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whitePaper | September 6, 2022

Data is the heartbeat of the modern enterprise. Technology has progressed to the point that data-driven decision making is the norm and data literacy is often prized above all other skills.

whitePaper | February 7, 2020

Multiple studies have proven that, while the business demand for databases grows, operational teams are constrained by traditional, reactive processes. Combined with budgetary pressures, this causes them to fall short in meeting the demand in a timely fashion. In addition, as companies adopt cloud paradigms, operational teams must manage across on-premises and cloud environments with the same resources. To be effective, companies need to shift from a reactive posture to one of standardization and proactive analysis and planning by leveraging intuitive tooling to automate manually intensive and non-value adding activities and to deliver real-time insights.

whitePaper | September 28, 2022

By building smarter apps and increasing the speed of business insight, application-driven analytics gives you the opportunity to out-innovate your competitors and improve efficiency. However, it does require a shift in the way we think about and deliver analytics.

whitePaper | October 5, 2022

As we assess the global business environment in the latter half of 2022, perhaps the best single word that describes the state of play is uncertainty. Planning for uncertainties is a significant part of what we, as business executives and individuals, do on a daily basis. In times of uncertainty, brands realize they must work even harder to retain customers and deepen relationships by delivering value and empathy at scale. As we analyze our uncertainties, we can take comfort and guidance from management guru Peter Drucker, who wrote that “strategy aims to exploit the new and different opportunities of tomorrow” (Managing in Turbulent Times, 1980).

whitePaper | December 12, 2022

In August 2022, the California Office of the Attorney General announced a $1.2 million settlement with international cosmetic retailer Sephora for violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act. Following this announcement came a wave of questions about the regulator’s emphasis on the broad interpretation of the CCPA’s “sale of data” and adoption of the Global Privacy Control.

whitePaper | November 15, 2019

The potential of artificial intelligence to transform business performance is only now starting to be more widely understood in Financial Services. This is nowhere clearer than in the security domain, where the fusion of big data, advanced analytics and machine learning holds out the promise of startling improvements in cyber defenses through the introduction of Prescriptive Security.