CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 5, 2025

Two years of experimentation may have given rise to several valuable use cases for gen AI , but during the same period, IT leaders have also learned that the new, fast-evolving technology isnt something to jump into blindly. The next thing is to make sure they have an objective way of testing the outcome and measuring success.

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Corinium

JUNE 6, 2019

For instance, for a variety of reasons, in the short term, CDAOS are challenged with quantifying the benefits of analytics’ investments. Fractal’s recommendation is to take an incremental, test and learn approach to analytics to fully demonstrate the program value before making larger capital investments.

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Analytics Insurance Forecasting Deep Learning 250

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 3, 2024

From budget allocations to model preferences and testing methodologies, the survey unearths the areas that matter most to large, medium, and small companies, respectively. The complexity and scale of operations in large organizations necessitate robust testing frameworks to mitigate these risks and remain compliant with industry regulations.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 15, 2024

But continuous deployment isn’t always appropriate for your business , stakeholders don’t always understand the costs of implementing robust continuous testing , and end-users don’t always tolerate frequent app deployments during peak usage. CrowdStrike recently made the news about a failed deployment impacting 8.5

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 1, 2024

Pilots can offer value beyond just experimentation, of course. McKinsey reports that industrial design teams using LLM-powered summaries of user research and AI-generated images for ideation and experimentation sometimes see a reduction upward of 70% in product development cycle times.

Cost-Benefit 143

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Smart Data Collective

OCTOBER 13, 2021

AI technology moves innovation forward by boosting tinkering and experimentation, accelerating the innovation process. It also allows companies to experiment with new concepts and ideas in different ways without relying only on lab tests. One of the biggest benefits of AI is that it has led to new breakthroughs in automation.

Technology 133

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 25, 2024

Fits and starts As most CIOs have experienced, embracing emerging technologies comes with its share of experimentation and setbacks. Here, it was believed an LLM would help, as an oft-touted benefit of LLMs is their speed, enabling them to complete complex steps rapidly. That was notthe case with LinkedIn’s deployment, Bottaro said. “I

IT 139

IT Cost-Benefit Experimentation Metrics 139

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 12, 2024

Early use cases include code generation and documentation, test case generation and test automation, as well as code optimization and refactoring, among others. But early returns indicate the technology can provide benefits for the process of creating and enhancing applications, with caveats. “The

Software 131

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

If the code isn’t appropriately tested and validated, the software in which it’s embedded may be unstable or error-prone, presenting long-term maintenance issues and costs. Provide sandboxes for safe testing of AI tools and applications and appropriate policies and guardrails for experimentation.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Sandeep Davé knows the value of experimentation as well as anyone. As chief digital and technology officer at CBRE, Davé recognized early that the commercial real estate industry was ripe for AI and machine learning enhancements, and he and his team have tested countless use cases across the enterprise ever since.

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Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Then they isolated regions of the country (by city, zip, state, dma pick your fave) into test and control regions. People in the test regions will participate in our hypothesis testing. We'll measure Revenue, Profit (the money we make less cost of goods sold), Expense (cost of campaign), Net (bottom-line impact).

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AWS Big Data

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

At GoDaddy, we embarked on a journey to uncover the efficiency promises of AWS Graviton2 on Amazon EMR Serverless as part of our long-term vision for cost-effective intelligent computing. EMR Serverless on Graviton2 demonstrated an advantage in cost-effectiveness, resulting in significant savings in total run costs.

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Cost-Benefit Big Data Testing Optimization 110

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 24, 2024

The first use of generative AI in companies tends to be for productivity improvements and cost cutting. But there are only so many costs that can be cut. CIOs are well positioned to cut costs since they’re usually well acquainted with a company’s digital processes, having helped set them up in the first place.

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Sales Finance Experimentation Cost-Benefit 128

datapine

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

We will go into detail with each report below in the article, but it is important to keep in mind that low-level metrics such as CPC or CTR will not take part in the strategic report that focuses on customers’ costs. This is useful since seniors need to know and control customer costs and the quality of leads. click to enlarge**.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 2, 2024

HBR’s “ The Value of Digital Transformation ” reports, “While 89% of large companies globally have a digital and AI transformation underway, they have only captured 31% of the expected revenue lift and 25% of expected cost savings from the effort.” While the CIO sees the big picture, their peers need to know how the change will benefit them.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 5, 2024

Many other platforms, such as Coveo’s Relative Generative Answering , Quickbase AI , and LaunchDarkly’s Product Experimentation , have embedded virtual assistant capabilities but don’t brand them copilots. Today, top AI-assistant capabilities delivering results include generating code, test cases, and documentation.

Advertising 124

Advertising Cost-Benefit Experimentation Reporting 124

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 28, 2023

As Belcorp considered the difficulties it faced, the R&D division noted it could significantly expedite time-to-market and increase productivity in its product development process if it could shorten the timeframes of the experimental and testing phases in the R&D labs. This allowed us to derive insights more easily.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Because of this, IT leaders must take a proactive approach to change management , communicating the benefits of digital transformation and providing support and training to employees. Be realistic about the costs of digital transformation and allocate sufficient human capital and financial capital to achieve your goals.

Digital Transformation 143

Digital Transformation Cost-Benefit Experimentation Measurement 143

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 18, 2022

Organizations that continued full speed ahead with their digital transformation initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic are able to ruminate on what went right and what they would have done differently, with the benefit of hindsight. Your organization can both avoid turnover costs and preserve corporate memory.”. It’s a pitfall.”.

