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IBM and AWS forge global alliance, streamlining access to AI and hybrid cloud solutions

CIO

Strong synergies are coming out of this partnership,” said Neil Shah, VP for research, and partner at Counterpoint Research. This will increase competition with some of the select SaaS vendors on the AWS platform who offer similar offerings,” said Rajiv Ranjan, associate research director at IDC. β€œIn

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Competitive Intelligence Services

Aqute Intelligence

Competitive intelligence (CI) services offer businesses valuable insights into their market and competition. Competitive intelligence services: What is it, and why do you need it? Competitive intelligence (CI) involves gathering and analyzing information about your competitors and the market. Let’s take a look.

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Dump the RFP to reap better outsourcing results

CIO

Every day, hundreds of organizations conduct competitive bids to pick the best supplier to meet their needs. Why you should make the shift to collaborative bidding Traditional specification and price-focused approaches have been effective tools in enabling competitive pricing for tens β€” if not hundreds β€” of years.

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How to use LinkedIn for Competitive Intelligence

Aqute Intelligence

Competitive intelligence analysis helps businesses maintain or gain a strategic market advantage. LinkedIn, with its network of over 750 million users worldwide, is an indispensable competitive intelligence tool, and no competitive intelligence research is complete without it.

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8 strategies for accelerating IT modernization

CIO

There is a ton of competitive pressure to move fast, because those who can do things quicker, better, faster are the ones winning the market share,” says Ricardo Madan, senior vice president of TEKsystems Global Services. Recent research found that application modernization took an average of 16 months.

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Measuring the Value of Your Competitive Intelligence Program: Top Metrics to Consider

Aqute Intelligence

The definition of a winning edge in the business world nowadays requires more than just savvy marketing campaigns and brilliant services. It’s about understanding your competition and using that knowledge to drive your business forward. It’s about understanding your competition and using that knowledge to drive your business forward.

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Competitive Intelligence Spotlight #33: Marcia Altgilbers, Competitive Intelligence & Price-to-Win Director of BAE Systems

ArchIntel

Marcia Algilbers , director of Competitive Intelligence & Price-to-Win with BAE Systems , recently spoke with ArchIntel regarding the importance of ethics, how to measure success and skill within competitive intelligence teams, as well as technology that has supported data collection and analysis. . ArchIntelβ„’ -.