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7 customer experience trends in 2024

IBM Big Data Hub

Trend 2: Omnichannel CX: Meeting customers where they are A customer interaction with a business often goes through multiple touchpoints before that customer decides to engage with the brand. Trend 4: Prioritizing customer accessibility to information Customers want to have control over their interactions with a company.

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Canadian CIOs discuss driving digital transformation at a rapid pace

CIO Business Intelligence

According to the State of the CIO, 2024 research “79% of heads of IT say that CIOs have a strong educational partnership with the CEO/board of directors “and “88% of CIOs say that their role is becoming more digital and innovation focused”. Working with vendors There was a keen interest in working collaboratively with vendors.

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CIOs weigh where to place AI bets — and how to de-risk them

CIO Business Intelligence

billion in 2024 to $521.0 One such company has built a tool that predicts customer intent and behavior based on previous interactions and other market data. Laying the foundation To develop POC implementations, Menon and her team are establishing a lab that is expected to debut in March 2024 for testing AI tools before rollout.

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Getting ready for artificial general intelligence with examples

IBM Big Data Hub

According to Andreessen Horowitz (link resides outside IBM.com ) , in 2023, the average spend on foundation model application programming interfaces (APIs), self-hosting and fine-tuning models across surveyed companies reached USD 7 million. 46% of survey respondents in 2024 showed a preference for open source models.

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IT leaders turn to HBCUs for future IT talent

CIO Business Intelligence

To start, unemployment in the IT profession in the United States in early 2024 is at 3.3%, below the nation’s overall unemployment rate of 3.7%. Abraham interned as a software engineer at Lincoln Financial Group, after first interacting with the company on the Morgan campus through a college-affiliated mentor and hackathon called codeLinc.

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Looking Ahead to 2024: What’s Coming to Depict Data Studio 

Depict Data Studio

Here’s what’s in store for 2024 related to: Online Courses, Private Training, Conference Keynotes, and My Personal and Professional Goals. Online Courses The biggest improvement for 2024 is that all 6 courses will be offered LIVE (!!!). Classes are highly interactive. Zoom Set-Up and Hosting. Register here by March 1.

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What is digital transformation? A necessary disruption

CIO Business Intelligence

Why digital transformation matters The arrival of the commercial internet in the late 20th century followed by high-speed bandwidth and mobile technologies in the first decade of the 21st century drove earlier waves of digitalization, as people started to shift from in-person, analog interactions to online transactions.