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5 hidden costs of working with alt data
Alt data offers enterprises the opportunity to gain competitive advantage, but the costs of integrating it into business workflows may be more than you think.
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Tableau adds data storytelling to its revamped cloud platform
The Salesforce company wants to make data more accessible with a set of self-service tools built into its new-look Tableau Cloud platform.
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6 business risks of shortchanging AI ethics and governance
Factors inherent to artificial intelligence and its implementation can have dire ramifications for your company if ethics and governance aren’t baked into your AI strategy.
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Top 8 predictive analytics tools compared
Predictive analytics tools comb through your data to divine visions of your business future. Here’s an overview of the wide array of options available today.
The CIO Whisperers
Veteran CIO Neal Sample: All architecture is wrong
The business executive, technologist, and former champion debater explains why you should go where the data takes you and how to avoid getting too invested in your ideas.
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What is a customer data platform? A unified customer database
CDPs are prepackaged, unified customer databases that pull data from multiple sources to create customer profiles.
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Google Cloud data engineering, analytics systems target manufacturers
The solutions aim to unify and analyze data from manufacturing assets and will compete with similar industry offerings from the stables of AWS, Oracle, Microsoft and IBM.
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Essential data science tools for elevating your analytics operations
With organizations increasingly turning to data science to derive business value, the tools that support the work are proliferating. Here are the key tools successful data scientists rely on.
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CoorsTek's Matt Mehlbrech on rebuilding IT’s credibility
When Matt Mehlbreck joined CoorsTek in 2017 as VP of IT, he inherited an IT department that had fallen out of alignment with the business. Here’s how he reestablished those relationships.
CIO Executive Council POV
Dow CDO Chris Bruman: We needed a new approach to data quality
By positioning IT at the center as a solutions hub where business units are data owners, Dow's IT organization can respond more quickly to deliver business and customer value.
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15 best data science bootcamps for boosting your career
Whether you’re a recent grad, seasoned IT pro or someone looking to make a career change, these bootcamps will set you on the right path for a career in data science.
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What is data science? Transforming data into value
Data science is a method for transforming business data into assets that help organizations improve revenue, reduce costs, seize business opportunities, improve customer experience, and more.
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Top 8 customer data platforms
Tying together customer data from various sources, customer data platforms (CDPs) provide detailed profiles of customers and the means for delivering customized marketing to them.
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At a loss for data project ROI? Evaluate it like a product
Ascertaining the value of data initiatives that support the business can be tricky. Here’s how data intelligence company Collibra took a product-based approach to evaluating the ROI of a key pre-sales dashboard tool.
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7 famous analytics and AI disasters
Insights from data and machine learning algorithms can be invaluable, but mistakes can cost you reputation, revenue, or even lives. These high-profile analytics and AI blunders illustrate what can go wrong.
IDG TECHtalk Voices
CIOs can and should play a pivotal role in ESG strategy
The ability to provide transparent, data-driven insights and measure progress toward objectives makes the CIO critical to the success of any ESG strategy.
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Data as a service: Top vendors offering data on tap
Enterprises looking to supplement their data-driven decisions or digital services with data they might not otherwise have on hand have a growing number of options to turn to.
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Supply chain woes? Analytics may be the answer
Optimas Solutions, CarParts.com, and Lenovo exemplify an accelerating trend that sees organizations turning to analytics to address supply chain challenges.
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What is a chief data officer? A leader who creates business value from data
A chief data officer (CDO) oversees a range of data-related functions to ensure your organization is getting the most from what could be its most valuable asset.
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10 tips for getting started with decision intelligence
Adding intelligence and automation to decision-making processes can greatly improve business agility and outcomes. But making the most of decision intelligence takes continual tuning.
Interview
Royal Caribbean revamps IT work models in pandemic push
CIO Martha Poulter and her team turned business disruption into an opportunity to reimagine how they do new technology deployments at sea.
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Snowflake launches Retail Data Cloud
The cloud data warehouse specialist has launched another industry-specific product, this time aimed at helping companies in the retail and consumer goods sectors to manage their data.
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What is a chief digital officer? A digital strategist and evangelist in chief
A chief digital officer strategically transforms a company’s technological future in a way many CIOs don’t have the bandwidth to do.
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What is a data scientist? A key data analytics role and a lucrative career
The data scientist role varies depending on industry, but there are common skills, experience, education, and training that will give you the leg up in your data science career.
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Snowflake launches healthcare SaaS, data marketplace and consulting services
Snowflake has launched a cloud-based, data-sharing platform for the healthcare industry that brings together the company’s core SaaS data warehousing, analytics and business intelligence offerings with a data marketplace and consulting services on demand.
