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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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Podcast Episode: Using Competitive Intelligence for Product-Led Growth

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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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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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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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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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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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IBM to acquire Octo to boost its US government business

CIO

IBM has announced it is acquiring US-based digital transformation services provider Octo for an undisclosed amount from private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners. Octo exclusively serves the US federal government, including its defense, health, and civilian agencies, boosting IBM’s ability to expand its presence in this highly lucrative segment.

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How to Succeed from Crisis to Crisis with Market Intelligence?

M Brain

The post How to Succeed from Crisis to Crisis with Market Intelligence? appeared first on M-Brain - Market & Competitive Intelligence Solutions.

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How Edge as a Service is shaping the future of fan engagement

CIO

The Tour de France is many things. It’s the world’s largest cycling event, attracting 150 million TV viewers in Europe alone and 10 million fans across social media platforms. It’s also a huge logistical challenge, requiring a complex network of road closures as well as ensuring millions of spectators enjoy the race safely. Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.), the organizers of the Tour de France, also need to ensure they can tell the story of the race to a vast audience of fans, something that h

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

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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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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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Bringing the power: Generac CIO Tim Dickson says IT leaders need to start innovating today

CIO

This article was co-authored by Duke Dyksterhouse , an Associate at Metis Strategy. A lobby television isn’t all that uncommon or remarkable for a $4.5-billion-dollar company, but what’s on the 85-inch screen in the lobby of Generac’s headquarters certainly is. Rather than the predictable advertisements or staged photos featuring happy employees, it’s a demo of the energy management firm’s latest innovation, called PowerINSIGHTS.

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

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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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How adopting sustainability as a service can drive business success and help the planet

CIO

Sustainability is a major priority in business boardrooms already, and pressures from regulators, shareholders, board members and employees are likely to further drive this trend. Businesses need to do more than just track carbon output. They must reduce waste and increase efficiency. Going green makes good business sense. While organizations know they need to mitigate environmental risks more effectively across the supply chain, often they struggle to translate that ambition into results.

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Modern cloud-based networks: the key to high-level commercial performance?

CIO

Here’s a proposition to consider: among the ranks of large enterprises, commercial success increasingly relies on digital transformation. In turn, digital transformation relies on modernized enterprise networks that deliver flexibility, performance and availability from the edge to the cloud. Intuitively, this hypothesis makes a lot of sense. In many enterprises, it’s also increasingly becoming the subject of painstaking debate.

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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