Smart Data Collective

AUGUST 19, 2021

Data is the backbone of effective digital marketing, and content is not just king; it is the entire royal family. When you combine both, you get one of the most formidable and effective marketing strategies ever. Below, we highlight how qualitative and quantitative data can improve our marketing strategy.

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Jedox

APRIL 21, 2020

Assets with strong fundamentals and low valuations create openings to new markets. In the face of unprecedented uncertainty, the question is how to quickly evaluate risk, opportunities and competitively allocate capital. Once the low point has passed, transformation strategies – which were already on the agenda – may be accelerated.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 22, 2024

When tech giant Broadcom acquired virtualization market leader VMware last October, it restructured licensing terms, laid off thousands of employees, and terminated partner agreements with resellers and service providers. VMware customers were understandably concerned. The VMware acquisition has been no different.

Marketing 119

Marketing Uncertainty Strategy Digital Transformation 119

Srividya Sridharan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

These capabilities are becoming more crucial to stay ahead of uncertainty and change and get smarter about every aspect of your business: your customers, your suppliers and partners, your competitors, your employees, your processes, your operations, and your markets. And data, analytics, and AI are going to drive this future.

Data Strategy 108

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 1, 2023

Make decisions that enable—not constrain— scale Even if your organization isn’t yet as “all in” on AI as John Deere, you share the same market context. Strategy guru Roger Martin wisely advises that “Strategy is centrally about compelling the thing you don’t control — your customers — to take actions you wish they would take.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 11, 2023

Bryan Kirschner, Vice President, Strategy at DataStax Ignoring the potential of generative AI to increase productivity is a surefire way to fall behind as an individual, a team, and an organization. The most powerful framework I’ve found for effective strategic thinking is what Roger Martin calls the “strategy choice cascade.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 31, 2023

They note, too, that CIOs — being top technologists within their organizations — will be running point on those concerns as companies establish their gen AI strategies. Here’s a rundown of the top 20 issues shaping gen AI strategies today. says CIOs should apply agile processes to their gen AI strategy. It’s not a hammer.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 11, 2024

2023 was a year made notable by a range of unexpected, unpredictable, and fast-moving challenges that, despite seemingly having little to do with technology, had profound impacts on IT strategies. To guide an organization through uncertainty, IT leaders must help ensure everyone in the company is on the same page, Srivastava says.

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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. In this article, we will explore the significance of managing seasonal fluctuations and the strategies businesses can implement. There are a number of huge benefits of using data analytics to identify seasonal trends.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The global IT services industry is at a significant crossroads, with the explosive growth of generative AI and deepening economic uncertainties reshaping its future. These developments, along with broader market reports, have cast a shadow over the growth prospects of the IT services sector.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

By Bryan Kirschner, Vice President, Strategy at DataStax Today, we’re all living in a world in which “humans with machines will replace humans without machines”—for the second time. And CIOs are already playing a vital role in putting enthusiasm and talent to work: 43% said that AI strategy is led by IT.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 24, 2024

CIOs will need to focus on aligning AI-driven solutions with broader business strategies, ensuring seamless integration into existing processes while addressing potential challenges like data security and ethical AI use.

Enterprise 127

Enterprise Digital Transformation Consulting Risk 127

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 19, 2024

Now Atos faces the challenge of bringing the two halves back together with what Saleh calls a coordinated go-to-market strategy while it considers other strategic options. Another buyer? Saleh hasn’t ruled out looking for another buyer. Atos holds numerous contracts with the French Ministry of Defense.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

By Bryan Kirschner, Vice President, Strategy at DataStax As a software developer and coding instructor, Ania Kubow is always informative and engaging. But regardless, it provides a clear view into a new market context that can’t be hand-waved away or “we’ll see-ed” off into some three- to five-year future.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 22, 2022

The consultant will try to understand any potential lack of confidence in the core project team capabilities, project direction and commercial positions and leverage any uncertainties during the negotiation. Delivering these messages early and reinforced often will help to avoid “divide and conquer” strategies.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 28, 2023

Continuing with current cloud adoption plans is a risky strategy because the challenges of managing and securing sensitive data are growing. With a large amount of sensitive data now hosted in cloud, sovereignty should influence an organisation’s future cloud strategy.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 9, 2023

Economic uncertainty Organizations are concerned about multiple economic forces that are all causing uncertainty, says Srinivas Mukkamala, chief product officer at Ivanti. How do you future-proof your business in the face of so much uncertainty? How do we grow our business responsibly?” How do we get the talent we need?

