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IRM 2021: The Year of Uncertainty and Change

John Wheeler

This week the Wall Street Journal reported that due to emerging virus mutations , Harvard economist James Stock sees a “scenario of this thing sticking around for a much longer time frame.’’ No doubt, 2021 will be the year of uncertainty and change. These uncertainties can make or break a business.

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3 Trends in Manufacturing and AI for 2022

Dataiku

With the current global health crisis, companies do have tools at their disposal to help them recover from this period of uncertainty and accelerate for the future. As such, before March 2020, many companies had already launched AI and analytics use case initiatives, but the challenge was how to scale those efforts.

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Agile Financial Reporting for Real Estate: A Quick Guide to Reshaping Future Growth

Jet Global

2020 has brought on a myriad of challenges for businesses across every industry, and real estate is no exception. There is uncertainty, too, around the business climate in many urban areas of the US in the wake of the damage done by rioters and looters. With the agile reporting tools, it’s a lot faster and easier to do that.

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IT budget shock: Global IT services firms continue to struggle

CIO Business Intelligence

The global IT services industry is at a significant crossroads, with the explosive growth of generative AI and deepening economic uncertainties reshaping its future. Tata Consultancy Services experienced its slowest profit growth since 2020 in the December quarter, and Infosys failed to meet its quarterly profit expectations.

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IBM to acquire Octo to boost its US government business

CIO Business Intelligence

The US Federal Government has been investing heavily in IT modernization and cybersecurity, with an estimated budget of $65 billion for 2023 for civilian IT spending, according to a White House report. Its consulting business alone has acquired 13 companies to boost its offerings.

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Real-Time Insights Help Eliminate Common Financial Reporting Issues

Jet Global

Knowing how many stumbles and setbacks it’s taken to get to this point, the start of 2020 represents the perfect time to consider how you will leverage data moving forward. Capable as these programs may be, neither was designed specifically for financial reporting. A New Roadmap for Financial Reporting.

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Customer service, especially field service, helps companies outperform competitors and drive growth

CIO Business Intelligence

In economic uncertainty, it’s natural for executives to explore where to reduce spending, trim the fat , so to speak, and cut enterprising investments as a matter of caution. But this thinking is also counter-productive for all the reasons that make uncertainty so predictable. The time is now.