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The history of ESG: A journey towards sustainable investing

IBM Big Data Hub

It refers to a set of metrics used to measure an organization’s environmental and social impact and has become increasingly important in investment decision-making over the years. In response, asset managers began to develop ESG strategies and metrics to measure the environmental and social impact of their investments.

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How companies are building sustainable AI and ML initiatives

O'Reilly on Data

A recent survey investigated how companies are approaching their AI and ML practices, and measured the sophistication of their efforts. On the other hand, we wanted to measure the sophistication of their use of these components. On one hand, we wanted to see whether companies were building out key components.

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The change management Informatica needed to overhaul its business model

CIO Business Intelligence

We still operated our core license and maintenance business, but we changed everything, including CRM, revenue recognition, reporting, and customer success to support the new cloud business operating model. billion business, and every dollar goes through a set of business processes and applications that didn’t exist in 2017.

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Vendor Security is Key to Preventing Future Data Breaches

Smart Data Collective

It seemed like data breaches were starting to decline, but Aimee O’Driscoll of Comparitech reports that trend has not persisted. The number of data breaches in the first nine months of 2020 dropped 30% compared to 2019, according to a report published by the Identity Theft Resource Center.

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Climate change predictions: Anticipating and adapting to a warming world

IBM Big Data Hub

These proactive measures are made possible by evolving technologies designed to help people adapt to the effects of climate change today. Predictions range as high as 5 degrees Celsius or more by the end of the 21st century, according to the Climate Science Special Report from the U.S. Global Change Research Program, 2017.

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How TCS is helping to fight financial crime with AI and Microsoft Cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

billion, a 436% increase over 2017 levels, according to McKinsey. To counter these measures, financial institutions are taking increasingly aggressive steps to identify suspicious behaviors and transactions quickly. “One The stakes for financial organizations are growing as well. In 2021, U.S. fraud losses amounted to $5.9

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Cropin’s agriculture industry cloud to provide apps, data frameworks

CIO Business Intelligence

Cropin Apps, as the name suggests, comprises applications that support global farming operations management, food safety measures, supply chain and “farm to fork” visibility, predictability and risk management, farmer enablement and engagement, advance seed R&D, production management, and multigenerational seed traceability.

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