CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

From customer service chatbots to marketing teams analyzing call center data, the majority of enterprises—about 90% according to recent data —have begun exploring AI. For companies investing in data science, realizing the return on these investments requires embedding AI deeply into business processes.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Still, CIOs have reason to drive AI capabilities and employee adoption, as only 16% of companies are reinvention ready with fully modernized data foundations and end-to-end platform integration to support automation across most business processes, according to Accenture. Gen AI holds the potential to facilitate that.

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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. That being said, it seems like we’re in the midst of a data analysis crisis.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 21, 2025

CIOs were given significant budgets to improve productivity, cost savings, and competitive advantages with gen AI. CIOs feeling the pressure will likely seek more pragmatic AI applications, platform simplifications, and risk management practices that have short-term benefits while becoming force multipliers to longer-term financial returns.

Cost-Benefit 142

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Re-platforming to reduce friction Marsh McLellan had been running several strategic data centers globally, with some workloads on the cloud that had sprung up organically. It’s a full-fledged platform … pre-engineered with the governance we needed, and cost-optimized.

IT 105

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Smart Data Collective

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Companies are investing more in big data than ever before. Last year, global businesses spent over $271 billion on big data. While there are many benefits of big data technology, the steep price tag can’t be ignored. We mentioned that data analytics offers a number of benefits with financial planning.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 19, 2024

It also has the benefit that as underlying AI costs drop over time service providers can extract more margin for this work. It also has the benefit that as underlying AI costs drop over time service providers can extract more margin for this work. Generally, its a fair trade for the customer and provider.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 25, 2025

CIOs perennially deal with technical debts risks, costs, and complexities. These areas are considerable issues, but what about data, security, culture, and addressing areas where past shortcuts are fast becoming todays liabilities? Using the companys data in LLMs, AI agents, or other generative AI models creates more risk.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 4, 2025

From AI models that boost sales to robots that slash production costs, advanced technologies are transforming both top-line growth and bottom-line efficiency. In finance, AI algorithms analyze customer data to upsell and cross-sell products at the right time, boosting revenue per customer.

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Technology ROI Cost-Benefit Manufacturing 118

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Large language models (LLMs) are very good at spotting patterns in data of all types, and then creating artefacts in response to user prompts that match these patterns. Despite these limitations and concerns among CIOs over AI costs, real progress has been made this year and we can expect to see this grow further in 2025.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This year, many CIOs have focused on getting AI prototypes up and running without fully considering the long-term operating costs , he says. Gartner recently estimated that organizations that don’t understand how their generative AI costs scale could make a 500% to 1,000% calculation error, he notes. That’s not where you want to be.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 15, 2025

As a consequence, these businesses experience increased operational costs and find it difficult to scale or integrate modern technologies. The business benefits of GenAI-driven modernisation The benefits of powering application modernisation with GenAI are clear. The foundation of the solution is also important.

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BizAcuity

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In today’s data-rich environment, the challenge isn’t just collecting data but transforming it into actionable insights that drive strategic decisions. For organizations, this means adopting a data-driven approach—one that replaces gut instinct with factual evidence and predictive insights. What is BI Consulting?

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 5, 2025

Research from Gartner, for example, shows that approximately 30% of generative AI (GenAI) will not make it past the proof-of-concept phase by the end of 2025, due to factors including poor data quality, inadequate risk controls, and escalating costs. [1] AI in action The benefits of this approach are clear to see.

Enterprise 124

Enterprise Cost-Benefit Unstructured Data Data Quality 124

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Infor’s Embedded Experiences allows users to create first drafts of text for specific business purposes and summarize insights as well as quickly analyze and interact with data. And its GenAI knowledge hub uses retrieval-augmented generation to provide immediate access to knowledge, potentially from multiple data sources.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

If expectations around the cost and speed of deployment are unrealistically high, milestones are missed, and doubt over potential benefits soon takes root. The right tools and technologies can keep a project on track, avoiding any gap between expected and realized benefits. But this scenario is avoidable.

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datapine

JUNE 5, 2019

“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.”– Data is all around us. Data has changed our lives in many ways, helping to improve the processes, initiatives, and innovations of organizations across sectors through the power of insight. Let’s kick things off by asking the question: what is a data dashboard?

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AWS Big Data

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

At AWS, we are committed to empowering organizations with tools that streamline data analytics and transformation processes. This integration enables data teams to efficiently transform and manage data using Athena with dbt Cloud’s robust features, enhancing the overall data workflow experience.

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Data Lake Data Warehouse Cost-Benefit Data Transformation 104

AWS Big Data

JANUARY 15, 2025

For container terminal operators, data-driven decision-making and efficient data sharing are vital to optimizing operations and boosting supply chain efficiency. Together, these capabilities enable terminal operators to enhance efficiency and competitiveness in an industry that is increasingly data driven.

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IoT Machine Learning Metadata Data-driven 111

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 19, 2025

The next evolution of AI has arrived, and its agentic. AI agents are powered by the same AI systems as chatbots, but can take independent action, collaborate to achieve bigger objectives, and take over entire business workflows. The technology is relatively new, but all the major players are already on board.

