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The Role of Business Intelligence in The Modern Commercial Organization

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They need to ask important questions such as what is the turnover, how much was the profit and what are the cost dynamics. To look at reports and give the command to optimize everything and cut costs to increase profits? With the help of BI, the sales department has a tool for planning and evaluating the execution of plans.

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Big Data is Changing the Student Financial Aid Process

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Although the cost of paying back these loans has risen, the amount of jobs available in the economy for recent college graduates have not followed suit, leaving many unemployed. They said that big data has made it much easier for people to project students’ likelihood of success.

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7 Ways To Prevent Data Breaches With Technology And Training

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According to IBM’s cost of data breach report 2020, the average cost of data breach in the United States alone is $8 million. As a result, most employees can easily get away even after committing security blunders that can cost your business millions of dollars. Have an Incident Response Plan Ready.

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5 Industries That Are Being Revolutionized By Big Data

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IBM wrote an excellent report about the use of big data in the retail sector. Wearable technology is also providing health professionals with vital information about their patients such as whether they are taking medication or not and following disease management plans.

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Testing New AI Applications is Crucial Before Bringing them to Market

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Modern methods of software development take a more systematic approach to testing, in accordance with the IBM Rational Unified Process (RUP). It is very important to identify errors in the early stages of development, since later the elimination of such errors can entail significant costs or even require starting from scratch.

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Investing in Big Data and AI for Post-COVID-19 Success

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With life slowly returning to some kind of normality and all restrictions (hopefully) set to lift on June 21st, business owners are beginning to plan for their post-pandemic recovery and will be eager to kick on after what has been such a challenging period and, in more ways, than one. At the moment, large scale companies like IBM and C3.ai

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How Can Blockchain Technology Improve VoIP Security?

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It offers savings of up to 90% on international calls, 75% on operational costs , 40% on local call bills, and 30% on phone bills – as reported by Finances Online. IBM’s Security Intelligence report has confirmed that specially designed SIP messages have the potential to create connectivity spikes.