CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 21, 2023

Third-party testing and validation can help CIOs find security products that do what they say they do and meet the specific infrastructure needs of their organization. Even worse, some technology testing firms still allow vendors to manipulate their methodologies to skew the test results in their favor.

Testing 98

Testing Measurement ROI Risk 98

DataKitchen

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Key statistics highlight the severity of the issue: 57% of respondents in a 2024 dbt Labs survey rated data quality as one of the three most challenging aspects of data preparation (up from 41% in 2023). Early measurements provide valuable insights that can guide future improvements.

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Scorecard Data Quality Measurement Testing 177

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Use AI-enabled software to implement anti-phishing security measures In-house cybersecurity training is no longer a time- and skill-intensive process, given the prevalence of AI-based phishing awareness platforms. Schedule regular security and phishing training for employees and remedial measures for those who fail tests.

Measurement 140

Measurement Reporting Enterprise Software 140

AWS Big Data

JANUARY 9, 2024

We are excited about the OpenSearch Service features and enhancements we’ve added to that toolkit in 2023. 2023 was a year of rapid innovation within the artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) space, and search has been a significant beneficiary of that progress.

Visualization 119

Visualization Cost-Benefit Modeling Machine Learning 119

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Resilience frameworks have measurable ROI, but they require a holistic, platform-based approach to curtail threats and guide the safe use of AI, he adds. However, CIOs must still demonstrate measurable outcomes and communicate these imperatives to senior leadership to secure investment.

Risk 106

Risk Risk Management Cost-Benefit Measurement 106

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The company says it can achieve PhD-level performance in challenging benchmark tests in physics, chemistry, and biology. He expects the same to happen in all areas of software development, starting with user requirements research through project management and all the way to testing and quality assurance.

ROI 141

ROI Software Modeling Interactive 141

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Managers tend to incentivize activity metrics and measure inputs versus outputs,” she adds. Woolley recommends that companies consolidate around the minimum number of tools they need to get things done, and have a sandbox process to test and evaluate new tools that don’t get in the way of people doing actual work.

IT 141

IT Consulting ROI Cost-Benefit 141

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 1, 2024

For example, a quarter of IT decision-makers in Foundry’s 2023 AI Priorities Study are piloting gen AI technologies, but only 20% have moved on to deployment. But talking to IT teams like the AI professionals in Intel’s 2023 ML Insider survey suggests only 10% of organizations put gen AI solutions into production in 2023.

Cost-Benefit 143

Cost-Benefit Metrics Insurance Measurement 143

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 4, 2025

In fact, successful recovery from cyberattacks and other disasters hinges on an approach that integrates business impact assessments (BIA), business continuity planning (BCP), and disaster recovery planning (DRP) including rigorous testing. Testing should involve key players responsible for response and recovery, not just the IT department.

Testing 65

Testing Risk Consulting Risk Management 65

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 27, 2024

CISOs are increasingly anxious because while they realize the ax will fall on them when the inevitable breach occurs, securing boardroom support for heavy investment in preventative measures, like training, is challenging in a world where revenue is demanded for each dollar spent. “The million compared to those with lower levels.

Cost-Benefit 116

Cost-Benefit Statistics ROI Measurement 116

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Researchers for the 2023 DBIR identified system intrusion, social engineering and basic web application attacks as the most common attack patterns that led to breaches and data theft. Compliance with PCI DSS v4.0 PCI DSS compliance is a robust defense that significantly mitigates the risks involved with all three.

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Gap analysis Consulting Risk Measurement 128

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The testing phase, particularly user acceptance testing (UAT), can become a labor-intensive bottleneck — and a budget breaker. According to a 2023 Capgemini report , companies spend about 35% of their IT budget on testing — a figure that has remained stubbornly high despite advancements in automation.

Software 125

Software Digital Transformation Testing Advertising 125

datapine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

While we work on programs to avoid such inconvenience , AI and machine learning are revolutionizing the way we interact with our analytics and data management while increment in security measures must be taken into account. Another increasing factor in the future of business intelligence is testing AI in a duel.

