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Top 10 business needs driving IT spending today

CIO Business Intelligence

He says organizations are looking to automate, streamline operations, and reduce costs to help deal with an unsettled labor market, worker shortages, inflation, and geopolitical uncertainty. They’re also spending on data and analytics projects as a way to become more efficient, drive productivity, and support profitability.

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Invest in a Data Culture or Fall Behind: Q3 2021 State of Data Culture Report

Alation

It’s been one year since we’ve started publishing the Alation State of Data Culture report, and uncertainty still remains the only sure thing. Three-quarters (74%) of data leaders say that, despite the positive potential impact of data and analytics, their CFOs do not invest enough. Data Culture Separates Winners From Losers.

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Humans-in-the-loop forecasting: integrating data science and business planning

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

This classification is based on the purpose, horizon, update frequency and uncertainty of the forecast. A single model may also not shed light on the uncertainty range we actually face. These characteristics of the problem drive the forecasting approaches.