BizAcuity

JANUARY 31, 2023

Thanks to the recent technological innovations and circumstances to their rapid adoption, having a data warehouse has become quite common in various enterprises across sectors. However, many businesses seem to face a lot of challenges, which includes ensuring a ‘single source of truth’ across the organization.

Business Intelligence 52

Business Intelligence Consulting KPI Data Warehouse 52

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Turner helps drive that success by wearing two hats for the company: He oversees a product-driven organization that must develop and deliver innovative services out to hotel owners and guests continuously even as his teams continue to build out IHG’s internal technology stack and services.

Forecasting 132

Forecasting Consulting Data-driven Business Objectives 132

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 7, 2025

In some cases, the business domain in which the organization operates (ie, healthcare, finance, insurance) understandably steers the decision toward a single cloud provider to simplify the logistics, data privacy, compliance and operations. The first three considerations are driven by business, and the last one by IT.

Optimization 98

Optimization Strategy Cost-Benefit Enterprise 98

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 23, 2023

One way they’re doing that is by reimagining the IT function, say management consultants, executive advisors, and CIOs themselves. Organizations that enhance customer experience can boost sales by upwards of 7% and profitability between 1% and 2% , according to management consulting firm McKinsey.

IT 137

IT Consulting Scorecard Key Performance Indicator 137

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 9, 2023

Digital transformation defined Digital transformation has become a catchall term for describing the implementation of digital technologies to re-engineer existing processes or develop new services that better engage customers, support employees, improve business operations, and drive business value to the organization’s bottom line.

Digital Transformation 137

Digital Transformation Data-driven Strategy Consulting 137

IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 14, 2023

Business owners often grapple with the frustrating reality of discovering IT issues impacting their operations only after customer complaints have arisen, leaving them with little opportunity to mitigate problems proactively. For example, suppose an interface between Salesforce and SAP goes down.

Business Objectives 45

Business Objectives IT Key Performance Indicator Consulting 45

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 23, 2023

According to the MIT Technology Review Insights Survey, an enterprise data strategy supports vital business objectives including expanding sales, improving operational efficiency, and reducing time to market. The problem is today, just 13% of organizations excel at delivering on their data strategy.

Data Strategy 116

Data Strategy Strategy Visualization Consulting 116

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 13, 2024

Lawrence Bilker can easily articulate the business values that his IT initiatives should deliver: better experiences for both employees and customers, more insights from data to enable smarter decision-making, and more intelligence for improved operations. And CEOs are looking to CIOs to create those products.”

IT 131

IT Digital Transformation ROI Strategy 131

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

IT then needs to analyze the data to identify potential issues in how IT services are delivered, and which user groups are most impacted,” Karalis says. Even if you’re an internal or service organization, you should be constantly driven by the amount of value you’re delivering to your stakeholders.”

Metrics 140

Metrics IT ROI Measurement 140

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 21, 2022

Governance should be designed with adaptability in mind to ensure IT remains in alignment with business objectives, continually providing value while effectively safeguarding the organization against potential risks, Bales says. Treating data like a waste product. It’s no secret that data has become a highly prized asset.

IT 116

IT Risk Measurement Risk Management 116

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 24, 2023

The initiative, heavy on data and analytics, will sift through myriad market factors affecting each store to land on the optimal prices — and, in the process, boost revenue for franchise owners and the company itself. And Herlihy points to his team’s work on building a data environment that can be used to improve customer experience.

IT 98

IT Sales Business Objectives Marketing 98

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 24, 2022

A close partnership between the CIO and CHRO that aligns technology, data, and business process design and workflows can help redefine desired work behaviors, which in turn reshapes the culture,” Nardecchia says. Using real-time data helps us react more quickly when we notice trends.”. Honing strategic hiring priorities.

Digital Transformation 126

Digital Transformation Data-driven Technology Advertising 126

IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 14, 2024

However, while embracing hybrid cloud might be intrinsic, clients continually seek to derive business value and higher return on investment (ROI) from their investments. This is exacerbated by the increasing challenges of platform scaling, skilling, cybersecurity and the explosion of data volumes.

