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The Latest And Greatest Marketing Measurement Service Providers

Tina Moffett August 23, 2023
The marketing analytics category — which spans software services that help measure marketing and media efficacy — has grown significantly in the past three years. According to Forrester’s data, adoption of unified measurement methods has increased by 13% since 2021; marketing mix modeling is one of the top five technologies a marketer plans to use […]
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Improve Your Loyalty Results With A Loyalty Services Provider

Mary Pilecki August 16, 2023
Does your brand employ a loyalty services provider in addition to a loyalty technology provider? If not, you should consider it. Brands continue to increase spend on loyalty technology and programs, but they often don’t tie their loyalty initiatives to broader corporate goals, negatively impacting their success. Services providers help here. This blog answers key […]
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What Are The Hottest Data Management Trends? Find Out At Data Strategy & Insights 2023

Noel Yuhanna August 4, 2023
Despite huge progress in data, analytics, and AI platforms and tools, our data challenges keep stacking up! The fundamental business needs of storing, processing, and accessing data are complicated by ongoing cloud migration, growing data variety and volumes, demand for real-time everything, and ever-expanding regulatory and compliance mandates. Data management — which includes data ingestion, […]
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Defining AI’s Role In Decision-Making

What It Means August 3, 2023
Will AI replace humans in making business decisions? Not so fast, says VP and Principal Analyst Brandon Purcell. In this episode, he reviews a new decision-making framework that defines how tech can help guide — but not make — our most critical decisions.
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Data Governance Unlocks The Impact Of Analytics: Data Strategy & Insights 2023

Jayesh Chaurasia July 12, 2023
Forrester data shows that fewer than 10% of enterprises are advanced in their insights-driven capabilities. Find out why in this blog post.
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ThoughtSpot Acquires Mode Analytics, Goes After Data Pros

Boris Evelson June 27, 2023
In the recently published report, The Forrester Wave™: Augmented Business Intelligence Platforms, Q2 2023, we wrote that “ThoughtSpot’s continued focus on conversational user experience (UX) is no longer differentiating.” ThoughtSpot’s announced acquisition of Mode Analytics on June 26 is perhaps a means for ThoughtSpot to grow beyond its historical business user-focused strength in UX. Mode […]
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Deliver Trusted Data By Selecting A Suitable MDM Solution

Jayesh Chaurasia June 20, 2023
In the era of insights-driven decision-making, master data management (MDM) plays a crucial part by ensuring consistency, accuracy, and reliability of enterprise data. MDM capabilities are a cornerstone of success for companies striving to leverage data as a product in a rapidly evolving digital landscape. Selecting and investing in the right MDM platform is a […]
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Key Findings From Forrester’s Latest BI Research, Including The Forrester Wave™: Augmented Business Intelligence Platforms, Q2 2023

Boris Evelson June 14, 2023
Enterprise business intelligence (BI) continues to be the last mile to insights-driven business capabilities. No matter what technology foundation you’re using — a data lake, a data warehouse, data fabric, data mesh, etc. — BI applications are where business users consume data and turn it into actionable insights and decisions. The BI market has thrived […]
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Indian Firms Must Take The Data Analytics Bull By Its Horns To Build An Insights-Driven Organization

Biswajeet Mahapatra May 26, 2023
In India, competitive pressures and customer expectations are driving firms to provide personalized information, products, and services to customers and employees. Improving employee and user experiences are among the top software initiatives of Indian companies for the next 12 months. Insights-driven companies stand a better chance to compete. Why? Because they have a better understanding […]
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Can Synthetic Data Help Deliver On The Promise Of AIOps?

Carlos Casanova May 9, 2023
Tools leveraging ML models in dynamic environments must be continuously fed new data in order to adapt to changing conditions and goals. They need to learn as much as possible about their new environments before being fully able and safe to provide service and ultimately deliver value. Synthetic data can help address these and other AI/ML challenges.
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Building An Insights-Driven Strategy: Where Do You Start?

Kim Herrington April 19, 2023
“Follow the yellow brick road!” Silly Dorothy. She had it so easy. Dorothy had a magical guide that popped up when she needed help the most. For many executives getting started with forming a data team and an insights strategy, the road forward is not so clear. Executives find themselves bewildered and disoriented in a […]
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HPE Ramps Up Hybrid Cloud Management With OpsRamp Acquisition

Carlos Casanova March 20, 2023
On Monday, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced its intention to acquire OpsRamp, which offers a multitenant AIOps-powered IT operations management (ITOM) solution for hybrid cloud environments. Its AIOps solution will be integrated into HPE’s GreenLake edge-to-cloud Platform. OpsRamp’s 300 employees will join HPE’s office of the CTO. Terms of the OpsRamp acquisition were not announced, […]
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The Key To Insights-Driven Decisions Is Curiosity Velocity

Kim Herrington March 8, 2023
Organizations are being flooded with data and there's more coming every day. Discover how to untangle the knots within your data culture by identifying places where curiosity velocity is blocked or bottlenecked.
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The Landscape Of AIOps Is Changing

Carlos Casanova March 2, 2023
Understanding which vendor supports your perspective is your first step toward a successful AIOps implementation, and this Landscape report provides you with a starting point.
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Use Marketing Analytics To Support Your 2023 Marketing Strategy

Tina Moffett January 30, 2023
Marketing analytics is the practice of measuring, managing, and analyzing data from marketing initiatives — including channels, programs, campaigns, and tactics — to improve marketing effectiveness and identify opportunities to optimize short- and long-term objectives. You probably already have basic marketing measurement approaches running — whether it’s last-touch or a 30/60/90-day analysis of your email […]
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BI Vendors Can’t Resist The Sheen Of Data Fabric

Boris Evelson January 5, 2023
Learn the the two most significant trends that Forrester has been observing in the data and analytics space and what their implications are for your tech organization.
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Salesforce Genie: One More Enterprise Data Warehouse And Analytics Option

Boris Evelson December 8, 2022
Dear Salesforce, haven’t I been a good, objective, reasonable, helpful industry analyst? Why would you make my life more difficult? For years, clients have been reaching out with the following question: If a significant portion of all my enterprise data comes from SAP or Oracle business applications (ERP, CRM, etc.), should SAP BW/4HANA or Oracle […]

Is Your Data Ready For AI?

Learn the 8 phases of shifting to an AI-first data strategy.  

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Diversity And Inclusion Matter In The Digital Context

Dan Bieler November 14, 2022
A lack of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in digital teams poses some unique challenges: biased AI, harmful or inaccessible digital products and experiences, and challenges with recruiting and retaining digital talent. Learn how to tackle these challenges.
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Learn How Data Clean Rooms Can Uncover Deeper Insights At Our Data Strategy & Insights Event

Tina Moffett November 10, 2022
Learn how data clean rooms can allow your brand to share sensitive customer-level data with trusted partners such as retailers or publishers.
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Predictions 2023: Tech Teams Set Sights On Communication Coordination To Inform Insights Initiatives

Kim Herrington November 8, 2022
Data and analytics teams are in for a bumpy ride in 2023. Those that can configure their content and communications best will outperform (and outlast) their competitors in the long run.
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