Analytics

Analytics

Amid Data Deluge, Judgment Still Makes the Difference

No matter how much data is fed to machine learning and predictive analytics tools, the key is deciding which outputs are useful and how to act on them.

David McCann
June 6, 2019
Analytics

Business Intelligence: A Life Hack for Today’s CFO

BI can rescue finance executives from the large, incoherent data populations and disparate systems that make diagnosing underperformance almost impossible.
IT Value

Advanced Technologies Are Taking Over Finance

Research shows that finance departments are deploying the latest cutting-edge tools at a startlingly increasing pace.
Operations

The Two-Step Process for Achieving Agility

CFOs should push their companies to simplify planning and amplify the transfer of knowledge across the organization, says a CFO-turned-CEO.
Strategy

Technology to Alter Finance’s Business Partner Role

Intelligent automation and advanced analytics mean finance will have to embed fewer team members within business units: KPMG "Future of Finance" report.
Technology

A Finance Chief’s Practical View of Robotics and AI

Intelligent automation boosts both day-to-day finance functions and the quality of finance's strategic insight, says Willis Towers Watson's Michael Burwell.
People

Finance Function 2019: Fewer Functionaries, More Strategists

Heading into the new year, technology is starting to wipe out lower-level number crunchers in favor of mid-level team members focused on strategy.
Analytics

6 Tips for Establishing a Data-Driven Culture

Most companies know that implementing advanced analytics is a key to success, but many are hung up by various challenges in doing so.
Technology

An Action Plan for Artificial Intelligence in 2019

AI is supposed to make things easier, but businesses intending to make hay with the technology face a load of challenges ahead.
Technology

Digital Investments Carry Increasing Financial Risk

Machine learning and AI solutions are difficult to deploy, often overhyped, and may have little bottom-line impact: Gartner.
IT Value

Vista Equity Deal Ends the Short Public Life of Apptio

Apptio says the sale will help the company accelerate its growth and provide immediate liquidity to shareholders.
IT Value

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.
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