ROI 68

ROI Business Objectives Cost-Benefit Enterprise 68

Alation

MARCH 29, 2022

Today, the term describes that same activity, but on a much larger scale, as organizations race to collect, analyze, and act on data first. But there have always been limits on who can access valuable data, as well as how it can be used. Modern business intelligence starts at the dawn of digital computing.

Business Intelligence 96

Business Intelligence Reporting Data mining Data-driven 96

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Executive leaders of small businesses and startups frequently lament that they lack the same access to data and insights that enterprise competitors and other more entrenched players enjoy. The solution: business intelligence tools While mindset is a difficult obstacle to overcome, technology and budget are easier ones to surmount.

Business Intelligence 91

Business Intelligence Forecasting Marketing Sales 91

Jet Global

JULY 29, 2020

For users of Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS), data access is about to get a bit more difficult now that the company has phased out the Oracle Discoverer product. It’s also important to consider your business objectives, both inside and outside finance. Good aggregation – Impressive summary data.

Reporting 98

Reporting Cost-Benefit Consulting Finance 98

IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 30, 2024

In the last post , we looked at creating a blueprint for a sustainable data center. Now we’ll look at how to get the most out of a modern data center. Get inspired A successful data center implementation can best be described as a distributed, dynamic, efficient and resilient IT nucleus.

Manufacturing 71

Manufacturing Business Objectives Optimization Data-driven 71

datapine

MARCH 22, 2019

Today’s tech-savvy customers are driven by experiences. Forrester states that 72% of businesses believe that improving customer experience is their top priority. Choose what will trigger the survey and the exact timing: Whom you send your surveys and when, is of crucial importance since it can affect the quality of your data.

Metrics 134

Metrics Dashboards Measurement Interactive 134

Sisense

MARCH 19, 2021

Twenty years ago, no one had heard of a chief data officer. The rise in prominence of data executives goes hand in hand with the rise of the importance of data in the modern business world: Every company must become truly data-driven, and data executives play an outsized role in making that happen.

Data-driven 52

Data-driven Data Strategy Strategy Business Objectives 52

IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

It includes a series of interconnected processes and initiatives designed to align the organization’s talent needs with its business objectives. Assess current and future needs Conduct a thorough assessment of current and future talent the organization requires to achieve its business objectives.

Strategy 61

Strategy Cost-Benefit Consulting Data-driven 61

Jet Global

JANUARY 26, 2021

The Microsoft tools will give you access to the data you need to chart financial performance, analyze data, and forecast trends, but you will need experienced, technical resources to get you there. The content of the resulting Excel workbook is static data and there is no association back to the ERP.

Reporting 98

Reporting Finance Data-driven Visualization 98

Smarten

APRIL 21, 2022

Business Users & Data Scientists Benefit from Citizen Data Scientist Initiatives ! A business that does not optimize its resources is doomed to fail. In this rapidly changing business environment and market, every organization must make the best of precious human resources.

Business Objectives 52

Business Objectives Data-driven Forecasting Marketing 52

IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 7, 2023

When knowledge workers leave the company, businesses face another challenge—finding a way to document, share and retain their knowledge to extend its benefits throughout the company. Knowledge workers can use them to quickly gather information about a topic, search for solutions to business problems and flesh out innovative ideas.

Cost-Benefit 64

Cost-Benefit Consulting Management Data-driven 64

FineReport

JULY 26, 2021

A business intelligence strategy is a framework that enables enterprises to use right BI tools to analyze the right data and then report to the right people to aid making right decisions. Through the process, businesses will measure their performance, seek out incomparable competitive advantages and dig out needs of customers.

Business Intelligence 52

Business Intelligence Strategy Cost-Benefit Data-driven 52

FineReport

JULY 26, 2021

A business intelligence strategy is a framework that enables enterprises to use right BI tools to analyze the right data and then report to the right people to aid making right decisions. Through the process, businesses will measure their performance, seek out incomparable competitive advantages and dig out needs of customers.

