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How Salesforce’s Tableau acquisition will impact IT

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Salesforce.com’s $15.7 billion bid for Tableau Software has many organizations wondering how the proposed acquisition will impact their operations. According to industry analysts, it all depends on how your enterprise makes use of their respective platforms. Users of Salesforce’s CRM platform have all subscribed to its software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, putting their data in the cloud — but the company is only beginning to respond to the demand for sophisticated tools to analyze that data. [ De

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How To Use Data Analytics To Launch A Sustainable Technology Business

Smart Data Collective

Sustainability is a major concern for many businesses. You probably wouldn’t think that data analytics would be the core solution. Many people believe that the fields of big data and green business have little overlap. However, big data could actually be a wonderful solution for many sustainability problems. People that know me are aware that I have a blog on sustainability, as well as Smart Data Collective.

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12 B2B Sales Questions to Close Deals Faster

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When it comes to B2B sales calls, the primary goal of the sales rep is to extract valuable information from the other person on the line. If you’re a seasoned sales professional, you already know the best way to get information is to ask smart questions. But this is often easier said than done. Good questions and the answers they produce can make a huge difference in your ability to close deals faster.

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Top 55 Marketing Agencies Experts Reveal Which SEO Tactics Clicked for Them

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SEO undergoes several changes on a continuous basis, which is why it makes sense to try and understand what works and what doesn’t. If you’re looking for new ways to attract more traffic to your website, increase your business’s visibility, and rank better on SERPs, you may want to harness the power of time-tested SEO. Continue reading.

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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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AXA Case Study: Driving Brand Loyalty and Customer Retention for Insurance Brands with Social Listening

Digimind

While the growth of insurance weakens globally, APAC continues to be the fastest growing insurance market in the world. As the appetite for insurance products stays strong in emerging markets, insurance companies in APAC are wasting no time to expand their customer base.

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5 Must-Follow B2B Sales Influencers

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In a recent post, we explored the qualities that made someone an influencer. We also introduced you to some of our favorite B2B marketing influencers —including the socially-savvy Ann Handley, Joe Chernov, and Joe Pullizi, just to name a few. However, the B2B marketing world isn’t the only industry boasting some big names in the social sphere. The B2B sales arena has a few social celebs of its own.

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Business Users Can Enjoy Self-Serve Data Preparation!

Elegant BI

The Benefits of Self-Serve Data Prep for YOU and Business Users! I won’t lie to you! The benefits of augmented analytics that includes self-serve data preparation for business users…well, those benefits are truly impressive! So, let’s cut to the chase. With self-serve data preparation tools, you can: Improve business analyst and business user productivity.

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AXA Case Study: Driving Brand Loyalty and Customer Retention for Insurance Brands with Social Listening

Digimind

While the growth of insurance weakens globally, APAC continues to be the fastest growing insurance market in the world. As the appetite for insurance products stays strong in emerging markets, insurance companies in APAC are wasting no time to expand their customer base. With different companies offering similar products and services in the insurance industry, […].

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4 Gaming Applications Predicated On Fascinating Big Data Technology

Smart Data Collective

Big data is changing the future of gaming. Dataiku’s Pierre Gutierrez presented a compelling analysis of the role of data analytics in gaming in his piece A Flood Of Gaming Analytics Data With No End In Sight. Some of the ways that data analytics has changed the gaming industry are not noticeable to the average gamer. They don’t directly see the impact, but data is changing the gaming experience in many ways.

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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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How to Manage Expectations Around Marketing Vanity Metrics

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B2B marketers beware: Marketing vanity metrics are easy on the eyes but only skim the surface when it comes to actual value. Although vanity metrics make you feel good about your marketing efforts, these surface-level metrics only reveal part of the story. But, fear not dear marketer! If you turn your attention to the metrics that matter, you can improve your marketing strategy and communicate the important insights to leadership.

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Business Intelligence Consulting Services!

Elegant BI

A Business Intelligence Company with Solutions and Services for Your Business! When your business begins the process of choosing or changing business intelligence tools and business intelligence services, it is easy to get confused! There are many choices in the market and not all of them are created equal. A business intelligence company offering solutions, features and functionality for advanced analytics must be suitable for your requirements or your initiative will not succeed.

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5 Impactful Social & Content Trends For Your Marketing Strategy | Socialize Singapore May 2019

Digimind

With new marketing trends and innovations taking shape every day, how can you identify and invest in the ones that will benefit your company the most? From chatbots and social commerce to augmented and virtual reality, which of 2019’s key social and content trends should you prioritize in your marketing strategies?

