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Top 10 business needs driving IT spending today

CIO Business Intelligence

More specifically, Rasmussen is boosting her spend on cybersecurity to help manage risk, a key element for enabling Ceridian’s planned global expansion. Rasmussen and others acknowledge that this year’s list of business drivers may seem like a break from past years’ priorities, where transformation generally dominated.

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Humans-in-the-loop forecasting: integrating data science and business planning

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

ln this post he describes where and how having “humans in the loop” in forecasting makes sense, and reflects on past failures and successes that have led him to this perspective. Our team does a lot of forecasting. It also owns Google’s internal time series forecasting platform described in an earlier blog post.

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The Case for Continuous Financial Planning after Covid-19

Jet Global

Financial planning has always been vital to businesses in order to make sound, long-term decisions. Companies use forecasting to make critical investments, plan for covenant compliance, and even decide on future mergers and acquisitions (M&A) strategies. Why change the process? What is continuous planning?

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Incorporating Artificial Intelligence for Businesses : The Modern Approach to Data Analytics

BizAcuity

Combined, it has come to a point where data analytics is your safety net first, and business driver second. 85% of AI (marketing) projects fail due to risk, confusion, and lack of upskilling among marketing teams.(Source: The aim of predictive analytics is, as the name suggests, to predict and forecast outcomes.

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Invest in a Data Culture or Fall Behind: Q3 2021 State of Data Culture Report

Alation

They include missing out on new revenue opportunities, poorly forecasting performance, and making bad investments. The report found that, for organizations that aren’t great at using data, only 44% reported that they were at a moderate to significant risk of disruption by competitors who are better able to use data.

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What Is Embedded Analytics?

Jet Global

Healthcare is forecasted for significant growth in the near future. CFO Priorities Manage expenses and cash flow Enable profitable growth Contain risk Plan for the future Connect the Dots Do the math. Present your business case. Prioritize Next, prioritize the desired functionality based on business drivers.