Smart Data Collective

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Data-driven ecommerce companies have a strong advantage over their competitors. As we stated before, data-driven marketing strategies are extremely valuable for ecommerce companies. What kind of ROI can big data offer for the ecommerce sector? What data does your online store need to transfer?

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Smart Data Collective

APRIL 28, 2021

Below, we’ll take a look at four industries that were major mobile app early-adopters, and we’ll see how they’re reaping the benefits of data-driven app development. What are data-driven apps? First, it’s important to understand what a data-driven app actually is. 4) (2) (5). Final Thoughts.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 24, 2024

in 2025, one of the largest percentage increases in this century, and it’s only partially driven by AI. growth this year, with data center spending increasing by nearly 35% in 2024 in anticipation of generative AI infrastructure needs. Data center spending will increase again by 15.5% trillion, builds on its prediction of an 8.2%

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David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

JANUARY 15, 2025

One of the points that I look at is whether and to what extent the software provider offers out-of-the-box external data useful for forecasting, planning, analysis and evaluation. Until recently, it was adequate for organizations to regard external data as a nice to have item, but that is no longer the case.

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O'Reilly on Data

MARCH 25, 2025

Weve seen this across dozens of companies, and the teams that break out of this trap all adopt some version of Evaluation-Driven Development (EDD), where testing, monitoring, and evaluation drive every decision from the start. Two big things: They bring the messiness of the real world into your system through unstructured data.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

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. As the study’s authors explain, these results underline a clear trend toward more personalized services, data-driven decision-making, and agile processes.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

According to recent data from IDC’s CIO Sentiment Survey (Figure 1), only 38% of organizations have reached a high level of maturity in their digital transformation efforts (with only about 13% claiming full transformation). IDC is a wholly owned subsidiary of International Data Group (IDG Inc.), Contact us today to learn more.

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Smart Data Collective

AUGUST 4, 2022

However, there are some downsides to shifting towards a data-driven healthcare delivery model. One of the biggest issues is that the system can break down when healthcare organizations have trouble accessing data. Their data delivery models become disrupted, which hinders the entire organization.

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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. Simultaneously, major decisions were made to unify the company’s data and analytics platform.

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Smart Data Collective

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Big data has become more important than ever in the realm of cybersecurity. You are going to have to know more about AI, data analytics and other big data tools if you want to be a cybersecurity professional. Big Data Skills Must Be Utilized in a Cybersecurity Role. Brilliant Growth and Wages.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Artificial Intelligence can reduce these times through data scanning, obtaining reports or collecting patient information. This way, waiting times before going in for a consultation can be minimized. Using that data and running AI on top will prevent early disease in the future.

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DataKitchen

APRIL 13, 2021

This is not surprising given that DataOps enables enterprise data teams to generate significant business value from their data. Companies that implement DataOps find that they are able to reduce cycle times from weeks (or months) to days, virtually eliminate data errors, increase collaboration, and dramatically improve productivity.

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Smart Data Collective

OCTOBER 15, 2021

We have talked about the benefits of using big data in web design. One of the most important benefits of data analytics is improving user experience. Jenny Booth highlighted this in her post Data-informed design: Getting started with UX analytics. Big Data is Crucial for Improving Online User Experience.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 11, 2024

If 2023 was the year of AI discovery and 2024 was that of AI experimentation, then 2025 will be the year that organisations seek to maximise AI-driven efficiencies and leverage AI for competitive advantage. Primary among these is the need to ensure the data that will power their AI strategies is fit for purpose.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 17, 2023

The big picture : In the midst of a rush to technology modernization, it’s critical to ensure the organization’s data assets are not overlooked. Why it matters:  Data-driven business decisions must factor prominently in modernization efforts. The bottom line:  Don’t leave data behind.

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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. Simultaneously, major decisions were made to unify the company’s data and analytics platform.

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O'Reilly on Data

OCTOBER 22, 2020

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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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 21, 2025

AI systems can analyze vast amounts of data in real time, identifying potential threats with speed and accuracy. Companies like CrowdStrike have documented that their AI-driven systems can detect threats in under one second. Thats the potential of AI-driven automated incident response.

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Rocket-Powered Data Science

JULY 30, 2018

To illustrate and to motivate these emerging and growing developments in marketing, we list here some of the top Machine Learning trends that we see: Hyper-personalization (SegOne context-driven marketing). Journey Sciences (using graph and linked data modeling). Real-time sentiment analysis and response (social customer care).

