Chris Webb BI

JANUARY 24, 2023

SQLBits is happening again this March at the Celtic Manor resort in Wales. It’s the largest in-person Microsoft data technology conference in Europe and probably now the world; it’s also a lot of fun and something I would never miss. I imagine that a lot of you reading this post feel the same way that I do about SQLBits, but it occurred to me that if you’re relatively new in the world of Power BI you might not have heard of it and might not know why it’s such a great even

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JANUARY 24, 2023

A significant number of organizations are operating in a hybrid model — and expect to continue with that hybrid environment for the foreseeable future. Global analytics and advice firm Gallup has found that the percentage of remote-capable workers working in a hybrid environment increased in 2022 , moving from 42% in February to 49% in June. Gallup also found that only 20% of remote-capable employees were working fully on-site while 30% were fully remote in 2022.

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Crayon

JANUARY 25, 2023

In the world of sports, a team that wins three or more championships in the span of only a few years is considered a dynasty. Today, Crayon is celebrating a dynasty of our own in the competitive intelligence market. Crayon has, for the third year in a row, been named a leader in the PMA Pulse.

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Smart Data Collective

JANUARY 25, 2023

Analytics technology is changing the state of many different industries. The construction sector is no exception. Construction companies are projected to spend nearly $19.7 billion on analytics technology by 2027. While a growing number of construction companies are starting to appreciate the importance of analytics technology, some are still unaware of the benefits.

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Chris Webb BI

JANUARY 22, 2023

When working in the Power Query Editor in Power BI or Excel, especially when you’re editing M code, you may run into the following error: Expression.Error: A cyclic reference was encountered during evaluation. What does this message mean and what causes this error? In this blog post I’ll explain. The first step to understanding what’s going on here is to understand how Power Query evaluates the steps in a query.

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Crayon

JANUARY 23, 2023

When your win/loss data is disconnected from your competitive intelligence tool, trying to understand your differentiators is like trying to appreciate the Mona Lisa from a mere 6 inches away — you kind of get it, but it’s nowhere close to the experience of seeing the full picture (or painting in this case).

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Smart Data Collective

JANUARY 25, 2023

Modern data is an increasingly overwhelming field, with new information being created and absorbed by businesses every second of the day. Instead of drawing in the sheer speed of production that we’re encountering, many businesses have moved into effective data management strategies. Of all of those tactics, storing structured data in databases is by far one of the most effective.

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Aqute Intelligence

JANUARY 23, 2023

It has been too long since we updated our list of competitive intelligence companies. These are companies, mainly in the US and Europe, for whom competitive intelligence is their main or only focus. So, not companies like McKinsey that undoubtedly analyze competitors but not as their main activity. The companies below are our peers (our own competitors, gasp!

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JANUARY 23, 2023

OpenAI has landed billions of dollars more funding from Microsoft to continue its development of generative artificial intelligence tools such as Dall-E 2 and ChatGPT. A move that is likely to unlock similar investments from competitors — Google in particular — and open the way for new or improved software tools for enterprises large and small. Microsoft stands to benefit from its investment in three ways.

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mention

JANUARY 25, 2023

Creating the perfect Instagram caption is no easy task. You need to channel your most creative self into making something witty and eye-catching to encapsulate the photograph you are posting in just a few words. Of course, finding these magical words can be difficult. However, with the right motivation and some helpful tips on crafting the ultimate caption (emojis included), you’ll develop the art of writing captions that will leave your followers wanting more.

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Smart Data Collective

JANUARY 26, 2023

Keeping your IT infrastructure in-tact while moving or relocating to a new location is a top priority at most organizations, especially cloud-centric companies. Given that IT increasingly affects every touchpoint of your business, any downtime can derail operations across the board, or worse result in theft or loss of data with far reaching consequences.

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Intelligence Node

JANUARY 23, 2023

Lyle Walker, VP of Strategy at Intelligence Node, is a distinguished retail leader with 30+ years of experience across global retailers, brands, and tech providers. Drawn to the company culture, The post Industry Veteran & Strategy VP Lyle Walker on Intelligence Node’s Superior Technology & Processes appeared first on Blog.

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JANUARY 25, 2023

As CIO of United Airlines, Jason Birnbaum is laser focused on using technology and data to enable the company’s 86,000 employees to create as seamless a customer travel experience as possible. “Our goal is to improve the entire travel process from when you plan a trip to when you plan the next trip,” says Birnbaum, who joined the airline in 2015 and became CIO last July.

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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

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Primary Intelligence

JANUARY 23, 2023

Boston and Draper, UT – Primary Intelligence , the leader in win-loss analysis, and Crayon , the premier competitive intelligence platform, today announced a first of its kind integration that seamlessly embeds valuable win-loss insights directly into competitive intelligence deliverables. With this integration, revenue teams can instantly view the competitive intel and win/loss insights they need to win more deals.

