David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Task automation platforms initially enabled enterprises to automate repetitive tasks, freeing valuable human resources for more strategic activities. Robotic process automation (RPA) has been a cornerstone of task automation, allowing businesses to execute high-volume, transactional procedures with minimal human intervention.

Cost-Benefit 130

Cost-Benefit Data-driven Enterprise Business Objectives 130

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Their top predictions include: Most enterprises fixated on AI ROI will scale back their efforts prematurely. The expectation for immediate returns on AI investments will see many enterprises scaling back their efforts sooner than they should,” Chaurasia and Maheshwari said.

ROI 127

ROI Data-driven Enterprise Experimentation 127

erwin

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Change Management and Enterprise Architecture. In large organizations, enterprise architecture (EA) has long been recognized as an effective mechanism for change management. It facilitates an organization’s efforts in assessing the impact of change and making recommendations for target states that support business objectives.

Management 137

Management Enterprise Cost-Benefit Business Objectives 137

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 7, 2025

But this year three changes are likely to drive CIOs operating model transformations and digital strategies: In 2024, enterprise SaaS embedded AI agents to drive workflow evolutions , and leading-edge organizations began developing their own AI agents.

Digital Transformation 143

Digital Transformation Experimentation Cost-Benefit Strategy 143

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. Is our AI strategy enterprise-wide?

Strategy 141

Strategy ROI Experimentation Risk 141

DataKitchen

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Your data consumers are focused on business objectives. They need to grow sales, pursue new business opportunities, or reduce costs. What would it mean for a company to lead its industry in savvy and business agility? Impactful DataOps projects are those that help colleagues and executives pursue their objectives.

Business Objectives 245

Business Objectives Cost-Benefit Measurement Metrics 245

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A cloud analytics migration project is a heavy lift for enterprises that dive in without adequate preparation. Clearing business strategy hurdles Choosing the right technologies to meet an organization’s unique AI goals is usually not straightforward. But this scenario is avoidable.

Analytics 97

Analytics Cost-Benefit Finance Data-driven 97

AWS Big Data

OCTOBER 21, 2024

However, enterprises often encounter challenges with data silos, insufficient access controls, poor governance, and quality issues. By decentralizing data ownership and distribution, enterprises can break down silos and enable seamless data sharing. At the core of this ecosystem lies the enterprise data platform.

Sales 116

Sales Data-driven Data Processing Key Performance Indicator 116

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 4, 2024

“We need to continue to be mindful of business outcomes and apply use cases that make sense.” Some prospective projects require custom development using large language models (LLMs), but others simply require flipping a switch to turn on new AI capabilities in enterprise software. “AI asks Srivastava. Therein lies the challenge.”

Enterprise 134

Enterprise Cost-Benefit Forecasting Sales 134

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 30, 2022

The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) is an enterprise architecture methodology that offers a high-level framework for enterprise software development. TOGAF helps organizations implement software technology in a structured and organized way, with a focus on governance and meeting business objectives.

Enterprise 111

Enterprise Software Business Objectives Digital Transformation 111

FineReport

AUGUST 19, 2021

Have you ever heard complaints from business departments about unclear indicators? Use business objects dashboard, and then these problems won’t surround you anymore. What is business objects dashboard? Business objects dashboard is the collection of reports and charts.

Business Objectives 52

Business Objectives Dashboards Business Analysis Business Intelligence 52

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 10, 2024

According to AI at Wartons report on navigating gen AIs early years, 72% of enterprises predict gen AI budget growth over the next 12 months but slower increases over the next two to five years. That doesnt mean investments will dry up overnight. Below are five examples of where to start.

