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Metaverse: The time for CIOs to experiment is now

CIO

For the past forty years CIOs have labored to retrofit, rearchitect, and ultimately replace underfunded and underappreciated legacy infrastructures in hopes of delivering the full benefits associated with periodically occurring waves of transformative emerging technologies. Debate now rages in IT and digital communities regarding what will be the seismic technological shift of the 2020s.

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Podcast Episode: Using Competitive Intelligence to Influence your Content Marketing Strategy

Crayon

Just in time to kick off the month — a brand new episode of Into the Fray: The Competitive Intelligence Podcast has arrived!

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Calling The Power BI Enhanced Refresh API From Power Automate, Part 4: Getting The Status Of a Refresh

Chris Webb BI

So far in this series (see part 1 , part 2 and part 3 ) I’ve looked at how you can create a Power Automate custom connector that uses the Power BI Enhanced Refresh API to kick off a dataset refresh. That’s only half the story though: once the refresh has been started you need to know if it has finished and, if so, whether it finished successfully or not.

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7 Enterprise Applications for Companies Using Cloud Technology

Smart Data Collective

The market for cloud technology is booming. Companies spent over $405 billion on cloud services last year. The sudden growth is not surprising, because the benefits of the cloud are incredible. Enterprise cloud technology applications are the future industry standard for corporations. Cloud computing has found its way into many business scenarios and is a relatively new concept for businesses.

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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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What CIOs everywhere can learn from Canada’s nationwide internet outage

CIO

On July 8, 2022, a botched maintenance update on the Rogers ISP network in Canada crashed internet access across the country for at least 12 hours, with some customers experiencing problems for days afterward. The impact was profound. The nationwide outage affected phone and internet service for about 12.2 million customers – about 25% of Canada’s internet capacity – halting point-of-sale debit payments on the Interac network, preventing Rogers mobile phone users from accessing 9-1-1 services, d

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The Gore and Glamor of Halloween Trends in 2022

Intelligence Node

What to expect this spooky retail season As retailers worldwide work their way through the remainder of 2022, it’s time to brace for the big leagues. The major holidays of. The post The Gore and Glamor of Halloween Trends in 2022 appeared first on Blog.

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5 Ways B2B Companies Can Use Analytics for Pricing

Smart Data Collective

Analytics technology is very important for modern business. Companies spent over $240 billion on big data analytics last year. That figure is expected to grow as more businesses discover its benefits. There are many important applications of data analytics technology. One of the most important is with helping companies set their prices correctly. Analytics Can Be Essential for Helping Companies with their Pricing Strategies.

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6 key board questions CIOs must be prepared to answer

CIO

Board directors like Jean Holley can be a CIO’s best friend or worst nightmare. A former CIO herself, Holley always reaches out to the CIO before board meetings to offer her advice on how to handle inevitable questions. “It’s amazing how many times they don’t take me up on it,” Holley says. These CIOs, especially those new to the role, often come off as overly techie, out of touch with the business, or worse, out of their depth in the position, she says.

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5 Reasons Why Your TikTok Marketing Campaign Is Failing

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To say that TikTok is the new black, especially for Millennials and Zoomers, would be an understatement. This social media platform has gained unprecedented popularity over the last couple of years. In fact, the TikTok app has been downloaded and installed on devices more than 3 billion times around the globe. Hands down, TikTok is changing our understanding of social media, content, and online communities.

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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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A Marketer’s Guide to European Union (EU) Privacy Laws

Zoominfo

We’re all familiar with the “four Ps” of marketing: product, price, promotion, and place. Well, now we need to add a fifth P to the mix: privacy. Privacy compliance has become an essential part of modern-day marketing. Even though the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect in 2018, data collection and processing can still leave marketers feeling uncertain.

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Creative Ways to Leverage Big Data for an Optimal Marketing Plan

Smart Data Collective

Big data technology is becoming more important than ever for modern business owners. One study by the McKinsey Institute shows that data-driven organizations are 19 times more likely to be profitable. There are many benefits of using big data to run a business. One of the most important advantages is that big data can help with marketing. Big Data is Essential for Modern Marketing Strategies.

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The 10 most in-demand IT jobs in finance

CIO

The US financial services industry has fully embraced a move to the cloud, driving a demand for tech skills such as AWS and automation, as well as Python for data analytics, Java for developing consumer-facing apps, and SQL for database work. The push is part of an industrywide trend toward making banking more accessible by giving customers better access to savings accounts, investments, and loans through digital services, according to careers website Dice.com.

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Getting Data Into Shape for Reporting with Power BI

Paul Turnley

I see a lot of Power BI projects that we are asked to fix or performance tune, and at least nine times out of ten, the answer is that the data needs to be shaped and transformed so it is optimized for reporting.

