CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 25, 2023

By Bryan Kirschner, Vice President, Strategy at DataStax Bill Gates has seen (or, for that matter, caused) some profound advances in technology, so I don’t take a contrarian position lightly, but I think the way he describes his epiphany about the importance of AI is only half right. Learn more about how DataStax enables real-time AI here.

Finance 108

Finance Uncertainty Strategy Modeling 108

Cloudera

JUNE 1, 2021

Cloudera will benefit from the operating capabilities, capital support and expertise of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) and KKR – two of the most experienced and successful global investment firms in the world recognized for supporting the growth strategies of the businesses they back. Our strategy.

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Uncertainty Cost-Benefit Risk Strategy 144

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 9, 2023

Three years ago, IT leaders were squarely focused on how to adopt fledgling AI techniques and approaches into their business models in service of digital transformations that included plans for shifting some workloads to the cloud. How do you future-proof your business in the face of so much uncertainty?

IT 145

IT Uncertainty Cost-Benefit Digital Transformation 145

Jet Global

JULY 23, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis has catapulted many businesses into triage mode, with finance and accounting teams scrambling to shore up company finances in the face of an economic downturn. Above all, F&A teams should model cash flow scenarios on a regular basis and evaluate potential short, medium, and long-term outcomes.

Uncertainty 95

Uncertainty Finance Cost-Benefit Reporting 95

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 23, 2023

By extending our multi-cloud strategy, we will invest in extending Vmware’s software stack to run and manage workloads across private and public clouds, which means any enterprise can run application workloads easily, securely, and seamlessly on-prem, or in any cloud platform they prefer.

Uncertainty 138

Uncertainty Cost-Benefit Risk Technology 138

Jet Global

JUNE 30, 2020

That process starts with having robust analytical capabilities in the finance and accounting department. During times of uncertainty, business leaders need to be able to assess the situation rapidly and move decisively to survive and thrive. Shifting Business Models. Investing in Financial Intelligence.

ROI 59

ROI Uncertainty Finance Cost-Benefit 59

Cloudera

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Insurance and finance are two industries that rely on measuring risk with historical data models. To facilitate risk modeling in this new normal, agility and flexibility is required. Data Variety. This will only become more important as we move into 2021 and a post-pandemic new normal.

Insurance 97

Insurance Digital Transformation Unstructured Data Machine Learning 97

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 9, 2023

In an IT marketplace marked by turbulence, inflation, and economic uncertainty, the process of contracting with vendors for technology products and services has gotten significantly more challenging for CIOs. Pricing models and metrics can also be complex, making it difficult to understand when additional costs might kick in, Alexander says.

Cost-Benefit 109

Cost-Benefit Risk Uncertainty Technology 109

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Tanzu is a central part of VMware’s software portfolio and its multi-cloud strategy, and will remain that way after Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware closes. Air Force Software Factory is now self-sustaining, employing more than 1200 people who build mission critical systems that will increasingly leverage a multi-cloud strategy.

Software 108

Software Uncertainty Risk Cost-Benefit 108

Jedox

OCTOBER 8, 2020

We are pleased to welcome renowned finance expert Mr. Brian Kalish back to the Jedox blog. It’s about the preparation for a range of possible outcomes, the likelihood of each outcome, and developing corresponding strategies to maximize the long-term benefit. To quote General/President Dwight D.

Uncertainty 75

Uncertainty Cost-Benefit Unstructured Data Data-driven 75

Jet Global

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Effective transfer pricing in today’s business climate requires CFOs to pay close attention to the different variables affecting their transfer pricing strategies. Intangible-asset transactions present a challenge when organizations are quantifying prices and profits to serve their transfer pricing models. In the U.S.

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Risk Uncertainty Sales Strategy 98

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 7, 2023

Most executives have fairly siloed expertise and lean towards oversight of specific areas such as supply chain or finance. Cisco Sanchez, SVP and CIO, Qualcomm Qualcomm They also need to embed with business stakeholders so much so that the lines blur.

IT 92

IT Sales Manufacturing Cost-Benefit 92

Sisense

JULY 6, 2020

Uncertainty often surfaces new opportunities as business leaders are forced to consider changes around key parts of the business. They lead larger enterprises in the use of analytics across every department, with nearly 70% of small businesses using analytics in operations, nearly 60% in finance, 50% in sales, and 45% in the product.

