CIO

JANUARY 9, 2023

Three years ago, IT leaders were squarely focused on how to adopt fledgling AI techniques and approaches into their business models in service of digital transformations that included plans for shifting some workloads to the cloud. But then the pandemic hit, requiring a historic pivot that set some best-laid plans aside and accelerated others. Now that organizations have returned to a new (somewhat) normal, CIOs appear to be focused on getting back to basics — and untangling tech debt incurred i

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Smart Data Collective

JANUARY 9, 2023

In today’s world, data is more widely available to businesses than ever before. Whether it’s data about customer demographics , product colors that tend to sell better, or which cold email scripts are the most effective, organizations have the power to utilize data to help them inform their decision-making process in a variety of ways. However, while the immense amount of data available to organizations unlocks new possibilities — it can also make cleaning organizing, interpreting, and analyzing

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CIO

JANUARY 9, 2023

Imagine an airport that uses computer vision to track errant luggage in real time, or a commercial kitchen able to detect refrigeration conditions and prevent spoilage. Imagine an amusement park outfitting its rides with sensors that can talk directly to operations for upgraded safety and better guest experiences. Imagine a factory or a chain of retailers reducing energy and cutting equipment downtime.

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Smart Data Collective

JANUARY 9, 2023

For corporations, creating a reliable and easy-to-use corporate database is a vital part of developing and maintaining a smoothly-running operation. From keeping customer information private to ensuring that financial data is safe and secure, corporate databases can play an essential role in a corporation’s ability to succeed. Unfortunately, building a corporate database from scratch can be tricky if you don’t know where to start.

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JANUARY 9, 2023

Veneeth Purushotaman, Group CIO at Aster DM Healthcare explains how the hospital digital strategy helped them to become the first private hospital in Dubai to secure HIMSS Stage 6 certification. Watch the episode: Listen to the episode: CIO Leadership Live.

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mention

JANUARY 9, 2023

LinkedIn is one of the most complex social networks, but also the most solicited by Mention customers, many of them operating in B2B. With Maxime, our Product Manager, let’s look at the ways Mention can now help businesses obtain insights from the social network with 850 million professionals. Maxime van Frank, Product Manager. Hello Maxime, can you tell us about your job and your squad ?

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Alpha Sense BI

JANUARY 9, 2023

At AlphaSense, our mission has always been to help the world’s leading companies and financial institutions make critical decisions with. The post Looking Back to Move Forward: 2022 in Review from our CEO and Founder appeared first on AlphaSense.

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CIO

JANUARY 9, 2023

The product line is designed to be beautiful as well as sustainable in terms of its durability and benefits for the environment. It’s highly resistant to scratches, abrasions, dry heat, solvents and cleaners, food, ink, makeup, crayons, and much more so that it can stay beautiful for years to come. But what the revolutionary high-pressure laminate (HPL) FENIX® line can’t handle is traditional HPL manufacturing.

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Infegy

JANUARY 9, 2023

We’ve always said that with Infegy, you don't just get our top-of-the-line software – you get an entire team dedicated to your successful consumer insights journey. Well, the Winter 2023 G2 badges are out, our customers have spoken … and they wholeheartedly agree!

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Dataversity

JANUARY 9, 2023

Meet polyglot persistence. It’s not a new term, but one that’s catching fire in what many call the unsexiest part of Data Management – Database Management. It also ties to the physical part of Data Management, which is storage management, often overlooked by data teams. Storage management and database management/administration indeed used to be a separate […].

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CIO

JANUARY 9, 2023

Customers are increasingly demanding access to real-time data, and freight transportation provider Estes Express Lines is among the rising tide of enterprises overhauling their data operations to deliver it. To fuel self-service analytics and provide the real-time information customers and internal stakeholders need to meet customers’ shipping requirements, the Richmond, VA-based company, which operates a fleet of more than 8,500 tractors and 34,000 trailers, has embarked on a data transformatio

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Dataversity

JANUARY 9, 2023

Network security uses physical and software security solutions to protect network infrastructure from unauthorized access, misuse, failure, alteration, disruption, or unauthorized disclosure of sensitive data. Network security involves implementing security policies, procedures, and tools to prevent unauthorized persons and programs from accessing a network, connected devices, and network traffic.

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Wink Intel

JANUARY 9, 2023

WASHINGTON //BestWire// – Hiring in the insurance industry continued chugging forward in December, as insurance companies, brokers and related businesses added another 3,800 jobs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. The hiring increase in the last month of the year matched hiring numbers in November, as the industry continued to rebound from the pandemic-driven downturn that began in 2020 ( BestWire, Dec. 2, 2022 ).

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 9, 2023

Venture capital is a vital source of financing for startups and early-stage companies looking to bring their innovative ideas to life. It’s a high-risk investment with the potential for huge returns, so volatile markets, global instability, and a cooling economy can affect how VCs write checks. We’ve seen all of those factors come into play over the past three years, and the influence on VC is pretty clear.

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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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Wink Intel

JANUARY 9, 2023

In the classic short story, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge, relieved after a nightmare in which he was visited by three ghosts, proclaimed: “I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach!” 1. Scrooge emerges a changed man, with a new passion for life and a firm resolve to do good moving forward.

