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Intelligent Automation: Getting More Bang from the Bots

Intelligent Automation: Getting More Bang from the Bots

The path to realizing the benefits of automation has been more challenging than many executives anticipated.

By Vincent Ryan | May 7, 2020

Three Steps to Make CFOs Champions of the Data Revolution

Three Steps to Make CFOs Champions of the Data Revolution

A CFO empowered with data is able to put positive pressure on all areas of the business, in a much more proactive way than has been possible until now.

By Vincent Ryan | November 19, 2019

AI Gets Real in Professional Services

AI Gets Real in Professional Services

Auditors are developing a level of speed and accuracy that would have been considered superhuman less than a decade ago.

By Vincent Ryan | September 26, 2019

IBM Agrees to Buy Linux Stalwart Red Hat

IBM Agrees to Buy Linux Stalwart Red Hat

The deal will help IBM "reset the cloud landscape" and become the "number-one hybrid cloud provider."

By William Sprouse | October 29, 2018

Companies’ AI Leaders Sense Competitive Urgency

Companies’ AI Leaders Sense Competitive Urgency

Key executives at early adopters of cognitive technologies see a short time-window for honing their strategies and skills.

By David McCann | October 29, 2018

Companies Must Be Held Accountable for Protecting Customers’ Data: Tim Cook

Companies Must Be Held Accountable for Protecting Customers’ Data: Tim Cook

Speaking at a conference in Brussels, Apple's CEO said Europe's privacy regulations should be a model for policymakers.

By William Sprouse | October 24, 2018

IBM ‘Still Has a Revenue Growth Problem’

IBM ‘Still Has a Revenue Growth Problem’

The computing giant recorded a 2% fall in revenue for the third quarter but boosted gross margins.

By William Sprouse | October 17, 2018

Finance Teams Must Adapt to Working With Machines

Finance Teams Must Adapt to Working With Machines

With automation having replaced many low-level workers, the white-collared set is now worrying about their own fate. But should they be?

By Laurent Arveiller | July 9, 2018

CFO’s Tech Companies to Watch 2018: UiPath

CFO’s Tech Companies to Watch 2018: UiPath

Enterprise adoption of UiPath's robotic process automation platform is on the rise.

By David McCann | May 4, 2018

CFO’s Tech Companies to Watch 2018: Prattle

CFO’s Tech Companies to Watch 2018: Prattle

Prattle's natural language processing analyzes earnings calls to help predict their effect on market movements.

By David McCann | May 2, 2018

Future of Finance: Humans and Machines Unite

Future of Finance: Humans and Machines Unite

Human minds alone are no longer a match for addressing business risk. But neither are machines alone.

By Eric Dowdell | April 30, 2018

Nasdaq Buys Analytics Provider for $705M

Nasdaq Buys Analytics Provider for $705M

The acquisition of eVestment will boost Nasdaq's market technology business as it continues to diversify from equities trading.

By Matthew Heller | September 6, 2017

Three Ways to Generate Profit With Your Data

Three Ways to Generate Profit With Your Data

If you focus your analytics on your decision, you are already ahead of most analytical practitioners.

By Andrew Wells and Kathy Chiang | July 17, 2017

Artificial Intelligence’s Real Role in Business

Artificial Intelligence’s Real Role in Business

Artificial intelligence is increasingly revealing itself as more of an enabler than a disruptor.

By Brian Peccarelli | March 31, 2017