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5 ways to maximize your cloud investment

CIO Business Intelligence

Migrating infrastructure and applications to the cloud is never straightforward, and managing ongoing costs can be equally complicated. Plus, you need to balance the FinOps team’s need for autonomy against the CIO’s need for centralized control to gain economies of scale and avoid runaway costs.

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The CFO’s role in the age of generative AI

IBM Big Data Hub

Despite the headwinds, there are tailwinds in which we can use new technology to enable CFOs to perform in their business partnering roles and drive productivity, cost take out, accuracy, control and business value. There are benefits to being a consumer of AI but far greater benefits for being a value creator.

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Business process reengineering (BPR) examples

IBM Big Data Hub

This blog outlines some BPR examples that benefit from a BPM methodology. The methodology gained prominence with the publication of a 1990 article in the Harvard Business Review, “Reengineering Work: Don’t Automate, Obliterate,” by Michael Hammer, and the 1993 book by Hammer and James Champy, Reengineering the Corporation.

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Master Data Visualization Techniques: A Comprehensive Guide

FineReport

Benefits of Data Visualization Enhanced Decision-Making : By presenting data visually, individuals can quickly grasp insights and make informed decisions. Applications in Various Fields In Business , data visualization is used for sales analysis , market forecasting, and performance KPI tracking.

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Why Data-Driven Outsourcing Can Be a Massive Win for Your Business

Smart Data Collective

Big data has helped companies identify promising cost-saving measures, recruit the best talent, optimize their marketing strategies and realize many other benefits. However, there are a lot of other benefits of big data that have not gotten as much attention. Control Operational Costs. Here’s why.

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9 Ways Location Data Can Help You Excel in Retail

Smart Data Collective

Following is a detailed look at some of the benefits of taking a data-driven approach in a retail business. Retailers of all sizes may benefit from current analytics systems’ capacity to take enormous volumes of data and provide relevant insights. Forecast customer behavior. Enhance the client experience.

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Predictive Analytics in Manufacturing: A Winning Edge

Sisense

Because the steps are repeated so many times through the process, a small edge created via predictive analytics in manufacturing will be magnified at every repetition to produce significant benefit. Improve forecasts and maximize revenue. They use predictive models to forecast revenues based on spending.