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What is BI? Business intelligence strategies and solutions
Business intelligence (BI) leverages software and services to transform data into actionable intelligence that informs an organization’s strategic and tactical business decisions.
Robots aren't coming – they're already here
What is your AI vision? To stay competitive it is critical to define how AI and machine learning can take your business to the next digital level and build your plan of action.
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CIO Digital Magazine, November-December 2016
Cover story: Five winners of the CIO.com and Drexel University Analytics 50 awards share details of their projects, lessons learned and advice.
Trailblazers: Notes from the new data frontier
Trailblazers have to overcome obstacles – both old and new – as they navigate new terrain. And their reward for choosing to pioneer, rather than follow, gives them a first-mover advantage.
USDA-RMA CIO: For digital transformation to succeed, remove fear
Chad Sheridan, CIO at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Risk Management Agency, discusses the agency’s digital transformation efforts.
Strategic guidelines for CIOs to lead the digital age
In this new era of industrial revolution, senior executives cannot afford to ignore the importance of digital innovation and its impact on the business environment, the management of organizations and the entire value chain. From IT...
Your digital initiative’s biggest test may be measuring its success
Struggling to gauge the success of your digital transformation initiative? CIOs at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium share how they’ve cracked the code.
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CIO Digital Magazine, September 2016
Cover story: Big data on campus. Facing federal and state pressure to raise retention and graduation rates, dozens of colleges and universities are developing analytics tools to help students make better decisions about everything
How QVC uses streaming analytics to drive revenue
Real-time analytics on transactional data -- combined with historical and other data -- help the home shopping retailer respond to trends in the moment.
United Airlines discovers the complexity of talent management
The recent incident involving the forcible removal of passenger David Dao from a United Airlines flight, and the resulting backlash, is a typical example of the emergent phenomena that characterize complex organizations, and it...
Which deep learning network is best for you?
Open source deep learning neural networks are coming of age. There are several frameworks that are providing advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence (A.I.) capabilities over proprietary solutions. How do you determine...
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CIO Wrapsheet: A CIO's guide to understanding analytics
Today's data-driven business runs on the almighty algorithm. Here's how to get the most out of your data analytics.
10 steps for creating a single view of your business
Many data-driven enterprises are seeking a single view of their customer data, which is often siloed and fragmented. MongoDB has developed a 10-step methodology to help you cut through the data management complexity to create that...
3 paths to analytics leadership roles
Companies are on the hunt for analytics executives, but where can they find talent in such a new field?
Jethro automates data engineering tasks for BI on Hadoop
By automating costly and time-consuming data engineering tasks associated with business intelligence on Hadoop, Jethro aims to accelerate BI queries.
Why SMBs need to get project management right from the start
Project management products aren't just for big business. With increasing competition and the always-changing digital landscape, it's important for small businesses to take the grunt work out of critical business processes.
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CIO Digital Magazine, April 2016
Cover story: Wearables go to work. From fitness trackers to smartwatches, wearables have made a splash in the consumer market, but few enterprises are using the new technology … yet.
AI, machine learning blossom in agriculture and pest control
In a departure from using AI and machine learning tools for tasks such as automating customer service, some companies are applying the technologies to grow better corn crops and exterminate bugs and vermin.
Why your small business needs a mobile app
Many small businesses are unsure whether they need a mobile app, many believing that their mobile website is enough. Are you staying relevant?
Why the subscription economy is the future of business
Zuora CEO Tien Tzuo says subscription-based companies are growing nine times faster than product companies and explains why ‘subscription relationship management’ platforms will replace existing ERP and CRM systems.
Data science is a contact sport
Data science is a contact sport because data scientists have to interact with various other teams in the organization at different points in the data science life cycle.
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