CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 24, 2023

It’s no surprise, then, that according to a June KPMG survey, uncertainty about the regulatory environment was the top barrier to implementing gen AI. So here are some of the strategies organizations are using to deploy gen AI in the face of regulatory uncertainty. Not without warning signs, however. Then there are the lawsuits.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 15, 2023

The pressure is on to navigate economic uncertainty. growth underscores how inflation, interest rate fluctuations, and consumer spending are reshaping forecasts, investment portfolios, and the CIO agenda. All things related to maintaining the systems to land, expand, and renew business at forecasted volumes are no brainers.

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Jet Global

APRIL 13, 2023

In periods of economic uncertainty, financial planning and analysis (FP&A) teams become more important than ever. Organizations depend on FP&A teams to provide accurate forecasts that enable continued success. For example, an initial forecast is set for four quarters of a year.

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Smart Data Collective

MARCH 2, 2023

As a result, they will need to invest in data analytics tools to sustain a competitive edge in the face of growing economic uncertainty. Big data technology used to be a luxury for small business owners. It helps companies operate more efficiently, tap larger markets of customers, and solve some of their most complex challenges.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 18, 2022

According to John-David Lovelock, research vice president at Gartner, inflationary pressures are top-of-mind for most IT decision-makers at the moment, which creates a degree of uncertainty—high prices today could become even higher tomorrow. We forecast this trend is going to continue over the next couple of years.”.

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The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2019

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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Smart Data Collective

APRIL 20, 2020

With the Coronavirus pandemic, the world has been thrown into complete uncertainty. Corporations need data to forecast the market’s future and the recent drop in the price of fossil fuels have invigorated alternative energy projects globally. This goes for nearly everyone, but the energy sector is being greatly impacted by the virus.

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John Wheeler

JANUARY 31, 2021

No doubt, 2021 will be the year of uncertainty and change. As it turns out, uncertainty and change are the two primary aspects of strategic, operational and technology risk fueling the current demand for integrated risk management (IRM). A focus on performance and assurance helps to reduce uncertainty related to strategic goals.

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Jedox

APRIL 16, 2020

Dean Boyer as a guest to the Jedox Blog for our series on “Managing Uncertainty” Mr. Boyer is a Director of Technology Services at Marks Paneth LLP, a premier accounting firm based in the United States. He shares his expertise on how an EPM solution supports managing economic uncertainty, particularly in times of crisis.

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Jedox

AUGUST 6, 2020

In our previous blog post, “ What are Rolling Forecasts? ” we covered forecasting and rolling forecasts in general. In our second post in this series, we look at the pros and cons of introducing rolling forecasts for your organization. Year-end forecasts help to make decisions in order to achieve annual goals.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 23, 2023

Despite the reduced forecast, Accenture’s diversified business and industry mix can help offset weakness in specific sectors, such as technology, and provide stability, Rasero said, adding that long-term demand prospects for Accenture’s services remain high as the company continues to benefit from digital transformation trends.

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Jet Global

APRIL 8, 2021

Many organizations already consider the potential short-term challenges to their tax positions when building forecasts. How prepared are they, though, for the different sets of risks and opportunities associated with long-term uncertainties? Instead, they should already be incorporating these considerations into their tax forecasts.

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BI-Survey

MARCH 16, 2021

Markets and competition today are highly dynamic and complex, and the future is characterized by uncertainty – not least because of COVID-19. This uncertainty is currently at the forefront of everyone‘s minds. A dynamic environment requires flexible decision support and short-term updates of targets and forecasts.

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BI-Survey

MARCH 16, 2021

Markets and competition today are highly dynamic and complex, and the future is characterized by uncertainty – not least because of COVID-19. This uncertainty is currently at the forefront of everyone‘s minds. A dynamic environment requires flexible decision support and short-term updates of targets and forecasts.

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Jet Global

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Due to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2022 in the United States, nonresidential construction is expected to continue expanding despite expected uncertainty in 2023. The Construction Products Association’s (CPA) Autumn Forecast predicts the construction market in the UK will fall by 3.9% trillion worldwide by 2030.

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O'Reilly on Data

JUNE 16, 2020

But when making a decision under uncertainty about the future, two things dictate the outcome: (1) the quality of the decision and (2) chance. This essay is about how to take a more principled approach to making decisions under uncertainty and aims to provide certain conceptual and cognitive tools for how to do so, not what decisions to make.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 26, 2023

As a first step toward reducing uncertainty and surprise in 2024, I suggest CIOs take baby steps to operationalize learning by leaning into this briefing structure. Uncertainty is Certain A key reason to do this is because uncertainty abounds. Today, not so much. Here’s what that means and how to achieve it.

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Jedox

APRIL 21, 2020

In the face of unprecedented uncertainty, the question is how to quickly evaluate risk, opportunities and competitively allocate capital. At the fund level, great uncertainty demands continual strategic and portfolio reviews to manage liquidity, identify assets at risk, and understand growth challenges. Pinpoint opportunities.

