023

Generative AI is a key part of our business strategy, facilitating growth with AI-enabled processes already live in production,” he says. We ran workshops with every division of our business, educating them on the accelerating innovation in this area, brainstorming opportunities and risks.

Intellectual Property 575

Intellectual Property Copywrite Algorithm Brainstorming 575

CIO

AUGUST 2, 2023

A data and analytics capability cannot emerge from an IT or business strategy alone. With both technology and business organization deeply involved in the what, why, and how of data, companies need to create cross-functional data teams to get the most out of it. What are some examples of data solutions in each of those buckets?

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mention

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Introduction Businesses constantly work to stay ahead of the competition and make wise decisions in today’s fast-paced digital world. This article will discuss the significance of media monitoring and quality control software, as well as how it may transform businesses and produce measurable benefits.

Management 130

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Smart Data Collective

OCTOBER 15, 2023

AI technology is becoming more important in business than ever. There are a lot of different ways that it can be incorporated into their business model, but they have to be aware of its potential. AI software development is an entire career path , because so many businesses appreciate its benefits.

Intellectual Property 220

Intellectual Property Startups Commerce Advantage 220

CIO

APRIL 3, 2023

Created in conjunction with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and unveiled in January, SportsX is an incubator rooted in research, applied sciences, and product development charged with creating innovative digital solutions that give teams a winning edge, create extraordinary fan experiences, and create positive social and environmental impact. “If

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Smart Data Collective

DECEMBER 11, 2019

In 2013, Wired published a very interesting article about the role of big data in the field of integrated business systems. Author James Kobielus, the lead AI and data analyst for Wikibon and former IBM expert, said that there are a number of ways that integrated business systems are tapping the potential of AI and big data.

Business 173

Business Innovation Advantage Advantage 173

Smart Data Collective

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Cloud technology is transforming the future of business. Gartner conducted a survey of nearly 270 tech company leaders, which showed that cloud technology was the biggest investment for innovation in 2021. If you want to take advantage of cloud technology, you need to consider the different options available to you.

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Alpha Sense BI

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

However, sector titans like Apple, Block (formerly Square), Groupon, Mailchimp, and Amazon have often chosen an alternative solution: innovation. The release of the iPod and iTunes positioned the company as an innovation powerhouse, capable of consistently delivering new technology despite economic uncertainty.

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CIO

MARCH 13, 2023

Now, with the recognition that technology fuels all businesses, they can pretty much find those opportunities at almost any company. Additionally, companies in other industries are demonstrating there are interesting and complex issues to solve as technology becomes more closely aligned with business goals, he says.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Many high-profile businesses have taken big leaps in their focus on climate change, workplace diversity, employee benefits, and more. These innovators didn’t just impact their own businesses — they made a permanent impact on their industries at large. Yet the company did more than just install solar panels.

Business 130

Business Education Innovation Hospitals 130

Aqute Intelligence

APRIL 25, 2024

Competitive intelligence analysis helps businesses maintain or gain a strategic market advantage. This article is your guide to deploying LinkedIn effectively to gather competitive intel that can significantly impact your business strategies. Conversely, high turnover might suggest internal issues or sector volatility.

Competitive Intelligence 147

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CIO

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The most popular LLMs in the enterprise today are ChatGPT and other OpenAI GPT models, Anthropic’s Claude, Meta’s Llama 2, and Falcon, an open-source model from the Technology Innovation Institute in Abu Dhabi best known for its support for languages other than English. And there are some advantages to fine-tuning over RAG embedding.

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Security Security Startups Information 830

Smart Data Collective

MARCH 27, 2023

billion on AI in 2021 , but small businesses may spend even more on AI-driven financial management software. Smart solutions can give banks an advantage over competitors. Banks and other financial institutions are combining AI with other technologies to transform their business models.

Finance 222

Finance Banking Startups Advantage 222

Smart Data Collective

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

SaaS companies that should consider AWS SaaS include: Businesses or startups that need their eCommerce site up and running quickly and do not have time to deal with server or software issues. This article finally gets to the core question we started with: what can AWS do for your SaaS business? AWS SaaS: When to use it?

Security 290

Security Security Human Resources Startups 290

Zoominfo

JULY 5, 2023

The company’s strategic shift includes focusing on business efficiency, emphasizing evidence-based examples of their product’s value, and launching a freemium offer to attract a broader audience. It allows us to remedy the risks of a champion change and use that to our advantage,” Rudeegraap said.

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Smart Data Collective

MARCH 2, 2022

One of them is the fact that they make AI technology more available to businesses. This is a topic that Harvard Business Review author Jonathon Reilly discussed in an article back in November. Dubbed a “No Code Startup for Data Scientists”, Obviously AI received $4.7 One example is with Obviously AI.

Startups 278

Startups Knowledge Banking Technology 278

CIO

AUGUST 28, 2023

The World Bank has been coordinating a “ Digital Economy Initiative for Africa ” which aims to ensure that every individual, business, and government in Africa is digitally enabled by 2030. Africa has the natural advantage that largely, it is not saddled with expensive legacy IT systems. These efforts are clearly working.

Startups 528

Startups Education Innovation Advantage 528

Alpha Sense BI

AUGUST 4, 2023

Below, we explore how AlphaSense’s expert calls can provide a competitive advantage in the investment landscape of private equity. For example, let’s take a private equity (PE) firm that is considering an investment in a privately held technology startup in the field of artificial intelligence (AI).

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