Sales 143

Sales Metrics Data-driven Measurement 143

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 21, 2025

Credit: Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey, Wave 10, October 2024 (n = 36 IT C-level executives who indicated higher IT spending in 2025 than 2024) This trend is expected to only intensify in 2026, where IT executives project GenAI budgets will more than double from an average of $3.45 million in 2025 to $7.45

Cost-Benefit 98

Cost-Benefit ROI Measurement Strategy 98

Rocket-Powered Data Science

JUNE 17, 2022

Observability is a business strategy: what you monitor, why you monitor it, what you intend to learn from it, how it will be used, and how it will contribute to business objectives and mission success. tight coupling of cyber-physical systems, digital twinning of almost anything in the enterprise, and more. is here, now!

Machine Learning 238

Machine Learning Recreation/Entertainment Risk Business Objectives 238

Rocket-Powered Data Science

JULY 6, 2021

Data and network access controls have similar user-based permissions when working from home as when working behind the firewall at your place of business, but the security checks and usage tracking can be more verifiable and certified with biometric analytics. This is critical in our massively data-sharing world and enterprises.

Machine Learning 279

Machine Learning Data-driven Deep Learning IoT 279

Rocket-Powered Data Science

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

First, don’t do something just because everyone else is doing it – there needs to be a valid business reason for your organization to be doing it, at the very least because you will need to explain it objectively to your stakeholders (employees, investors, clients). The latter is essential for Generative AI implementations.

Strategy 290

Strategy Experimentation Uncertainty Machine Learning 290

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 7, 2025

With the AI revolution underway which has kicked the wave of digital transformation into high gear it is imperative for enterprises to have their cloud infrastructure built on firm foundations that can enable them to scale AI/ML solutions effectively and efficiently.

Optimization 98

Optimization Strategy Cost-Benefit Enterprise 98

IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 29, 2020

Many enterprises have a tangled data management system, comprised of an assortment of products assembled together, in an attempt to meet the complex needs of modern day data management.

Digital Transformation 104

Digital Transformation Management Business Objectives Enterprise 104

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. These integrations allow for a holistic view and effective handling of IT alerts across different systems.

Business Objectives 45

Business Objectives IT Key Performance Indicator Consulting 45

Rocket-Powered Data Science

JULY 21, 2023

Here are four specific metrics from the report, highlighting the potentially huge enterprise system benefits coming from implementing Splunk’s observability and monitoring products and services: Four times as many leaders who implement observability strategies resolve unplanned downtime in just minutes, not hours or days.

Machine Learning 190

Machine Learning Metrics Internet of Things Reporting 190

Jet Global

AUGUST 14, 2019

While the technology behind enabling computers to simulate human thought has been developing, at times slowly, over the past half-century, the cost of implementation, readily available access to cloud computing, and practical business use cases are primed to help AI make a dramatic impact in the enterprise over the next few years.

Enterprise 70

Enterprise OLAP Business Intelligence Cost-Benefit 70

Smarten

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Can Predictive Analytics Help You Achieve Business Objectives? If an organization wishes to be successful in the market and in its competitive efforts, it must accurately forecast and predict the future of its business, plan for new locations and products or services, and optimize internal operations.

Business Objectives 40

Business Objectives Predictive Analytics Analytics Forecasting 40

Smart Data Collective

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

These predictive models can be used by enterprise marketers to more effectively develop predictions of future user behaviors based on the sourced historical data. This can cause certain business problems with both your data points as well as your data analytics, web analytics , and response variable.

Predictive Analytics 139

Predictive Analytics Analytics Predictive Modeling Data mining 139

Cloudera

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Digital transformation has been on the agenda for a long time, but the sudden need to respond to the unprecedented challenges of 2020, has meant the buzzword has become an executable reality for many enterprises. This confidence and trust is key to enabling them to use data to its fullest potential and generating business value. .

IT 104

IT Business Objectives Digital Transformation Data-driven 104

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 23, 2022

By: Amrita Shergill, Account Manager, NaaS and Ecosystem Sales at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company. With a majority of employees splitting their time between the home office and workplace, managing and securing the enterprise inside and outside its boundaries in a flexible and scalable manner is a priority. . IT Leadership

Cost-Benefit 105

Cost-Benefit Business Objectives ROI Risk 105

erwin

JULY 12, 2019

The complexity of regulatory requirements in and of themselves is aggravated by the complexity of the business and data landscapes within most enterprises. Creating and automating a curated enterprise data catalog , complete with physical assets, data models, data movement, data quality and on-demand lineage. How erwin Can Help.