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Jet Global

JANUARY 31, 2022

In most companies, planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes are fairly well-established, but just because you’ve always done things a certain way doesn’t mean you can’t improve them. Here are seven keys to managing those processes effectively: 1. Start With Strategic Goals.

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Jedox

JANUARY 3, 2023

In times of uncertainty and change, technology can drive our ability to adapt quickly. Geopolitical tensions could cause rapid change across the economy, requiring organizations to change strategies quickly, re-forecast often, and use multiple scenario planning with all information available. Technology is a talent magnet.

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Smart Data Collective

OCTOBER 6, 2023

One of the biggest benefits of data analytics is that it helps companies improve stability during times of uncertainty. Data Analyst Solomon Nyamson wrote an article on Linkedin pointing out that predictive analytics tools like Sarima have made it easier than ever to forecast retail sales due to seasonal changes.

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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 “What” and “Why” of Demand Planning and Forecasting. There is equal danger in not having enough inventory on hand.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 20, 2024

Surrendering to the process When building an agile culture, businesses and IT leaders should be ready to accept that there is uncertainty in any software project. What’s key is being ready to manage that uncertainty in useful ways and learn to be comfortable with being uncomfortable.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 15, 2024

Having a finance expert like Saleh at the helm could help stabilize Atos as it seeks to negotiate the uncertainties around its debt rescheduling and its recapitalization plans, which the company says are unchanged since its announcement on Jan. The company needs to raise capital as it seeks to renegotiate €1.5 billion ($1.65

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 4, 2022

Ceridian SVP and CIO Carrie Rasmussen got a 7% bump in her IT budget for 2022, with her company’s growth, its ongoing digitalization drive, and security mindfulness driving the boost. More specifically, Rasmussen is boosting her spend on cybersecurity to help manage risk, a key element for enabling Ceridian’s planned global expansion.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The year ahead is likely to be characterised by recessionary pressures in key global economies, increasing borrowing costs, unpredictable supply chains, oil price uncertainty, and volatile demand. of all ICT investments made that year. Frantzen said many are expecting a recession in the coming year. in 2026, up from just 29.4%

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The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

APRIL 17, 2017

by ERIC TASSONE, FARZAN ROHANI We were part of a team of data scientists in Search Infrastructure at Google that took on the task of developing robust and automatic large-scale time series forecasting for our organization. So it should come as no surprise that Google has compiled and forecast time series for a long time.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In a world where macroeconomic uncertainty has become the new normal, being future-proof is no longer a ‘nice to have’. When speaking with IT leaders from the world’s largest companies about their greatest business challenges, there’s one thing I hear often. It’s easy to see why.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 2, 2022

Faced with massive uncertainties, many organizations have essentially given up on crafting strategy, deciding instead that regulatory compliance will be a surrogate for strategy. Embrace uncertainty. Digital transformation isn’t new. Indeed, it has been on the CIO’s agenda for at least 35 years. 6 truths about digital transformation.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Certinia is using predictive AI to deliver more precise forecasts of cash flow and days to pay, based on analyses of trends in customer payments, and to forecast how many days it will take to staff resource requests, help enterprises keep projects on schedule, or to manage their customers’ expectations when things fall behind.

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Jet Global

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Contributory factors to uncertainty. Two of the biggest reasons that lead to year-end uncertainty and eleventh-hour price changes are the lack of proper planning and coordination that should happen throughout the year. A further 10 percent calculate October actuals and 2-month forecasts. How to establish best practices.

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BI-Survey

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Overnight, the impact of uncertainty, dynamics and complexity on markets could no longer be ignored. Local events in an increasingly interconnected economy and uncertainties such as the climate crisis will continue to create high volatility and even chaos. The COVID-19 pandemic caught most companies unprepared.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Federal leaders — from members of Congress to executive agency chief information officers (CIOs) — are continuing to modernize their information technology (IT) infrastructures and recognizing there is no “one-size-fits-all” public cloud. As a long-term supplier to the U.S. This means future IT and data management models will take a hybrid approach.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This echoes some existing sentiment, especially around D&I, for instance, but the discipline of success lies in not only thinking 10 years ahead but also walking it back to the present to account for progress—a model that has given the IFTF a consistent track record of successfully forecasting futures. “I

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Jet Global

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Forecasting and planning have taken on much greater importance than ever before. The planning and forecasting tools provided with most ERP systems provide limited flexibility, and typically require a considerable amount of manual effort. Over time, the process that has historically been known as budgeting and forecasting has evolved.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 28, 2022

So, we’ve carried that forecast through to the fourth quarter,” CFO Brian Olsavsky said, according to a Motley Fool transcript. Just like all companies, they want to lower their spend when they’re faced with uncertainty in the market,” Olsavsky said while responding to a question on customer behavior. share of the market against 40.8%

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Jet Global

JANUARY 12, 2021

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