Organizations are always looking to improve their ability to use data and AI to gain meaningful and actionable insights into their operations, services and customer needs. But unlocking value from data requires multiple analytics workloads, data science tools and machine learning algorithms to run against the same diverse data sets. Organizations still struggle with limited data visibility and insufficient insights, which are often caused by a multitude of reasons such as analytic workloads...
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Topics:
business intelligence,
embedded analytics,
Analytics,
Collaboration,
Data Governance,
Data Preparation,
Data,
Information Management (IM),
data lakes,
AI and Machine Learning
Teradata is not a name that is commonly associated with the customer experience marketplace, but that is likely to change as customer experience (CX) practitioners wrestle with the problems created by the multiple streams of data thrown off by the many applications and customer touchpoints they have to manage. Teradata’s Vantage CX is a tool for ingesting and managing customer information at great scale, combining the functions of a modern CDP with the analytics that makes customer data...
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Topics:
Customer Experience,
Marketing,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Contact Center,
Data,
Digital Marketing,
Digital Commerce,
intelligent marketing,
AI and Machine Learning
Although historically there has been a hard divide between what are colloquially called “Inside and Field Sales,” changes over the last 10 years have narrowed the distinction. The pandemic has only accelerated the path to unifying sales activities commonly performed to engage buyers and customers. Characterized by a very disciplined and controlled endeavor, inside sales teams have been heavier users of technology. This has enabled more productive engagement including emails and calls, as well...
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Topics:
Sales,
embedded analytics,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Collaboration,
Internet of Things,
Sales Performance Management (SPM),
natural language processing,
intelligent sales,
sales enablement,
AI and Machine Learning
The annual Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards showcases advances in the productivity and potential of business applications, as well as technology that contributes significantly to improved efficiency and productivity in the processes and the performance of an organization. Our goal is to recognize technology and vendors that have introduced noteworthy digital innovations that advance business and IT.
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Topics:
Analytics,
Collaboration,
Data Governance,
Data Lake,
Data Preparation,
IOT,
Data,
Information Management (IM),
Digital Technology,
blockchain,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
mobile computing,
extended reality,
AI and Machine Learning
Determining and providing the appropriate compensation for each person — whether it involves base pay, variable pay such as commissions or bonuses or longer-term incentives in the form of cash or equity or other rewards — is critical to being able to attract and retain productive members of the workforce, whether full- or part-time employees, contingent workers or contractors. The complexities of compensation often prove to be a core challenge for human resources departments as they strive to...
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Topics:
Analytics,
collaborative computing,
total rewards management,
AI and Machine Learning
Every organization performing analytics with multiple employees needs to collaborate. They should be collaborating in the analytics process and in communicating the results of those analyses. As I continue my evaluation of analytics and data vendors, I have to admit some disappointment at the level of collaborative capabilities some analytics vendors provide. To be fair, the level of capabilities vary widely, but I expected collaborative capabilities to be more uniformly available as a standard...
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Topics:
business intelligence,
Analytics,
Collaboration,
Data Governance,
Data Preparation,
Information Management,
Data,
Digital Technology,
collaborative computing
The annual Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards showcases advances in the productivity and potential of business applications, as well as technology that contributes significantly to improved efficiency and productivity in the processes and the performance of an organization. Our goal is to recognize technology and vendors that have introduced noteworthy digital innovations that advance business and IT.
Read More
Topics:
embedded analytics,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Collaboration,
Digital Technology,
natural language processing,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
mobile computing,
AI and Machine Learning
This has been a dramatic year for contact centers. The underlying technology has been changing for some time, but that change is now accelerating because of the urgent operational shifts forced by the pandemic. When you can’t gather dozens or hundreds of people into a single, open-plan site, you must look at alternative models for staffing and interaction handling. You must also work harder to create positive customer experiences across multiple contact channels.
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Topics:
Customer Experience,
Voice of the Customer,
Analytics,
Contact Center,
Product Information Management,
Digital Commerce,
Subscription Management,
agent management,
AI and Machine Learning
The annual Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards showcases advances in the productivity and potential of business applications, as well as technology that contributes significantly to improved efficiency and productivity in the processes and the performance of an organization. Our goal is to recognize technology and vendors that have introduced noteworthy digital innovations that advance business and IT.
Read More
Topics:
Sales,
Marketing,
embedded analytics,
Analytics,
Sales Performance Management,
Digital Technology,
intelligent marketing,
sales enablement,
AI and Machine Learning
The annual Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards showcases advances in the productivity and potential of business applications, as well as technology that contributes significantly to improved efficiency and productivity in the processes and performance of an organization. Our goal is to recognize technology and vendors that have introduced noteworthy digital innovations that advance business and IT.
Read More
Topics:
Customer Experience,
Human Capital Management,
Marketing,
Analytics,
Internet of Things,
Contact Center,
Data,
Digital Technology,
Digital Commerce,
Operations & Supply Chain,
blockchain,
employee experience,
candidate engagement,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
mobile computing,
agent management,
extended reality,
business digital commerce,
work experience management,
AI and Machine Learning