Sat.Sep 28, 2019 - Fri.Oct 04, 2019

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How Data-Driven Marketing Helps Improve Conversion Rates

Smart Data Collective

According to a recent Adobe report , marketers have identified data-driven marketing as the most important business opportunity for 2019. That clearly indicates the importance that marketers give to data and why you should too. After all, data-driven marketing can help you achieve numerous benefits for your business, ultimately leading to an increase in conversions.

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What did we learn at the SAP UK “The Journey To The Top” Event?

Timo Elliott

I recently had the honor of delivering the keynote at the “The Journey to the Top” Event at SAP UK headquarters, and you can see my slides and a video in my previous post How Data is Powering The Future of Business: Trends and Opportunities. Here’s what I took away from the event: The world is changing—so we should probably innovate!

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How to Choose the Best Cloud Provider in the Market

BizAcuity

We saw in our earlier blog that businesses today are deciding between cloud-based deployments and on premise solutions. Enterprises typically evaluate their business needs well and deliberate on what each option has to offer, before choosing either cloud or on premise. Once you make the decision, there is the other big decision on which third party provider to select.

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Using the SSIS Error Output On the Data Flow

Tim Mitchell

When working in the SSIS data flow, you’ll notice that many sources and transformations and some destinations have a built-in output to handle errors. The error output allows the SSIS developer to create a separate path through which error rows can be directed. In this SSIS Basics post, we’ll briefly discuss the essentials and design patterns for using SSIS error.

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Reduce Bias in Hiring: Structured Interview Questions for Employers

Structured interview questions are a valuable tool for reducing bias in hiring. They help: Ensure all candidates are asked the same questions in the same way Level the playing field so all candidates have a fair chance of being successful Improve credibility, reliability, and validity Download the guide to get the most out of your interview questions!

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Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Higher Education: Promising or Perilous?

Smart Data Collective

What exactly is artificial intelligence (AI) and what business does it have in higher education? Simply put, AI is an attempt to emulate human knowledge by programming extensive rules into computers. Through machine learning and expert systems, machines can produce patterns within mass flows of data and pinpoint correlations that couldn’t possibly be immediately intuitive to humans.

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How to Choose the Best Cloud Provider in the Market

BizAcuity

We saw in our earlier blog “ How to Choose Between Cloud-based and On-premise solutions ” that businesses today are deciding between cloud-based deployments and on-premise solutions. Enterprises typically evaluate their business needs well and deliberate on what each option has to offer, before choosing either cloud or on-premise. Once you make the decision, there is the other big decision on which third-party provider to select.

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The Real Difference Between Reporting and Business Intelligence

Sisense

Blog. Different Business Needs Changes Convergence What to Do Now. Reporting and business intelligence are often used to refer to the same thing — but wrongly so! The difference between reporting and business intelligence goes beyond charts for the first or data correlations for the second. To understand how they compare, it’s best to start with the separate business and end-user needs that each of these two functions is meant to satisfy.

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Data-Driven Digital Marketing Carves Competitive Edge For SMEs

Smart Data Collective

Big data is playing a vital role in the evolution of small business. A compilation of research from the G2 Learning Hub Shows the number of businesses relying on big data is rising. They cited one study showing that 40% of businesses need to use unstructured data on a nearly daily basis. One of the ways that businesses can gain an edge is with digital marketing strategies that hinge on big data.

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3 Bad Habits Business Analysts Should Avoid | Analyst Catalyst Blog

Analyst Catalyst Blog

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Business Valuation Software: Free Guide to Valutico Platform

Explore our free guide to Valutico, the platform that revolutionizes automated report generation, offers access to 1 million M&A transactions, enables quick benchmarking, and streamlines the entire valuation process. With Valutico, you gain access to: 30-Minute Valuations: Rapidly producing accurate results. 3TB of Financial Data: The expansive data you need at your fingertips.

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How to Choose the Best Cloud Provider in the Market

BizAcuity

We saw in our earlier blog “ How to Choose Between Cloud-based and On-premise solutions ” that businesses today are deciding between cloud-based deployments and on premise solutions. Enterprises typically evaluate their business needs well and deliberate on what each option has to offer, before choosing either cloud or on premise. Once you make the decision, there is the other big decision on which third party provider to select.

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Transform your IT team into a strategic asset

Phocas

As advancements in technology continue to alter the way we do business, the role and function of the IT department must also adapt. IT managers need to consider ways to shift the IT department from the role of a cost center to a strategic asset. By developing innovative strategies that marry technology with business goals, your IT department can be your company’s competitive edge and drive efficiencies and superior customer service.

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Data, Energy, And The Smart City: A Conflicting Relationship

Smart Data Collective

Smart cities are the future of our urban centers, and even of suburbs and small towns – and this transformation is critical. Equipped with sensors and constantly collecting data, this tech revolution aims to make crowded cities more efficient, keep residents safer, and even help protect our environment through resource management. Making this shift, however, will require big investments on the part of both government bodies and businesses.

