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Rising Tide Rents and Robber Baron Rents

O'Reilly on Data

Not to be confused with the ordinary sense of rent as a charge for temporary use of property, economic rents are the income above a competitive market rate that is collected because of asymmetries in ownership, information, or power. Attention is all you need What is the source of big tech market power? The market was maturing.

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Microsoft signs $2.8B cloud deal with London Stock Exchange Group

CIO Business Intelligence

This strategic partnership is a significant milestone on LSEG’s journey towards becoming the leading global financial markets infrastructure and data business, and will transform the experience for our customers,” said David Schwimmer, CEO of London Stock Exchange Group, in comments published alongside a Microsoft blog post announcing the news.

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Fertility care provider Ovum Health gives patients information using chat and scheduling tools with IBM watsonx Assistant

IBM Big Data Hub

With over 67,000 registered FertilityAnswers iOS and Android users on Ovum Health’s free question-and-answer platform, the bot can interact with patients at scale while maintaining the care and empathy of a healthcare professional.

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Marketing as a strategic business partner: mixing theory, research and #data

Jen Stirrup

Marketing is viewed as a key strategic participant in achieving the goals of businesses, both large and small. I thought I’d share how we started to apply marketing theory, practice, and insights from data. We also send the results to an independent marketing consultant for the purposes of replication and verification.

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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AWS bolsters Connect contact center service with case management features

CIO Business Intelligence

Amazon Cases is expected to aid agents in tracking, collaborating and resolving customer cases faster, especially the ones that require multiple interactions and follow-up tasks, the company said. AWS faces major competition in contact center market. However, this feature or capability is also not new in the contact center market.

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6 ecommerce trends to watch

IBM Big Data Hub

As the ecommerce market grows exponentially, six trends projected to heavily impact the global market are artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality, live commerce, online-to-offline ecommerce, social commerce and voice assistants. The ecommerce market has grown exponentially over the last decade.