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Data-driven Uncertainty Reporting Analytics 81

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Broadcom’s Strategy I hope I’ve made clear that at Broadcom, we are continuing to embrace and invest in customers’ priorities. Prior to ICS, Mr. Tan was Vice President of Finance with Commodore International from 1992 to 1994, and previously held senior management positions with PepsiCo and General Motors.

Uncertainty 87

Uncertainty Risk Reporting Marketing 87

datapine

MAY 31, 2022

More and more CRM, marketing, and finance-related tools use SaaS business intelligence and technology, and even Adobe’s Creative Suite has adopted the model. We discussed already some of these cloud computing challenges when comparing cloud vs on premise BI strategies.

Risk 237

Risk Cost-Benefit Business Intelligence Data-driven 237

Jet Global

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Companies use forecasting to make critical investments, plan for covenant compliance, and even decide on future mergers and acquisitions (M&A) strategies. The way we perceive business risk, and how we manage it, is fundamentally different for every finance leader on the planet. Why change the process? What is continuous planning?

Forecasting 98

Forecasting Finance Business Driver Key Performance Indicator 98

Jedox

JANUARY 12, 2022

An unprecedented crisis had begun, and global uncertainty mounted by the minute. With the help of a corporate financial plan, you can determine cash requirements, reduce financing expenses, and make forward-looking decisions based on accurate plans. The amount of your planned investments depends on your individual business model.

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Uncertainty Sales Finance Risk 119

IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 22, 2023

Manik, VP and senior partner for IBM Consulting, outlined a massive opportunity to strategically redesign the client’s finance operations and payment processing by leveraging AI, data analytics, metrics and automation. ” One car manufacturer, for example, opened up a conversation by asking about an upgrade to its data servers.

Consulting 78

Consulting Insurance Finance Uncertainty 78

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 13, 2023

As chief digital officer of Kotak Mahindra Bank, Deepak Sharma has been instrumental in driving the bank’s digital transformation, future-ready initiatives, and business model innovation strategies. You will also see banks building and launching more fintechs within while working with ecosystem on embedded finance.

IT 102

IT Digital Transformation Uncertainty Risk Management 102

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

JULY 22, 2020

by ALEXANDER WAKIM Ramp-up and multi-armed bandits (MAB) are common strategies in online controlled experiments (OCE). These strategies involve changing assignment weights during an experiment. The first is a strategy called ramp-up and is advised by many experts in the field [1].

Experimentation 95

Experimentation Statistics Testing Strategy 95

Andrew White

MARCH 6, 2021

Given that the article is published in the Exchange section those implications are related to business and finance. You can model the changing dynamics of the demand for your markets; you can model inflation and interest rates over the same time frame. We use models. The article goes on to explore what this means.

Marketing 52

Marketing Forecasting Uncertainty Strategy 52

Sisense

APRIL 13, 2020

For me, the takeaway is the need to prepare those critical things to face uncertainty in the current market.”. Harris : “‘Competing on Analytics’ uses a five-stage model of competition to provide the road map for winning in business. Davenport and Jeanne G.

Uncertainty 83

Uncertainty Marketing Digital Transformation Forecasting 83

O'Reilly on Data

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Recall from my previous blog post that all financial models are at the mercy of the Trinity of Errors , namely: errors in model specifications, errors in model parameter estimates, and errors resulting from the failure of a model to adapt to structural changes in its environment. For example, if a stock has a beta of 1.4

Statistics 27

Statistics Uncertainty Risk Marketing 27

Smart Data Collective

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

There are many other reasons AI and big data technology is changing finance. Asset allocation is a strategy that divides your money between different asset classes in your portfolio. How do I use predictive analytics to improve my asset allocation strategy? This means you need to consider the following two factors.

Predictive Analytics 107

Predictive Analytics Management Analytics Risk 107

IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 13, 2024

The rise of AI is fundamentally remaking corporate strategy. Financial services Employees in finance increasingly have enhanced tools to help them make better investments on behalf of their clients. Elements of enterprise AI, such as using data management and generative AI foundation models to drive added value.