IT 145

IT Uncertainty Cost-Benefit Digital Transformation 145

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 16, 2024

However, the NextGen business leaders of family businesses showed uncertainty about the present owners’ and decision makers’ ability to fathom the power of digital transformation. An earlier PwC Global CEO Survey 2024 showed that 70% of business leaders believe GenAI will significantly transform future businesses and the future of businesses.

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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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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 4, 2022

By Bryan Kirschner, Vice President, Strategy at DataStax. For all the current macroeconomic uncertainty, this much is clear: the path to future growth depends on getting your data architecture fit to compete and primed to deliver real time, ML-driven applications and experiences. Learn more about DataStax here.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The package costs less than the services bought individually, said Eric van Rossum, chief marketing and solutions officer for SAP Cloud ERP — but some of the generative AI services are also subject to additional usage-based charges in a new virtual currency van Rossum called “AI units.” In other words, uncertainty abounds.

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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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Srividya Sridharan

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

These capabilities are becoming more crucial to stay ahead of uncertainty and change and get smarter about every aspect of your business: your customers, your suppliers and partners, your competitors, your employees, your processes, your operations, and your markets. And data, analytics, and AI are going to drive this future.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 25, 2024

The global adoption of generative AI is upon us, and it’s essential for marketing organizations to understand and play in this space to stay competitive. Modernizing a workflow to introduce a content supply chain means disruption and uncertainty. These new technologies can garner a lot of power and a level of uncertainty.

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Rocket-Powered Data Science

JULY 19, 2023

These three emergent analytics products are: (a) Sentinel Analytics – focused on monitoring (“keeping an eye on”) multiple enterprise systems and business processes, as part of an observability strategy for time-critical business insights discovery and value creation from enterprise data sources.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The deal, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year, will see Octo’s 1,500 employees join IBM Consulting’s US public and federal market organization, taking its total staff count to 4,200 employees. In February, IBM acquired Neudesic and Sentaca to boost its Azure and 5G consulting capabilities respectively.

IT 98

IT Consulting Digital Transformation Uncertainty 98

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. How can AI help marketers track your brand on social media?

Finance 113

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Only 29% of these leaders are using data to set strategy when launching products or services in new markets, and just 17% are using data to achieve their climate goals, according to the survey. Just 21% of the survey respondents said they are using data to make decisions about their company’s diversity goals.

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Smart Data Collective

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Technologies became a crucial part of achieving success in the increasingly competitive market, including big data and analytics. Data-based insights can help make the right decisions, keep up with market trends and navigate the uncertainty. This information can further be used in marketing strategies.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 18, 2023

Information, according to the mathematical theory that bears its name, reduces uncertainty. In this way, the information I have given you has cut your uncertainty in half. And yet when it comes to reading about our industry, content that too often fails to reduce our uncertainty about a subject in any useful way.

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BA Learnings

JANUARY 23, 2024

Whether it’s shifting market trends, evolving project scopes, or new technology, your flexibility ensures you’re always ahead of the game. It’s about being comfortable with uncertainty, like a sailor who trusts their ability to navigate through uncharted waters. Where you can, try to predict change.

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CDW Research Hub

DECEMBER 28, 2021

F5 presents this annual award to the partner that best exemplifies alignment with F5’s strategies and success in driving new business through collaboration. Sirius’ early adoption of F5 strategies and solutions, investment in early access to resources and role as change agent were instrumental in this selection.

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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.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 4, 2023

By Bryan Kirschner, Vice President, Strategy at DataStax One of the major findings of our recently released State of AI Innovation report was how bullish managers and technical practitioners were about generative AI enhancing, rather than threatening, their careers. About Bryan Kirschner : Bryan is Vice President, Strategy at DataStax.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 8, 2024

As the ecommerce market grows exponentially, six trends projected to heavily impact the global market are artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality, live commerce, online-to-offline ecommerce, social commerce and voice assistants. The ecommerce market has grown exponentially over the last decade.

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Consulting Marketing Sales Data Processing 86

Jet Global

JUNE 21, 2023

According to the Finance Team Trends Report for 2023 , these shortcomings have been furthered by a decreased focus on automation and a limited hiring market for financial talent. CEOs are increasingly partnering with CFOs to guide companies through this current uncertainty.

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