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How Insurance Companies Use Data To Measure Risk And Choose Rates

Smart Data Collective

Here is the type of data insurance companies use to measure a client’s potential risk and determine rates. It goes without saying that more expensive cars cost more to insure. For instance, the 2000 Honda Civic is the most stolen car in America and the Mitsubishi Mirage (in the 2013-2017 model range) has the most fatal crashes.

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Rising Tide Rents and Robber Baron Rents

O'Reilly on Data

But this kind of virtuous rising tide rent, which benefits everyone, doesn’t last. Back in 1971, in a talk called “ Designing Organizations for an Information-rich World ,” political scientist Herbert Simon noted that the cost of information is not just money spent to acquire it but the time it takes to consume it. “In

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India’s advisory on LLM usage causes consternation

CIO Business Intelligence

While hyperscalers can implement measures to mitigate bias, claiming absolute neutrality may not be feasible. Adjustments to release processes, increased transparency, and ongoing monitoring to meet regulatory standards could cause delays and increase operational costs.

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Six keys to achieving advanced container monitoring

IBM Big Data Hub

Containers have increased in popularity and adoption ever since the release of Docker in 2013, an open-source platform for building, deploying and managing containerized applications. Organizations might have different needs and different goals regarding their container strategy and must align what they measure with those goals.

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What is ITIL? Your guide to the IT Infrastructure Library

CIO Business Intelligence

ITIL’s systematic approach to IT service management (ITSM) can help businesses manage risk, strengthen customer relations, establish cost-effective practices, and build a stable IT environment that allows for growth, scale, and change. For more information on the benefits of the latest version of ITIL, see “ ITIL 4: ITSM gets agile.”.

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12 famous ERP disasters, dustups and disappointments

CIO Business Intelligence

However, the measure of success has been historically at odds with the number of projects said to be overrunning or underperforming, as Panorama has noted that organizations have lowered their standards of success. million in implementation costs. million in implementation costs. million over the following nine months.

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Sustainable IT: A crisis needing leadership and change

CIO Business Intelligence

This component focuses on addressing technology accessibility and the innovation of technology system designs that benefit society. Streamlining workflows, optimizing efficiency, and leveraging automation save time, energy, and cost, contributing to sustainability goals. Governance.

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