AI cost forecasting

AI Cost Forecasts Need Prices and Discount Rates That Match

By Srithan Gade A forecast can calculate accurately yet misstate costs when its cash flows and discount rate use incompatible inflation assumptions. An AI tool can...
Data Sovereignty

Why Data Sovereignty is No Longer Just About Compliance

By Theis Nilsson  Data sovereignty should be viewed as a foundational principle of enterprise architecture that enables organizations to maintain control over their most valuable...
Automation data analytic

What Do Businesses Really Lose When Data is Lost?

By Dr Laurin Lilly-Laona Friedrich Data can remain useful after a breach while confidence in its custodian becomes harder to justify, changing what businesses must...
Senior Leaders

What Senior Leaders Should Expect from Their Best Data Scientists

By Roger W. Hoerl, Diego Kuonen and Tom Redman The best data scientists are not defined by technical sophistication alone, but by how they work...
Supplier data

What Breaks When a Company Has More Suppliers Than Customers

By Boris Dzhingarov Most business systems assume a few suppliers and many customers. Invert that ratio and routine work like paying invoices becomes the binding...
Real-Time Customer Data - online banking, fintech

How European Banks and Insurers Activate Customer Data in Real Time Without Breaking GDPR

For most of the last decade, the conversation about customer data in European financial services has been a conversation about risk. GDPR, the UK's...
data centers and local growth

Building Stronger Communities: How Data Centers Can Contribute to Local Growth Through Strategic Partnerships

By Tatu Tuominen, Director of Public Affairs, atNorth Collaboration between utilities, suppliers, data center operators and local businesses represents the blueprint for wide ranging community benefit. Challenges to...
Embedded Analytics

10 Embedded Analytics Platforms Compared by Total Cost

A low entry price can be a poor guide to the cost of customer-facing analytics. The bill may change when more customers use it,...
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The Traffic Didn’t Vanish. It Changed Hands.

By Anthony Neal Macri Organic search traffic is sliding almost everywhere, and most of the worry about it is aimed at the wrong target. The...
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Data Rooms for European M&A: A Practical Guide for Dealmakers

In European M&A, the virtual data room isn’t a filing cabinet but a disclosure instrument that shapes price, warranty risk and deal timetable. A virtual...
Best Data Room Providers: Ratings and Buying Guide

The Ultimate Guide to Finding the Best Data Room Providers and Their Ratings

An online data room is a secure online platform for storing and exchanging data. When a business has to analyze and exchange information with...
SureFlow: Unlocking Smarter Cities

SureFlow: Unlocking Smarter Cities Through Intelligent Infrastructure

Cities across Europe, Africa, and Asia are under increasing pressure to modernize essential services while meeting sustainability and resilience targets. Urban infrastructure is facing...
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Focus Groups in the AI Era

A Director of Customer Experience at a growing company recently described a problem that has become almost universal. His team had built a full...
Alternative Cloud Migration

The Alternative Cloud Migration: From Hyperscaler Default to Strategic Choice

By Kevin Cochrane European businesses are increasingly reassessing reliance on hyperscalers, exploring how alternative cloud providers can support data sovereignty, pricing transparency, and workload-specific infrastructure...
Immersive Technology Franchises

Scaling Immersive Technology Franchises Without Losing Control or Quality

By Vasily Petrenko Creating a global franchise for an immersive technology company calls for not only having an innovative product but also standardization, data-driven processes,...
AI infrastructure

Infrastructure Has Become the Real AI Strategy

By Rémi Durand-Gasselin AI creates value only when infrastructure makes it possible to orchestrate, secure and govern flows in real time, at scale. For a time,...
data

Why Observability Data Often Fails to Reach Business Decisions

By Tatsiana Kakareka, Senior Solution Architect, IBA Group Most organizations have no shortage of observability data. What they often lack is a reliable way to...
Retail and Customer Journey Analytics for Global Markets.

How to Rebuild Your Commerce Platform While Keeping the Business Running

By Antons Sapriko Many retailers are reaching a point where legacy commerce systems no longer support the speed, visibility, and operational control modern business requires....
Data Center Colocation

Data Center Colocation: Reliable Infrastructure as the Foundation of Business Continuity

Every minute of unplanned downtime costs the average organization more than fourteen thousand dollars—and outages are far from rare. Yet surprisingly few companies recognize...
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How to Visualize Data Quickly for Better Business Decisions

Data moves fast, but decisions still slow down when teams have to work through dense tables, scattered reports, and unclear takeaways.  Effective data visualization solves...
Hidden Cost of AI

Gartner: The Hidden Cost of AI: Why Data Integration Is Now a Board-Level Issue

By Thornton Craig As AI scales, the true constraint is not models but data integration, quietly driving cost, complexity and ultimately determining whether organisations realise measurable value. Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly...
UK sovereign cloud

Why European Firms are Quietly Leaving AWS for UK Cloud

By Matt Burden European businesses are migrating away from US hyperscalers like AWS and Azure at the fastest rate in a decade and the pattern...
Geopatriation

Geopatriation and the New Cloud Order

By Jake Madders Cloud strategy is expanding beyond demand for greater flexibility, performance and cost control, to include geopolitics. This article discusses how enterprises should...
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Using Big Data to Gain a Competitive Edge in Europe

The rise of big data has reshaped the business landscape, offering unprecedented opportunities for growth and innovation. In Europe, businesses are increasingly harnessing the...
digital transformation fail

Why Digital Transformations Fail – The Gap Between Data Collection and Decision Making

The paradox of the modern enterprise is that most organizations are drowning in data but starving for actionable insights. The reason is rarely a...
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Beyond Gut Feelings: What Today’s CEOs Need to Survive and Succeed