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Software Risk Enterprise Cost-Benefit 141

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 19, 2025

As regulatory scrutiny, investor expectations, and consumer demand for environmental, social and governance (ESG) accountability intensify, organizations must leverage data to drive their sustainability initiatives. However, embedding ESG into an enterprise data strategy doesnt have to start as a C-suite directive.

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IT Data Governance Data-driven Metrics 59

datapine

JANUARY 21, 2020

Big data plays a crucial role in online data analysis , business information, and intelligent reporting. Companies must adjust to the ambiguity of data, and act accordingly. As a result, BI can benefit the overall evolution as well as the profitability of a company, regardless of niche or industry. What Is BI Reporting?

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 13, 2025

Allow me, then, to make five predictions on how emerging technology, including AI, and data and analytics advancements will help businesses meet their top challenges in 2025 particularly how their technology investments will drive future growth. Its clear AI remains prevalent today just as it has been for the past several years.

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datapine

MAY 2, 2023

Table of Contents 1) Benefits Of Big Data In Logistics 2) 10 Big Data In Logistics Use Cases Big data is revolutionizing many fields of business, and logistics analytics is no exception. The complex and ever-evolving nature of logistics makes it an essential use case for big data applications. Did you know?

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Big Data Internet of Things Cost-Benefit Optimization 275

O'Reilly on Data

APRIL 30, 2024

Market structure is not simply the number of firms, but the cost structure and economic incentives in the market that follow from the institutions, adjacent government regulations, and available financing. However, there is one class of AI risk that is generally knowable in advance. billion) in annual sales and millions of users.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 9, 2025

In 2024, squeezed by the rising cost of living, inflationary impact, and interest rates, they are now grappling with declining consumer spending and confidence. It demands a robust foundation of consistent, high-quality data across all retail channels and systems. But 2025 and 2026 will bear good news, according to Deloitte.

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B2B Cost-Benefit Data-driven Sales 105

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Enterprises that adopt RPA report reductions in process cycle times and operational costs. Enhanced analytics driven by AI can identify patterns and trends, allowing enterprises to better predict future business needs. This ability facilitates breaking down silos between departments and fosters a collaborative approach to data use.

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Cost-Benefit Data-driven Enterprise Business Objectives 130

datapine

JULY 1, 2020

“The goal is to turn data into information, and information into insight.” – Carly Fiorina, former executive, president, HP. Digital data is all around us. quintillion bytes of data every single day, with 90% of the world’s digital insights generated in the last two years alone, according to Forbes.

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David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

JANUARY 21, 2025

Despite all the interest in artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI (GenAI), ISGs Buyers Guide for Data Platforms serves as a reminder of the ongoing importance of product experience functionality to address adaptability, manageability, reliability and usability. This is especially true for mission-critical workloads.

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datapine

AUGUST 12, 2020

They may gather financial, marketing and sales-related information, or more technical data; a business report sample will be your all-time assistance to adjust purchasing plans, staffing schedules, and more generally, communicating your ideas in the business environment. Benefit from great business reports today!

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Reporting Dashboards Visualization Cost-Benefit 297

O'Reilly on Data

APRIL 5, 2023

That’s because AI algorithms are trained on data. By its very nature, data is an artifact of something that happened in the past. Data is a relic–even if it’s only a few milliseconds old. When we decide which data to use and which data to discard, we are influenced by our innate biases and pre-existing beliefs.

Cost-Benefit 309

Cost-Benefit Data-driven Measurement Visualization 309

AWS Big Data

MARCH 13, 2025

At AWS re:Invent 2024, we announced the next generation of Amazon SageMaker , the center for all your data, analytics, and AI. It enables teams to securely find, prepare, and collaborate on data assets and build analytics and AI applications through a single experience, accelerating the path from data to value.

Analytics 94

Analytics Data Lake Data Warehouse Data-driven 94

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 9, 2024

A primary benefit of cloud replatforming is that it gives organizations the flexibility to update, maintain or customize applications with extended functionality aimed at customers and employees. More efficient workloads and processes allow organizations to reapply cost savings in other areas of the business.

Cost-Benefit 98

Cost-Benefit Optimization Data-driven Marketing 98

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 21, 2025

Its promise of AI-driven features and enhanced capabilities sound easy to access, but is it so linear? And if youre moving from versions older than Oracle Database 19c, get ready for a multi-step upgrade marathon at a substantial cost. A few examples are AI vector search, secure data encoding and natural language processing.

Cost-Benefit 97

Cost-Benefit ROI Data-driven Risk 97

AWS Big Data

JANUARY 9, 2025

In this post, we focus on data management implementation options such as accessing data directly in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), using popular data formats like Parquet, or using open table formats like Iceberg. Data management is the foundation of quantitative research.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

As the study’s authors explain, these results underline a clear trend toward more personalized services, data-driven decision-making, and agile processes. According to the study, the biggest focus in the next three years will be on AI-supported data analysis, followed by the use of gen AI for internal use.

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Digital Transformation Consulting Cost-Benefit Marketing 141

O'Reilly on Data

MAY 27, 2020

Whether driven by my score, or by their own firsthand experience, the doctors sent me straight to the neonatal intensive care ward, where I spent my first few days. And yet a number or category label that describes a human life is not only machine-readable data. Algorithms tell stories about who people are.

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