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Re-imagining Business Workflows with AI-Powered Automation

CIO

Artificial intelligence (AI) is delivering rapid change for Australian business by raising customers’ expectations, generating new competitive challenges, and creating opportunities for new products and services. This rapid change demands a rapid response, but the strength of that response depends greatly on two factors – the agility of systems and processes and the availability of skilled workers to run them.

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Measuring The Total Time Spent Querying Sources In Power BI DirectQuery Mode

Chris Webb BI

If you’re tuning a DirectQuery semantic model in Power BI one of the most important things you need to measure is the total amount of time spent querying your data source(s). Now that the queries Power BI generates to get data from your source can be run in parallel it means you can’t just sum up the durations of the individual queries sent to get the end-to-end duration.

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The Importance of Analytics and Reporting in Healthcare

Smart Data Collective

Analytics and reporting have become indispensable in the rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, driving transformation across patient care, operational efficiency, and strategic decision-making. These valuable tools enable providers to delve into vast amounts of health data for insights that enhance outcomes, personalize treatments plans, and deepen understanding of health trends.

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Demystifying Reputation Score: A Comprehensive Guide for Businesses

mention

As businesses increasingly find their success intertwined with their online image, reputation score have become a pivotal metric that can make or break a brand. These scores are not merely arbitrary numbers but reflections of a company’s digital interactions, customer sentiments , and overall impact on the online ecosystem. Understanding and handling these scores is crucial for businesses aiming to succeed in a world where trust and credibility matter not only in the real world but also in

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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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Building the future of construction

CIO

The construction industry in many countries around the world is facing a labor shortage crisis. The workforce is aging, fewer young people are entering the field, and those who are working have to take on longer hours to meet the demand. The issue particularly acute in Japan, where strict overtime regulations started in 2024. For construction to continue at the pace needed, something has to change.

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Oscars by the Numbers: Quantifying Hollywood’s Biggest Night

Domo

The 96th Academy Awards happens on Sunday, March 10. I’m writing this on the Wednesday before—and, if all goes to plan, you’ll be reading our data story on the Oscars on Friday. (Unless you’re reading the Domo on Data backlog, in which case—hi! You can find our full log of stories here. ) I share this time stamp because it means one critical thing, and it’s something many of us have in common: I’m in a rush to build something worthy of our loyal readership.

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Influencing Choices: How Online Product Visibility is Evolving in Retail

Intelligence Node

In the digital age, where the battleground for consumer attention is fiercer than ever, “search” has emerged as the cornerstone of eCommerce. Almost every shopper’s journey begins with a search, The post Influencing Choices: How Online Product Visibility is Evolving in Retail appeared first on Blog.

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Industry clouds give CIOs on-ramp to gen AI

CIO

Greg Beltzer has been beta testing key generative AI technologies for the past six months and is eager to capitalize on them when released this spring. As head of technology for the US division of RBC Wealth Management, Beltzer says one feature in particular, Prompt Builder, will enable more than 2,100 advisors in RBC US’s private client group to “request and retrieve the most compelling data on topics of interest to clients.

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The Cool Kids Corner: Neurodiversity in Your Team

Dataversity

Hello! I’m Mark Horseman, and welcome to The Cool Kids Corner. This is my monthly check-in to share with you the people and ideas I encounter as a data evangelist with DATAVERSITY. (Last month, we discussed the importance of communication.) This month, we’re talking about neurodiversity in your data team. The term neurodiversity was first […] The post The Cool Kids Corner: Neurodiversity in Your Team appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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The Importance of Maintaining Consistency in Your Small Business’s Cybersecurity Protocols

Smart Data Collective

When it comes to owning and operating a small business, cybersecurity can often feel like the last priority on the list. However, failing to install and frequently update robust cybersecurity measures can have dire consequences.

