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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. The past few months have shown the benefits of continuous planning.

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Top 10 business needs driving IT spending today

CIO Business Intelligence

He says organizations are looking to automate, streamline operations, and reduce costs to help deal with an unsettled labor market, worker shortages, inflation, and geopolitical uncertainty. Cybersecurity needs driving IT spending. This is the common theme among most technology leaders,” she says. 13, respectively.

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

Alation

It’s been one year since we’ve started publishing the Alation State of Data Culture report, and uncertainty still remains the only sure thing. They include missing out on new revenue opportunities, poorly forecasting performance, and making bad investments. First, the bad news: 97% of data leaders have felt the pain of ignoring data.