From a practical standpoint, it’s hard to argue against automation. Enterprises can gain all kinds of efficiencies, save time and money, improve quality, and ultimately boost their financial results by automating processes that have previously been handled manually. Automation can also be problematic, however, especially when companies deploy newer technologies such as robotic process automation…
Business intelligence (BI) analysts transform data into insights that drive business value. Through use of data analytics, data visualization and data modeling techniques and technologies, BI analysts can identify trends that can help other departments, managers and executives make business decisions to modernize and improve processes in the organization. The BI analyst role is becoming…
Artificial intelligence is fast becoming a business imperative. Whether it’s to improve efficiency, find new business opportunities, or keep up with — or get ahead of — the competition, companies across all industries are exploring the business benefits of AI, with AI adoption tripling in the past year alone. For some companies, that means building…
In 2016, Dealer Tire executives posed a salient question to the 100-year-old company’s fledgling data science team: Can we predict when each consumer will need tires? The answer — critical for a company that must get to customers before they buy tires somewhere else — was a resounding yes. “It was the first ‘a-ha’ moment,”…
With technology today’s fuel for business transformation, IT leaders are increasingly seen as key players in companies’ quests to bolster their bottom lines. But with so many new technologies and management approaches emerging, where should IT leaders put their focus? We asked a range of tech leads what they’re planning this year and how those…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates the economy will need as many as 100,000 new IT workers per year over the next decade. And, right now, only about 60,000 of these workers are entering the workforce every twelve months. Changes to the H-1B visa program aim to improve and streamline the H-1B visa allocation process…
Presenting quarterly to boards is a chore for CIOs, who typically spend the time discussing cybersecurity risks and operations matters. But with technology playing an outsized role in businesses, CIOs and board members should meet more frequently outside the boardroom to strategize for digital disruption, says Khalid Kark, managing director of Deloitte’s U.S. CIO practice.…
Cloud technology and the increasing pace of globalization allow small and mid-size businesses to scale faster than ever, but also puts them in a bind. How do they take advantage of opportunities to grow when they have limited resources? At its annual SuiteWorld event, in Las Vegas this week, NetSuite is offering some answers. The…
Let’s address the elephant in the room: innovation is a journey. The reality is that you will have your share of failures mixed in with some successes. Now, imagine these efforts as a cluster of small experiments, and learning opportunities that build a mindshare of improvement be it incremental or disruptive. These are not enterprise-wide…
Won over by the promise to drive business agility while reducing costs, CIOs are migrating to the cloud en masse. But renting cloud services creates new problems, including managing bills populated with thousands of line items generated by instances running across the globe. Increasingly, enterprises are turning to FinOps (financial operations), a business management discipline…