‍Poor quality data can lead to inaccurate insights, wasted resources, and decreased customer satisfaction. It is essential to ensure that all of your data is accurate and up-to-date to make the best decisions. Still, common issues and mistakes costs organizations millions of dollars annually in lost revenue opportunities and resource productivity. Thankfully, these pitfalls are well known, and easy to fix! Duplicate Data Duplicate data occurs when the same information is entered into the same system multiple times. This can lead to confusion and inaccurate insights. For example, if you have tw ..read more

Machine learning is a type of artificial intelligence that provides machines the ability to automatically learn from historical data to identify patterns and make predictions. Machine learning implementation can be complex and success hinges on using the right integration, management, and analytics foundation. The Avalanche Cloud Data Platform is an excellent choice for deploying machine learning, enabling collaboration across the full data lifecycle with immediate access to data pipelines, scalable compute resources, and preferred tools. In addition, the Avalanche Cloud Data Platform streamli ..read more

Financial institutions are making headlines around the world. There’s no shortage of press coverage on the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in New York, and there seem to be mounting fears about the overall health of the banking industry. While it is too early to know how these failures will impact the broader economy, regional banks are certainly coming under the spotlight.    In times of uncertainty, meeting the hunger for quantitative data analytics becomes increasingly important. Financial institutions face various challenges, including economic uncertain ..read more

Supply chains have undergone—and continue to experience—major changes and disruption. Worker shortages, rapidly changing customer demands, logistics problems, transportation bottlenecks, and other factors have all contributed to challenges. Even sales patterns that used to be easy to predict, such as those based on holidays and seasonal buying, have become much harder to understand, amplifying the need for visibility across the entire supply chain.  Business and consumer needs change faster than ever, which has a ripple effect across supply chains that are trying to keep up. On top of thi ..read more

If you haven’t already seen Astrid Eira’s article in FinancesOnline, “14 Supply Chain Trends for 2022/2023: New Predictions To Watch Out For.” It provides great insights into current supply chain developments and challenges. Eira identifies analytics as the top technology priority in the supply chain industry, with 62% of organizations reporting limited visibility. Here are some of Eira’s trends related to supply chain analytics use cases and how the Avalanche Cloud Data Platform provides the modern foundation needed to make it easier to support complex supply chain analytics requirements. Sup ..read more

Supply chains have undergone—and continue to experience—major changes and disruptions. Worker shortages, rapidly changing customer demands, logistics problems, transportation bottlenecks, and other factors have all contributed to challenges. Even sales patterns that used to be easy to predict, such as those based on holidays and seasonal buying, have become much harder to understand, amplifying the need for visibility across the entire supply chain.  Business and consumer needs change faster than ever, which has a ripple effect across supply chains trying to keep up. On top of this, globa ..read more

Empowering women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) is important year-round and can reap significant rewards for businesses and individual employees. These efforts are especially important today—International Women’s Day—and throughout March, which is Women’s History Month and Gender Equality Month. Actian has a rich history of supporting women in the many types of jobs related to STEM. Actian celebrates women in STEM, including the women who contribute to Actian’s ongoing success. In honor of women in STEM—and those who will be stepping into these roles in the near future—fe ..read more

Supply chains have undergone—and continue to experience—major changes and disruption. Worker shortages, rapidly changing customer demands, logistics problems, transportation bottlenecks, and other factors have all contributed to challenges. Even sales patterns that used to be easy to predict, such as those based on holidays and seasonal buying, have become much harder to understand, amplifying the need for visibility across the entire supply chain.  Business and consumer needs change faster than ever, which has a ripple effect across supply chains that are trying to keep up. On top of thi ..read more

Customers are telling you what they want from your business. Are you listening? Do you even have the ability to listen so you can predict what they’ll do next? If not, it’s going to be very difficult to meet customer expectations by providing personalized and meaningful interactions.    With the right platform and strategy, businesses can perform behavior analysis to ensure they’re providing the best customer experiences possible. This type of data analytics reveals insights about customers’ actions across websites, apps, social media, and other digital channels. The insights of ..read more

After reading “Forrester 2023 Customer Experience Predictions”, it was surprising to see one of its projections – 20% of customer experience (CX) programs will disappear this year. Forrester explains that companies for which great CX is not part of their brand identity will demand proof that CX spending is necessary. Unfortunately, 54% of CX professionals said their teams can’t prove the return on investment (ROI) of their projects.  said their teams can’t prove the return on investment (ROI) of their projects.    Forrester’s disconcerting forecast motivated me to write abo ..read more