Digital Transformation 84

Digital Transformation Gap analysis Consulting Machine Learning 84

bridgei2i

JUNE 11, 2020

If nothing else, this anecdote offers valuable insight into the impact that uncertainty of any kind has on consumer behaviour; it triggers volatility. To navigate this increasingly complex landscape, brought about by COVID-19, business leaders must take into account such fears and craft strategies accordingly.

Digital Transformation 52

Digital Transformation Sales Uncertainty Forecasting 52

Jet Global

JULY 28, 2023

To find out more about the state of Finance in 2023, insightsoftware partnered with Hanover Research to survey accounting and finance decision-makers on the most pressing trends of the year. Here, we discuss how factors like market uncertainty and IT dependence impact finance teams throughout EMEA.

Finance 52

Finance Uncertainty Reporting Forecasting 52

Jet Global

MAY 10, 2021

Financial reporting, operational reporting, financial planning and analysis—there’s no shortage of work for finance teams to do as organizations continue to adjust to the new economic realities that the pandemic thrust upon the world stage in 2020. As organizational priorities shift, so too do the priorities of finance teams.

Finance 98

Finance Recreation/Entertainment Reporting Uncertainty 98

Jet Global

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

But when you work in finance, it’s a different story. Organizations need the ability to efficiently plan for uncertainty and respond to these fluctuations in the market. What if modeling gives you the ability to not just have a plan A, but also to evaluate plan B, plan C, plan D, and more.

Modeling 52

Modeling Forecasting Finance Uncertainty 52

Jet Global

AUGUST 31, 2022

The next few years will be a pivotal time for finance departments at multinational companies. Prior to 2015, a number of MNEs pursued tax planning strategies that effectively transferred profits from higher-tax jurisdictions to lower-tax countries, thereby eroding the tax-bases of the higher-tax jurisdictions.

Software 52

Software Reporting Forecasting Management 52

Jet Global

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Factory shutdowns, shipping bottlenecks, and shortages of raw materials have led to substantial uncertainty for businesses seeking to address the vicissitudes of supply-side availability. The sales of auto parts for older vehicles, likewise, will decline as new models supersede them. Successful Demand Planning and Forecasting.

Forecasting 52

Forecasting Recreation/Entertainment Sales Finance 52

Jet Global

APRIL 30, 2021

That’s encouraging for finance leaders who want their teams to be involved in value-adding activities like detailed forecasting, competitor analysis, and advising business units on strategies to maximize revenue and profitability. Finally, reimagine the finance operating model so that it fosters new skills and capabilities.”.

Finance 98

Finance Recreation/Entertainment Reporting Software 98

Jet Global

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Top Reasons for a Heavy Carbon Footprint From Your Supply Chain Keeping supply chains operating seamlessly in geopolitical and economic uncertainty is not a new challenge for global manufacturers, though it may feel like supply chain turbulence has become the new normal.

Optimization 52

Optimization Operational Reporting Manufacturing Reporting 52

Jet Global

JANUARY 31, 2022

Read any overview of how the finance and accounting function is changing, and you will notice several common themes. The aim of technology in finance is to remove friction. With cloud migration that means making upgrades, licensing, procurement and maintenance simpler with software-as-a-service (SaaS) models. Access Resource.

Finance 52

Finance Technology Recreation/Entertainment Reporting 52

Jet Global

JANUARY 31, 2022

Given the relative scarcity of finance talent these days and the power of technology to help organize and streamline these processes, it makes more sense than ever to take a fresh look at the way you perform planning, budgeting, and forecasting. Driver-Based Budgeting and Planning: A Guide for Finance Teams. Use Scenario Modeling.

Forecasting 52

Forecasting Recreation/Entertainment Finance Software 52

Jet Global

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Enterprise planning has the potential to be transformational; it should be viewed as an opportunity to re-align day-to-day business operations and tactical decisions with the bigger picture of long-term business strategy. At insightsoftware, we provide tools that facilitate agile enterprise planning and modeling.

Enterprise 52

Enterprise Recreation/Entertainment Finance Reporting 52

Jet Global

JULY 28, 2023

A budgeting and planning solution that makes scenario modeling easy is a valuable tool for retail and food service businesses to overcome the impacts of seasonality. Increasingly, food and beverage businesses are entering multi-channel sales strategies with food delivery services like Uber Eats, Postmates, and Door Dash.

Forecasting 52

Forecasting Sales Dashboards Reporting 52