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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. However, it wasn’t until the 1990s that ESG considerations started to appear in mainstream investment strategies. In 1995, the U.S

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Swiss energy services company uses machine learning to see the future

CIO Business Intelligence

But because electricity consumption was easy to gauge, there was no urgency for measuring current and low voltage power flows. That changed in 2017 when Swiss voters approved an energy act that would reduce the country’s dependency on fossil fuels by 2050. Without real-time power measurements, estimated power values were being used.

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The change management Informatica needed to overhaul its business model

CIO Business Intelligence

While the product team was busy doing that, my team worked with the operations functions and our strategy team to completely reimagine our front- and back-office processes and supporting applications to enable this new cloud company. This isn’t just an IT or sales transformation; it’s a complete company transformation. Today, we’re a $1.6

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Vendor Security is Key to Preventing Future Data Breaches

Smart Data Collective

However, the Identity Theft Resource Center reports a 68% increase in data breaches at corporations in 2021, surpassing the previous record rise of 23% in 2017. As data breaches continue to be a serious concern, organizations need to take stringent measures to protect against them. The truth is that data breaches are as common as ever.

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IT’s ‘war for talent’ is a losing battle

CIO Business Intelligence

In The Talent Delusion: Why Data, Not Intuition, Is the Key to Unlocking Human Potential , from 2017, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic explains that “All organizations have problems and they nearly always concern people.” Unfortunately, the “war” metaphor, and its tendency toward dualities, is pervasive in hiring strategies and approaches.

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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. 5 The Global Disaster Preparedness Center recommends policymakers and others adopt a range of measures to help their regions adapt to higher heat. Global Change Research Program, 2017.

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Insight Boston Alumni: Where are they now?

Insight

In 2017, we expanded the location to include our Data Science program, and in early 2018, we welcomed our first Data Engineering Fellows. Jerry Chen was a Health Data Fellow in 2017 and joined Wayfair as a Senior Data Scientist on their Marketing team; he now manages the Data Science Measurement team.