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Prioritizing AI? Don’t shortchange IT fundamentals

CIO

Generative AI continues to dominate IT projects for many organizations, with two thirds of business leaders telling a Harris Poll they’ve already deployed generative AI tools internally, and IDC predicting spend on gen AI will more than double in 2024. But the usual laundry list of priorities for IT hasn’t gone away. Fundamentals like security, cost control, identity management, container sprawl, data management, and hardware refreshes remain key strategic areas for CIOs to deal with.

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Introducing Executive Summary: Prove the ROI of Your CI Program

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In today's competitive landscape, doing more with less is no longer a luxury, it's a necessity. And for compete leaders, that means it is more vital than ever to prove the impact of your work.

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Budget-Friendly Data Analysis Tools for Small and Scaling Businesses

Smart Data Collective

While data analysis may have been reserved for huge corporations with large budgets in the past, today, it’s more accessible than ever before. Whether you’re a one-person operation or the leader of a growing small business, utilizing data analysis is a great way to improve efficiency, boost productivity, and scale to new heights.

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Building a Positive Online Reputation: Proactive Online Review Management Strategies

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In an era dominated by digital connectivity, establishing and maintaining a positive online reputation is paramount for individuals and businesses alike. The impact of online reviews on consumer decisions is undeniable, making proactive online review management strategies an essential component of any successful online presence. Source This article explains the intricacies of cultivating a positive digital image, exploring proactive approaches to online review management that go beyond mere dama

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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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5 key metrics for IT success

CIO

IT leaders are drowning in metrics, with many finding themselves up to their KPIs in a seemingly bottomless pool of measurement tools. The result is wasted time, confusion, and, in some cases, conflicting insights. There are several important metrics that can be used to achieve IT success, says Jonathan Nikols, senior vice president of global enterprise sales for the Americas at Verizon.

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How AI and Analytics Can Save Energy Small Businesses

Smart Data Collective

AI is a big deal for businesses in 2024. Around 77% of businesses are using AI and 40% plan to invest more heavily in it. AI technology offers a number of benefits for small businesses. We have talked about ways that AI can help with marketing, human resources management and a variety of other factors.

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Actionable PR strategies to build powerful brand awareness

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You probably already know the value of being on social media, or content marketing, or getting company news covered in third-party media outlets. But did you know that these tactics are actually part of a broader strategy called public relations or PR ? For the majority of people, PR invokes popular magazines or news channels. So they wouldn’t settle for anything less than the cover of Forbes when it comes to PR.

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From fear to abundance: Rethinking job security in the age of generative AI

CIO

By Chet Kapoor, Chairman & CEO at DataStax Along with the exciting possibilities of generative AI (genAI), there have been concerns around job (in)security and displacement. Leaders are feeling the pressure to implement genAI quickly and automate as much as possible. Some will see this as an opportunity to “get lean” and reduce headcount. Others will keep the people they have and find new ways to become super efficient.

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Primer on SeaPort NxG – Customers, Competitors and Contract Trends

FedSavvy

SeaPort NxG starts rolling admissions soon! This is an exciting opportunity for contractors to get onboard a thriving contract vehicle. This also an opportunity for incumbent contractors to re-evaluate SeaPort NXG opportunities and competitors. This blog is the first of a three part series that goes over trends and observations of SeaPort NxG as a competitive environment.

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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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Data Analytics Helps Cryptocurrency Traders Make Better Decisions

Smart Data Collective

The global market for financial analytics was worth $7.99 billion in 2022 and it is projected to be worth over $18 billion in 2030. Many factors are driving this market, one of which is the growing demand for analytics for cryptocurrency investing.

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Intelligence Node Expands to Serve Marketplace Retail Clients

Intelligence Node

Delivering Unparalleled Digital Shelf Optimization Intelligence Node, a global leader in retail analytics, recently announced it is expanding its work to support retailer clients and third-party (3P) sellers, starting with. The post Intelligence Node Expands to Serve Marketplace Retail Clients appeared first on Blog.

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SAP names Philipp Herzig as chief artificial intelligence officer

CIO

SAP is reorganizing its AI activities. Philipp Herzig, formerly head of cross-product engineering and experience, now leads a new “end-to-end growth area” focused on AI as the company’s chief artificial intelligence officer (CAIO). Herzig now reports directly to CEO Christian Klein, and will oversee the entire value chain for SAP business AI from research and product development through to implementation at the customer.

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Ask a Data Ethicist: Can We Trust Unexplainable AI?

Dataversity

In last month’s column, I asked readers to send in their “big questions” when it comes to data and AI. This month’s question more than answered that call! It encompasses the enormous areas of trust in AI tools and explainability. How can we know if an AI tool is delivering an ethical result if we have […] The post Ask a Data Ethicist: Can We Trust Unexplainable AI?

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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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Expert Insights: Emerging Enterprise Software GenAI Trends

Alpha Sense BI

The past year saw the rise of generative artificial intelligence (genAI) as countless tech companies such as Open.AI (i.e. ChatGPT), Google (i.e.Vertex AI), and Microsoft (i.e. Copilot) launched breakthrough solutions. Heading into 2024, there are no signs of the momentum slowing, reinforcing the reality that AI adoption is essential to thrive in today’s market landscape.

