CIO
JANUARY 12, 2023
First Tech Credit Union is a San Jose-based financial institution with more than $16 billion in assets. As the eighth largest in the country, it primarily serves tech companies and their employees, but still has a lot of manual processes in place. “We’re very early in our automation journey,” says Mike Upton, the organization’s digital and technology officer.
Crayon
JANUARY 12, 2023
Field intelligence is any kind of information you receive on a competitor that is not picked up automatically by your competitive intelligence tool or point person. This could be pricing information from a sales call, product information from a customer interview, or even email collateral your customer received from your competitor. This information is just as important as any publicly available intel, if not more important!
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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
Chris Webb BI
JANUARY 8, 2023
I’ve blogged about the “dynamic data sources” error and the Web.Contents function several times (most recently here ), main post here , but never about the fact that you can encounter the same error when working with OData data sources and the OData.Feed function. More importantly, while it seems like the solution to the problem is the same for both functions this is not the case!
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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.
CIO
JANUARY 13, 2023
By John Davis, Retired U.S. Army Major General and Vice President and Federal Chief Security Officer for Palo Alto Networks What critical innovations can change the balance in cybersecurity, providing those of us responsible for defending our organizations with more capabilities against those who would do us harm? This is not just a theoretical exercise.
Crayon
JANUARY 11, 2023
Battlecards are one of the most popular sales enablement materials businesses create today, with two-thirds of competitive intelligence teams saying that they regularly maintain competitive battlecards.
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Smart Data Collective
JANUARY 10, 2023
More small businesses are leveraging big data technology these days. One of the many reasons that they use big data is to improve their SEO. Data-driven SEO is going to be even more important as the economy continues to stagnate. Some economists argue that the yield curve is providing false recession warnings , but there is still a high risk that a recession will occur.
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
Zoominfo
JANUARY 12, 2023
Countries around the globe are implementing stricter regulations and larger fines in order to protect the rights of the individuals whose data is being collected. As a data privacy specialist in the UK, I often hear this question from customers and prospects: “How do we remain compliant as we expand into new regions?” It can be difficult to sift through privacy regulations and know which aspects are most relevant to your business.
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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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.
Smart Data Collective
JANUARY 11, 2023
The Deep Web is a concept that few people understand. Even fewer people recognize the role that big data plays in shaping it. However, one thing is certain: advances in big data technology have played a huge role in driving changes in the deep web. It is a good idea for database developers, programmers, online businesses and other Internet technology professionals to learn about the impact that new developments in big data have had on both the surface web and deep web.
CIO
JANUARY 11, 2023
Welcome to 2023. As the new year arrives, CIOs are facing a challenging to-do list as they strive to maximize IT productivity and efficiency in increasingly unpredictable times. As technology projects, budgets, and staffing grew over the past few years, the focus was on speed to market to maximize opportunity, says Troy Gibson, CIO services leader at business and IT advisory firm Centric Consulting.
Alpha Sense BI
JANUARY 13, 2023
Over the past decade, every major industry has found a way to wield the incredible power of artificial intelligence (AI). The post The Evolution of AI: Trends to Watch in 2023 appeared first on AlphaSense.
WideNARROW
JANUARY 10, 2023
Gartner and Forrester just released their new CI/MI tool reports and we are in both! To read the full reports click on the links below (to read the respective reports you need to be a Gartner customer or you need to be a Forrester customer/buy the report individually) Gartner " Market Guide for Competitive and Market Intelligence Tools For Technology and Service Providers " Forrester " The Market And Competitive Intelligence Platform Landscape, Q4 2022 ".
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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
Smart Data Collective
JANUARY 11, 2023
Many businesses are taking advantage of big data to improve their marketing and financial management practices. Businesses spent over $14.2 billion on big data marketing in 2020 and this figure is likely to grow further in the years to come. Some of the case studies on the benefits of data-driven marketing are quite promising. One tourist company utilized data analytics to boost website conversions by 40%.
CIO
JANUARY 12, 2023
“Land never deceives” is a common slogan of farmers around Africa. Many people go into farming entirely, or as a side endeavor, with a high certainty they’ll make money and produce more good for all. And when technology is added to the mix, opportunities multiply. Having the largest area of uncultivated arable land in the world, sub-Saharan Africa, with a young population—nearly 60% is under 25—and a wealth of natural resources, has unparalleled advantages that could double or even triple its cu
Dataversity
JANUARY 12, 2023
Open-source technologies will become even more prominent within enterprises’ data architecture over the coming year, driven by the stark budgetary advantages combined with some of the newest enterprise-friendly capabilities added to several solutions. Here are three predictions for the open-source data infrastructure space in 2023: 1. Economic headwinds will make open-source data technologies even more attractive to […].
