Fri.Dec 18, 2020

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Competitive Intelligence Planning for 2021: 15 Questions to Answer in Your Annual Plan

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The new year is right around the corner. If you haven’t already, you’re likely about to kick-off your 2021 planning. A lot has happened in 2020 that has impacted businesses across the globe and changed how many of us run our businesses. For the competitive intelligence (CI) professionals out there, how are you adjusting your CI program plans? How are you prioritizing the many ways you can support competitive strategies across the company?

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How Can Blockchain Technology Improve VoIP Security?

Smart Data Collective

We have talked in depth about the benefits of big data with VoIP. One benefit that has been overlooked is the use of big data and blockchain to improve VoIP security. VoIP has become a leading choice for business communications. It offers savings of up to 90% on international calls, 75% on operational costs , 40% on local call bills, and 30% on phone bills – as reported by Finances Online.

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5 New Year’s Resolutions for your library and information service

Vable

New Year, new you New Library ! Everything changed in 2020. Our current remote working practices have been thrust upon many of us, and we have been making a success of it. We continue to provide an excellent library and information service to our end-users. W e are in need of rest and reflection to take stock of where we are.

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Benevolence of Assistive AI in Decreasing Natural Disaster Damage

Smart Data Collective

A few years ago, we talked about the benefits of using AI and big data in disaster relief. We have recently seen how important these applications are, as the damage of natural disasters is worse than ever. Mother Nature has been busier than ever this year, with natural disasters adding to the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic. A number of hurricanes have wreaked havoc on the Gulf Coast, and wildfires recently devastated the West Coast.

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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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Competitive Intelligence Spotlight: Satyajit Saha

Evalueserve

Evalueserve’s “Competitive Intelligence Spotlight” series puts different competitive intelligence (CI) professionals in the limelight to share their experiences and unique perspectives. In this edition of the series, we put Satyajit Saha in the spotlight and learn what competitive intelligence teams should expect in the new normal, what brings the most value, and what they should be investing in now. .

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Should gullibility be a criminal offense?

Timo Elliot

Verdict: YOU’RE GUILTY!

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It’s a new era of retail

Acoustic

We couldn’t be more excited. Over the last few months, we’ve been consistently monitoring and evaluating the state of retail. We’ve analyzed our own platform data and spent significant (virtual) time with our retail customers to understand their pain points, strengths, and areas of opportunity in an unexpected year. While the challenges have been significant, our retail experts are optimistic about the future of retail (both digital and brick-and-mortar).

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An Open Letter From our CRO: A Look Back on 2020

Pathmatics

If there is one word that can sum up the wild ride we had in 2020, it’s dynamic. At Pathmatics, we saw the serious impact the global pandemic had on our industry, partners, clients, employees, and loved ones. Early in the year, there were uncertain times for our clients, and we worked closely with many of them to ensure that there was no disruption in service when they needed our data the most to navigate in these uncertain times.

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Cybersecurity Threats and Opportunities to Expect in 2021

Dataversity

Click to learn more about author Anurag Kahol. 2020 has been an extremely tumultuous year. From a cybersecurity perspective, multiple high-profile Twitter users’ accounts were hacked in a sophisticated Bitcoin scam, remote workers became the priority focus for threat actors amid COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, and California has a stringent data privacy proposition in the works […].

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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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How to Start, Nurture, and Grow a Business with Big Data

Smart Data Collective

At any given moment, a single person creates roughly 1.7 MB of data. We’re creating and putting more information out there than at any other point in human history. At this rate, by the end of the year, we can expect the Big Data market to reach 40 trillion gigabytes. That’s more data than most of us can even begin to imagine. Now, this data contains everything from the pictures you upload on social media to comments you post on Reddit and everything in between.

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Breaking Down Silos: Folding DBAs into DevOps Process

Dataversity

Click to learn more about author John Pocknell. With the rise of IoT, social media and cloud infrastructure continuing to increase the rate at which data is growing, businesses need to capitalize on the tremendous value that insights from this data can bring to driving growth and market share. This need has, in turn, led […]. The post Breaking Down Silos: Folding DBAs into DevOps Process appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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Observing the Benefits of Data Analytics with Beverage and Food Labeling

Smart Data Collective

Big data has created a number of major benefits in the food and beverage industry. Research from Byteant highlighted some of these benefits in a recent post. They pointed out that the global food and beverage industry is worth $81 trillion. Food and beverage companies are using big data to identify new marketing opportunities. They can monitor trends in the market and sell products that cater to evolving tastes.

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It’s Time for Public Sector Standards On AI

Dataversity

Click here to learn more about Golnar Pooya. The benefits offered by artificial intelligence (AI) in the public sector are nothing short of revolutionary. Algorithms powered by machine learning have the unique ability to identify tax-evasion patterns, sift through health data to prioritize cases, and predict the spread of infectious diseases much faster than humans. […].

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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