By Satish Thiagarajan Intuition used to be something of a be-all for CEOs. But with transparency and accountability now prominent business priorities, gut instinct is...
Data Engineering Consulting

A CXO’s Guide for Data Engineering Consulting: What, Why, How, and When

By Damco Solutions Modern enterprises are drowning in data, yet few have mastered the art of transforming data into trusted, actionable value. Every day, leaders...
Safeguarding Europe’s Future – Digital Sovereignty and Why SMBs Need to Act Now

Safeguarding Europe’s Future – Digital Sovereignty and Why SMBs Need to Act Now

By Markus Noga As the digital landscape evolves amid shifting global politics, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) must take decisive action to safeguard their data....
EPCs Can Build a Competitive Advantage Against Slow-Digitalization Competitors

Three Ways EPCs Can Build a Competitive Advantage Against Slow-Digitalization Competitors

By Pedro Hidalgo Insua The engineering and construction sector faces a striking paradox: digital tools are proven to boost performance, yet adoption remains low. In...
Composable CDP: The Next Evolution in Customer Data Strategy

Composable CDP: The Next Evolution in Customer Data Strategy

A Composable CDP (Customer Data Platform) represents a modern, flexible approach to managing and activating customer data. Unlike traditional all-in-one CDPs that centralize every function in...
Data Room Project Management Strategies

Data Room Project Management Strategies

M&As, financing, and strategic alliances are based on quick, safe, and clear exchange of sensitive data. Here comes virtual data rooms as the best-fit solution. A well-run...
Big data in European markets

Big Data Analytics in European Capital Markets: Risks and Rewards

In recent years, European capital markets have increasingly turned to advanced technologies to manage complexity, enhance transparency, and improve decision-making. Among these technologies, big...
A high-quality 3D rendering of a global business concept Analysts are Redefining Business.

Analysts are Redefining Business: Here’s why Every Organisation Should Follow their Lead

By Alan Jacobson Analysts are shaping how organisations unlock measurable value from artificial intelligence. Alan Jacobson highlights their leadership in adopting AI and automation to...
data analytics

The Attribution Problem Nobody Budgeted For

By Leonid Malysh The fix for fragmented revenue sits upstream of your models I run analytics for a platform where thousands of businesses sell to their...
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Overlook an AI-Ready Data Strategy at Your Peril  

By Alan Jacobson  According to research conducted by Alteryx, 82% of global business leaders say generative AI is significantly impacting their company goals and nearly...
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Building Trust in an Era of Data Overload: The Case for Better Information Management 

By Indiana Lee Good business decisions depend on good information — it's that simple. As companies collect more data than ever before, they face a...
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How to Better Understand Your Market to Drive Business Growth

By Francis Rodino  If you don’t truly understand your market, you’re shooting in the dark. Successful businesses thrive on market intelligence—knowing exactly who their customers...
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What does McKinsey’s 2030 Vision Mean for Data Management this Year?  

By Alexander Igelsböck   Five years from now, companies will reach a state of “data ubiquity” where data is hard-wired into all processes, interactions, and systems:...
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AI and Academia: Transforming the Future of Research and Data Analytics

AI is transforming academia by enhancing real-time data analysis and research capabilities utilizing the data. It has been beneficial in creating adaptive learning experiences...
Big Data Analytics

The Role of Big Data Analytics in Value Investing

In the dynamic arena of investment, value investing has long stood as a testament to the power of patience, research, and a keen eye...
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Is Your Business Data Safely Stored? The Importance of Local Data Centres

In the fast-paced digital world we live in, data serves as the essential foundation for businesses of all sizes, from small startups to large...
NJM Insurance

NJM Insurance Builds Data Pipelines 10x Faster to Analyze Marketing Impact

CData Sync accelerates NJM’s integration build time, yielding faster data insights at a lower cost. NJM Insurance is a regional property and casualty insurance company....
Holiday Inn Club

Holiday Inn Club Rests Easy with Error-Free Salesforce Data Movement

Holiday Inn Club Vacations is a national resort company that offers premier family vacation experiences to their timeshare members traveling in the United States. As...
Foundations 2024:

Foundations 2024: Key Takeaways from Data Engineering Leaders

By Andrew Petersen  Modern organizations across all sectors are grappling with the challenge of harnessing the full potential of their data. The presentations from three organizations in...
CData

CData Recognized in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools

By Amit Sharma CData is honored to be recognized in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Data Integration Tools. We are especially proud to be...
Paris-France, August 5, 2024, artistic gymnastics. Rebeca Andrade wins gold medal at the Paris Games.

How Digital Technologies Drove Values for the Olympic Games

By Chengyi Lin The last half-century has been characterized by our unceasing drive to assimilate ever-evolving digital technology into every aspect of our lives. The...
Enterprise Data

Build a Top-Down Connectivity Standard: Inside the Enterprise Data Strategy Track at Foundations 2024

By Arun Hari Anand, Product Marketing at CData Software Is your data team stuck in the cycle of managing a patchwork of in-house integrations and...
Currencies and finance.

Predict, Plan, and Protect: Leveraging Advanced Analytics to Navigate Economic Uncertainty 

By Indiana Lee In an uncertain economy, business leaders need to learn how to harness advanced technologies to remain competitive. Advanced analytics can provide valuable...
Facilities Management Software

Sustainable Solutions for Businesses: Enhancing Efficiency with Facilities Management Software

Interview with Philip Meyers of mpro5 Facilities management software is at the forefront of transforming how businesses operate and maintain their environments. As technology advances,...
Data Analytics

Data Analytics: The Gut Feeling is no Longer Enough – Interview with Rytis Ulys...

Data analytics is evolving rapidly, driven by advancements in AI and machine learning. Rytis Ulys of Oxylabs discusses the transformative trends shaping the field,...