David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Infor’s Embedded Experiences allows users to create first drafts of text for specific business purposes and summarize insights as well as quickly analyze and interact with data. And its GenAI knowledge hub uses retrieval-augmented generation to provide immediate access to knowledge, potentially from multiple data sources.

Finance 130

Finance Prescriptive Analytics Cost-Benefit Manufacturing 130

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Noting that companies pursued bold experiments in 2024 driven by generative AI and other emerging technologies, the research and advisory firm predicts a pivot to realizing value. Forrester predicts a reset is looming despite the enthusiasm for AI-driven transformations.

ROI 127

ROI Data-driven Enterprise Experimentation 127

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 19, 2025

And on AWS, Amazon Bedrock Agents have been available since 2023, but in December, Amazon added multi-agent collaboration capabilities. In a report released in early January, Accenture predicts that AI agents will replace people as the primary users of most enterprise systems by 2030. followed a couple months later.

Software 143

Software Risk Enterprise Cost-Benefit 143

O'Reilly on Data

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Generative AI has been the biggest technology story of 2023. As of November 2023: Two-thirds (67%) of our survey respondents report that their companies are using generative AI. AI users say that AI programming (66%) and data analysis (59%) are the most needed skills. Many AI adopters are still in the early stages.

Enterprise 342

Enterprise Testing Modeling Reporting 342

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 14, 2025

The 2024 Enterprise AI Readiness Radar report from Infosys , a digital services and consulting firm, found that only 2% of companies were fully prepared to implement AI at scale and that, despite the hype , AI is three to five years away from becoming a reality for most firms. How confident are we in our data?

Strategy 141

Strategy ROI Experimentation Risk 141

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 8, 2023

There’s a strong need for workers with expertise in helping companies make sense of data, launch cloud strategies, build applications, and improve the overall user experience. This demand has driven up salaries for IT roles, especially those around development, engineering, and support.

IT 140

IT Digital Transformation Software Risk 140

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Our recent data analysis of AI/ML trends and usage confirms this: enterprises across industries have substantially increased their use of generative AI, across many kinds of AI tools. Indeed, since June 2023, the finance sector has experienced continuous growth in these areas.

Enterprise 133

Enterprise Manufacturing Risk Data-driven 133

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

However, enterprise cloud computing still faces similar challenges in achieving efficiency and simplicity, particularly in managing diverse cloud resources and optimizing data management. The rise of AI, particularly generative AI and AI/ML, adds further complexity with challenges around data privacy, sovereignty, and governance.

Finance 89

Finance Sales Reporting Optimization 89

AWS Big Data

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Amazon Redshift powers data-driven decisions for tens of thousands of customers every day with a fully managed, AI-powered cloud data warehouse, delivering the best price-performance for your analytics workloads. Learn more about the AWS zero-ETL future with newly launched AWS databases integrations with Amazon Redshift.

Data Warehouse 111

Data Warehouse Machine Learning Data-driven Data Lake 111

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 30, 2025

Its an advanced job title, with cloud architects typically reporting to the IT director, CIO, CTO, or other technology executives. Organizations have accelerated cloud adoption now that AI tools are readily available, which has driven a demand for cloud architects to help manage cloud infrastructure.

Testing 108

Testing Cost-Benefit Optimization Software 108

DataKitchen

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

On 24 January 2023, Gartner released the article “ 5 Ways to Enhance Your Data Engineering Practices.” Data team morale is consistent with DataKitchen’s own research. We surveyed 600 data engineers , including 100 managers, to understand how they are faring and feeling about the work that they are doing.

Data-driven 130

Data-driven Testing Risk Cost-Benefit 130

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 30, 2024

Corporate ESG reporting is getting real for companies around the globe. Enacted and proposed regulations in the EU, US, and beyond are deepening reporting requirements in an effort to change business behavior. The foundation for ESG reporting, of course, is data. The foundation for ESG reporting, of course, is data.

Reporting 115

Reporting Data Quality Strategy Data-driven 115

Rocket-Powered Data Science

MARCH 20, 2023

We live in a data-rich, insights-rich, and content-rich world. Data collections are the ones and zeroes that encode the actionable insights (patterns, trends, relationships) that we seek to extract from our data through machine learning and data science. Plus, AI can also help find key insights encoded in data.

