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What is a business analyst? A key role for business-IT efficiency

CIO Business Intelligence

The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), a nonprofit professional association, considers the business analyst “an agent of change,” writing that business analysis “is a disciplined approach for introducing and managing change to organizations, whether they are for-profit businesses, governments, or non-profits.”

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Volkswagen drives the automotive industry cloud forward

CIO Business Intelligence

MHP, a subsidiary of Porsche, of which VW is a majority stakeholder, also developed the application Call Rocker, which automates the replenishment of supplies in SAP logistics systems, according to a VW representative. A big plus for VW is the ability to mobilize an internally owed IT engineering company for the effort.

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Microsoft’s latest OpenAI investment opens way to new enterprise services

CIO Business Intelligence

And as an investor it can expect some return on its capital, although this will be limited by OpenAI’s status as a capped-profit company governed by a nonprofit. The deal, announced by OpenAI and Microsoft on Jan.