CIO

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

It’s no longer a question of whether organizations are moving to the cloud but rather how well it’s going. Cloud isn’t that shiny new object in the distance, full of possibility. It’s come down to earth — sometimes with an unexpected thud onto the wrong side of a company’s balance sheet. “There are so many people who bought into cloud without thinking through the real reasons why they were doing this and what they wanted to accomplish,” says David Mitchell Smith, distinguished vice president and

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Chris Webb BI

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Excel workbooks are one of the slowest data sources you can use with Power Query in Excel or Power BI. Reading small amounts of data from small workbooks is usually fast; reading large amounts of data from large workbooks can be very slow. But what about reading small amounts of data from large Excel workbooks? I did some tests and it turns out that performance can vary a lot depending on where your data is in the workbook and how that workbook is structured.

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mention

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

These days, marketing success is contingent on how well you can interact with your audience on platforms like TikTok. That’s doubly true if your target audience members are mostly or entirely Gen Z ! One of the best ways to engage and build connections with Gen Z audiences is to develop and post branded challenges. If you’re not sure what branded challenges are, how they work, or how you can maximize their effectiveness, read on; we’ll explore the answers to these questions and more.

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FedSavvy

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

We are back with another installment of our T4NG2 series! Our last blog looked at the returning incumbents and we are now shifting our focus to look at the footprint of all T4NG2 awardees across the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and provide a special highlight of the contract’s newcomers. Current VA Footprint of T4NG2 Winners Figure 1 – The current VA footprint of T4NG2 awardees, FY2018-FY2023.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In today’s fast-paced business world, companies are striving to harness the power of digital technologies to reinvent their operations, enhance customer experiences, drive innovation, and thereby create value for stakeholders. But the hard truth is that many digital initiatives fail to deliver results. Transformation efforts can be derailed for any number of reasons, but there are several common themes as to why digital initiatives fall short — and most revolve around leadership.

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mention

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Expanding your E-commerce business can be very expensive: production of goods, distribution, salaries, marketing needs (and that’s only a small part of it). So if you see some areas you can optimize at least a bit, seize that opportunity. This will help you save not only your resources but money as well. If you’re using emails as one of your marketing communication channels, start by reviewing the email production process and optimizing the costs.

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FedSavvy

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently announced the 30 awardees on its Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation Two (T4NG2) contract vehicle to provide a range of information technology (IT) services. The 10-year, $60.7 billion contract is the third iteration of the vehicle run by the Technology Acquisition Center (TAC) in Eatontown, NJ and is significant because most of the VA’s IT spend runs through this vehicle.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

It’s the fastest-moving new technology in history. Generative AI is transforming the world, changing the way we create images and videos, audio, text, and code. According to a September survey of IT decision makers by Dell, 76% say gen AI will have a “significant if not transformative” impact on their organizations, and most expect to see meaningful results within the next 12 months.

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Timo Elliot

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Data is like children, it’s constantly on the move, and loves to get dirty — but holds out the promise of huge new value in the organization, thanks to Generative AI. I just listened to industry veteran analysts Jon Reed and Josh Greenbaum discuss the recent ASUG Tech Connect Event in Orlando. I strongly urge you to take a listen to the whole thing , but one thing jumped out: that bad data is one of the biggest problems organizations face when trying to take advantage of Generative A

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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.

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mention

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Marketing is easy, isn’t it? After all, all you really need to do is put up some adverts and customers will come flocking to your website (or store) to buy the product. Of course, that’s not quite right. In the modern market, marketing is at times a science, and at other times an art. Doing it well involves in-depth knowledge of your product and, more importantly, your customers.

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Alpha Sense BI

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

In today’s market, getting ahead of the competition means acting on information before most are even privy to it. Broker research proves to contain more than just the essential information needed for a professional to navigate an industry. Many are unaware of the lucrative insights packed within these reports, spotlighting sector opportunities ripe for investment and strategic business action.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

For IHG Hotels and Resorts, the cloud provides just the right accommodation for business success. “First and foremost we see our journey to the cloud as the most extremely important part of both our technology and commercial strategies,” says George Turner, chief commercial and technology officer of the British multinational, which relies heavily on its sophisticated cloud infrastructure, chatbots, and AI to drive more digital business at its 19 hotel brands — more so at the edge.

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Kompyte

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

“ We need to ramp up our competitive intelligence program. " But it’s difficult to communicate the return-on-investment (ROI) in numbers, so budget discussions go nowhere, and the initiative goes back to the bottom of your (very long) to-do list.

