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Process mining helps IT leaders modernize business operations

CIO

Process mining encompasses both data science and process management, providing a way to analyze digital footprints and event logs so that organizations can identify bottlenecks and other issues in core business processes. 2 behind driving business innovation as CIOs’ most anticipated focus beginning next year. That figure polled No.

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How to Do Market Research for a Business Plan

Cipher

If you’re in the process of creating a business plan, market research will play a central role in helping you to shape your strategy. You could be working on a business plan to raise investment for a new startup , or pulling together a detailed strategy that outlines the expansion of an existing business into a new market.

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[Ready-to-use] Knowledge360® and competitive intelligence software business case presentation

Cipher

As a competitive intelligence analyst , you know how difficult it is to be successful without the support of sophisticated technology. The amount of data you have to deal with on a daily basis is simply unfathomable and continues to grow at an ever-faster pace.

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Prioritize Payments to Stay Competitive

CIO

And businesses of all sizes have felt that impact throughout. But what do these trends mean for businesses? The most digitally advanced businesses are prioritizing payments and using them as a strategic function, with those who do being two times as likely to have experienced a positive sales impact from the shift to digital.**

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The State of Business Intelligence in 2022

Speaker: Howard Dresner & Chandrashekar (a.k.a. LSP)

In hyper-competitive markets, modern businesses need to stay dynamic and always be evolving. That's why many organizations have embraced data-driven decision-making as the fulcrum for accelerated business growth, and this trend is here to stay.

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A history of tech adaptation for today’s changing business needs

CIO

“The company has been on a continuous journey to adapt its internal and external processes to new business needs and opportunities since 2001.” The first was becoming one of the first research companies to move its panels and surveys online, reducing costs and increasing the speed and scope of data collection.

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Salesforce launches Starter to ward off competition in the SMB segment

CIO

Salesforce has made its customer relationship management (CRM) suite, dubbed Starter, generally available in an effort to garner more market share in the small and medium businesses (SMBs) segment as it faces stiff competition from rivals such as Zoho. Will the pricing work for SMBs?

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What Consumers Are Saying About ESG – And What That Means for Your Business

A growing body of evidence shows that environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives are important to business growth. Consumers see businesses as crucial change agents and are willing to take their business to the competition if their current brand comes up short on ESG.