Business Intelligence 361

Business Intelligence Analytics Prescriptive Analytics Data Quality 361

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 3, 2024

For its 2023 Security Priorities report, Foundry surveyed 790 IT security workers to understand their projects and priorities. Printers are often not subject to the rigorous security measures routinely applied to computing devices; for example, complex passwords and rigorous patching and software update regimes.

IT 111

IT Measurement Risk Reporting 111

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 11, 2023

For its AI Priorities Study 2023 , Foundry surveyed IT decision-makers who have either implemented AI and generative AI technologies in their organizations, have plans to, or are actively researching them. Top of those AI priorities for now is generative AI, with 56% of respondents eager to learn more about it.

IT 132

IT Software Testing Manufacturing 132

Cloudera

MARCH 18, 2021

The Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB), introduced by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), will transform how banks measure risk. At a glance, here are the primary changes FRTB introduces: A shift from value-at-risk (VaR) to an expected shortfall (ES) measure of risk under stress. Operational Impact of FRTB.

Machine Learning 55

Machine Learning Risk Risk Management Measurement 55

DataKitchen

MARCH 16, 2023

How to measure your data analytics team? Gartner attempted to list every metric under the sun in their recent report , “T oolkit: Delivery Metrics for DataOps, Self-Service Analytics, ModelOps, and MLOps, ” published February 7, 2023. Under Velocity, the Mean Time to Deliver Data metric measures the time it takes to deliver data.

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Metrics Data Analytics Analytics Measurement 130

Rocket-Powered Data Science

JULY 21, 2023

For a detailed report on the current state of observability this year, you can access and download “ The State of Observability 2023 ” report from Splunk. testing for hypothesized threats, behaviors, and activities), (2) Baseline (i.e., automation of the first two type of hunts, using AI and machine learning).

Machine Learning 190

Machine Learning Metrics Reporting Internet of Things 190

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 15, 2024

But continuous deployment isn’t always appropriate for your business , stakeholders don’t always understand the costs of implementing robust continuous testing , and end-users don’t always tolerate frequent app deployments during peak usage. CrowdStrike recently made the news about a failed deployment impacting 8.5

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Enterprise Testing Business Objectives Experimentation 143

DataKitchen

MARCH 12, 2024

We kept adding tests over time; it has been several years since we’ve had any major glitches. DataKitchen helped us completely transform our operations by broadening our testing definition. Tests assess important questions, such as “Is the data correct?”

Metrics 117

Metrics Software Cost-Benefit Testing 117

AWS Big Data

APRIL 28, 2023

Interactive sessions allow developers to test their code line by line without needing to run the entire job to test any changes made to the code. Without measuring the performance and identifying bottlenecks, it’s not realistic to optimize cost-effectively. load("s3:// /year=2023/month=03/*/*.gz")

Optimization 121

Optimization Metrics Interactive Data Integration 121

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

While his statement long predates the incredible generative AI explosion of 2023, his point is even more relevant in the case of free online generative AI tools. If the code isn’t appropriately tested and validated, the software in which it’s embedded may be unstable or error-prone, presenting long-term maintenance issues and costs.

Experimentation 112

Experimentation Risk Cost-Benefit Strategy 112

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 25, 2024

In Q1 of 2023, UHG spent $3.5 The CIO so-what test Given Apple’s status as company with the world’s second-highest market capitalization and second-highest overall profitability it’s hard to be too critical. Which in turn suggests UHG cheaped out in its takeover processes. Maybe preventively fixing the problem was too expensive.

Risk 118

Risk Risk Management Statistics Management 118

AWS Big Data

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Amazon Q generative SQL for Amazon Redshift was launched in preview during AWS re:Invent 2023. To test this, let’s ask Amazon Q to “delete data from web_sales table.” Amazon Q generative SQL brings the capabilities of generative AI directly into the Amazon Redshift query editor. Only run this SQL command if that is appropriate.”

Metadata 105

Metadata Sales Data Warehouse Optimization 105

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 18, 2023

If anything, 2023 has proved to be a year of reckoning for businesses, and IT leaders in particular, as they attempt to come to grips with the disruptive potential of this technology — just as debates over the best path forward for AI have accelerated and regulatory uncertainty has cast a longer shadow over its outlook in the wake of these events.