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Develop a Strategy to Embrace Change

Leading Agile

Strategic planning often falls short because it’s not as fluid as it needs to be. One thing we must consider is that there are—typically— a lot of assumptions being made about markets as well as the organization’s capacity to execute. Those assumptions often miss the mark when attempting to meet the ever-changing needs and expectations of shareholders and customers.

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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 Choose the Best Cloud Provider in the Market

BizAcuity

We saw in our earlier blog “ How to Choose Between Cloud-based and On-premise solutions ” that businesses today are deciding between cloud-based deployments and on premise solutions. Enterprises typically evaluate their business needs well and deliberate on what each option has to offer, before choosing either cloud or on premise. Once you make the decision, there is the other big decision on which third party provider to select.

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When decision making is so tough that even rocket scientists get it wrong

Phocas

Typically, having loads of data is overwhelming for a decision-maker, unless it can be consolidated and presented in a way that is useful and makes a point. One of the communication lessons from the Challenger disaster in 1986 is the way unclear information provided to NASA, affected the decision to go ahead with the launch of the rocket. The horror of the catastrophe overshadows the story of how it happened.

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Data Savvy Hackers Enhance Password Vulnerability In 2019

Smart Data Collective

Big data is making a number of cybersecurity risks worse than ever. A growing number of companies are starting to explore the need to utilize big data to enhance their digital security. They are also starting to recognize that hackers are using big data as well, so they need to monitor them carefully. One of the biggest areas that they need to address is password security.

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Domo is Different—and That’s a Good Thing

Domo

Slightly more than a month has passed since I joined Domo as its chief customer success officer, and I have to say: I love my job. Every day, I get to talk with customers and hear about their business goals, what they are trying to achieve, and what has kept them from success. Then I get to help them get there. And boy are they getting there. I’ve been in the tech industry for more than 25 years and I have never seen transformation like what I’m seeing with Domo customers.

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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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ElevateAgile with Mike Cottmeyer

Leading Agile

On October 7th, 2019 LeadingAgile will hold its first-ever conference—Elevate Agile. In this episode of SoundNotes, LeadingAgile CEO and Founder, Mike Cottmeyer explains why Elevate Agile exists and how we hope it will shape the conversation around business and organizational Agility moving forward. The event is sold out, but you can check out the live stream from the conference on Elevate Agile’s Facebook page: [link].

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The Ultimate Business Intelligence Quiz

Phocas

How good is your knowledge of business intelligence? How many questions can you answer? Test your skills in the Ultimate Business Intelligence Quiz.

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33 Honored with 2019 Stratus Award for Cloud Computing

Bintelligence

33 Honored with 2019 Stratus Award for Cloud Computing. PHILADELPHIA, PA —October 3, 2019—Today the Business Intelligence Group is proud to announce the winners of the 2019 Stratus Awards for Cloud Computing by recognizing 33 companies, services, and executives deemed leaders in the cloud. “The cloud has rapidly become a central fixture in our personal and professional lives,” said Maria Jimenez, Chief Nominations Officer of Business Intelligence Group.

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G2 Crowd’s Leading Business Intelligence Platform

Domo

In G2 Crowd’s Winter 2020 Grid® Report for Business Intelligence Platforms, Domo has been named the leader. What’s in the report: Customer rankings of the top BI vendors. Scores for each company, determining their placement on the Grid. Domo’s product profile.

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The HR Leader’s Survival Guide

HR leaders drowning in paperwork struggle to meet C-suite's strategic expectations. Burnout and high turnover plague the field, with 95% feeling overwhelmed. This guide explores how the right tools can free HR from admin tasks and empower them to become the strategic leaders they’re meant to be.

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Managing Waste in Project Management

The BA Doc

According to Six Sigma, there are 8 types of waste which include Defects, Overproduction, Waiting, Non-Utilized Talent, Transportation, Inventory, Motion, and Extra-Processing. Let's elaborate on these 8 types of waste.

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Elastic Scaling in Actian Avalanche

Actian

Moving applications to the cloud, users can benefit from various opportunities the cloud environment offers. One of these opportunities is the availability of a seemingly infinite amount of resources, enabling users to match their requirements by scaling their application according to their load. Nevertheless, load may change over time and does not always follow a predictable behavior.

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Prioritizing 5G to Get the Most Out of Your Enterprise

QAT Global

Prioritizing 5G to Get the Most Out of Your Enterprise The implications of 5G As we move into 2020 digital trends are being set, and advancements in technology are emerging. It’s no secret that the next generation of wireless technology, known as 5G, is in the works of being implemented and will impact everyone. [.]. The post Prioritizing 5G to Get the Most Out of Your Enterprise appeared first on QAT Global.

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G2 Crowd’s Leading Business Intelligence Platform

Domo

In G2 Crowd’s Fall 2019 Grid® Report for Business Intelligence Platforms, Domo has been named the leader. What’s in the report: Customer rankings of the top BI vendors. Scores for each company, determining their placement on the Grid. Domo’s product profile.

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Data-Backed Secrets for Minimizing Discounts & Maximizing ROI Post-Holiday

Use data to turn one-off holiday shoppers into repeat buyers and effortlessly drive more sales throughout the year. Our guide will give you an in-depth understanding of what triggers your customers to buy and breaks down campaign examples from leading B2C brands.