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8 Digital Shopper Secrets to Understand the Modern Consumer

Intelligence Node

In the 21st century, the profile of the digital shopper has evolved dramatically, mirroring the seismic shifts in the retail landscape. Today’s retail environment is predominantly digital, with consumers expecting. The post 8 Digital Shopper Secrets to Understand the Modern Consumer appeared first on Blog.

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Henkel embraces gen AI as enabler and strategic disruptor

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Four years ago, German multinational Henkel found itself at a crossroads. Like many incumbents in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, Henkel was slow to embrace digital technologies, resulting in a widening disconnect between the 147-year-old company and the changing needs of its customers. As Henkel CDIO Michael Nilles puts it, by 2019, Marc Andreessen’s pronouncement that “software is eating the world” had come true for the CPG sector, and Henkel was at risk of falling behind.

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Annuity Compensation: Commission vs. Fees

Wink Intel

I recently achieved a new status in the insurance industry: social influencer. And never, in my decades of insurance experience have I witnessed a debate on social media that is more heated and passionate than that of fee-based advisors versus those who are commissioned. The argument? “One cannot act in the client’s best interests unless they are a fiduciary who does not get paid a commission.

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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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Building a powerful social intelligence web app

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When building a customized web application based on social listening intelligence, you have to start with a solid data framework and clear goals in the story that you want to communicate to your prospective audience.

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Empowering Your Insights: Introducing Domo’s Databricks ML Connector

Domo

The Databricks ML Connector is the latest feature of Domo’s AI Model Management platform. It’s a straightforward but powerful way to connect your Databricks models directly within the Domo environment. You’re bringing the model directly to your data in your existing, secure environment. Your data doesn’t get exposed, and you’re protected from all the risks associated with public models.

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How strategic partnerships are the key to AI-driven innovation

CIO

“Innovate or die,” Peter Drucker’s 1985 exhortation on the importance of constant reinvention, was great business advice for the last 40 or so years. But things have gotten a little more complicated now, as the large-scale roll-out of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has introduced the need for a multidisciplinary approach to innovation. Today, it is not enough just to innovate within one’s own vertical; to truly exploit the power of GenAI to transform workflows and drive competitive a

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4 Reasons Businesses Are Implementing Data Management Systems

Dataversity

Enterprises today face the complex challenge of effectively managing an ever-growing, diverse, and rapidly changing trove of data. This reality of handling vast and varied data sets is pivotal for businesses aiming to stay competitive and informed. The strategic management of data is crucial in shaping business success.

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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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How Real is Spatial Computing For The Enterprise?

Timo Elliot

I got a chance to try out the Apple Vision Pro at the SAP Paris office yesterday (a real honor, since it’s not going to be commercially available in France until much later this year). Many thanks to Jerome Conin , part of the SAP Mobile Experience team which is working to get the most out of this technology in work environments. SAP and Apple are close partners (we use a lot of Apple products and Apple uses SAP Business Technology Platform for innovation among other things) and so our dev

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Use HubSpot for Account-Based Marketing

Weidert Group

You have a lot of unknown prospects that are probably a good fit for your complex B2B company and its products or services. But there are also the ones that are a great fit. The potential rewards of landing a “great fit” account are worth the extra effort of engaging them on a deeper level than typical marketing tactics. Leveraging account-based marketing (ABM) is one of the best ways to do that.

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Microsoft invests €3.2 billion in AI and the cloud in Germany

CIO

Microsoft will invest €3.2 billion in Germany by the end of 2025 to double the artificial intelligence and cloud capacities of its data centers there. The company also wants to train more than 1.2 million people in digital skills. Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President of Microsoft, said the aim is to enable the German economy to benefit from AI in order to continue to expand its leading global position in terms of competitiveness.

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The AI Trust Gap: A Cultural Perspective

Dataversity

Only 52% of employees are confident their organization will ensure AI is implemented in a responsible and trustworthy way, according to Workday’s Closing the AI Trust Gap report. Trust will be key to getting employees engaged in the change needed to realize AI’s full potential. This post will look at what can be done from a cultural perspective.

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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.

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Want to Optimize AI? Put People First…

Timo Elliot

Just a quick reminder that a hostile culture can kill any technology project — and often does! Researchers say that AI projects tend to be “technosocial” — where technical aspects dominate the social side of work. But investments in “sociotechnical” approaches (putting people first) can pay big dividends, because ultimately the biggest benefits of AI are in Augmented Intelligence, empowering people and teams to do more than they could in the past.

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Insurance Intelligence Automation: Manual Processes vs. AI Revolution

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Embracing the AI Wave in the Insurance Industry The insurance industry, known for its adherence to tradition and reliance on established practices, finds itself on the brink of a monumental transformation. As digital channels continue to reshape the insurance landscape, understanding the pivotal role of artificial intelligence (AI) is paramount. AI presents unprecedented opportunities, ranging from elevating customer experiences to streamlining processes and refining risk assessments.

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9 traits of great IT leaders

CIO

IT leaders have gotten the message: To successfully perform their jobs, they need more than technical skills. They also need general business acumen, industry knowledge, and accounting talent. Some expertise in marketing, operations, cybersecurity, and other functional areas is important, too. That has been the message coming from veteran CIOs, executive advisors, and management consultants in recent years.

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