CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 23, 2024

A new survey of SAP customer organizations shows that, despite AI experimentation, few have implemented AI and generative AI technologies across their enterprises. When it comes to data analyses, AI can help support data-driven decision making.

Experimentation 59

Experimentation Optimization Digital Transformation Manufacturing 59

datapine

JANUARY 31, 2022

Because things are changing and becoming more competitive in every sector of business, the benefits of business intelligence and proper use of data analytics are key to outperforming the competition. BI software uses algorithms to extract actionable insights from a company’s data and guide its strategic decisions.

Business Intelligence 214

Business Intelligence Analytics Cost-Benefit ROI 214

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 15, 2024

Many of those gen AI projects will fail because of poor data quality, inadequate risk controls, unclear business value , or escalating costs , Gartner predicts. In the enterprise, huge expectations have been partly driven by the major consumer reaction following the release of ChatGPT in late 2022, Stephenson suggests.

ROI 143

ROI Cost-Benefit Experimentation Deep Learning 143

IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 17, 2023

Due to the convergence of events in the data analytics and AI landscape, many organizations are at an inflection point. Furthermore, a global effort to create new data privacy laws, and the increased attention on biases in AI models, has resulted in convoluted business processes for getting data to users. Data governance.

Data-driven 56

Data-driven Enterprise Data Governance Data Science 56

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 13, 2012

The questions reveal a bunch of things we used to worry about, and continue to, like data quality and creating data driven cultures. Then you build a massive data store that you can query for data to analyze. That's simply because this model is unique to my business and my understand of our data.

Modeling 125

Modeling Metrics Data Quality Data-driven 125

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 19, 2023

After all, every department is pressured to drive efficiencies and is clamoring for automation, data capabilities, and improvements in employee experiences, some of which could be addressed with generative AI. As every CIO can attest, the aggregate demand for IT and data capabilities is straining their IT leadership teams.

Digital Transformation 143

Digital Transformation Unstructured Data Machine Learning Risk Management 143

Octopai

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Data-driven organizations are a bad idea. Using data to drive your organization is wonderful. But data, at best, can only be a powerful vehicle, or a reliable GPS system. Except sometimes we call organizations “data-driven” when really the data is driving them up the wall. And it should be.

Data Quality 52

Data Quality Data Analytics Analytics Manufacturing 52

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 14, 2023

Data and big data analytics are the lifeblood of any successful business. Getting the technology right can be challenging but building the right team with the right skills to undertake data initiatives can be even harder — a challenge reflected in the rising demand for big data and analytics skills and certifications.

Big Data 126

Big Data Data Analytics Analytics Predictive Modeling 126

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. Without large amounts of labeled training data solving most AI problems is not possible.

Management 110

Management Machine Learning Experimentation Metrics 110

AWS Big Data

JULY 20, 2023

With data becoming the driving force behind many industries today, having a modern data architecture is pivotal for organizations to be successful. In this post, we describe Orca’s journey building a transactional data lake using Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Apache Iceberg, and AWS Analytics.

Data Lake 98

Data Lake Analytics Snapshot Data Quality 98

Alation

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The term has been used a lot more of late, especially in the data analytics industry, as we’ve seen it expand over the past few years to keep pace with new regulations, like the GDPR and CCPA. In essence, DataOps is a practice that helps organizations manage and govern data more effectively. What exactly is DataOps ?

Cost-Benefit 52

Cost-Benefit Data Quality Manufacturing Testing 52

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

No dragging of the feet, the book starts with a bang by laying out the framework that will be the center of every company that will leverage data (qualitative, quantitative, competitive) on the web. The best WA report, segmentation, site search, SEO & PPC analysis, email, rich media, cookies, data sampling. I am out of breath!

Analytics 71

Analytics Metrics Measurement Testing 71

Ontotext

JULY 6, 2023

In today’s fast changing environment, enterprises that have transitioned from being focused on applications to becoming data-driven gain a significant competitive edge. There are four groups of data that are naturally siloed: Structured data (e.g., Transaction and pricing data (e.g.,

Cost-Benefit 52

Cost-Benefit Metadata Experimentation Risk 52

O'Reilly on Data

JULY 28, 2020

It’s often difficult for businesses without a mature data or machine learning practice to define and agree on metrics. Fair warning: if the business lacks metrics, it probably also lacks discipline about data infrastructure, collection, governance, and much more.) Agreeing on metrics. Don’t expect agreement to come simply.

Marketing 364

Marketing Experimentation Metrics Testing 364

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 9, 2025

In Prioritizing AI investments: Balancing short-term gains with long-term vision , I addressed the foundational role of data trust in crafting a viable AI investment strategy. So why would any organization that considers a decision critical use business intelligence data to make that decision?

Enterprise 102

Enterprise Analytics Experimentation Machine Learning 102

O'Reilly on Data

APRIL 19, 2021

During the first weeks of February, we asked recipients of our Data & AI Newsletter to participate in a survey on AI adoption in the enterprise. The second-most significant barrier was the availability of quality data. Relatively few respondents are using version control for data and models. Respondents.

Enterprise 364

Enterprise Risk Modeling Manufacturing 364

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 12, 2016

There is, almost literally, an unlimited number of things you could focus on to create a high impact data-influenced organization. I was asked a few weeks back: " What companies should we proactively help with analytics, for free, so that they can make smarter data-influenced decisions ?" Data quality plays a role into this.

Analytics 142

Analytics Data-driven Strategy Consulting 142

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 22, 2011

Be data driven?" Six Rules For Creating A Data Driven Boss! Be data driven?" Slay The Analytics Data Quality Dragon & Win Your HiPPO's Love! Web Data Quality: A 6 Step Process To Evolve Your Mental Model. The Ultimate Web Analytics Data Reconciliation Checklist.

KPI 125

KPI Metrics Measurement ROI 125

Domino Data Lab

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

In Paco Nathan ‘s latest column, he explores the role of curiosity in data science work as well as Rev 2 , an upcoming summit for data science leaders. Welcome back to our monthly series about data science. and dig into details about where science meets rhetoric in data science. Introduction.

Data Science 66

Data Science Experimentation Machine Learning Data-driven 66

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 22, 2025

The IQ paradigm: Transactional efficiency The IQ paradigm is driven by skilled leaders who excel at optimizing the present ensuring operational efficiency, streamlining processes and maintaining the status quo. This intellectual rigor is critical to maintaining trust, stability and business continuity in todays tech-driven landscape.

Technology 106

Technology Uncertainty Experimentation Risk Management 106

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Being strategic about AI and measuring whether those investments are paying off requires clear goals, reliable data, and collaboration challenges many organizations struggle to overcome. Organizations already generate large volumes of high-quality data in some areas and have well-defined pain points.

Cost-Benefit 117

Cost-Benefit ROI Metrics Measurement 117

Ontotext

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Building a RAG prototype is relatively easy, but making it production-ready is hard with organizations routinely getting stuck in experimentation mode. Out of the box RAG struggles to connect dots, for questions that require traversing disparate chunks of data. They can handle others, but quality and efficiency are subpar.

Modeling 59

Modeling Cost-Benefit Experimentation Optimization 59

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 6, 2025

These are your standard reports and dashboard visualizations of historical data showing sales last quarter, NPS trends, operational thoughts or marketing campaign performance. This is where we blend optimization engines, business rules, AI and contextual data to recommend or automate the best possible action.

Prescriptive Analytics 78

Prescriptive Analytics Predictive Analytics Descriptive Analytics ROI 78