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Doing Business in a Big Data World

Strategy Driven

All of this means that CIOs and centralized IT department staff no longer 'own' company data the way they did in the past; giving rise to new concerns about data integrity and security in a more distributed and anarchic company structure. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Consider leaving a comment!

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B2B Salespeople Need to Act More Like Travel Agents

Harvard Business Review

According to the travel and leisure marketing firm MMGY, the use of travel agents increased by 50% from 2014 to 2015. Here are examples of how firms in three industries are simplifying the purchase process, and the specific tactics they are using: An employee wellness benefits provider uses content marketing.

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The Rise of the Digital CMO

Harvard Business Review

Fact: When it comes to marketing spending, analog still outstrips digital by a factor of three to one. Digital marketing provides targeted reach and measurable impact. Innovative digital marketing approaches in social media, CRM, and other areas dominate the discussion. Shouldn''t CMOs and all marketers be shocked by this?

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3 Ways Big Companies Are Connecting with Younger Consumers

Harvard Business Review

By now, we have all heard a great deal about marketing to Millennials. population ; they’re a big part of many companies’ market base, and pretty soon they will be the part that counts most. The New Tools of Marketing. Where do they shop? The internet. What don’t they like? Being pitched to. Insight Center.

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Using IoT Data to Understand How Your Products Perform

Harvard Business Review

And our own survey of 795 large companies (average revenue of $22 billion) in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America found average per-company spending on IoT initiatives — $86 million in 2015 — was projected to grow to $103 million by 2018. The CIO of HP Inc.,