N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

The operational advantage created through effective KM should allow an enterprise to effectively address current needs as well as to strategically drive innovation and forward planning. . There is an old technology axiom that states “usability drives adoptability&#.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 14, 2013

A growing number of organizations are moving toward having more pervasive Business Intelligence (BI) by turning to evidence-based decision making supported by a range of BI and analytics technology and processes that enable decision makers to have the best possible intelligence about customers, finances, operations, suppliers, and the market.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Over the past two decades, technology has advanced exponentially; and with that burgeoning growth, IT organizations have seen tremendous expansion. Innovation begins with management; by fostering a culture that prioritizes innovation, creativity is incentivized among team members.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 7, 2013

In interviews with more than 100 mobile innovators, they have found four places where mobile engagement transforms services and processes: customer engagement, process acceleration, employee productivity, and new business services. Complimentary Resource – The Truth About Mobile Business Intelligence: Five Common Myths Debunked.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 27, 2015

But this new world of Big Data is proving to be much more demanding and complex than expected, requiring companies not only to adopt different technologies, but also to make significant changes to their business strategy, internal skillsets, and organizational structures. About the Author.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 9, 2013

The new retail-oriented CEO decided to close down their website, fire their internal website experts and contract out information technology by having their books sold through Amazon.com. Unfortunately, the Borders CEO didn''t recognize that the Internet was changing everything.including the book retail business.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2018

By Ayman Sayed, President and Chief Product Officer, CA Technologies. You’ve probably already heard of the rise in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) across many industries and applications. Read more from CA Technologies: The Key to Agile Success? Focus on Outcomes, not Metrics.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

Those that successfully harvest vast troves of data can improve productivity; make faster and more accurate decisions; reduce costs; increase competitive advantage; discover new business models and innovations; and better engage customers, employees, and partners. That’s still true. How to Become a Digital Enterprise.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2011

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. Remove them and you will find more time to focus on innovation. Innovate quickly. Innovate constantly.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Through innovative solutions delivered within an integrated framework, SAS helps customers at more than 45,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2011

Today's CIOs are under pressure to deliver on requests for innovation, cost reduction, connectivity, and a growing demand for business intelligence. Many next-generation technology leaders will still come from traditional tech backgrounds, but business leaders with a technology bent will also have a shot.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

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. To learn more about SAS, its products and services, visit www.sas.com.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 22, 2018

In this article, the focus will be on the pros of using SharePoint as a business technology solution. say that SharePoint reduces costs by consolidating intranet, extranet and internet sites in a single platform – either internally or through the use of Cloud technology. Is Sharepoint Adequate For Your Business?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

It served its purpose by raising awareness of a new set of technologies based on new principles of peer-to-peer discussion, openness, and cross-boundary communities. Indeed: the marketing organization has put social media technologies to work with very visible effect. We need to move beyond social media as a technology tool.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Through innovative solutions delivered within an integrated framework, SAS helps customers at more than 45,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Lines of business are now getting their own official technology budgets for non-standard software products. Departments can automate a business process in the time it would take to enter IT's development pipeline. A large insurance client of mine recently added a new data visualization tool to its business intelligence toolbox.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

But maybe the thrill of accomplishment in these pockets is diverting senior managers’ attention from another, even more critical opportunity: Digital technologies are also rapidly changing how managers can acquire and assess the information they use to develop and execute on enterprise-wide strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

As Tom Davenport and DJ Patil note in their October Harvard Business Review article on the rise of the data scientist, the advent of the big data era means that analyzing large, messy, unstructured data is going to increasingly form part of everyone's work. To thrive in this world, many will require additional skills. BIG DATA INSIGHT CENTER.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

Will they integrate with current Business Intelligence systems? What impact will terahertz frequencies have on communication technologies? Events such as TED and the BIL conference where innovators, thought leaders, and entrepreneurs congregate can be mind-bending. Is the "cloud" just a passing phase?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2017