Data Warehouse 325

Data Warehouse Metadata Digital Transformation Machine Learning 325

AWS Big Data

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In 2013, Amazon Web Services revolutionized the data warehousing industry by launching Amazon Redshift , the first fully-managed, petabyte-scale, enterprise-grade cloud data warehouse. Amazon Redshift made it simple and cost-effective to efficiently analyze large volumes of data using existing business intelligence tools.

Data Warehouse 130

Data Warehouse Analytics Data Lake Machine Learning 130

AWS Big Data

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

For those in the data world, this post provides a curated guide for all analytics sessions that you can use to quickly schedule and build your itinerary. 2023 AWS Analytics Superheroes We are excited to introduce the 2023 AWS Analytics Superheroes at this year’s re:Invent conference! Watch this space for additional details.

Analytics 119

Analytics Data Lake Data Warehouse Data-driven 119

Smart Data Collective

OCTOBER 11, 2023

We mentioned that Python is one of the best programming languages for data science and AI applications. Gupta reports that the more primitive applications involve using AI-driven Angular methods to create more interactive chatbots and conversational interfaces.

Machine Learning 122

Machine Learning Interactive Predictive Analytics Data-driven 122

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 13, 2024

What is a data analyst? Data analysts work with data to help their organizations make better business decisions. Using techniques from a range of disciplines, including computer programming, mathematics, and statistics, data analysts draw conclusions from data to describe, predict, and improve business performance.

Data-driven 98

Data-driven Statistics Business Intelligence Data Collection 98

Cloudera

AUGUST 21, 2021

The same study also stated that having stronger online data security, being able to conduct more banking transactions online and having more real-time problem resolution were the top priorities of consumers. . Financial institutions need a data management platform that can keep pace with their digital transformation efforts.

Data-driven 103

Data-driven Digital Transformation Risk Risk Management 103

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The analyst reports tell CIOs that generative AI should occupy the top slot on their digital transformation priorities in the coming year. Moreover, the CEOs and boards that CIOs report to don’t want to be left behind by generative AI, and many employees want to experiment with the latest generative AI capabilities in their workflows.

Digital Transformation 143

Digital Transformation Unstructured Data Machine Learning Risk Management 143

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Meeting consumers where and when they want requires retailers to truly understand their data and ensure consistency across channels in terms of pricing, product descriptions, and availability. IDC’s Global Retail Survey (July 2023) found that 36% plan to invest in robotics for guest and store services in the next 36 months.

IT 64

IT Cost-Benefit Manufacturing Sales 64

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 27, 2023

Chief data and analytics officers (CDAOs) are poised to be of increasing strategic importance to their organizations, but many are struggling to make headway, according to data presented last week by Gartner at the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2023. Organizations are still investing in data and analytics functions.

Data-driven 145

Data-driven Data Quality Strategy Reporting 145

datapine

DECEMBER 11, 2019

“Software as a service” (SaaS) is becoming an increasingly viable choice for organizations looking for the accessibility and versatility of software solutions and online data analysis tools without the need to rely on installing and running applications on their own computer systems and data centers.

Software 314

Software Cost-Benefit Data-driven Data Processing 314

Jet Global

MAY 1, 2023

That’s important to keep in mind in the context of a recent Gartner survey showing that growth is the top business priority for CEOs in 2019 through 2023. EPM reporting is a critical component of performance management. The clarity quality EPM reports provide is only matched by the confusion that bad reports create.

Reporting 52

Reporting Finance Data-driven Risk 52

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Enterprises must reimagine their data and document management to meet the increasing regulatory challenges emerging as part of the digitization era. In 2023 alone, global regulators imposed $10.5 Where to start Businesses should start with their document and data management capabilities. Data classification.

Data-driven 106

Data-driven Management Cost-Benefit Risk 106

Jet Global

JUNE 22, 2023

Blogs Podcasts Whitepapers and Guides Tools and Calculators Webinars Sample Reports The Evolution of the CFO into the Chief Data Storyteller View Insight Now Our Favorite CFO Blogs The Venture CFO Blog Link: [link] Are you looking for blog posts for CFOs by CFOs? Be armed with key insights to make data-driven decisions.

