Tue.Aug 29, 2023

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Your AI journey: Destined for the ditch?

CIO

Every organization is on an AI journey. Some don’t know they are. Others don’t want to leave home. Very few have a map or a mutually agreed upon destination. And only a tiny fraction have the appropriate shoes. That’s the current state of AI at Global 2000 enterprises, whose behavior set thus far in the AI space appears to be designed more to avoid embarrassment than to maximize value creation.

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Enterprise Storage: Plugging a Hole in Corporate Cybersecurity Strategies

Dataversity

Chief information security officers (CISOs), along with their staff, typically do not think about enterprise storage. The vast majority say that they think about edge protection, network protection, application protection, and the threat of data theft. They are rightfully interested in trusted execution technology, considering zero-trust architectures for infrastructure assurance and assessments for root of […] The post Enterprise Storage: Plugging a Hole in Corporate Cybersecurity Strateg

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BMC Helix: Leading the charge in Generative AI-driven enterprise service management

CIO

Generative AI is likely the most heavily hyped technology innovation since the World Wide Web during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. And while many companies oversold the internet’s capabilities—at least, at the time—it has undoubtedly transformed enterprise technology and modern life over the past two decades. Generative AI seems to be following the same path.

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5 Steps to Starting your Competitive Marketing Intelligence Function

M Brain

Competitive Intelligence (CI) and Market Intelligence (MI) are two of the most powerful tools you can use to stay ahead. Combined into Competitive Market Intelligence (CMI), they give you comprehensive insight into your external business environment. In this post, we’ll walk through: MI is the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data on your market, customers, and market environment.

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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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IBM – Putting technology to work in the real world

CIO

IBM is an iconic American technology brand. Since the earliest days of the computer industry—from the development of mainframes through the advent of disk drives—into the 21st century and the emergence of the metaverse, IBM has been at the forefront of innovation. Hear from IBM on the unique solutions that allow customers to take advantage of the hybrid world and more on VMware’s Partner Executive Edge.

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Accelerate change with Value Stream Management

CIO

Interest in Value Stream Management (VSM) has never been higher – and for good reason. VSM is very much driven by digital transformation. Whether it’s a very strategic, top-down transformation initiative, a bottom-up effort to scale a successful pilot, or something in between – every organization is recognizing the need to change the way they operate in order to create and deliver customer value more effectively.

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The ultimate guide to competitor benchmarking: Here’s how to stay ahead of your rivals

M Brain

So, what do we mean by competitor benchmarking? Well, we’re referring to the evaluation of your company’s products, services and strategies in direct comparison to your closest competitors. It’s crucial to analyze how you stack up against the competition. Why? Benchmarking your performance against industry standards and metrics from competitors means you won’t lag behind in attaining critical.

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5 Benefits of Competitive Intelligence: How to Maximize Your Results

Kompyte

No matter your role—sales, marketing, product, or even the C-suite—there’s one essential business truth you’ll inevitably have to grapple with: the competitive landscape is a complicated place.

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How to create the perfect sales battlecard

M Brain

Sales battlecards have one primary goal: to boost your sales team’s success. They’re powerful strategic tools that offer simple yet effective ways to win more deals and achieve impressive results. This guide will give your sales team the advantage they need by going through: A sales battlecard is a visual resource – often, a one-page cheat sheet.

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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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Migrate from Oracle Discoverer to SplashBI

Splash BI

Upcoming Webinar OHUG – Upgrade Your Reporting Platform: Migrate from Oracle Discoverer to SplashBI SEP 26 | 01.00 PM ET Jump to abstract Abstract Facing the challenge of Oracle discontinuing support for Discoverer? It’s not just about finding a replacement; it’s about elevating your data capabilities. In this webinar, learn how SplashBI offers: Complete Migration: Beyond just copying SQL, we transform the entire Discoverer workbook infrastructure.

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4 Steps to Market Size like the Pros

M Brain

When conducting Market Sizing and forecasting, the goal is to chart a path for company growth and make informed decisions about which markets to enter and sustain growth in. In the most basic sense, ‘the Market’ is a group of customers buying a certain product or service from the same or similar sellers.

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If you’re still focusing on capacity planning, maybe you’re doing VSM wrong

CIO

In recent years, Value Stream Management has gained significant popularity among large organizations who are looking for a better way to align business and delivery, and for ways to optimize the end-to-end flow of value. As these organizations embark on their Value Stream Management transformation, they inevitably face a range of challenges, from organizational to cultural.

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5 Steps to Starting your Competitive Marketing Intelligence Function

M Brain

Competitive Intelligence (CI) and Market Intelligence (MI) are two of the most powerful tools you can use to keep a step ahead. Combined into Competitive Market Intelligence (CMI), they give you comprehensive insight into your external business environment. In this post, we’ll walk through: MI is the collection, analysis and interpretation of data on your market, customers and market environment.

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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

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TeraSky—Providing award-winning infrastructure modernization solutions with VMware

CIO

TeraSky’s customer dedication earns them 7th VMware Award in 5 years in the 2023 VMware Partner Achievement Awards Many businesses continue to face challenges as they look to digitally transform how they operate and serve customers. With on-premises systems and private clouds often relying on outdated—or soon-to-be-outdated tools—companies need more agile, future-proof solutions.

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How to conduct a market analysis in five easy steps

M Brain

Market analysis is the examination and evaluation of a market environment. The deep insight provided by market analysis allows businesses to understand industry trends, target audiences, customers, competitors, market size, growth potential, and many other vital factors. These valuable findings can be used by businesses to fully understand many aspects of their industry and market The key benefits.

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6 trends fueling the rise of self-service IT

CIO

Self-service IT solutions have cemented their place in the enterprise as a means for enabling employees to resolve IT issues on their own rather than contacting an IT representative. Yet as self-service technology advances and matures, many IT leaders are discovering that the concept is capable of evolving into something far more flexible and powerful than a basic help desk replacement.

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5 ways you can implement AI into your Competitive Intelligence

M Brain

In this post, we’ll: It’s easy to throw around trending words like “artificial intelligence” and “machine learning” without explaining what they mean. So, let’s quickly define the two. Artificial intelligence imitates trained logic via machines and computer systems. These tools carry out tasks that typically require human beings.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr