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External Data Supports More Accurate Planning

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

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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Is Data Analytics Ushering in the Modern Age of Weather Forecasting?

Smart Data Collective

Weather forecasting technology has grown from strength to strength in the last few decades. Gone are the days when you had to wait for the local news channel to share the weather forecasts for the next day. Instead, you’ve got access to a broad spectrum of valuable weather data right at your fingertips. from various sources.

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Gartner projects major IT spending increases for 2025

CIO Business Intelligence

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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How Can BI Consulting Services Help Foster Data-driven Decisions

BizAcuity

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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5 tips for better business value from gen AI

CIO Business Intelligence

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. These reinvention-ready organizations have 2.5

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Top 5 Data-Driven Lease Accounting Software Solutions

Smart Data Collective

Big data has radically changed the accounting profession. They are also using more advanced data analytics tools to make more meaningful insights into the nature of their clients’ financial matters. The lease accounting profession has been particularly influenced by advances in big data. Image source: Trullion.

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Highlights from the Strata Data Conference in San Francisco 2019

O'Reilly on Data

Watch highlights from expert talks covering AI, machine learning, data analytics, and more. People from across the data world are coming together in San Francisco for the Strata Data Conference. The journey to the data-driven enterprise from the edge to AI. Data warehousing is not a use case.