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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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Experience Inbound 2024 Celebrates a Decade as Wisconsin’s Premier Marketing & Sales Conference

Weidert Group

APPLETON, WI – Marketing agencies Weidert Group of Appleton and Stream Creative of Milwaukee announce the opening of registration for Experience Inbound, Wisconsin’s premier marketing and sales conference, which is marking a decade of industry-leading keynotes, insightful breakout sessions, and professional networking in 2024. With sessions led by experts in marketing, sales, SEO, social media, PR, content, AI, and more, Experience Inbound has become the go-to event for Wisconsin’s marketing and

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How CIOs use AI to elevate CX services

CIO

IT industry researchers believe the biggest impact of gen AI this year will be in customer experience (CX), with organizations using vast amounts of data to communicate with consumers and resolve problems faster. Technology specialist Salesforce reports that more than two-thirds of service professionals believe gen AI will help them serve their customers better, while Forrester expects it to give CX teams a huge boost through 2024.

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Mastering Microsoft SQL Server: Analyzing and Optimizing Complex Queries

Dataversity

In the realm of database management, particularly with Microsoft SQL Server, understanding and optimizing complex queries is crucial for maintaining system performance and efficiency. As databases grow and complexity, the queries used to retrieve, update, or manipulate data can become increasingly intricate, potentially leading to slower response times and decreased application performance.

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Decoding the Entertainment Industry: a free eBook

Infegy

Our latest eBook reviews many facets of the entertainment industry, including movies, TV shows, sports, and video games. We tap into social and consumer insights from the Infegy product suite to understand trends, audience changes, and the conversations around each section. Take a look at how we found changing consumer and audience preferences and gleaned insights from this large and dominant industry.

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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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How to Use HubSpot CRM’s Conditional Property Logic

Weidert Group

If you could personalize the experiences of your customers across every stage of the lifecycle, at scale , what would you do first? Highly tailored and targeted emails? Engagement-based sales follow-ups? Automated service ticket routing? We’ve got plenty of HubSpot CRM tips and tricks to share, but Conditional Property Logic , or CPL as we call it, is particularly powerful.

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India’s advisory on LLM usage causes consternation

CIO

India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has caused consternation with its stern reminder to makers and users of large language models (LLMs) of their obligations under the country’s IT Act, after Google’s Gemini model was prompted to make derogatory remarks about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The ministry’s reaction, in the form of an advisory issued Friday, has attracted criticism from India’s IT sector because of the restrictions it places on innovation and th

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Protected: What does AI mean for market intelligence in 2024?

M Brain

Learn how AI is changing data accessibility and insights generation as organizations navigate new challenges and opportunities.

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Wink, Inc. Releases 4th Quarter, 2023 Deferred Annuity Sales Results

Wink Intel

– – FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION — NEWS RELEASE Indexed, MYGA, and Structured Annuity Sales Hit Records Wink, Inc. Releases 4 th Quarter, 2023 Deferred Annuity Sales Results Des Moines, Iowa. March 5 th , 2024 – Wink’s Sales & Market Report , the insurance industry’s #1 resource for annuity sales data since 199 8, released its 106 th edition report for 4 th Quarter, 2023.

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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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Fuld partners with Finalis to support boutique Investment Banks

Fuld

BOSTON – MARCH 04, 2024 – Fuld & Company, an expanding research, analytics, and advisory consultancy, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Finalis, the world’s fastest-growing dealmaking platform. Finalis supports independent Investment Banks (IBs) that do not have internal compliance and support by automating and accelerating every step of the deal life cycle.

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3 business benefits of stronger security using Zero Trust principles

CIO

Operational technology (OT) organizations face increasing challenges when it comes to cybersecurity. Manufacturing in particular has become a bigger target for bad actors; in fact, it was one of the sectors most impacted by extortion attacks, according to Palo Alto Networks’ 2023 Unit 42 Extortion and Ransomware Report. As Industry 4.0 continues to roll out, the internet of things (IoT) is expanding, and manufacturing organizations are using the latest technologies to scale.

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Future-Proof Your Cyber Risk Management with These Top Trends in 2024 (Part I)

Dataversity

The global marketplace faces an increasingly destructive cyber risk landscape each year, and 2024 is set to confirm this trend. The cost of data breaches alone is expected to reach $5 trillion, a growth of 11% from 2023. As technology advances, attackers continue to develop new, more sophisticated methods for infiltrating systems and exploiting vulnerabilities.

