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Big Data: The Technology Behind Retailers Success

Smart Data Collective

Data-based insights can help make the right decisions, keep up with market trends and navigate the uncertainty. This global coffee brand has increased its revenue by 26% from 2016 to 2019. Thus, Starbuck defines areas that potentially will be successful and mitigate risks of opening in unprofitable ones.

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How top IT leaders create first-mover advantage

CIO Business Intelligence

In a business environment defined by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA), the most successful CIOs are more than technology leaders; they’re “chief intentional officers.” As Randich’s team continues to analyze new risks and concerns, the benefits of the decision are clear and tangible. This project could fail.’”

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Paul Martin: CIOs don’t retire, they go work on boards

CIO Business Intelligence

Two years of pandemic uncertainty and escalating business risk have sharpened the focus of corporate boards on a technology trend once dismissed as just another IT buzzword. I joined Baxter as CIO in 2011, and in 2016 I was presented with the opportunity to join my first public company board.

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Don’t Just Climb the Ladder. Explore the Jungle Gym

CIO Business Intelligence

You will always face uncertainty and unexpected challenges. Either way, you will have to face uncertainty. Whatever the case, it’s important to take calculated risks. Uncertainty will always be uncomfortable. Chet successfully took Apigee public before the company was acquired by Google in 2016.

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Belcorp reimagines R&D with AI

CIO Business Intelligence

These circumstances have induced uncertainty across our entire business value chain,” says Venkat Gopalan, chief digital, data and technology officer, Belcorp. “As Finally, our goal is to diminish consumer risk evaluation periods by 80% without compromising the safety of our products.” This allowed us to derive insights more easily.”

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Simulation for better decision making

Cloudera

My narrower vision of the next advancement in analytics is driven (or biased) by my quantitative risk management background and the critical role that computational simulation capabilities have played in many advances in the world of finance. Derman (2016), Cesa (2017) & Bouchard (2018)). Blog Post, Nov-2016. Mauro Cesa. “A

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Global Banking & Finance Review: What Story Does the Office of the CFO Need to Tell Now?

Jet Global

But without establishing a centralised rapid reporting rhythm, fed by real-time data and supported by automated reporting processes, finance runs the risk of things dropping off into silos. And that’s the last thing you want during in periods of uncertainty where things are changing on a daily basis.

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