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Dataversity

JANUARY 27, 2023

Data Privacy Day is celebrated on January 28th each year in the United States, Canada, and 49 other countries in an international effort to raise awareness around data privacy. It is meant to commemorate the 1981 signing of Convention 108, the first international, legally binding treaty surrounding data and privacy protection, but it is more impactful […] The post Data Privacy Day Is Here – Why Organizations Should Care appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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Netbasequid

JANUARY 25, 2023

Trend identification and tracking are fantastic ways to capture insight into audiences and the things they love. With it, companies can develop strategic plans to promote existing ideas or uncover entirely new ideas. The exercise offers a bevy of exciting and unknown opportunities just waiting to be discovered, and we discussed how this benefits the media and entertainment industry in our latest interview with Jeremy Whitham, Strategist in Customer Success at NetBase Quid.

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JANUARY 23, 2023

The pandemic has led many organizations in the Middle East to shift towards a digital-first strategy. According to IDC’s group vice president and regional managing director for the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa, Jyoti Lalchandani: “This means choosing digitalization options over non-digital options as a rule while implementing or enhancing new products, services, channels, customer/employee experiences, or operational processes.

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Weidert Group

JANUARY 26, 2023

OpenAI, an artificial intelligence (AI) research laboratory, changed everything on November 30, 2022, when it released ChatGPT, a dynamic, new chatbot. “Everything” may sound a bit extreme, but numbers don’t lie: ChatGPT experienced 1,000,000 users … in just 5 days. The chatbot is basically a conversation with a robot; questions are answered (nothing new), but it also revises its answers based on the followup it receives from the human.

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Dataversity

JANUARY 24, 2023

Data-driven decision-making is a critical aspect of modern business operations, with most organizations leveraging enterprise applications to execute their business processes easily and effectively. However, the users of these tools have historically needed to make a majority of their decisions manually, outside the software, creating inefficiencies that have a negative impact on operations.

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Netbasequid

JANUARY 27, 2023

Understanding consumer conversation in any category is challenging. This challenge is compounded when brands need to capture insight about a specific topic that includes very general terms, as it requires analysts to sift through countless irrelevant mentions. We’ll see this dilemma in action below, as well as the trouble brands face when they make assumptions about consumer perception instead of allowing the data to guide them.

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JANUARY 25, 2023

Based in Pittsburgh and privately owned, grocery chain Giant Eagle, with 34,000 employees across 570 locations, raced to deliver new digital experiences and buying capabilities for their customers during those intensely challenging early months of the pandemic. And it’s during that time when Ball joined, in June 2020. “The pandemic certainly accelerated the growth and adoption of buying online, and that certainly caused us to accelerate the landscape and breadth of the offering we have,” he says

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Splash BI

JANUARY 27, 2023

Upcoming Webinar Feb 22, 2023 | 10 AM ET Making Sense of Your Data to Boost Recruitment & Retention! Jump to abstract Webinar Abstract In today’s continuously changing tech landscape, it is harder than ever to make your data work for you in a timely fashion –being inundated with requests from your stakeholders while at the same time trying to show the value back to the business.

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Dataversity

JANUARY 26, 2023

AI and data science have remained areas of focus in the last year and will continue to be top of mind for many tech companies in the coming year. Wearables, especially those with health monitoring capabilities, have also grown abundant as medical and consumer companies alike ramp up their offerings in response to increased demand. […] The post What to Expect from AI, Data Science, and Wearables in Health Care in 2023 appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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IBI

JANUARY 26, 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutes 2022 was a busy year for TIBCO, and the TIBCO blog was no different. In over 100 blog posts, we’ve covered a wide range of topics: how to reduce the time to value by accelerating integration initiatives , why you should move your master data management to the cloud , and a breakdown of containers, Kubernetes, and Istio. As we look forward to a new year of new trends, technologies, and hot takes, we wanted to take a moment to share your favorite content from last year.

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JANUARY 23, 2023

The tech industry has long been known for its lack of diversity and, as a result, there’s been a big push for companies to take DEI strategies seriously. Diversity not only helps organizations perform better but fostering equity and inclusion can also strengthen recruiting and retention rates, as well as overall employee satisfaction. In fact, diverse companies have been shown to have a 2.5 times higher cash flow per employee and three in four job seekers and workers prefer diverse companies, ac

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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.

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Infegy

JANUARY 25, 2023

In the not-too-distant past, brand trust was one of many factors that shaped how consumers chose a brand’s product or service over another company’s. In today’s tough market conditions, however, it can prompt a consumer to postpone or walk away from a purchase. Knowing how trusted your brand is, and why it is trusted or not is vital to growing your business, and maintaining your brand visibility and reputation during tight market conditions.

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Dataversity

JANUARY 27, 2023

How often do you take the time to fill out feedback forms or surveys about the products and services you use? If you’re part of a customer marketing team, you know that most people would say “not very often.” This is precisely the plight of the average customer marketer. Up until recently, feedback forms and […] The post How Reverse ETL Powers Modern Customer Marketing: Concrete Examples appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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Cata Crops

JANUARY 24, 2023

Pricing is a very critical aspect of any business. If you’re a business owner, then you know how important it is to stay competitive in the market. But keeping up with your competitors can be a daunting task, especially when it comes to pricing. That’s where Competitor Price Monitoring Software comes in. This powerful tool … Continue reading "How Competitor Price Monitoring Software Can Help End Confusion with Your Pricing" The post How Competitor Price Monitoring Software Can

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