Business Intelligence 52

Business Intelligence Strategy Cost-Benefit Data-driven 52

Alation

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The same could be said about data governance : ask ten experts to define the term, and you’ll get eleven definitions and perhaps twelve frameworks. However it’s defined, data governance is among the hottest topics in data management. This is the final post in a four-part series discussing data culture.

Data Governance 52

Data Governance Data-driven Data Processing Metrics 52

IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 11, 2023

We continued working with The Climate Registry to support the development of the recently launched Net-Zero Portal, and the UN Science-Policy-Business Forum on the Environment to demonstrate how data and advanced information technology can underpin new solutions to persistent environmental problems.

Snapshot 57

Snapshot Reporting Business Objectives Software 57

IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 23, 2023

As the name suggests, it generates images, music, speech, code, video or text, while it interprets and manipulates preexisting data. For F&A leaders, this means that it may have the ability to transform financial data, such as business performance reports, commentary and narratives.

Finance 58

Finance Reporting Cost-Benefit Modeling 58

bridgei2i

MAY 19, 2021

Today the power of harnessing data is immense, and GICs are investing extensively in driving efficiencies through automation. And a lot of key agenda is being driven from these centers. And therefore, a lot of Central excellence is coming up. We are getting certain global leaders being domiciled in these locations and these centers.

Enterprise 75

Enterprise Digital Transformation Marketing Cost-Benefit 75

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Business drivers for the first wave of digital transformation through 2020 targeted growth, data capabilities, cloud migration, and delivering competitive technology capabilities. With generative AI now a firm digital transformation priority , 2023-24 will mark the beginning of an AI-driven transformation era.

Digital Transformation 145

Digital Transformation Data-driven Business Objectives Strategy 145

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

What if I was given the login and password to someone's web analytics data and asked to "find something interesting?" " How would I start the process of web data analysis right? Even without any knowledge of the company's goals or help from a stubborn HiPPO or clients who just want data pukes?

Reporting 140

Reporting Metrics Strategy Measurement 140

Occam's Razor

JUNE 28, 2010

We have more web metrics and data than there are stars in the universe (slight exaggeration!). A large part of the reason is that a large part of our job seems to consist of glorified data puking, hoping someone will be impressed. After all there is so much data in those reports!! Yet we stink at informing decisions.

Metrics 111

Metrics Key Performance Indicator Data-driven Marketing 111

Jet Global

AUGUST 25, 2021

They aren’t yet well-known in the marketplace, and their product requires a highly consultative sales process. DBB builds a budget based on key business objectives, baseline assumptions about external drivers, and a results-driven approach to internal business drivers.

Recreation/Entertainment 98

Recreation/Entertainment Business Driver Sales Software 98

Jet Global

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

DBB builds a budget based on key business objectives, baseline assumptions about external drivers, and a results-driven approach to internal business drivers. Consider, for example, a ski resort business in which early-season and late-season business are especially dependent on weather conditions.

Business Driver 52

Business Driver Recreation/Entertainment Sales Cost-Benefit 52

Jet Global

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Virtually every business on the planet has some kind of reporting mechanism in place–even if it’s just a simple set of off-the-shelf printouts that come from basic accounting software. These four stages are the “business intelligence cycle.” Phase 2: Gathering and Organizing Data.

Business Intelligence 52

Business Intelligence Slice and Dice Recreation/Entertainment Reporting 52

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Although we live in an increasingly data-driven world, most companies don’t operate data-driven business models. However, the tools to get more from the proprietary data you generate from everyday business processes are becoming widely accessible, and could help your company develop a competitive edge.

Data Quality 134

Data Quality Business Objectives Sales Data-driven 134

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

For instance, AT&T launched a comprehensive reskilling initiative called “Future Ready” to train employees in emerging technologies such as cloud computing, cybersecurity, and data analytics. Solution: Embrace API-driven integration to facilitate seamless communication between disparate systems. A: Expensive, bad processes.

IT 122

IT Consulting Recreation/Entertainment Data-driven 122