Author: Adrian Balint
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Big Data: You Should Buy Bordeaux 2017 Now
Tecknoworks Blog Today our topic is practical, addressing what big data is in the real world. You could use the results immediately. At least … If you like wine. What Big Data Is: An Example from Wine Country Some of our readers may have read the book Super Crunchers by Ian Ayres, with the promising subtitle “How…
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A Real-World Digital Transformation Example: Small Solution, Big Results
Tecknoworks Blog This post is one in our “Market Advantage through Technology” series, where we look at a specific problem within an organization or industry, and show how technology is used to not only solve it, but provide solid competitive edge. These posts are designed to provide a real-world digital transformation example, demonstrate the power…
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Choosing the Right Technology through Pragmatic Innovation
Tecknoworks Blog Across industries, companies understand that technology is now crucial to their success, as well as a key driver of competitive edge. Innovation strategies and digital implementations feature heavily in many internal discussions, often accompanied by the fear of being left behind. At the same time, it isn’t easy to know where to start when…
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Divide and Conquer: A Practical Approach to Modernizing Legacy IT
Tecknoworks Blog Organizations that have been around since the pre-digital era face the same general technology dilemma: They know it’s important to modernize legacy applications in order to have resilient and evolving IT, but they’re hesitant to scrap valuable systems. On one hand, business leaders recognize that organizational survival depends on IT agility. According to a…
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Top 5 Mistakes to Avoid in Business Intelligence
Tecknoworks Blog Implementing a data analytics program is crucial for competitive edge in today’s business environment – but nobody said it was easy. Despite tremendous growth in the application of BI tools over the last 20 years, it’s brand-new territory for most organizations. That makes it easy to make some common business intelligence mistakes. According to Gartner, 80% of…
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The #1 Way Data Analysis Unknowingly Misses the Point
Tecknoworks Blog Imagine this all-too-common data analysis scenario: Your company has recently pulled the trigger on a data project. Excitement is in the air. You’re finally doing something about all the data you’ve been collecting. You’re getting answers that will make your organization stronger. You’re going to leave the competition in the dust. Then your first reports and…
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Rolling Out A Business Intelligence Tool: 3 Quick Tips for Success
Tecknoworks Blog Rolling out a business intelligence tool in any company, especially an enterprise organization, comes with risks that have the potential to damage the company’s reputation or affect day-to-day operations. Big-picture thinking, problem-solving, and up-front planning are key to effective adoption, as well as bringing trust and peace-of-mind to all stakeholders. Below are the basics to keep in…
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The Unstoppable Trend of Wearables for Healthcare (and Other Industries)
Tecknoworks Blog Five years ago, wearable technology with health applications was primarily limited to fitness trackers and were niche devices, with shipments of only 30 million sold to sports enthusiasts worldwide. Today, they’re everywhere: an estimate from Statista suggests that as many as 223 million were sold in 2019, and more than 300 million are expected to…
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Digital Transformation and COVID-19: The Experts Weigh In
Tecknoworks Blog The Coronavirus pandemic has upended millions of lives and affected every corner of the globe. Everyone’s obvious first priority is to stay safe, stay afloat, and get through this crisis. As a secondary serious effect of our new reality, the pandemic continues to have significant business impact. Organizations are grappling with what to do…
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7 Experts Offer Digital Transformation Advice in Times of Crisis
Tecknoworks Blog Recently, we posted a roundup of some of the current articles on technology initiatives during COVID-19. Today, we’d like to offer some concrete digital transformation advice to companies moving forward. McKinsey points out, “If necessity is the mother of invention—and it often is—there could be some positive outcomes of the coronavirus crisis. These are unlikely to come…