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CIOs sharpen cloud cost strategies — just as gen AI spikes loom

CIO Business Intelligence

“Awareness of FinOps practices and the maturity of software that can automate cloud optimization activities have helped enterprises get a better understanding of key cost drivers,” McCarthy says, referring to the practice of blending finance and cloud operations to optimize cloud spend.

Strategy 140
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How to get powerful and actionable insights from any and all of your data, without delay

Cloudera

A large oil and gas company was suffering over not being able to offer users an easy and fast way to access the data needed to fuel their experimentation. To address this, they focused on creating an experimentation-oriented culture, enabled thanks to a cloud-native platform supporting the full data lifecycle.

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CIOs press ahead for gen AI edge — despite misgivings

CIO Business Intelligence

in concert with Microsoft’s AI-optimized Azure platform. based online insurer, is developing an LLM-based platform to handle customer requests with far more intelligent and enhanced chatbots. John Spottiswood, COO of Jerry, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based We’re using OpenAI primarily, calling ChatGPT and using a mix of GPT-4 and GPT-3.5.

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How to create a culture of innovation

CIO Business Intelligence

Prioritize time for experimentation. One instance of how that exploration led to real business benefits was with the application of machine learning to predict optimal product formulation using a set of desired consumer benefits. Here, they and others share seven ways to create and nurture a culture of innovation.

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CIOs set their agendas to achieve IT’s ultimate balancing act

CIO Business Intelligence

Hyatt’s experimental mindset and listen-first approach are heavily applied to IT’s pursuit of innovation, he says. When Renganathan was spearheading digital at his previous company, Farmers Group Insurance, IT wanted to bring operational excellence to its customer contact management system. He learned that the hard way.

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Getting ready for artificial general intelligence with examples

IBM Big Data Hub

While leaders have some reservations about the benefits of current AI, organizations are actively investing in gen AI deployment, significantly increasing budgets, expanding use cases, and transitioning projects from experimentation to production. Audio (56%) : Gen AI call centers with realistic audio assist customers and employees.

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Search: Not Provided: What Remains, Keyword Data Options, the Future

Occam's Razor

As an analyst, I was upset that this change would hurt my ability to analyze the effectiveness of my beloved search engine optimization (SEO) efforts – which are really all about finding the right users using optimal content strategies. These changes impact my AdWords spend sub-optimally. What Is Not Going Away.