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What are decision support systems? Sifting data for better business decisions

CIO Business Intelligence

A DSS supports the management, operations, and planning levels of an organization in making better decisions by assessing the significance of uncertainties and the tradeoffs involved in making one decision over another. The size of the DSS database will vary based on need, from a small, standalone system to a large data warehouse.

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Two Birds, One Stone: How to Get Better AX Reporting and Prepare for Future D365 Migration Today

Jet Global

Although Microsoft’s rollout of its two ERP cloud products (D365 F&SCM, and for smaller businesses, D365 Business Central) has been going on for some time, the current climate of economic uncertainty has prompted a lot of companies to hit the pause button on migration, choosing instead to stay the course with their existing Dynamics AX systems.

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Topics to watch at the Strata Data Conference in New York 2019

O'Reilly on Data

Increasingly, the term “data engineering” is synonymous with the practice of creating data pipelines, usually by hand. In quite another respect, however, modern data engineering has evolved to support a range of scenarios that simply were not imaginable 40 years ago. Different kinds of sensors generate different types of data.

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Bridging the Gap: How ‘Data in Place’ and ‘Data in Use’ Define Complete Data Observability

DataKitchen

Bridging the Gap: How ‘Data in Place’ and ‘Data in Use’ Define Complete Data Observability In a world where 97% of data engineers report burnout and crisis mode seems to be the default setting for data teams, a Zen-like calm feels like an unattainable dream.

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CIOs are (still) closer than ever to their dream data lakehouse

CIO Business Intelligence

Some speculate that Databricks wanted to slow the cruising Iceberg ecosystem with a dose of uncertainty. Others wonder whether the company plans to pile Delta Lake projects on the Tabular crew, which continues to play an integral role in steering and developing Iceberg. And in theory, at least, it all happens without vendor lock-in.

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Powerful Video Summaries, Powered by AI

Timo Elliott

He explains that automation and innovation have become critical as the world experiences supply chain disruptions, inflation, extreme weather events, worker shortages, and uncertainty. However, analysts say that 30% of digital transformation projects fail to deliver on their expected outcomes due to fragmentation in existing systems.

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Innovate What’s Next: How Living Labs Brings Ideas to Life

CIO Business Intelligence

If anything, the past few years have shown us the levels of uncertainty we are facing. Our world today is experiencing an extremely social, connected, competitive and technology-driven business environment.