Risk 141

Risk Manufacturing Enterprise Technology 141

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The project also earned ELC a 2023 CIO 100 Award in IT Excellence. “We Throughout the design, build, and test phases, their feedback was informing our decisions, even the small features like being able to adjust the speed of the virtual assistant’s speech,” Aidan says. What about when I remove product?

Visualization 125

Visualization Testing Machine Learning Measurement 125

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 17, 2024

] Forty-one percent of organizations adopted and used digital platforms for all or most functions in 2024, compared with just 26% in 2023, according to IDC’s May 2024 Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey, Wave 5. Implement robust testing: As the CrowdStrike incident demonstrated, thorough testing is crucial.

Risk 108

Risk Experimentation Testing Strategy 108

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 30, 2024

One of our key directives was to audit procurement for all state agencies by the end of the calendar year 2023,” McIntosh says. “To Modernizing with purpose In June 2023, Oklahoma began using process mining tools from Celonis to analyze procurement processes based on purchasing laws and massive amounts of financial data. “As

IT 140

IT Cost-Benefit Key Performance Indicator Dashboards 140

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 28, 2023

As today’s great leaders recognize, true success is not solely measured by the bottom line but also by the impact a business has on its stakeholders, including employees, partners, and the environment. Registration is now open for the 2023 Value Stream Management Summit – True North: Achieve Digital Transformation Success with VSM.

Experimentation 98

Experimentation Metrics Measurement Digital Transformation 98

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 14, 2024

As we are testing and dipping our toes in the water with AI, we are choosing to keep that as private as possible,” he says, noting that the public cloud has the horsepower needed for many LLMs of today but his company has the option of adding GPUs if needed via its privately owned Dell equipment.

IT 143

IT Data Processing Enterprise Modeling 143

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 30, 2024

Volkswagen’s share price took a double-digit drop after altering test results to hide egregious emissions data while actively promoting the low-emission and eco-friendly features of its vehicles. Management for impact: Establish clear governance and well-defined performance measurements for the partnership.

Strategy 105

Strategy Scorecard Measurement Cost-Benefit 105

IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

According to the Cost of a Data Breach 2023 Report by IBM, the average cost of a data breach reached a record high of USD 4.45 The Total Economic Impact™ of IBM Security Randori study that IBM commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct in 2023 found 85% reduction in losses due to an external attack totaling $1.5

Risk 93

Risk Management Strategy Measurement 93

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Indeed, 50% of C-suite execs surveyed for a 2023 report on digital transformation from fintech company Broadridge admitted they struggle to balance innovation with daily tasks. Tech debt, budget constraints, and overloaded staff schedules are among the top reasons IT leaders cite for scuttled innovation attempts.

IT 136

IT Digital Transformation Risk Cost-Benefit 136

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

But even as we remember 2023 as the year when generative AI went ballistic, AI and its ML (machine learning) sidekick have been quietly evolving over several years to yield eye-opening insights and problem-solving productivity for IT organizations. Her career began in the semiconductor test industry. And rightly so.

IT 138

IT Key Performance Indicator Software Metadata 138

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 20, 2023

According to GitLab’s 2023 Global DevSecOps Report , 56% of organizations report using DevOps or DevSecOps methodologies, growing roughly 10% from 2022, for improved security, higher developer velocity, cost and time savings, and better collaboration. According to IBM , a single data breach costs $9.4

Cost-Benefit 98

Cost-Benefit Testing Software Reporting 98

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 17, 2023

According to the 2023 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), the majority of cyber attacks are led by organized criminals looking to disrupt business and steal data to sell. The number one reason (95%) for cyber attacks is financial gain, with 24% of all cyber attacks involving ransomware.

Management 98

Management Data Processing Risk Digital Transformation 98

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Cloud computing doesn’t exist in a vacuum, and neither should your cloud strategy,” Gartner advises in its 2023 Cloud Strategy Cookbook. How will we measure and communicate the value of cloud? It’s essential to align cloud strategy with other existing technology strategies (e.g., data, security, development, architecture) as well.

Strategy 145

Strategy Cost-Benefit IT Key Performance Indicator 145