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How Can BI Consulting Services Help Foster Data-driven Decisions

BizAcuity

BI consulting services play a central role in this shift, equipping businesses with the frameworks and tools to extract true value from their data. As businesses increasingly rely on data for competitive advantage, understanding how business intelligence consulting services foster data-driven decisions is essential for sustainable growth.

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How will AI agents be priced? CIOs need to pay attention

CIO Business Intelligence

It also has the benefit that as underlying AI costs drop over time service providers can extract more margin for this work. A third way that AI agents could be priced is by calculating the underlying costs and charging a small markup, he says. Potentially good for customers, but maybe not for shareholder returns.

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5 common consultant negotiation tactics and how to protect your interests

CIO Business Intelligence

To execute a successful digital transformation initiative, you are likely to establish consulting provider relationships. Unfortunately, many organizations find themselves susceptible to the tactics used by consultants to manage their risk and optimize a commercial arrangement to their benefit. This takes planning.

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Marsh McLennan IT reorg lays foundation for gen AI

CIO Business Intelligence

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. It’s a full-fledged platform … pre-engineered with the governance we needed, and cost-optimized.

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Banks bet on AI to deliver digital efficiencies

CIO Business Intelligence

In the face of shrinking budgets and rising customer expectations, banks are increasingly relying on AI, according to a recent study by consulting firm Publicis Sapiens. They say that reducing costs through increased efficiency and greater flexibility are among their most important goals.

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Our Favorite Questions

O'Reilly on Data

We do so out of genuine curiosity as well as professional necessity: Q is an ML/AI consultant, Chris is a product manager in the AI space, and Shane is an attorney. The opinions presented here are personal, do not reflect the view of our employers, and are not professional product, consulting, or legal advice. A lot of questions.

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Enter the next phase of Industry 4.0 with edge AI

CIO Business Intelligence

What companies need to do in order to cope with future challenges is adapt quickly: slim down and become more agile, be more innovative, become more cost-effective, yet be secure in IT terms. AI can accelerate processes What exactly is stopping companies from taking this kind of action, then (apart from the potential costs involved)?