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New Data Shows Why Consumers Change Banks
We know that banks and credit unions have long relied on inertia as one of the primary forces that kept consumers from switching. You literally had to be driven away by horrible service or high fees – it was just way too much of a hassle to change accounts, get new checks and set up […]
Guide: The Rebirth of Governance in Healthcare
Governance in healthcare organizations is undergoing somewhat of a resurgence, or rebirth, as the industry begins to recognize not only the value of governance for information and data, but also content and knowledge – both critical assets to organizations intent on delivering branded and differentiated consumer experiences. As digital transformation takes hold, the quest to […]
Do AI Applications Have a Limit in Financial Services?
Dominant financial services institutions, currently, focus on; a scale of assets, mass productions, relationship exclusivity, switching costs, and dependence on the integrity of humans. However, the future will change with the assistance of artificial intelligence. With the adaptation of new technologies, leading companies will begin to implement data-driven decisions, personalized customer experiences, and workflow optimization. […]
OpenWorld: Analytics Roadmap, The Next Generation is Near
Del Clark, Dave Granholm, and Stefan Schmitz spoke on the future of analytics: When information is delivered in the context of a key business role or process, there is immediate understanding. However, it’s more than contextual information—it’s about key performance indicators to manage performance, exploring drivers of performance, and leveraging machine learning to enhance your […]
Gartner ITxpo: Real Time Data Drives Fanatics Growth
Amit Jain, Director of BI and Data Visualization at Fanatics, spoke on what they are doing to keep the world’s largest seller of licensed sports merchandise, ahead of the competition. It means having a technology platform that is as agile as the athletes in the game. Built on AWS and powered by […]
Developing a PaaS Migration Strategy
In the post “The Business Case Justification for PaaS” we looked at the benefits and a business case for PaaS. In this blog we will look at the steps to create a migration strategy to PaaS including re-platforming legacy applications. Re-platforming applications includes lift-and-shift (containerizing) applications with minor changes, refactoring applications to adhere to twelve […]
Expect Challenges with the California Consumer Privacy Act
Compliance with the CCPA will be challenging because it represents major changes in how financial institutions conduct their business. DATA DISPERSION Consumer personal data is often scattered across multiple internal platforms and shared with many third parties. Firms may not have a full picture of where this information is stored and how it is controlled. […]
The Path to Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
There is a lot of excitement about Artificial Intelligence. The excitement is certainly warranted based on the potential that these solutions can offer. In an industry that has massive amounts of data and is very dependent on the data to both run efficiently and, more importantly, delivery high quality patient care any technology which can […]
Gartner ITxpo: Create Actionable Intelligence
As a partner of ours, MicroStrategy brings some very interesting capabilities which we think adds flexibility and agility. Along with thyssenkrupp Elevator, they showed that off in a session on Creating Actionable Intelligence here at the Gartner IT Expo. thyssenkrupp builds elevators throughout the world across many countries and regions. This brings many challenges in […]
Gartner ITxpo: Augmented Analytics
Our MicroStrategy and BI Expert Jim Butz spoke at the Gartner IT Expo today on the power of augmented analytics. In short, he pushed that data and insights only matter if you can easily access them and if you have the ability to act on the insight. To that end, your business intelligence (BI) tools must […]
Augmented Analytics with MicroStrategy at #GartnerSYM 2018
Business intelligence (BI) helps organizations transform their data into actionable intelligence and make smarter business decisions. But according to one Gartner survey, only about 30 percent of employees are using analytics. So how can enterprises increase adoption? Augmented analytics may be the answer. What is Augmented Analytics? The volume, variety and veracity of big data […]