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Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG): What It Is and Why It’s an Essential Component of Enterprise AI

Alpha Sense BI

As generative AI (genAI) continues to transform global business practices, ranging from optimizing workforce efficiency, reducing costs, and speeding up research and development, industry analysts are beginning to scrutinize its applications with a critical eye. This technology promises benefits for everyone from individual employees to executive leadership and shareholders, but could it be just as harmful as beneficial?

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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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What are the effective methods for mastering Amazon market research?

Data Hut

Did you know that in the time it takes to read this sentence, over 7,000 products will have been sold on Amazon? The sheer scale of transactions on this e-commerce giant is mind-boggling, highlighting the crucial need for sellers to not only list products but also to master the art of market research. How can you stay ahead in a marketplace where every second counts?

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4 ways higher ed can close the tech industry’s gender gap

CIO

In 2022, women represented 49% of the total employed adults in the US, but a mere 26% of roles in computing and technology, according to a State of the Tech report released last year by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), with significantly less representation by Black and Hispanic women. Despite efforts to address this gender gap, the ratio of women in technology positions has declined over the past 35 years, and roughly half of women drop out of IT by age 35.

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The Five Biggest Challenges with Large-Scale Cloud Migrations

Dataversity

The popularity of cloud computing continues to grow. In fact, research firm Gartner indicates that by 2028, cloud computing will “shift from being a technology disruptor to becoming a necessary component for maintaining business competitiveness.” It is estimated that as many as 90% of organizations in the United States are utilizing the cloud to some degree, with 47% pursuing a […] The post The Five Biggest Challenges with Large-Scale Cloud Migrations appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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Oil and Gas Industry Trends & Outlook for 2024

Alpha Sense BI

The oil and gas (O&G) industry has always been heavily impacted by macroeconomic factors, from geopolitical tensions and climate change to government regulations and technological advancements. In the past few years, the industry has undergone a series of unprecedented pressures—the COVID-19 pandemic, tightened greenhouse gas regulations, the Russia-Ukraine War , and ongoing tensions in the Middle East, to name a few.

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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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Engage3 Recognized in Inc. Magazine’s List of Fastest Growing Companies for 8th Year in a Row; Elevates Bryan Courtney-Bennett to Chief Growth Officer

Engage3

Recognized by Inc. Magazine for 8 Years of Growth, AI-Powered Pricing Company Plans Continued Growth through Product Innovation, Further Integration of Generative AI into Price Image Management Suite, and the Appointment of its First Chief Growth Officer Engage3 powered by Dexi, which helps retailers and brands profitably grow revenue and drive store trips by tracking and optimizing their Price Image, was recognized for the 8th year in a row as one of America’s fastest growing companies.

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Salesforce rebrands its low-code platform to Einstein 1 Studio

CIO

Salesforce on Wednesday rebranded its low-code platform, Einstein Studio, to provide developers a set of tools to customize Einstein Copilot and add new capabilities to it. Einstein Studio, now rebranded to Einstein 1 Studio, comes bundled with the company’s Data Cloud at no added cost and features capabilities such as a control panel to expose enterprise data to large language models (LLMs) of their choice, including GPT-4 and Llama 2 , and Skills Builder — a tool to add new functions to Cop

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The Swashbuckling Guide to Building an Analytics Center of Excellence

Dataversity

Ahoy, data adventurers! Embarking on the thrilling journey of building a successful Analytics Center of Excellence (CoE) is akin to navigating the vast seas of data-driven decision-making. As a seasoned captain who’s steered the ship through the turbulent waters of financial services, retail, CPG, and telecom industries, I’ve charted a course that’s proven its mettle […] The post The Swashbuckling Guide to Building an Analytics Center of Excellence appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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Why Annuity Sales Are Booming

Wink Intel

Last year, according to data tracker Limra, U.S. annuity sales reached $385 billion, marking the second straight year of record highs. Limra attributed this sales run to a combination of rising interest rates, market volatility, demographic shifts and greater demand for retirement-income security. All true, no doubt. Click HERE To read the full story through Financial Advisor.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.