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

According to Boston Consulting Group (BGC) survey, artificial intelligence isn’t new, but broad public interest in it is. Overall, 75% of survey respondents have used ChatGPT or another AI-driven tool. With Gen AI interest growing, organizations are forced to examine their data architecture and maturity.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

With Tesla building the most advanced humanoid robot, it can be directed by deep intelligence at the data set level, Musk said, noting that Grok-3 was trained with synthetic data and far more Nvidia horsepower than any other model. Tom Richer, CEO of AI consultancy Intelagen and a former CIO, pointed to Figure.AI

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

As someone deeply involved in shaping data strategy, governance and analytics for organizations, Im constantly working on everything from defining data vision to building high-performing data teams. My work centers around enabling businesses to leverage data for better decision-making and driving impactful change.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Business intelligence (BI) analysts transform data into insights that drive business value. The role is becoming increasingly important as organizations move to capitalize on the volumes of data they collect through business intelligence strategies.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Conversations and subscriptions A per-conversation model seems to be an emerging approach, says Sesh Iyer, managing director, senior partner, and North America regional chair at BCG X, Boston Consulting Groups IT building and designing group. Vendors could also charge a small price per audio input or output.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

And thanks to online metrics, specific customer feedback, and data analytics, these retailers had more information about their customers than ever before. The next wave of technology driven CX We’re entering a new age of customer experience driven by digital transformation.

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O'Reilly on Data

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In June 2021, we asked the recipients of our Data & AI Newsletter to respond to a survey about compensation. The average salary for data and AI professionals who responded to the survey was $146,000. We didn’t use the data from these respondents; in practice, discarding this data had no effect on the results.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 3, 2025

At the same time, the scale of observability data generated from multiple tools exceeds human capacity to manage. Observability builds on the growth of sophisticated IT monitoring tools, starting with the premise that the operational state of every network node should be understandable from its data outputs.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 10, 2024

The firm offers custom silicon solutions for consumer devices, data centers, artificial intelligence (AI), and edge computing applications, with clients in the automotive, telecommunications, and high-tech sectors. Pareekh Jain, CEO of Pareekh Consulting, noted that other consulting companies are following a similar path.

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DataKitchen

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Data organizations often have a mix of centralized and decentralized activity. DataOps concerns itself with the complex flow of data across teams, data centers and organizational boundaries. It expands beyond tools and data architecture and views the data organization from the perspective of its processes and workflows.

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datapine

MARCH 31, 2022

Does data excite, inspire, or even amaze you? Despite these findings, the undeniable value of intelligence for business, and the incredible demand for BI skills, there is a severe shortage of BI-based data professionals – with a shortfall of 1.5 2) Top 10 Necessary BI Skills. 3) What Are the First Steps To Getting Started?

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 5, 2025

According to a recent survey by Foundry , nearly all respondents (97%) reported that their organization is impacted by digital friction, defined as the unnecessary effort an employee must exert to use data or technology for work. AI-driven asset information management will play a critical role in that final push toward zero incidents.

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datapine

JANUARY 24, 2021

In our cutthroat digital age, the importance of setting the right data analysis questions can define the overall success of a business. That being said, it seems like we’re in the midst of a data analysis crisis. Your Chance: Want to perform advanced data analysis with a few clicks? Data Is Only As Good As The Questions You Ask.

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Smart Data Collective

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

In an age where data plays a fundamental role in every aspect of our lives, it’s relatively simple to find the answers that we need. Big data has made it possible to store information on virtually everything. Unfortunately, the growing reliance on big data hasn’t come without a cost. Why is Technical Support Important?

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 19, 2025

Ser una empresa data-driven es una obligacin absoluta para nosotros, aprovechando el potencial de la inteligencia artificial y la analtica predictiva para anticiparnos a las necesidades del mercado y optimizar la gestin en todos los niveles de la organizacin, explica Marcel Alet, CIO de Palladium Hotel Group.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

We actually started our AI journey using agents almost right out of the gate, says Gary Kotovets, chief data and analytics officer at Dun & Bradstreet. In addition, because they require access to multiple data sources, there are data integration hurdles and added complexities of ensuring security and compliance.

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O'Reilly on Data

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

We suspected that data quality was a topic brimming with interest. The responses show a surfeit of concerns around data quality and some uncertainty about how best to address those concerns. Key survey results: The C-suite is engaged with data quality. Data quality might get worse before it gets better.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The growing importance of ESG and the CIO’s role As business models become more technology-driven, the CIO must assume a leadership role, actively shaping how technologies like AI, genAI and blockchain contribute to meeting ESG targets.

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