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How to Move from Real-Time Data to Real-Time Decisions

CIO Business Intelligence

In How to Measure Anything , Douglas Hubbard offers an alternative definition of “measurement” to the Oxford English Dictionary’s “the size, length, or amount of something.” Hubbard defines measurement as: “A quantitatively expressed reduction of uncertainty based on one or more observations.”.

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Humans and AI: How Should You Talk About AI? Be Positive or Give Warnings?

DataRobot

After Banjo CEO Damien Patton was exposed as a member of the Ku Klux Klan, including involvement in an anti-Semitic drive-by shooting, the state put the contract on hold and called in the state auditor to check for algorithmic bias and privacy risks in the software. The good news was the software posed less risk to privacy than suspected.

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CDW to Acquire Sirius Computer Solutions for $2.5 billion

CDW Research Hub

The combined company would have had 2020 net sales of $20.5 One of the largest IT solutions integrators in the United States, Sirius generated 2020 net sales of $2.04 Combining with Sirius is expected to expand CDW’s Services portfolio by approximately 45%, from approximately $900 million annual net sales in 2020 to approximately $1.3

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How CFOs Can Lead With Foresight

Jedox

The depth and breadth of the 2020 crisis caught many unaware. The new normal introduced new risks from employee health and safety, supply chain stress and government mandates – all with working capital implications. The unprecedented uncertainty forced companies to make critical decisions within compressed time frames.

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Covid Data: An anomalous blip, or the new normal?

Cloudera

A recent McKinsey survey, cited in CRN , shows that worldwide, 58 percent of customer interactions were digital as of July 2020. Insurance and finance are two industries that rely on measuring risk with historical data models. To facilitate risk modeling in this new normal, agility and flexibility is required.

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Operational Finance in the Age of Covid-19: Time to Change the Basics?

Jet Global

Invariably, these activities have seen added stress in 2020. It also decreases the risk of errors by eliminating disjointed, manual processes. And it’s possible to become lost in the minutiae of the many different metrics available to measure an organisation’s AR capabilities. Tip 2: Improving accounts receivable procedures.

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5 Tips to Manage Cash Flow Pressures

Jet Global

In 2020, businesses around the globe are watching cash more closely than ever. Relationships with critical suppliers should not be put at risk. Not surprisingly, many companies have deferred capital expenditures in the first half of 2020. This is a natural response during times of uncertainty. Re-Visit CapEx Decisions.