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Digital Transformation Dashboards Cost-Benefit Consulting 145

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Meanwhile, CIOs must still reduce technical debt, modernize applications, and get cloud costs under control. If CIOs don’t improve conversions from pilot to production, they may find their investors losing patience in the process and culture of experimentation.

Digital Transformation 143

Digital Transformation Unstructured Data Machine Learning Risk Management 143

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 2, 2023

Benefits of composable architecture Embracing a composable architecture empowers your business to compose building blocks with unparalleled flexibility, opening doors to new opportunities for innovation. This gradual progression allows for seamless adaptation and continuous improvement, keeping your business at the forefront of innovation.

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Cost-Benefit Experimentation Digital Transformation Optimization 98

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 16, 2023

But today, Svevia is driving cross-sector digitization projects where new technology for increased safety for road workers and users is tested. This leads to environmental benefits and fewer transports. In some areas, they’re testing the use of roadside sensors, weather data, and data from vehicles.

Risk 98

Risk Cost-Benefit Internet of Things Digital Transformation 98

Cloudera

OCTOBER 18, 2023

And just as financial services experiences its cycles, this time of year I find myself returning to the topic of cost reduction. These cutting-edge technologies provide lower-cost alternatives for discovering efficiencies within financial operations, all while enhancing the quality of services offered.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 30, 2024

Plus, it’s used to speed up procurement analysis and insights into negotiation strategies, and reduce hiring costs with resume screening and automated candidate profile recommendations. Having overcome the initial perplexity about ChatGPT, Maffei tested gen AI in coding activity and found great benefits.

Cost-Benefit 119

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 1, 2023

They may also be eager to quickly ditch new technologies that don’t provide significant benefits. A transformation in marketing Other research backs up the premise that GAI is having a transformative effect on the role of marketers, who are becoming bolder and more experimental with their martech stacks.

Marketing 98

Marketing B2B Experimentation Cost-Benefit 98

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

And you are telling me that the Cost Per Acquisition for my display campaigns is not $201 but rather a lowly $155? You only have to think about it for five seconds to realize it passes the ultimate test for everything: Common sense. Test that hypothesis using a percent of your budget and measure results. That is so cool.

Modeling 162

Modeling Optimization Marketing Interactive 162

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 23, 2010

Why comes from lab usability studies , website surveys , "follow me home" exercises, experimentation & testing , and other such delightful endeavors. I know that you even realize Why is ever easier to accomplish (usability studies are economical, surveys and testing platforms start at the sweet price of free!).

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Smart Data Collective

JULY 9, 2023

One benefit is that they can help with conversion rate optimization. Optimizing Conversion Rates with Data-Driven Strategies A/B Testing and Experimentation for Conversion Rate Optimization A/B testing is essential for discovering which version of your website’s elements are most effective in driving conversions.

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Optimization Data Analytics Analytics Data-driven 97

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Our IT evolution Having worked primarily in traditionally structured industries like oil and gas, government, education and finance, I’ve witnessed firsthand how technology was once considered a commodity, a cost center. I built it externally for $50,000 in just five weeks—from concept to market testing.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 23, 2006

. ‡ Never start with clickstream, it becomes “old” quickly ‡ People care about their paychecks ‡ Execution strategy: ~ Identify Senior Management hot buttons ~ Exhibit daily that you can • increase revenue • trim costs • improve customer satisfaction. 4 Proactive insights rather than reactive.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 18, 2011

This should drive aggressive experimentation of email content / offers / targeting / every facet by your team. This metric helps you find opportunities for immediate improvement – such as pages and calls to action you should test, and content that fails to deliver. But we rarely spend time measuring profitability.

Metrics 138

Metrics Marketing Measurement Cost-Benefit 138

IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 17, 2024

Organizations face increased pressure to move to the cloud in a world of real-time metrics, microservices and APIs, all of which benefit from the flexibility and scalability of cloud computing. Most “lifted and shifted” apps can operate in a cloud environment but might not to reap the full benefits of cloud.

Modeling 96

Modeling Cost-Benefit Optimization Digital Transformation 96

AWS Big Data

JUNE 12, 2024

Swisscom’s Data, Analytics, and AI division is building a One Data Platform (ODP) solution that will enable every Swisscom employee, process, and product to benefit from the massive value of Swisscom’s data. Balancing system performance, scalability, and cost while taking into account the rigid system pieces requires a strategic solution.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 21, 2024

The previous state-of-the-art sensors cost tens of thousands of dollars, adds Mattmann, who’s now the chief data and AI officer at UCLA. Enterprises also need to think about how they’ll test these systems to ensure they’re performing as intended. They also had extreme measurement sensitivity. That’s the most difficult thing,” he says.

Risk 136

Risk Insurance Cost-Benefit Software 136

IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Moreover, costs are always an important consideration: businesses can’t afford to invest in every possible opportunity without evidence of added value. This is why it’s important to empower more business professionals to benefit from events. We’ve seen them get stuck all-together due to costs and skills constrains.

Cost-Benefit 74

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Cloudera

JANUARY 30, 2019

Data scientists require on-demand access to data, powerful processing infrastructure, and multiple tools and libraries for development and experimentation. Run experiments with historical reference for hyperparameter tuning, feature engineering, grid searches, A/B testing and more. Sound familiar? What is CDSW? Register Now.

Data Science 76

Data Science Machine Learning Experimentation Visualization 76

Domino Data Lab

JUNE 23, 2019

Skomoroch proposes that managing ML projects are challenging for organizations because shipping ML projects requires an experimental culture that fundamentally changes how many companies approach building and shipping software. Yet, this challenge is not insurmountable. for what is and isn’t possible) to address these challenges. Transcript.

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