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What Do CIOs Have To Know About Business Intelligence?

The Accidental Successful CIO

CIOs need to understand how to make use of new business intelligence tools Image Credit: deepak pal. Modern CIOs need to understand that Business intelligence (BI) leverages software and services to transform data into actionable insights that inform an company’s strategic and tactical business decisions.

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Take control of your Oracle unlimited licensing agreement

CIO Business Intelligence

Discover how to extend the life of your databases, improve ROI, and fund innovation with support savings: Learn more about Rimini Street services and support for Oracle Database Data Center Management, IT Leadership

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NASA overspent $15 million on unused Oracle licenses as it failed to track usage

CIO Business Intelligence

The report attributes the huge over-expenditure to vendor lock-in and NASA’s unwillingness to risk a license audit by Oracle because of its lack of visibility into software management. These challenges expose the agency to increased costs because of penalties for violations of software licensing agreements, the report showed.

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Patient data is at greater risk than ever. AI can help

CIO Business Intelligence

Patient data represents a treasure trove for hackers. It’s little wonder that data theft is increasingly common in the healthcare sector. In the US, for example, the medical data of more than 88 million individuals was exposed last year alone. Are you ready to put AI at the heart of your data protection strategy?

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What telco mobile money licenses mean for Nigeria’s financial services sector

CIO Business Intelligence

That may change as telecommunications companies such as Airtel and MTN jump into the mobile money market, after recently receiving licenses to do so. It was only late last year that Nigeria’s Central Bank (CBN), gave the green light for telcos to acquire mobile money licenses. Mobile money is not entirely new to Nigeria.

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What is data science? Transforming data into value

CIO Business Intelligence

What is data science? Data science is a method for gleaning insights from structured and unstructured data using approaches ranging from statistical analysis to machine learning. Data science gives the data collected by an organization a purpose. Data science vs. data analytics. Data science jobs.

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What are the “true costs” of Business Intelligence?

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

Summary: While implementing Business Intelligence can drive revenue and save money, some businesses overlook many of the deployment and ownership costs of BI. In this article, we explore some of the “true costs” of Business Intelligence. The same is true for Business Intelligence.