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3 data and analytics trends that will dominate 2022
In 2022, visibility into the supply chain, accurately valuing data products, and leveraging data for sustainability and optimization will be critical.
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How Etihad taps data science to optimise airline operations
Using data science tools, Etihad has been able to forecast the ground staffing needed to manage passenger arrivals, as well as automate and categorize incoming email inquiries.
Interview
3 non-negotiables for data project success
Identifying the right data projects takes discipline. At workwear company Carhartt, these are the must-haves for setting projects up for success.
Interview
Data analytics takes flight at Air Canada
Safety is the first and last priority for the airline, which has embarked on a data transformation to ensure safety data can be pushed everywhere it’s needed, in whatever form best suits its staff.
IDG TECHtalk Voices
Data governance at the speed of business
Follow these three steps to develop and mobilize a data governance program that can fuel enterprise-wide transformation.
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Tableau certification guide: Cost, training, salaries, and value
BI and data visualization skills are in demand and Tableau certifications are a great way to get ahead. Here’s our guide to Tableau’s Desktop and Server certs.
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Rolls-Royce CIDO Stuart Hughes on leaning into IoT
The engine manufacturer is leveraging IoT data to tailor maintenance and overhaul to the individual engine rather than the product family.
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Priceline takes flight with real-time analytics in the cloud
The online deal maker is midway through a multicloud migration that makes the most of real-time analytics and cloud-native technologies, but not without pockets of turbulence along the way.
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Supply chain analytics: 3 success stories
With supply chain disruptions ongoing, organizations are leaning on analytics to glean insights into their supply chains and operations, as these three supply chain analytics examples attest.
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12 data science certifications that will pay off
Looking to get ahead as a data scientist? Earning one of these data science certs will help you stand out in one of the hottest careers in IT.
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Experian DataLabs sees future in no-code AI
The credit reporting company’s DataLabs unit seeks opportunities to disrupt and transform its business with data.
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Anadolu Efes CIO drives AI-fuelled data, analytics strategy
Murat Ozkan, chief information and digital officer at Anadolu Efes, the Turkey-based international beverages company, talks about how a data management strategy comprising AI and analytics will sustain further growth.
Movers and Shakers
3 IT initiatives fueling business transformation at Zebra Technologies
Who says a zebra can’t change its stripes? CIO Deepak Kaul explains how a hub and spoke data model, along with cloud-based ERP and infrastructure, are at the heart of Zebra’s changing business model.
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8 keys to a successful BI strategy
BI success requires more than just a strong technology platform. It takes laser focus on processes and personnel — and a business-first approach to gaining insights from data.
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Disney data clean room helps advertisers leverage audience analysis
Aiming to give advertisers access to a vast quantity of audience data while protecting users’ privacy, Disney Advertising Sales has taken a data clean room approach to data governance.
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Generac CIO Tim Dickson: Why CIO reporting relationships matter for digital transformation success
The 62-year old Fortune 1000 manufacturing company is transforming into an energy technology solutions provider, with IT at the forefront. CIO Tim Dickson shares his thoughts on how data is creating new business opportunities and how reporting to the CEO elevates IT.
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Microsoft Azure Data Scientist Associate certification guide
Data scientists are in high demand. Here’s our guide to Microsoft’s Azure Data Scientist Associate certification.
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Supply chain analytics: 5 tips for smoother logistics
Organizations are increasingly turning to data analytics to navigate supply chain disruptions and to enhance their SCM efforts. Here’s how to do it right.
CDO at the Center
4 ways to mature your digital automation strategy
When it comes to realizing the benefits of digital automation, maturity matters. Here's what CIOs need to know to assess and advance their automation efforts.
Interview
MassMutual’s Gareth Ross: The hardest work of analytics “sits around the edges”
Two mistakes that can stymie analytics efforts: Underinvesting in data engineering and underestimating the importance of establishing cultural norms so that people want to use machine learning models.
Movers and Shakers
A platform model drives digital innovation at Zoetis
As CIDO of the global $6.7B animal health business, Wafaa Mamilli’s job is to find new areas of revenue generation.
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What is data architecture? A framework for managing data
Data architecture translates business needs into data and system requirements and seeks to manage data and its flow through the enterprise.
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How to know when AI is the right solution
Business value, training data, and cultural readiness are essential for AI success. Without all three, traditional solutions are your best bet.
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AI/ML at scale: The next horizon for PPG’s data strategy
At PPG, data is key not only to IT strategy, but to enabling business strategy, says Jeff Lipniskis, global IT director. With a solid foundation in place, his focus now is on being AI ready.
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Value first, then structure: Lessons from GSK’s data transformation
The pharmaceutical company’s chief digital and technology officer Shobie Ramakrishnan discusses how starting “with the broadest possible ambition and the smallest possible effort” led to creating value at scale.-
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