Every serious technology company now has an Artificial Intelligence team in place. These companies are investing millions into intelligent systems for situation assessment, prediction analysis, learning-based recognition systems, conversational interfaces, and recommendation engines. Insight Center. The Age of AI.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

Information Technology Changes the Way You Compete" was a trailblazing HBR article by Warren McFarlan back in the early 1980s. Their strategic use of information technology (IT) presaged the dot.com boom of the 1990s when the Internet made this kind of online ordering commonplace.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2015

In the fall of 2014, the HBS-HMS Forum on Health Care Innovation launched the inaugural Health Acceleration Challenge — a “scale up” competition that focuses on compelling solutions to problems in health care delivery that have already been implemented at a small scale and have the potential for wider dissemination.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2012

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. They are the future CCOs.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

the bottom layer represents the most common type of database inquiry, the standard business intelligence report, evolving toward more advanced types of analytics requiring individuals with more sophisticated skills working with successively lower levels of hypothesis: The pyramid is capped by Knowledge Discovery, the detection of patterns in data.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 26, 2021

Thanks to movies such as The Matrix, Terminator, and well, AI: Artificial Intelligence, most people are aware of the concept of intelligent machines. In fact, real AI is mostly applied to business development and science projects where data-driven derivatives and goals are the primary focus of a given strategy. Amazon SageMaker.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Though economic growth remains a highly uncertain area of study, virtually all economists agree that technological innovation plays a central role. Tech startups play a critical role both in driving technological innovation forward and in bringing it to market.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2017

In just a few years digital technology has connected an ever-growing number of people, sensors, and devices. It’s created new business and social networks, resulted in new ecosystems, and transformed our economy. While some have invested significantly in technology, operational, and cultural changes, others are lagging behind.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

But maybe the thrill of accomplishment in these pockets is diverting senior managers’ attention from another, even more critical opportunity: Digital technologies are also rapidly changing how managers can acquire and assess the information they use to develop and execute on enterprise-wide strategy.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2015

Our ongoing obsession with data and analytics technology, and our reverence for the rare data scientist who reigns supreme over this world, has disillusioned many of us. AI is the first technology to make personalized, “audience of one” communication a reality. Big data is about to get a big reality check.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2014

The “conventional” workspace (drop ceilings, monochromatic cubicles and all) is being phased out in favor of connected spaces that encourage innovation and demand collaboration while still prizing individuality. Apply your company’s CRM or business intelligence systems to internal operations.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

And yet research from TDWI states that at organizations where 50% of employees have access to business intelligence tools, only 20% of that group actually use them. Harnessing the power of machine learning and other technologies. Over the past few years, much has been made of the rise of big data. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

For example, though most American business travelers aren’t aware of the threats of espionage, the dangers are greater and more prevalent than ever before. Thanks to programs like Delta’s “Innovation Class” and KLM’s “ Meet and Seat Program ,” your competitors can begin to target you days in advance.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) wants a preliminary framework in place by the end of this summer, with a final set of guidelines ready to go in February 2014. Cybersecurity isn''t just about compliance with laws and regulation — it''s about guarding businesses from the increasing dangers of persistent threats.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2016

In today’s digitally driven world, companies are competing ferociously for technological skills. It’s the same with data analysts and business intelligence engineers. These skills, not digital or technological ones, will hold the keys to a company’s future success. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Product innovation sits at the intersection of R&D, marketing, and business intelligence. Repeatable core processes, technology and information sharing platforms, and cross-functional teams are all design options that help create seamless linkages.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Sometimes data-savvy companies get so excited by their analytical horsepower that they don't stop to think of how their business intelligence is perceived by outside parties. Instead, it simply became more subtle in its execution: customer-specific offers are now interspersed with more generic ads or a more diverse set of promotions.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 15, 2010

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. Becca has also acted as the product marketing manager for a wide array of technology solutions.

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