David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

MAY 14, 2025

Data governance is integral to an overall data intelligence strategy. GenAI models also learn from historical data, which may contain biases. Enterprises need robust mechanisms to detect and rectify bias during model training and deployment. One reason for this is a relative paucity of functionality.

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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. In addition, despite billions of dollars invested in AI infrastructure and generative AI in 2023, only 20% of businesses reported earnings benefits from AI in 2024.”

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ROI Data-driven Enterprise Experimentation 127

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 10, 2025

Early response from customers has been guarded, as representatives of the German-speaking SAP User Group (DSAG) at this years Technology Days likened the new SAP strategy to a new game of call, raise, or fold. Moreover, several points of SAPs strategy still need to be clarified.

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David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

MAY 15, 2025

Founded as Software Development Laboratories in 1977, Oracle is a behemoth in the software industry, generating more than $50 billion in revenue in its fiscal year 2024. Oracle recently hosted its annual Database Analyst Summit, sharing the vision and strategy for its data platform.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This year’s technology darling and other machine learning investments have already impacted digital transformation strategies in 2023 , and boards will expect CIOs to update their AI transformation strategies frequently. Luckily, many are expanding budgets to do so. “94%

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BI-Survey

JANUARY 7, 2025

In 2024, the Data Culture Podcast once again brings you thought-provoking discussions, inspiring lessons, and cutting-edge insights from the worlds of data, analytics, and AI. So, without further ado, here are the drumroll please Top 10 Data Culture Podcast Episodes of 2024. Lets dive in!

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 2, 2024

CIOs are readying for another demanding year, anticipating that artificial intelligence, economic uncertainty, business demands, and expectations for ever-increasing levels of speed will all be in play for 2024. Here’s what they list as their 2024 resolutions. He sees 2024 as the year to have good answers.

IT 144

IT Cost-Benefit Statistics Consulting 144

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 21, 2025

Well also examine strategies CIOs can use to address these challenges, ensuring their organizations can recognize the rewards of GenAI without compromising financial stability. Excessive infrastructure costs: About 21% of IT executives point to the high cost of training models or running GenAI apps as a major concern.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 23, 2024

In a survey of 451 senior technology executives conducted by Gartner in mid-2024, a striking 57% of CIOs reported being tasked with leading AI strategies. You must understand the cost components and pricing model options, and you need to know how to reduce these costs and negotiate with vendors.

Enterprise 141

Enterprise Cost-Benefit Broadcasting Risk 141

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The most pressing responsibilities for CIOs in 2024 will include security, cost containment, and cultivating a data-first mindset.” Here, we detail those and others that comprise eight of the top priorities for CIOs in 2024. Among the various strategies at our disposal, automation stands out as a pivotal solution,” she says. “In

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI)and, in particular, generative AI (GenAI)emerged as a defining theme at the CSO Conference & Awards 2024: Cyber Risk Management. Mark Skalny Mark Skalny (c)2024 Mark Skalny The operational implications of AI adoption were another key focus of the conference.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

AI and GenAI Regulatory Landscape, IDC, July 2024). China follows the EU, with additional focus on national security In March 2024 the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) published a draft Artificial Intelligence Law, and a translated version became available in early May. This allows for more rapid and targeted legislation when needed.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Paul Beswick, CIO of Marsh McLennan, served as a general strategy consultant for most of his 23 years at the firm but was tapped in 2019 to relaunch the risk, insurance, and consulting services powerhouse’s global digital practice. But the CIO had several key objectives to meet before launching the transformation.

IT 122

IT Insurance Consulting Risk 122

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Fast forward to 2024, and our data shows that organizations have conducted an average of 37 proofs of concept, but only about five have moved into production. Another area where enterprises have gained clarity is whether to build, compose or buy their own large language model (LLM). Its been a year of intense experimentation.

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Experimentation Cost-Benefit Enterprise Strategy 97

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 30, 2025

AI agents topped Forresters 2024 trend list, and Salesforce expects one billion in use by the end of fiscal year 2026. As Xerox continues its reinvention, shifting from its traditional print roots to a services-led model, agentic AI fits well into that journey.

IT 139

IT Sales Cost-Benefit Data-driven 139

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 6, 2024

Amid that growth, a few key trends surfaced to impact CIOs’ cloud strategies, continuing to today: More flexible consumption models To increase spend within their ecosystems, hyperscalers marketed more flexible consumption programs to enable customers to increase their commitments, while mitigating consumption risk.

Marketing 131

Marketing Strategy IT Data Processing 131

AWS Big Data

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Large language model (LLM)-based generative AI is a new technology trend for comprehending a large corpora of information and assisting with complex tasks. Generative AI models can translate natural language questions into valid SQL queries, a capability known as text-to-SQL generation. Can it also help write SQL queries?

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Trading: GenAI optimizes quant finance, helps refine trading strategies, executes trades more effectively, and revolutionizes capital markets forecasting. Using deep neural networks and Azure GPUs built with NVIDIA technology, startup Riskfuel is developing accelerated models based on AI to determine derivative valuation and risk sensitivity.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Earlier this month, the company said it expects cloud revenue to grow 29% to 31% in the second quarter of 2024, driven by high demand for AI and generative A I workloads from enterprises. Telmex is providing the data center space to host the Oracle Cloud Monterrey Region and will provide its sales force for a joint go-to-market strategy.

