A business analyst (BA) has one of the most crucial jobs in the modern enterprise: leveraging data analytics to bridge the gap between IT and business. In doing so, they engage with business leaders and users to better understand how data-driven changes to process, products, services, software, and hardware can improve efficiencies and add value.…
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are the backbone of modern businesses. The agility afforded by a modern ERP system backed by honed business processes can help any company compete in today’s business environment, which has been severely affected by supply chain disruptions as well as disruptions to traditional business operations due to employees working from…
NetSuite is updating its suite of ERP applications with analytics and automation capabilities designed to reduce manual processes and provide accurate and timely data to optimize the decision-making process for enterprises. The new products and expanded services include NetSuite Analytics Warehouse, designed to provide faster business insights; SuiteBanking, which helps customers automate key financial processes;…
Emerging technology has greatly elevated the role of CIOs in the past several years, as previously far-out innovations such as machine learning and natural language processing have taken center stage in digital transformations that are shaking up the business landscape. But with that new status has come an even greater need to keep an eye…
Technical architecture provides a way to describe, evaluate, and plan the evolution of the information technology that IT manages and the enterprise relies on.
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