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You Can’t Regulate What You Don’t Understand

O'Reilly on Data

If we want prosocial outcomes, we need to design and report on the metrics that explicitly aim for those outcomes and measure the extent to which they have been achieved. If every company had a different way of reporting its finances, it would be impossible to regulate them. These systems are still very much under human control.

Metrics 354
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Sustainability: Real progress but also thorny challenges ahead

CIO Business Intelligence

Here are some of the challenges left to resolve in the area of environmental sustainability: Collecting, sharing, and reporting on environmental data: For many organizations, identifying and collecting sustainability data across operations is still a challenge. So far, however, companies seem to be staying the course.

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Is SaaS dead? Not quite, but it’s evolving rapidly

CIO Business Intelligence

These solutions often come with industry-specific analytics, reporting, and compliance features, making them particularly attractive to businesses looking for comprehensive, sector-specific tools. This shift is partly driven by economic uncertainty and the need for businesses to justify every expense.

ROI 116
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Why HR professionals struggle with big data

CIO Business Intelligence

Viole Kastrati: Without systematic and continuous reporting, it is almost impossible to get a complete picture of the personnel situation and make informed decisions based on it. This is due, on the one hand, to the uncertainty associated with handling confidential, sensitive data and, on the other hand, to a number of structural problems.

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Dell cuts jobs amid growing economic uncertainties

CIO Business Intelligence

In its latest filing, the company said it continued executing cost management measures, “including limiting external hiring, employee reorganizations, and other actions” to align its investments with strategic priorities and customer needs. These actions resulted in a reduction in overall headcount.

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Generative AI sparks family business renaissance: PwC report

CIO Business Intelligence

The next generation of leaders in family businesses is poised to embrace the transformative power of generative AI (GenAI) despite marked resistance from the incumbent leaders, according to a PwC report. The survey findings too echoed Hinojosa’s sentiment.

Reporting 105
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AWS growth slows further by persistent macroeconomic uncertainty

CIO Business Intelligence

Revenue growth at Amazon’s cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services, continued to slow in the fourth quarter as enterprises advanced their cost-cutting measures, brought on by uncertain macroeconomic environment. Note that Microsoft does not separately report Azure revenue. In Q4, Google Cloud reported revenue of $7.3