AWS Big Data

JANUARY 9, 2025

In our previous post Backtesting index rebalancing arbitrage with Amazon EMR and Apache Iceberg , we showed how to use Apache Iceberg in the context of strategy backtesting. This capability is particularly valuable in maintaining the integrity of backtests and the reliability of trading strategies.

Metadata 111

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 9, 2022

Today’s cloud strategies revolve around two distinct poles: the “lift and shift” approach, in which applications and associated data are moved to the cloud without being redesigned; and the “cloud-first” approach, in which applications are developed or redesigned specifically for the cloud.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 22, 2024

That spectrum of budget adjustments is being met by a range of strategies by IT leaders seeking to make the most of their 2025 IT spend. Cloud sprawl is common, as many organizations in recent years rushed to adopt the cloud but didn’t have a fully formed cloud strategy, Gilchrist says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 4, 2025

As a business executive who has led ventures in areas such as space technology or data security and helped bridge research and industry, Ive seen first-hand how rapidly deep tech is moving from the lab into the heart of business strategy. The takeaway is clear: embrace deep tech now, or risk being left behind by those who do.

Technology 118

Technology ROI Cost-Benefit Manufacturing 118

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Following are ways CIOs can help overcome disconnect in the C-suite on the evolving nature of their role in an effort to better enable support for their digital strategies. The dialogue with the board and with human resources is fruitful, and the managers are receptive, which greatly facilitates the digital strategy.”

Strategy 134

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datapine

JUNE 18, 2019

In addition to empowering you to take a proactive approach concerning the management of your company’s finances, financial reports help assist in increasing long-term profitability through short-term financial statements. Exclusive Bonus Content: Reap the benefits of the top reports in finance! What Is A Finance Report?

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Trading: GenAI optimizes quant finance, helps refine trading strategies, executes trades more effectively, and revolutionizes capital markets forecasting.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 25, 2022

This article was co-authored by Duke Dyksterhouse , an Associate at Metis Strategy. Some are our clients—and more of them are asking our help with their data strategy. Data & Analytics is delivering on its promise. Often their ask is a thinly veiled admission of overwhelm. We discourage that thinking.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Hidden costs and price hikes Deploying AI takes a different approach than other technologies, adds Sumit Johar, CIO at finance software vendor BlackLine. Some [CIOs] are playing around with technology, and they’re seeing cool things, and it’s not part of a strategy, and then they want to scale it up,” he says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 28, 2024

For example, with several dozen ERPs and general ledgers, and no enterprise-wide, standard process definitions of things as simple as cost categories, a finance system with a common information model upgrade becomes a very big effort. For the technical architecture, we use a cloud-only strategy. This is a multi-year initiative.

Strategy 121

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The company is focusing on automating financial processes so workers can concentrate on the strategic aspects of their businesses, said Dan Brown, Certinia’s chief product and strategy officer, in a conference call to present the new release to press and analysts.

Finance 101

Finance Forecasting Uncertainty Sales 101

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Yet, controlling cloud costs remains the top challenge IT leaders face in making the most of their cloud strategies, with about one third — 35% — of respondents citing these expenses as the No. 1 barrier to moving forward in the cloud. However, as these environments grow and become more complex, the challenges persist.”

Strategy 140

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 2, 2025

Organizations will still experiment with new gen AI pilots, but a more targeted approach focused on use cases specific to their businesses is increasingly becoming central to IT leaders AI strategies, says Andrew Wells, chief data and AI officer for NTT DATA North America.

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Jedox

AUGUST 21, 2024

The Office of Finance is at the heart of every organization, overseeing financial strategy, risk management, and operational efficiency. Often it is a challenge for finance teams to align with stakeholders across business units, departments, and time zones. This [.]

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datapine

AUGUST 12, 2020

Whether you manage a big or small company, business reports must be incorporated to establish goals, track operations, and strategy, to get an in-depth view of the overall company state. This first example focuses on one of the most important and data-driven department of any company: finance. Visual financial business report example.

Reporting 297

Reporting Dashboards Visualization Cost-Benefit 297

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The demand for ESG initiatives has become an integral part of a company’s strategy for long-term success, offering a promising future for those who embrace them. with over 30 years of experience in crafting execution-ready IT strategies and transformation roadmaps that align with business goals while harnessing AI and digital technologies.

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Metrics Optimization Strategy Technology 124

Smart Data Collective

MARCH 3, 2025

AI and data are revolutionizing finance by automating tasks, enhancing decision-making, and empowering individuals to manage their money more effectively.

Strategy 95

Strategy Finance Management Big Data 95

datapine

MAY 27, 2020

In recent years, analytical reporting has evolved into one of the world’s most important business intelligence components, compelling companies to adapt their strategies based on powerful data-driven insights. What Is An Analytical Report? Sales: How to exceed targets next year? We can go even deeper on a monthly level. click to enlarge**.

Reporting 245

Reporting Analytics Dashboards Sales 245

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 25, 2025

The time required to familiarize oneself with the requirements and consequences of the various laws and to develop and roll out your organizations strategies and solutions should also not be underestimated. Develop a compliance strategy Companies should first develop the strategic direction of the compliance organization.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 21, 2025

Well also examine strategies CIOs can use to address these challenges, ensuring their organizations can recognize the rewards of GenAI without compromising financial stability. CIOs must develop a clear strategy for projecting and demonstrating ROI to ensure that innovation investments align with organizational goals.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 10, 2024

However, each cloud provider offers distinct advantages for AI workloads, making a multi-cloud strategy vital. DORA requires financial firms to have strategies in place to manage risk related to their third-party service providers, such as AWS and Microsoft Azure.

