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Navigating the cloud maze: A 5-phase approach to optimizing cloud strategies

CIO Business Intelligence

In some cases, the business domain in which the organization operates (ie, healthcare, finance, insurance) understandably steers the decision toward a single cloud provider to simplify the logistics, data privacy, compliance and operations. The AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) is an effective tool that helps to evaluate cloud readiness.

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Time-Series Forecasting Using Attention Mechanism

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Time-series forecasting plays a crucial role in various domains, including finance, weather prediction, stock market analysis, and resource planning. Accurate predictions can help businesses make informed decisions, optimize processes, and gain a competitive edge.

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Infor’s Velocity Summit Highlights Multiple Advances and Enhancements

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

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. Optimize workflows by redesigning processes based on data-driven insights. Establish and support continuous improvement initiatives.

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How to Use XGBoost for Time-Series Forecasting?

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Time-series forecasting is a crucial task in various domains, including finance, sales, and energy demand. Accurate forecasting allows businesses to make informed decisions, optimize resources, and plan for the future effectively.

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Data Talks, CFOs Listen: Why Analytics Is The Key To Better Spend Management

Speaker: Claire Grosjean, Global Finance & Operations Executive

Finance teams are drowning in data—but is it actually helping them spend smarter? Key Takeaways: Data Storytelling for Finance 📢 Transforming complex financial reports into clear, actionable insights. Compliance and Risk Considerations ✅ Navigating data-driven finance while staying audit-ready.

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FinOps is the discipline enterprises need to optimize cloud spending

CIO Business Intelligence

Going back after the fact to optimize for cost while you’re still trying to operate and grow can make things even harder.” By quickly showing engineers the financial implications of feature development and product changes, for example, they can optimize features for cost in the same way they tune for performance or uptime.

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Goodbye digital transformation, hello AI-first business transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

And we gave each silo its own system of record to optimize how each group works, but also complicates any future for connecting the enterprise. We optimized. Stop siloed thinking Each business unit and function aims to optimize operational efficiency. If you work in finance, youre working in SAP. We automated.

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Marketing Operations in 2025: A New Framework for Success

Speaker: Mike Rizzo, Founder & CEO, MarketingOps.com and Darrell Alfonso, Director of Marketing Strategy and Operations, Indeed.com

We will dive into the 7 P Model —a powerful framework designed to assess and optimize your marketing operations function. In this exclusive webinar led by industry visionaries Mike Rizzo and Darrell Alfonso, we’re giving marketing operations the recognition they deserve!