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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David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Also center stage were Infor’s advances in artificial intelligence and process mining as well as its environmental, social and governance application and supply chain optimization enhancements. And its GenAI knowledge hub uses retrieval-augmented generation to provide immediate access to knowledge, potentially from multiple data sources.

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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

APRIL 30, 2025

Though loosely applied, agentic AI generally refers to granting AI agents more autonomy to optimize tasks and chain together increasingly complex actions. Agentic AI can make sales more effective by handling lead scoring, assisting with customer segmentation, and optimizing targeted outreach, he says.

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IT Sales Cost-Benefit Data-driven 139

datapine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

1) What Is Data Quality Management? 4) Data Quality Best Practices. 5) How Do You Measure Data Quality? 6) Data Quality Metrics Examples. 7) Data Quality Control: Use Case. 8) The Consequences Of Bad Data Quality. 9) 3 Sources Of Low-Quality Data. 10) Data Quality Solutions: Key Attributes.

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Smart Data Collective

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Big data has become a highly invaluable aspect of modern business. More companies are using sophisticated data analytics and AI tools to overhaul their business models. Some industries have become more dependent on big data than others. The e-commerce sector has been one of the most affected by major advances in data technology.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Data sovereignty and the development of local cloud infrastructure will remain top priorities in the region, driven by national strategies aimed at ensuring data security and compliance. As digital transformation accelerates, so do the risks associated with cybersecurity.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 23, 2024

Call it survival instincts: Risks that can disrupt an organization from staying true to its mission and accomplishing its goals must constantly be surfaced, assessed, and either mitigated or managed. While security risks are daunting, therapists remind us to avoid overly stressing out in areas outside our control.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 14, 2025

Just as state urban development offices monitor the health of different cities and provide targeted guidance based on each citys unique challenges, our portfolio health dashboard offers a comprehensive view that helps guide different business units toward optimal outcomes. Shawn McCarthy 3.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Noting that companies pursued bold experiments in 2024 driven by generative AI and other emerging technologies, the research and advisory firm predicts a pivot to realizing value. Forrester predicts a reset is looming despite the enthusiasm for AI-driven transformations.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 5, 2024

In today’s data-driven world, large enterprises are aware of the immense opportunities that data and analytics present. Yet, the true value of these initiatives is in their potential to revolutionize how data is managed and utilized across the enterprise. Take, for example, a recent case with one of our clients.

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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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Smart Data Collective

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

More and more businesses and organizations treat data as an essential asset. The importance of managing and leveraging data cannot be overestimated. The problem is that data can easily take enormous proportions. Thus, finding and isolating relevant data is a daunting task. AI-Powered Tools Can Speed Up Data Analytics.

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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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Smart Data Collective

JANUARY 10, 2023

More small businesses are leveraging big data technology these days. One of the many reasons that they use big data is to improve their SEO. Data-driven SEO is going to be even more important as the economy continues to stagnate. Data-driven SEO will be one of the most important ways that they can achieve these goals.

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datapine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Data exploded and became big. Spreadsheets finally took a backseat to actionable and insightful data visualizations and interactive business dashboards. The rise of self-service analytics democratized the data product chain. 1) Data Quality Management (DQM). We all gained access to the cloud.

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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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Smart Data Collective

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

We have endlessly discussed the benefits of using big data to make the most out of your marketing strategies. Companies that neglect to use data analytics, AI and other forms of big data technology risk falling behind to their competitors. Data Technology Makes Email Marketing Automation Far More Feasible.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 24, 2024

GRC certifications validate the skills, knowledge, and abilities IT professionals have to manage governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) in the enterprise. Enter the need for competent governance, risk and compliance (GRC) professionals. What are GRC certifications? Why are GRC certifications important?

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A modern data and artificial intelligence (AI) platform running on scalable processors can handle diverse analytics workloads and speed data retrieval, delivering deeper insights to empower strategic decision-making. They are often unable to handle large, diverse data sets from multiple sources.

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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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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 8, 2025

Data is the foundation of innovation, agility and competitive advantage in todays digital economy. As technology and business leaders, your strategic initiatives, from AI-powered decision-making to predictive insights and personalized experiences, are all fueled by data. Data quality is no longer a back-office concern.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

One of the world’s largest risk advisors and insurance brokers launched a digital transformation five years ago to better enable its clients to navigate the political, social, and economic waves rising in the digital information age. It’s a full-fledged platform … pre-engineered with the governance we needed, and cost-optimized.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 10, 2024

CIOs are under pressure to integrate generative AI into business operations and products, often driven by the demand to meet business and board expectations swiftly. We examine the risks of rapid GenAI implementation and explain how to manage it. Samsung employees leaked proprietary data to ChatGPT.

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AWS Big Data

OCTOBER 9, 2024

We outline cost-optimization strategies and operational best practices achieved through a strong collaboration with their DevOps teams. We also discuss a data-driven approach using a hackathon focused on cost optimization along with Apache Spark and Apache HBase configuration optimization.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 21, 2025

Its promise of AI-driven features and enhanced capabilities sound easy to access, but is it so linear? Direct upgrade paths are only available from Oracle 19c and 21c, meaning older versions will require additional upgrades (or the use of Oracle Data Pump). Youve probably seen promotions and heard talk about Oracle 23ai.

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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] 4] On their own AI and GenAI can deliver value.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 19, 2025

There are risks around hallucinations and bias, says Arnab Chakraborty, chief responsible AI officer at Accenture. So far, over half a million lines of code have been processed but human supervision is required due to the risk of hallucinations and other quality problems. And the data is also used for sales and marketing.

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Cloudera

JANUARY 7, 2025

As enterprises navigate complex data-driven transformations, hybrid and multi-cloud models offer unmatched flexibility and resilience. Heres a deep dive into why and how enterprises master multi-cloud deployments to enhance their data and AI initiatives. The terms hybrid and multi-cloud are often used interchangeably.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 30, 2025

These IT pros can help navigate the process, which can take years navigating potential risks and ensuring a smooth transition. At organizations that have already completed their cloud adoption, cloud architects help maintain, oversee, troubleshoot, and optimize cloud architecture over time.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 14, 2023

As CIOs seek to achieve economies of scale in the cloud, a risk inherent in many of their strategies is taking on greater importance of late: consolidating on too few if not just a single major cloud vendor. This is the kind of risk that may increasingly keep CIOs up at night in the year ahead.

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David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Enhanced analytics driven by AI can identify patterns and trends, allowing enterprises to better predict future business needs. By adopting task orchestration platforms, enterprises can not only gain higher operational efficiency but also cultivate a culture of continuous innovation driven by data insights.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The next phase of this transformation requires an intelligent data infrastructure that can bring AI closer to enterprise data. The challenges of integrating data with AI workflows When I speak with our customers, the challenges they talk about involve integrating their data and their enterprise AI workflows.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

One of the world’s largest risk advisors and insurance brokers launched a digital transformation five years ago to better enable its clients to navigate the political, social, and economic waves rising in the digital information age. It’s a full-fledged platform … pre-engineered with the governance we needed, and cost-optimized.

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IT Insurance Consulting Risk 105

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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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 21, 2024

INE Security , a leading global cybersecurity training and cybersecurity certification provider, predicts large language model (LLM) applications like chatbots and AI-drive virtual assistants will be at particular risk. “AI Strategies to Optimize Teams for AI and Cybersecurity 1.

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