Data Governance 110

Data Governance Management Metadata Risk Management 110

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

But APIs do more than support next-generation technologies — they already serve a foundational purpose within most enterprises. Karl Mattson, field CISO at Noname Security, an API security solution, says APIs are the foundation of nearly every CIO’s strategic plans to deliver business value.

Business Objectives 124

Business Objectives Cost-Benefit Strategy Data-driven 124

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 13, 2024

A new perspective is needed — one that operates at the scale of the future enterprise and the speed of environmental changes. Unleashing deep automation: Evolving enterprise intelligence Deep automation transcends traditional automation approaches, offering a holistic, adaptive, and evolutive strategy at the enterprise and ecosystem level.

Data-driven 130

Data-driven Metrics Optimization Machine Learning 130

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 19, 2025

Similarly, Deloittes 2024 CxO Survey highlights that while CDOs prioritize AI and business efficiency, sustainability remains a secondary focus. However, embedding ESG into an enterprise data strategy doesnt have to start as a C-suite directive.

IT 59

IT Data Governance Data-driven Metrics 59

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 20, 2023

Look at Enterprise Infrastructure An IDC survey [1] of more than 2,000 business leaders found a growing realization that AI needs to reside on purpose-built infrastructure to be able to deliver real value. Focus on Outcomes Analytics and AI hold the promise of driving better business insights from data warehouses, streams, and lakes.

Analytics 137

Analytics Key Performance Indicator Unstructured Data Deep Learning 137

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

APRIL 23, 2025

I assert that by 2027, over one-third of enterprises using HCM platforms will observe demonstrable improvement due to platform guidance that helps employees and managers overcome skill and experience gaps. The shift to a skills-based approach is transforming how organizations match talent to business needs.

Strategy 130

Strategy Optimization Technology Business Objectives 130

IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 6, 2024

IBM and AWS study: Less than 25% of current generative AI projects are being secured The enterprise world has long operated on the notion that trust is the currency of good business. But as AI transforms and redefines how businesses operate and how customers interact with them, trust in technology must be built.

Enterprise 65

Enterprise Risk Strategy Business Objectives 65

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 2, 2024

Create self-service options Automating existing processes with AI gives enterprise departments a powerful new self-service tool. Enterprises have long sought to drive efficiency and scale through automation, first with simple programmatic rules-based systems and later with more advanced algorithmic software,” Liddle says.

IT 143

IT Machine Learning Cost-Benefit Data-driven 143

IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 8, 2020

Business-as-usual means something far different today than it did just a few months ago. For most enterprises, digital transformation isn’t just a distant business objective—now it’s an imperative to find new ways of doing business. Around the world, companies are pivoting to adjust to an entirely new reality.

Business Objectives 83

Business Objectives Digital Transformation Enterprise IT 83

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 23, 2023

As a result, most IT functions have seen budget increases, support for more staff, and higher involvement in shaping enterprise strategy , according to multiple reports. According to its 2023 research paper Total Enterprise Reinvention , “only 8% of companies are moving to adopt a strategy of Total Enterprise Reinvention.”

IT 137

IT Consulting Scorecard Key Performance Indicator 137

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 9, 2022

With customers gaining control over the way companies deliver experiences, enterprises must provide new customer experiences to meet and exceed customer demands. Enterprises should also understand that modernising apps is not an all-or-nothing transformation approach.

Cost-Benefit 119

Cost-Benefit Digital Transformation Strategy Enterprise 119

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 24, 2024

Organizations that have made progress on environmental objectives to include circular economy principles have also made progress on broader business objectives of better asset management strategies and reduced procurement cycles.

Management 110

Management IT Cost-Benefit Metrics 110