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The Top Cloud Security Threat Comes from Within

CIO

One of the biggest cloud security threats your company faces isn’t malicious. In fact, it originates from inside your IT organization. Accidental misconfigurations pose one of the leading security vulnerabilities IT organizations contend with in the cloud. According to a recent study , 79% of companies had experienced a cloud data breach in the past 18 months—and 67% of respondents had identified security misconfiguration as the top security threat.

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Power BI DirectQuery Mode And Degenerate Dimensions

Chris Webb BI

A few weeks ago my colleague Dany Hoter wrote a post on the Azure Data Explorer blog about how using columns on fact tables as dimensions in DirectQuery mode can lead to errors in Power BI. You can read it here: [link]. In the post he mentioned that he could reproduce the same behaviour in SQL Server, so I thought it would be good to show an example of this to raise awareness of the issue because I think it’s one that anyone using DirectQuery mode on any data source is likely to run into.

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Podcast Episode: A Practical Guide to Competitive Intelligence

Crayon

Tis’ the season for a brand new episode of Into the Fray: The Competitive Intelligence Podcast !

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Cloud Technology is the Future of Medical Billing Software

Smart Data Collective

Cloud technology has upended the medical industry in recent years. Healthcare organizations around the world spend over $56.3 billion on cloud technology. Cloud computing offers a number of important benefits for healthcare providers. One of the biggest advantages of cloud technology is that it helps make medical billing more efficient. A cloud-based medical billing software program automates billing in order to help practices get paid faster, improve workflow efficiencies, help practice the IT

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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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Due diligence is ever more critical as the battle for cloud sovereignty intensifies

CIO

In the last few weeks, the IT industry has seen some very interesting activity from global hyperscale cloud providers surrounding their cloud sovereignty ambitions, and their scrutiny by the regulators covering some basics compliance requirements, like the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Firstly, AWS made a public pledge called the “AWS Digital Sovereignty Pledge”, consisting of a commitment to provide “the most advanced set of sovereignty controls and features

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Excel Small Multiples And Sparklines: Fun With Dynamic Arrays, Let, Lambda And Image

Chris Webb BI

Last week I presented at the Nashville Modern Excel user group and before my session started Will Harvey, the organiser, did a quick run-through of what’s new in the Power Platform. He highlighted a service that piqued my interest called QuickChart which has a new Power Automate connector. QuickChart have an API that you can pass your data to and which will return an image of that data in a chart; they also have a free tier so you can play with it easily.

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Remote IT and Cybersecurity Careers for Data Scientists

Smart Data Collective

Big data technology has become critical for modern life. A growing number of data scientists are being employed in various industries to help solve many challenges. The IT and cybersecurity sectors are heavily dependent on people with an expertise in data science. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there are nearly 106,000 employed data scientists in the United States.

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Digital Transformation and the Evolving Role of CIOs

CIO

By Chet Kapoor, Chairman & CEO of DataStax Enterprises have been talking about digital transformation for quite a while. It’s about rethinking how we use technology to drive new or improved strategy, people, and operations to meet changing business and customer needs. But what does digital transformation mean for the CIO? How has their role evolved through the three stages of transformation, and what does this mean for the future?

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Advertising on Walmart Marketplace: Ad Types & Tips [2023 Update]

Tinuiti

Amazon might have the lion’s share of inventory and sellers in the online marketplace space, but they’re not the only major player on the block. Despite some early challenges, Walmart Marketplace has made great strides in recent years, with more exciting updates on the near horizon. Walmart is the largest retailer in the US with […].

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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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15 Ways to be on Top of Google Search

SpyFu

Seasoned SEO experts and beginners all have one thing in common – they all want to get their websites (or those of their clients) to the top of search engine results. Or, if they’ve already gotten there, they want to make sure they stay there. With so much competition and ever-evolving algorithms, it can be extremely challenging to get your website to the top of Google.

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5 Big Data Storage Solutions

Smart Data Collective

Data is valuable to businesses of all sizes. Companies can use big data to assess performance, pinpoint problems, and identify opportunities. Businesses can also leverage big data to support machine learning by training AI and sophisticated models. Although big data can be advantageous, the sheer volume of computer power and software services needed to support big data initiatives can impose a serious burden.

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Understanding the new era of digital workplace platforms?

CIO

The all-encompassing digital workplace platform Work as we know it has changed in the past few years coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Communications and collaboration technology were critical to that shift. As a result, we have witnessed the evolution of communications and collaboration suites to UCaaS platforms that are now evolving into fuller all-encompassing digital workplace platforms with deeper integration with CCaaS and strategic lines of business applications.

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8 Social Media Trends & Their Impact on Marketers in 2023

Tinuiti

Social 8 Social Media Trends & Their Impact on Marketers in 2023 By Tinuiti Team Dec 22 2022 The social world moves fast and with all that’s happened in 2022, including economic headwinds and uncertainty of consumer demand, it’s time to keep your head on a swivel as we move into 2023. Trends are constantly changing, new platforms are emerging , and the competition is picking up… is your brand ready?