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David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

JANUARY 21, 2025

MongoDB is nevertheless keen to position MongoDB Atlas as a replacement for more traditional databases as part of application modernization strategies and has invested in a variety of capabilities to assist potential customers to refactor applications developed for relational databases. The recent launch of MongoDB 8.0

Data Lake 130

Data Lake IoT Cost-Benefit Enterprise 130

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

For example, because they generally use pre-trained large language models (LLMs), most organizations aren’t spending exorbitant amounts on infrastructure and the cost of training the models. And although AI talent is expensive , the use of pre-trained models also makes high-priced data-science talent unnecessary.

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IT Manufacturing Data Science Modeling 132

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Cloud exit’ became a big theme in 2023 and there’s good odds it’ll turn into a real trend for 2024. Any organization of size, dealing with diverse technology, is doing their company a disservice if a public cloud–only strategy is their ultimate end goal,” says Brian Shields, SVP and CTO of Boston Red Sox and Fenway Sports Management.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 10, 2024

Results from Foundry/CIO.com’s 2024 State of the CIO survey enforce this finding, with AI vaulting to the top slot of enterprise CIO’s hardest-to-hire roles. Moreover, many need deeper AI-related skills, too, such as for building machine learning models to serve niche business requirements. Here’s how IT leaders are coping.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 6, 2025

Ransomware incidents grew by 18% in 2024 , while the Dark Angels cybercrime group walked away from a single attack with a payout of $75 million. Security teams are under immense pressure to adopt strategies and systems that stave off evolving risks. Traditional security models: Whats the risk?

Modeling 71

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Paul Beswick, CIO of Marsh McLellan, served as a general strategy consultant for most of his 23 years at the firm but was tapped in 2019 to relaunch the risk, insurance, and consulting services powerhouse’s global digital practice. But the CIO had several key objectives to meet before launching the transformation.

IT 105

IT Insurance Consulting Risk 105

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 10, 2024

As one of the largest and most influential technology exhibitions in the world, GITEX Global 2024 promises to be a pivotal event for technology leaders. Here’s an in-depth look at the key technologies to expect at GITEX 2024. Sustainability Sustainability is increasingly becoming a priority for organizations worldwide.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 15, 2024

The senior vice president and chief information and strategy officer at National Life Group, has spent years executing a technology roadmap to modernize the insurance company. Case in point: Mehta, who now has the responsibility of developing National Life’s three-year enterprise strategy.

Digital Transformation 130

Digital Transformation Strategy Technology Enterprise 130

AWS Big Data

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

AWS re:Invent 2024, the flagship annual conference, took place December 26, 2024, in Las Vegas, bringing together thousands of cloud enthusiasts, innovators, and industry leaders from around the globe. Additional resources: re:Invent 2024 announcement video AWS Glue Introducing AWS Glue 5.0 With AWS Glue 5.0,

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 22, 2024

Moreover, these repatriations show how CIOs have a shrewder, more fluid cloud strategy today to ensure they don’t settle for less than what they want. CIOs also now can consider edge computing and micro data centers as alternatives to traditional dedicated data centers, cloud, and aaS models. a private cloud).

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 20, 2024

Early on, I observed that business strategy was rarely driving digital transformation, resulting in very little transformation occurring. Enterprises did not rethink their companies or models to thrive in what was quickly becoming a digital-first world. Instead, a vast majority of companies were investing in digitization.

Digital Transformation 144

Digital Transformation Modeling ROI Strategy 144

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 10, 2024

As organizations worldwide prepare to spend over $40 billion in core IT (technology budgeted and overseen by central IT) on GenAI in 2024 (per IDC’s Worldwide Core IT Spending for GenAI Forecast, 2023-2027 , January 2024), there’s an urgent need to manage the risks associated with these investments.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 21, 2024

Given the nature of their business, costs for security are baked into the business model. million in 2024 1 – and thus take the necessary steps to reduce cyber risk. Adherence to a defense-in-depth strategy should be front and center. 1] “Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024,” IBM.com. To learn more, visit Hyland. [1]

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 1, 2024

With the theme ‘Amplify Intelligence’, Huawei Connect 2024 in Shanghai showcased how different industries can embrace AI and digitalisation to innovate, grow, and maximise efficiency. Xu believes that these will serve as a guide to shape the strategies and actions that enterprises should adopt as they transform intelligently.

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Digital Transformation Enterprise Strategy Technology 114

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Data quality for AI needs to cover bias detection, infringement prevention, skew detection in data for model features, and noise detection. Not all columns are equal, so you need to prioritize cleaning data features that matter to your model, and your business outcomes. asks Friedman.

Enterprise 141

Enterprise Data Quality Structured Data Modeling 141

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 11, 2024

2023 was a year made notable by a range of unexpected, unpredictable, and fast-moving challenges that, despite seemingly having little to do with technology, had profound impacts on IT strategies. Waiting is a losing strategy.” These external factors can have a dramatic impact on business operations and strategic planning.

IT 133

IT Uncertainty Cost-Benefit Strategy 133

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 29, 2024

There was a definite buzz about cybersecurity investments and M&A picking up steam, AI-based defense and AI-delivered industry models, and overall product innovation. RSA provided strategies and tools for security experts to help defend their networks, with over 600 exhibitors and countless sessions displaying plenty of both.

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