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IT Organizations Built to Last

Strategy Driven

Over the past two decades, technology has advanced exponentially; and with that burgeoning growth, IT organizations have seen tremendous expansion. IT companies, in particular, need to be deliberate in getting out in front of change or risk being surpassed by advancing technology.

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The Unnoticed Analyst: Can analytics succeed while going unnoticed.

Strategy Driven

Posted by Thornton May on November 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment The classic Harvard Business School case “Otisline (A)” 1 begins with the quote, “… our objective is to go unnoticed.” Our objective, after all, is NOT to go unnoticed. Harvard Business School 1995-96 Catalog of Best-Selling Teaching Material; Ref No.

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11 Ideas for Economic Recovery

Strategy Driven

SAS – Providing organizations with THE POWER TO KNOW ® SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. As Dahl puts it, there are various “logs” that stand between us and our objectives. Understand what creates value.

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Radical Recovery Tools

Strategy Driven

SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. The answers could involve combining two systems, processes or job descriptions – not necessarily two products or physical objects. sascom Magazine. A positive view of the future.

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Meet Your Company's New Chief Customer Officer

Harvard Business Review

I'm not suggesting that these folks need to run SPSS, or sit in front of a business intelligence tool all day. But they do understand the importance of data in addressing business questions. MORE ON CUSTOMER INTELLIGENCE. Turning Customer Intelligence Into Innovation. Why E-mail Marketing Is King.

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Data: One Antidote to Risky Behavior

Harvard Business Review

But in the era of Big Data and decision-making at the desktop, it's vexing to think that any company with significant technology investments would allow the all-too-human traits of ownership debates and subjective opinion to override robust data analysis. But optimizing the use of these and other technologies remains a challenge.

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How to Make Your Company Machine Learning Ready

Harvard Business Review

When people talk about AI, machine learning, automation, big data, cognitive computing, or deep learning, they’re talking about the ability of machines to learn to fulfill objectives based on data and reasoning. This is tremendously important, and is already changing business in practically every industry.