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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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Bold 2023 Data Predictions

TDAN BI

Special thank you to Altair for providing the following set of bold predictions for 2023. The data world continues to change rapidly and you may want to consider these predictions when planning for the new year. The rise of generative AI startups: Generative artificial intelligence exploded in 2022. In this next year, we will see text […].

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How Data Cleansing Can Make or Break Your Business Analytics

Smart Data Collective

Big data technology has helped businesses make more informed decisions. A growing number of companies are developing sophisticated business intelligence models, which wouldn’t be possible without intricate data storage infrastructures. The Global BPO Business Analytics Market was worth nearly $17 billion last year. This market is growing as more businesses discover the benefits of investing in big data to grow their businesses.

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4 nonprofits fostering diversity and career advancement in IT

CIO

Despite a recent push to address diversity issues in IT, the industry as a whole has a long way to go. From hiring practices to advancement opportunities, most IT organizations are falling short, despite their best intentions, when it comes to fostering diverse workplaces where individuals of all backgrounds can thrive. As a response to this ongoing lack of diversity in IT, several organizations dedicated to fostering diversity and advancing IT careers have been founded.

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Advertising on Walmart Marketplace: Ad Types & Tips [2023 Update]

Tinuiti

Amazon might have the lion’s share of inventory and sellers in the online marketplace space, but they’re not the only major player on the block. Despite some early challenges, Walmart Marketplace has made great strides in recent years, with more exciting updates on the near horizon.

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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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Dive Deep into the Growing Trend of Deep Learning: An Ocean of Information

IBI

Reading Time: 3 minutes. Deep learning is capturing the attention of the business world. A recent article from eWeek examines the growing interest in deep learning just in the last few years. While only 28 percent of enterprises were deploying the technology, as noted in a 2018 study, a 2021 report found that the number had grown to 67 percent. What is contributing to this uptick in deep learning adoption?

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90% Of Saas Buyers Overpay for AI-Driven Services

Smart Data Collective

AI is becoming a powerful disruptive technology in recent years. One poll showed that 86% of CEOs feel that AI is a mainstream technology that their companies heavily depend on. According to a recent report by SaaS purchasing platform Vertice, 90% of buyers are overpaying for their SaaS, by an average of 20-30%. Many of these buyers are enamored with the idea of using AI to improve their business models, but don’t make sure that they are getting the right value from it.

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TIAA’s Sastry Durvasula on advancing AI horizons

CIO

The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) has grown over the course of a century into a $40 billion organization with $1.2 trillion in assets under management serving the financial needs of people at more than 15,000 institutions across academia, government, medicine, cultural, and other nonprofit organizations. But all that didn’t phase Sastry Durvasula when he joined in February 2022 to fill an unusually broad CIO-plus role, leading the global technology and client servi

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8 Social Media Trends & Their Impact on Marketers in 2023

Tinuiti

The social world moves fast and with all that’s happened in 2022, including economic headwinds and uncertainty of consumer demand, it’s time to keep your head on a swivel as we move into 2023. Trends are constantly changing, new platforms are emerging, and the competition is picking up… is your brand ready?

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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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3 Ways to Apply Natural Language Processing (NLP) in Financial Research

Alpha Sense BI

With the onslaught of macroeconomic events over the last few years – the COVID-19 pandemic, global supply chain disruptions, and hyper-inflation, to name a few – it’s no shock we’ve reached the point of information overload. . New forces and volatile markets are creating newer, greater demands for effective market intelligence research. While the constant stream of news, research, transcripts, and more contains valuable information on macroeconomic trends and market-moving events, manually glean

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Plans for Cloud Cost Management and Resource Optimization in 2023

Dataversity

With a recession looming and continuous economic uncertainty hovering, companies are looking for ways to cut costs. If they made it through the period of layoffs, now they’re turning to their tools to see where they can cut back and maximize usage of their resources. Looking into 2023, we’ll see many companies turning to cloud […]. The post Plans for Cloud Cost Management and Resource Optimization in 2023 appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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Why You Need to Consider Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service

CIO

In today’s connected, always-on world, unplanned downtime caused by a disaster can exact substantial tolls on your business from a cost, productivity, and customer experience perspective. Investing in a robust disaster recovery program upfront can save considerable costs down the road. Unfortunately, many businesses learn this lesson the hard way. According to FEMA, nearly a quarter of businesses never re-open following a major disaster—a sobering statistic.

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What is SEO? A Guide to Google Search Engine Optimization

SpyFu

SEO stands for “search engine optimization.” It’s the process of optimizing your webpages to rank higher in the search results on Google and other search engines. SEO is commonly referred to as a “free” way to gain website traffic. Every major search engine, such as Google , Bing , and DuckDuckGo , is comprised of search results, where pages, videos, and local listings are displayed.

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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.