KPI 105

KPI Finance Dashboards Digital Transformation 105

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 7, 2023

While digital initiatives and talent are the board directors’ top strategic business priorities in 2023-2024, IT spending is forecasted to grow by only 2.4% Tech companies have laid off over 250 thousand employees since 2022, and 93% of CEOs report preparing for a US recession over the next 12 to 18 months.

Digital Transformation 145

Digital Transformation Data Governance Machine Learning Experimentation 145

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

MAY 8, 2025

It has been a little over a decade since the term data operations entered the analytics and data lexicon. It describes the application of agile development, DevOps and lean manufacturing by data engineering professionals in support of data production. Informatica reported total revenue up 2.8%

Data Quality 130

Data Quality Data Governance Data Integration Software 130

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Under the SCA, the companies will evaluate the potential to power Microsoft’s data centers with renewable energy sourced through Masdar, a key ADNOC stakeholder. We are at a pivotal moment, driven by the rise of the Global South, the rapid energy transition, and the exponential growth of AI,” he said. “AI

Data-driven 111

Data-driven Optimization Reporting Technology 111

DataKitchen

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

DataKitchen Resource Guide To Data Journeys & Data Observability & DataOps Data (and Analytic) Observability & Data Journey – Ideas and Background Data Journey Manifesto and Why the Data Journey Manifesto?

Testing 118

Testing Data-driven Data Quality Metrics 118

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 28, 2024

However, in terms of in-house technology, the Belgian company’s carbon footprint data used to be stored on spreadsheets, while quality control was performed manually, limiting the Elia Group’s ability to calculate the Scope 3 upstream emissions released for all their assets.

Technology 121

Technology Data-driven Reporting Software 121

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 7, 2024

And how quickly will AI earn trust to operate with the most sensitive data and facilitate high-stakes decisions? AIOps: improving network performance and intelligence The enterprise network — already bigger, faster, and smarter than ever — is somehow still ripe for more AI-driven improvement.

Data Processing 139

Data Processing Data-driven Enterprise Machine Learning 139

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

MAY 6, 2025

Large language models have allowed BI providers to accelerate the delivery of functionality to convert natural language questions into analytic queries and generate summarizations and recommendations from data and charts. Features that enable natural language query and natural language generation are now ubiquitous.

Analytics 130

Analytics Business Intelligence Interactive Data-driven 130

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 16, 2023

in 2023, to $591.8 A survey for Foundry’s Cloud Computing Study 2023 found that lowering total cost of ownership ranks in the top three drivers of cloud computing initiatives, but controlling cloud costs was the top challenge that slows or stalls cloud adoption. Cloud Computing

Optimization 140

Optimization Enterprise Finance Data Processing 140

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 15, 2022

Gartner has forecast that 65% of organizations will adopt ERP applications that use one or more of what it calls “fourth-era hallmarks” by 2023. Those include AI, data-centric design, systems that can be used off the shelf, functions that augment decisions, developer enablement, and customer-facing technology.

Key Performance Indicator 144

Key Performance Indicator Consulting KPI Sales 144

datapine

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

a) Data Connectors Features. d) Reporting Features. For a few years now, Business Intelligence (BI) has helped companies to collect, analyze, monitor, and present their data in an efficient way to extract actionable insights that will ensure sustainable growth. Your Chance: Want to take your data analysis to the next level?

Business Intelligence 213

Business Intelligence Dashboards Interactive Visualization 213

Rocket-Powered Data Science

JULY 21, 2023

When I reviewed highlights from last year’s Splunk.conf22 conference in my summary report at that time, I focused a lot on the Splunk Observability Cloud and its incredible suite of Observability and Monitoring products and services. This reflected my strong interest in observability at that time. Leaders are 7.9x

Machine Learning 190

Machine Learning Metrics Internet of Things Reporting 190

Jet Global

MARCH 20, 2023

Recognizing a need for better operational analytics, insightsoftware leveraged award-winning technology from Logi Analytics to provide Oracle ERP Cloud users the ability to customize, create, and share interactive dashboards and reports across all departments of a business.

Operational Reporting 52

Operational Reporting Reporting Uncertainty Analytics 52