Strategy 105

Strategy Data-driven Cost-Benefit Machine Learning 105

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 24, 2024

What is the IT strategy you’ve developed to drive this new operating model? Our strategy is to align the IT organization with the overall purpose of the company, which is to engage and delight one customer at a time. The IT strategy delivers capabilities in each of these growth pillars. We get a lot of scale out of doing that.

Strategy 98

Strategy Enterprise IT Cost-Benefit 98

AWS Big Data

JANUARY 16, 2024

This makes it difficult to implement a comprehensive DR strategy. In the following sections, we discuss two Amazon MWAA DR strategy solutions and their architecture. This strategy provides a low-cost and low-complexity solution that is also suitable for mitigating against data loss or corruption within your primary Region.

Strategy 111

Strategy Metadata Metrics Dashboards 111

O'Reilly on Data

APRIL 4, 2024

As Bill Janeway noted in his critique of the capital-fueled bubbles that resulted from the ultra-low interest rates of the decade following the 2007–2009 financial crisis, “ capital is not a strategy.” Venture capitalists don’t have a crystal ball. Market discipline is significantly delayed—until the initial public offering or later.

Marketing 237

Marketing Finance Modeling Experimentation 237

datapine

MAY 28, 2019

These projects require cooperation between various company’s processes, technology objectives, and data while contributing to set business goals, usually defined by a detailed business intelligence strategy. If you work in finance, financial analytics will be the backbone of your operations. Create a solid BI project plan.

Business Intelligence 317

Business Intelligence KPI Dashboards Reporting 317

datapine

JUNE 5, 2019

As mentioned earlier, a data dashboard has the ability to answer a host of business-related questions based on your specific goals, aims, and strategies. A data dashboard assists in 3 key business elements: strategy, planning, and analytics. So, what is a dashboard primary function? For now, let’s take a glimpse at legacy solutions.

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Dashboards KPI Sales Visualization 316

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Much like finance, HR, and sales functions, organizations aim to streamline cloud operations to address resource limitations and standardize services. A hybrid multicloud model delivers the most value when organizations apply the same business-outcome strategies they use to optimize sales, finance, and supply chain processes.

Finance 89

Finance Sales Reporting Optimization 89

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 31, 2025

PM Ramdas explains that when executives understand the security implications of AI initiatives, they become strong advocates for balanced, secure implementation strategies. This proactive approach helps build a corporate culture where cybersecurity is viewed as an enabler of AI innovation rather than a hindrance.

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datapine

JUNE 27, 2019

As a CEO, you’re responsible for overseeing every aspect of your business, from the people and the internal culture all the way through to key sales, marketing, and financial strategies. Management, marketing, finance & sales in one. Download our short summary and become the best leader you can be! P/E Ratio.

Dashboards 245

Dashboards Sales Cost-Benefit Visualization 245

Rocket-Powered Data Science

JULY 6, 2021

4) AIOps increasingly became a focus in AI strategy conversations. Observability is a business strategy: what you monitor, why you monitor it, what you intend to learn from it, how it will be used, and how it will contribute to business objectives and mission success. And the goodness doesn’t stop there.

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Machine Learning Data-driven Deep Learning IoT 279

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 4, 2025

The Huawei Cloud Summit at MWC 2025, themed Accelerate Intelligence, Amplify Success, brought together industry leaders from telecom, finance, government, and more. Huaweis energy-efficient cloud and network solutions align with the UAEs strategy to drive sustainable digital transformation while minimizing environmental impact.

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IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Data monetization strategy: Managing data as a product Every organization has the potential to monetize their data; for many organizations, it is an untapped resource for new capabilities. For example, a financial markets business might offer one product giving a real-time market data feed and another offering finance-related news.

Strategy 103

Strategy Data-driven Cost-Benefit Measurement 103

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 1, 2022

Is it digital transformation (the phrase that has launched a thousand consultancies and as many failed strategies)? A collection of tactics does not a strategy make. Digital transformation, cloud computing, 5G, metaverse… these are not strategies. We have aggregated them and call it a strategy.”. Is it cloud computing?

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datapine

JUNE 23, 2020

Not only are you responsible for the ongoing financial strategy of your organization, but you’re probably expected to provide timely, accurate reports to a variety of stakeholders. Visual, dynamic KPIs that will help you form long-term strategies and make decisions at a glance. Let’s see this through an example.

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Dashboards Reporting KPI Metrics 298

datapine

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

If the finance department raises an alarm, everyone must carefully listen because it concerns the most crucial information and can lead to serious damages if ignored. That said, when it comes to digesting and taking action upon vital financial metrics and insights, well-designed finance graphs and charts offer the best solution.

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Visualization Metrics Dashboards Finance 201

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 19, 2025

With a large workforce generating a high volume of IT, HR, and finance-related support requests and inquiries, the company faced increasing operational pressure and strain. Significant time and cost savings Employees can now resolve issues independently, reducing the burden on IT, HR, and finance support teams.

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