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Dataversity

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

What’s the future of data collaboration? It’s a question that should be on the lips of every C-suite executive in global organizations right now. The unrealized potential of consumer data is immense for businesses wanting to forge deeper connections with their customers and unlock new opportunities, but many are unsure how to proceed when faced […] The post Unlocking the Full Potential of Data Collaboration Through PETs appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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Infegy

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A new use: Social Listening for B2B personas Building B2B personas can be difficult, especially when identifying your buyer. However, it can be done using social listening. A detailed buyer persona is required to build the best marketing messaging and ensure advertising dollars are spent efficiently. If you don’t build around personas, marketing becomes very general, and no one buyer connects to the messaging.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This year’s Microsoft Ignite developer conference might as well be called AIgnite, with over half of the almost 600 sessions featuring artificial intelligence in some shape or form. Generative AI, in particular, is at the heart of many of the new product announcements Microsoft is making at the event, including new AI capabilities for wrangling large language models (LLMs) in Azure, new additions to its Copilot range of generative AI assistants, new hardware, and a new tool to help developers de

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TDAN BI

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Trust. Trust is defined as the assured reliance or belief on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something (Webster’s Dictionary). It’s a term we use often to describe how we feel about the people, the institutions, and the things around us.

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Dataversity

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In September, I had the privilege of co-hosting a new special interest group (SIG), Women in Data Management and Governance, alongside DATAVERSITY’s Shannon Kempe, at a pre-conference Enterprise Data World (EDW) event. I’m so honored to be part of building this community and to better serve a critical and growing constituency in our industry. Supporting the growth of […] The post Building a Strong Community for Women in Data Management and Governance appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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Splash BI

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Panel Discussion Transforming Public Sector Tech: EBS to OCI Migration, Cloud Strategies, and Legacy Data Solutions THU, DEC 07, 2023 02 PM to 03 PM ET Jump to abstract Abstract Join us live for an insightful session where we delve into the evolving landscape of public sector reporting and analytics amidst the shift to Oracle Cloud. Hosted by Tom Ericson, VP of Client Success, alongside a panel of SplashBI experts— John Faucher, Doug Hahn, and Bhawan Mathur —this session is dedicated to empoweri

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CIO

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

It’s no secret that companies are committing to DevOps. In fact, according to a recent survey, three-quarters of leaders have adopted DevOps into their operations. DevOps delivers speed and agility to the development process. By cross-training operations and engineering, development teams can move faster through better collaboration, making continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) a reality for organizations.

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Contify

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The post 2024 Market & Competitive Intelligence Process Template for Strategic Business Alignment appeared first on Contify Market and Competitive Intelligence Platform - Blog.

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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

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Dataversity

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The transformational promise of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for enterprises has fueled enormous excitement and massive investment by data executives. One estimate predicts that AI’s contribution to the global economy could reach an extraordinary $15.7 trillion by 2030. That’s more than the current combined economic output of China and India.

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TDAN BI

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In this digital age, large amounts of data are produced and consumed every second. And particularly for experienced bloggers in the data management or IT industry, synchronized video data collaboration represents an untapped wellspring of potential. By harnessing this data revolution, businesses can gain multi-layered insights into consumer behavior and enhance organizational performance.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Whether you sell cars, candy, consulting, or construction, software is moving to the center of your business. Your products and services rely on software and data for nearly everything from product development to aftermarket support. So congratulations! You’ve become (or will become) what is, essentially, a software company CIO. I’ve been writing about how life is different for software company CIOs for years — more specifically, on how they must make clearer distinctions between IT and product

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Vable

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

How do you obtain the data you need to prove the value of your library and information service? We are all data-driven so you need the relevant information at your fingertips. You are on the right track if you have a current awareness aggregator like Vable and an electronic resource management (ERM) tool like ResearchMonitor.

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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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Dataversity

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Since its introduction to the marketplace in 2000, the consistency, availability, and partition theorem, or CAP theorem, has been a guiding principle in database management. Computer scientist Eric Brewer presented the CAP theorem in a talk about distributed systems that provide web services. Two MIT professors later proved the theorem. It states that a database can be […] The post No Database Is Perfect: Applying CAP Theorem to Database Choice appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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InfoSol

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

I have a had a lot of conversations about data strategy this year. With both the rise in organizations looking to move their data to the cloud and the increasing awareness of the power of BI and generative AI, data strategy has become a top priority. If the data is not correct then its garbage in and garbage out, or as I have always said : BIG DATA + BAD DATA = BIG BAD DATA However, when it comes to a good data strategy, it’s not just about the quality of the data, it’s also about the design and

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CIO

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Open source has seen a great deal of momentum among mainframers, making collaboration easier and providing greater transparency. But for all of its benefits, open source is not without risks. By its very nature, open-source code is accessible to whoever wants to see it—including potential attackers. That means an attacker looking to crack into an organization’s systems could simply examine the readily available open-source code and pick out vulnerabilities to exploit.

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