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4 Brilliant Ways To Use Big Data To Boost Gmail Security

Smart Data Collective

Google is taking privacy more seriously these days. Last year, the Washington Post reported that they adopted some new big data security standards. Some of these standards were put into place to improve Gmail security. However, there are still a lot of measures that Gmail users themselves need to take. Big data is making it easier to keep your Gmail secure , but only if you take the right precautions.

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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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12 B2B Sales Questions to Close Deals Faster

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When it comes to B2B sales calls, the primary goal of the sales rep is to extract valuable information from the other person on the line. If you’re a seasoned sales professional, you already know the best way to get information is to ask smart questions. But this is often easier said than done. Good questions and the answers they produce can make a huge difference in your ability to close deals faster.

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Advancements in NGS, Companion Diagnostics, and DTC testing to Drive the Growth of the Pharmacogenomics Market

BIS Research

The human genome project has been one of the most successful projects in the history of medical sciences and has led to significant advancements in the fields of genetic and genome testing. Further, the project has also propelled the growth of the precision medicine industry. Precision medicine has challenged the age-old one-fit-for-all approach and given birth to a precise, targeted, and more effective form of diagnosis and treatment of diseases.

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5 Impactful Social & Content Trends For Your Marketing Strategy | Socialize Singapore May 2019

Digimind

From chatbots and social commerce to augmented and virtual reality, which of 2019’s key social and content trends should you prioritize in your marketing strategies? The post 5 Impactful Social & Content Trends For Your Marketing Strategy | Socialize Singapore May 2019 appeared first on Digimind Blog.

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Here’s How To Implement Manufacturing Analytics Today

Smart Data Collective

Big data is everywhere , and it’s finding its way into a multitude of industries and applications. One of the most fascinating big data industries is manufacturing. In an environment of fast-paced production and competitive markets, big data helps companies rise to the top and stay efficient and relevant. Manufacturing innovation has long been an integral piece of our economic success, and it seems that big data allows for great industry gains.

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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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Corporate Guide to Pride—Companies Who’ve Gotten it Right (and Wrong)

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QuickBooks Pricing: Features, Costs and Top Accounting Software Alternatives

Better Buys

QuickBooks is an accounting software designed for a wide range of independent contractors and businesses. It offers both cloud-hosted and on-premise solutions, designed to help simplify taxes, payroll and deductions. QuickBooks automatically syncs with your bank and credit card accounts, sends and tracks invoices, runs reports and more. How Much is QuickBooks?

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5 Impactful Social & Content Trends For Your Marketing Strategy

Digimind

With new marketing trends and innovations taking shape every day, how can you identify and invest in the ones that will benefit your company the most? From chatbots and social commerce to augmented and virtual reality, which of 2019’s key social and content trends should you prioritize in your marketing strategies?

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Top Programming Languages For Data Developers In 2019

Smart Data Collective

If you are a data developer, then you need to invest in learning the right programming languages. There are a ton of languages on the market, but some are more reliable than others. You will have a lot more job security if you invest in the right field. There has been much debate with regards to which is the most suitable programming language a developer should use.

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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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28 Sales Reports Examples You Can Use For Daily, Weekly or Monthly Reports

Datapine Blog

Using daily and/or weekly sales reports with your team may be the single most powerful action you can take to increase your team’s performance. Don’t believe us? We’ll convince you with an example from another sector – fitness. Let’s say a friend of yours has a goal of losing 10 pounds of fat or gaining 5 pounds of muscle, over the next 2 months. Your friend excitedly tells you their plan, and all of the actions they plan to take to achieve their goal.

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How Much Do Applicant Tracking Systems Cost? 2019 Pricing Guide

Better Buys

Pricing is one of the most important factors in choosing any software, especially an ATS (applicant tracking system). Some vendors provide transparent pricing information on their websites, while others prefer to provide a specialized quote, as companies’ requirements for software may vary. We’ve developed this pricing guide to detail pricing types, additional costs a company […].

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5 Must-Follow B2B Marketing Influencers

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In the age of social media, influencer marketing has become wildly popular—even among B2B organizations. But, unlike the B2C market, it’s not always easy to identify the thought leaders with the most social pull within the B2B community. So, in today’s blog post we take a look at the characteristics that make someone a great influencer to work with and we also identify a few of our favorite B2B marketing influencers.

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Tips For Writing Linux Device Drivers For Big Data Environments

Smart Data Collective

Linux programming is a vital skill for data developers. If you are creating applications for big data, you should familiarize yourself with the process of creating Linux device drivers. Here is the process of developing a Linux driver for your big data applications. Basic Linux Driver Development Overview. Are you interested in Linux driver development ?

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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.