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Alpha Sense BI

JANUARY 9, 2023

At AlphaSense, our mission has always been to help the world’s leading companies and financial institutions make critical decisions with confidence and speed. And in the face of continued uncertainty and marketplace volatility like we saw in 2022, the ability to surface and track insights becomes even more crucial for businesses. As I reflect on all we’ve accomplished in the past year, I am, first and foremost, deeply grateful to our customers, our investors, our team, and our partners. 2022 was

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Wink Intel

JANUARY 9, 2023

The ongoing criminal case pitting the government against the self-titled “Annuity King” could finally go to trial this spring. Click HERE to read the full story via ThinkAdvisor. The post ‘Annuity King’ has ‘zero doubt’ of acquittal on annuity fraud charges appeared first on Wink.

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Mind Shifts

JANUARY 9, 2023

Happy New Year and welcome back!! Uncertainty. It’s a terrifying word. Like it or not, uncertainty is the new normal. We live in a time where the world is in a state of constant, long-term flux. Uncertainty leads to unease, anxiety, fear and doubt on a level that snuffs out most genuinely meaningful and potentially revolutionary endeavours before they even see the light of day.

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Wink Intel

JANUARY 9, 2023

Although the fourth quarter is not expected to be a record-breaker on its own, it caps a banner year. Sheryl Moore, CEO of Moore Market Intelligence, projected that it will supersede last year’s blazing performance. Click HERE to read the full story via INN. The post After record year, indexed universal life likely to stumble in 2023 appeared first on Wink.

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Wink Intel

JANUARY 9, 2023

. For the second time in just over two years, American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. has rebuffed a hostile takeover ― though the battle may still be brewing. The West Des Moines retirement funds provider, which employs about 800 people, recently disclosed that it had received two offers from private equity firm Elliott Investment Management last month. .

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Wink Intel

JANUARY 9, 2023

Morningstar has raised its recommended retirement withdrawal rate closer to the 4% rule of thumb in an era of low equity valuations and higher bond yields. In its research , T he State of Retirement Income 2022 , Morningstar raised its recommended safe withdrawal rate to 3.8%, with annual inflation adjustments, up from 3.3% last year, even in an equity bear market.

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Wink Intel

JANUARY 9, 2023

un and trendy is in with investors as they skew younger – and stodgy is dodgy, according to the latest FINRA investor study. In a survey taken last year, investors were putting more of their money into individual stocks and ETFs and less into insurance products. Click HERE to read the full story via INN. The post Young, brash and wrong: FINRA study profiles investing risks appeared first on Wink.

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Wink Intel

JANUARY 9, 2023

The month of January sees a jump in gym memberships every year as Americans seek to fulfill their new year’s resolutions of improved health. . Click HERE to read the full story via InvestmentNews. The post January jump in divorces offers advisors opportunity to provide value appeared first on Wink.

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Wink Intel

JANUARY 9, 2023

The year has changed, and forecasters are busy looking at sales data, stock market data, general economic data, tea leaves, Ouija boards and anything else that can give them hints about what comes next. Here’s a catalog of some of the predictions that have flowed our way, sorted into 10 categories. Click HERE to read the full story via ThinkAdvisor.

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Wink Intel

JANUARY 9, 2023

I initially thought this article, The Annuity Paradox , was pretty balanced. I mean, Financial Planning Magazine isn’t wrong in their “parsing the mortality lottery” section. I did actually LOL on the annuity comparisons against different car models. And I have to concede that there are some “very complex” annuities out there.

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Wink Intel

JANUARY 9, 2023

Two life insurers — Symetra Financial and Mutual of America Financial Group — have completed deals to support their annuity operations. Symetra has started a Bermuda-based company, Symetra Bermuda Re Ltd., to provide reinsurance for an 80% quota share of fixed deferred and non-variable indexed annuities issued by its main life insurance company on or after Jan. 1, 2022.

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In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Wink Intel

JANUARY 9, 2023

In recent months, several financial services firms have released outlooks for 2023, providing critical insights for advisors as they help their clients navigate the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. The battle against inflation, a possible recession and a potentially flat year for life insurance sales are all top of mind. The Wells Fargo Investment Institute’s 2023 Outlook: Recession, Recovery, and Rebound outlines WFII’s expectations for a recession in the first half of this year,

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Wink Intel

JANUARY 9, 2023

New index universal life insurance offers opportunity for tax-advantaged choice and flexibility. BALTIMORE , Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Transamerica announces today the availability of the Transamerica Financial Choice IUL SM , a new index universal life insurance policy to protect beneficiaries while providing flexibility and opportunity for tax-advantaged supplemental income.

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Wink Intel

JANUARY 9, 2023

NEW YORK , Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Mutual of America Financial Group, a leading provider of retirement services and investments to employers, employees and individuals, completed its acquisition of Landmark Life Insurance Company, a widely licensed Texas life and annuity insurance company (“Landmark Life”) as of January 4, 2023.

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Wink Intel

JANUARY 9, 2023

TORONTO , Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ – Foresters Financial (Foresters), the fraternal life insurer that’s boldly redefining the life insurance industry through innovation, purpose and wellness, today announced the launch of Foresters Renew TM grants. [1] .

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In our latest edition of Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Scorpio Edition, 3BL embraces the perspective of one of the zodiac's most misunderstood signs: Scorpio. While this sign often has a darker view of the world, they do not shy away from shining a light on controversial topics. This month we take a deep dive into corporate pullback of DEI and how companies can utilize astrological advice to reinvent its social impact communication.

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