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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

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SECOND QUARTER 2022 ANNUITY SALES

Wink Intel

Deferred Annuity Sales. Total 2Q2022 deferred annuity sales were $72,804 million, compared with sales of $64,492 million for the second quarter of 2021. Second quarter deferred annuity sales were up nearly 22% when compared to the previous quarter and up nearly 13% when compared to the same period last year. Deferred annuities include sales of fixed, indexed, multi-year guaranteed, structured and variable deferred annuities.

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How Data Flow Works In MQ Telemetry Transport (MQTT)

Smart Data Collective

Data created by humans found on the Internet and on computers isn’t always accurate. Typing, scanning, taking pictures, or recording done by humans aren’t always reliable. But what if there are sensors on machines that collect data and are capable of communicating with other machines? What if there’s some kind of protocol that makes medical and personal gadgets, appliances, and other electronics send and receive data from each other?

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Expert tips for hiring (and retaining) data scientists

CIO

With IT leaders increasingly needing data scientists to gain game-changing insights from a growing deluge of data, hiring and retaining those key data personnel is taking on greater importance. Without enough trained, high-level data scientists to fill all the job openings out there, CIOs are working with HR and hiring specialists to find ways to attract applicants.

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7 Keys to Drug Launch Success

Netbasequid

The pharmaceutical industry is undergoing a transformation in the way new drugs are introduced into the market. Before the industry gets it right, we will see many failed drug launches. Here’s how to make sure it’s not yours! The reality of drug launches is harsh. In one study , less than 10% of drug launches were rated as Excellent. And it is estimated that up to 80% of drug launches do not improve a company’s already established sales curve in the initial two years.

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Maximize Productivity and Simplify IT Management with Conversational AI

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

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The Best Marketing CMS Platform: HubSpot CMS Hub Comparison

Weidert Group

As recently as a few years ago, if you wanted a website for your industrial or complex B2B business, you had two choices: learn how to write code or hire a professional website designer. The process took months and tens of thousands of dollars to complete. Oh, and if you need to make a small change or add content ? More outside help (and money)! So, websites became stagnant, search engines ignored them, and visitors rarely returned.

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Cloud Computing Can Improve Human Resource Management

Smart Data Collective

Cloud technology is changing the future of business in many different ways. Countless companies have discovered the benefits cloud computing has to offer. As a result, 60% of companies have migrated to the cloud. One of the many benefits of cloud technology pertains to human resource management. A growing number of companies are storing employee data on the cloud, which makes it easier to handle certain HR tasks.

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2022 CIO75 ASEAN Awards: Nominations are now open

CIO

CIO ASEAN is proud to launch the CIO75 ASEAN awards for 2022, recognising the top 75 senior technology executives and teams in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong driving innovation and influencing rapid change. The CIO75 ASEAN awards are aligned to Foundry’s global awards program and viewed as a mark of excellence within the enterprise. First launched as the CIO50 ASEAN awards in 2019 , the decision to expand the initiative to 75 awards in 2021 was in recognition of a wealth of standout submissions, i

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Monitoring Green Initiatives Impacting the Automotive Industry

Netbasequid

The auto industry has long been accused of dragging its feet around adopting sustainable business practices. But this perception has been changing as industry leaders increasingly monitor advanced consumer and market research to make decisions that not only satisfy market demands, but also impact their bottom line. Advances in the industry have allowed auto makers to advance the old ways of production with new cleaner and more energy efficient processes.

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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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What is data architecture? | GoodData

GoodData

Data architecture refers to the model, rules, and standards that document an organization’s data assets. Learn how this process transforms raw data.

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Walking the exhibit floor at Gartner Data & Analytics Summit

Domo

Last week, Gartner held one of its Data and Analytics conferences in Orlando with many vendors (including Domo) exhibiting. My colleague, Domo Chief Data Officer Mohammed Aaser, and our partner Juan Sequeda from data.world decided that they would try to write down every vendor tagline they saw on the exhibit floor at the conference. They collected a list of 113 taglines from the conference and that makes for a very interesting small set of data.

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Pursuing A New Future of Innovation Through Digital Banking Strategy

CIO

How has banking evolved during the rapid digitisation of recent years? The answer lies in changing consumer habits, tech-driven disruptions, and cultural shifts—the very trends that are setting the stage for the industry’s future. Millions of customers are going online, while shaping their expectations for digital experiences. They now seek personalised and seamless online experiences, with such demands persisting even as economic activities return to pre-pandemic levels.

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The Importance of Building a Strong Cyber Asset Management Plan

Dataversity

One of the most challenging aspects of cybersecurity is that it’s a moving target of ever-expanding threats and attack surfaces. Especially as enterprises cope with a post-pandemic era of remote work and online collaboration, they are expanding services and access across hybrid multi-cloud environments. This is making IT and user ecosystems more complex and distributed – […].

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A Practical Guide to Business Intelligence Governance

Speaker: Marius Moscovici, CEO Metric Insights & Mike Smitheman, VP Metric Insights

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.