Alpha Sense BI
JANUARY 12, 2023
There’s never a right time to be outpaced by competitors, but an economic downturn and looming recession is an especially. The post Smart Synonyms and the Death of CTRL+F appeared first on AlphaSense.
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ChatGPT has dominated boardroom conversations for months now. From drafting a stock trading program, to creating a SQL query to model data, there are practically no limits to the applications of the AI language model assistant. At ManageEngine, we have been working on our own AI-assistant, Zia. Zia is a fully-trained analytics assistant that can perform a range of functions such as creating and adding reports to dashboards, providing conversational support to data analysis, insight discovery, bu
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.
CIO
JANUARY 13, 2023
Diversity and inclusion (D&I) have become necessary missions for most businesses. Research has long shown that diverse teams are more productive , more engaged, and the companies that create them are more profitable. And the murder of George Floyd — and the social unrest that followed — made it clear that taking a stand around social justice is necessary to recruitment, retention, and even the viability of your brand.
IBI
JANUARY 12, 2023
Reading Time: 3 minutes If DevOps’ mission is to increase the speed and quality of application and service delivery, is it possible for DevOps practitioners to get the benefit now from a new, disruptive artificial intelligence—ChatGPT? The answer is a qualified “yes.” In this blog, you’ll discover how ChatGPT can be used to automate technical documentation creation and learn how other technologies can support DevOps in complex enterprise environments—the way TIBCO customer Euler Hermes has done.
GrowbyData
JANUARY 13, 2023
According to Adobe Analytics , the last ten days of November, including Thanksgiving ($5 billion), Black Friday ($9 billion), and Cyber Monday ($11 billion), generated almost $50 billion in revenue. Rising inflation may have limited shoppers’ spending. However, consumers were determined not to let anything get in their way during this holiday spirit.
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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
Vable
JANUARY 10, 2023
Compiling competitive intelligence is a standard requirement for most library and information professionals. We live in an age of intelligence; without targeted and actionable information our firms will fail. CI is said to be the fourth factor for the survival of enterprises after capital, technology and talent.
CIO
JANUARY 13, 2023
In a bid to help retailers transform their in-store, inventory-checking processes and enhance their e-commerce sites, Google on Friday said that it is enhancing Google Cloud for Retailers with a new shelf-checking, AI-based capability, and updating its Discovery AI and Recommendation AI services. Shelf-checking technology for inventory at physical retail stories has been a sought-after capability since low — or no — inventory is a troubling issue for retailers.
Alpha Sense BI
JANUARY 13, 2023
Over the past decade, every major industry has found a way to wield the incredible power of artificial intelligence (AI). The post The Evolution of AI: Trends to Watch in 2023 appeared first on AlphaSense.
Weidert Group
JANUARY 13, 2023
If you google “What are Google featured snippets” or “What is a Google snippet,” you’ll receive a definition of a featured snippet … within a featured snippet itself. So meta! It’s also convenient, and that’s the point. Google featured snippets are blurbs of information related to a search query that Google pulls directly from a web page with pertinent information, presented to the searcher above the rest of the search results.
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While the proper governance of data is clearly critical to the success of any business intelligence organization, focusing on data governance alone is a huge mistake. Organizations continually fail to generate ROI on their governance initiatives because they are too narrow in scope. To be effective, Business Intelligence (BI) governance must cover both data and visualizations.
Data Hut
JANUARY 13, 2023
Scraping data from a dynamic website is not easy. Many of our readers requested a few examples of how to scrape a dynamic website using Python. This is the second example in the tutorial series. You can see the first example here. , ULTA Beauty , America’s largest beauty specialty store, is turning to technology to make shopping for beauty products a little simpler and more enjoyable.
CIO
JANUARY 10, 2023
Hiring tech talent in 2023 means navigating an uncertain economy, the effects of widespread tech industry layoffs, and candidates who want to work for a company with a mission and workplace culture that align with their values, including diversity, equity, and inclusion. IT leaders say the best approach is to focus on adaptability. Firms that want to innovate and grow while headcounts are in flux are looking to upskill talent from within , promote their firm’s strengths to prospective candidates
Dataversity
JANUARY 13, 2023
As we move into 2023, one thing at the forefront of many business owners’ minds is how to ensure data privacy in order to keep their company data and customers safe. Data privacy is becoming increasingly important to both companies and consumers, especially with the emergence of privacy regulations such the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). These […].
Alpha Sense BI
JANUARY 12, 2023
There’s never a right time to be outpaced by competitors, but an economic downturn and looming recession is an especially. The post Smart Synonyms and the Death of CTRL+F appeared first on AlphaSense.
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