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A new global study from Thales, with research from the Ponemon Institute, has exposed an increasing disparity between the rapid growth of data stored in the cloud and an organisation’s approach to cloud security. Although nearly half (48%) of corporate data is stored in the cloud, only a third (32%) of organisations admit they employ a security-first approach […]

Machine Learning (ML) combined with artificial intelligence (AI) is enriched customer experience with the ability to process huge volumes of data. Thanks to ML, companies are now in a better position to understand customers, based on the purchase data, process and previous history of transactions, behavioural patterns, and movements. Customer services via chatbots and virtual […]

Machine learning is helping marketers to go beyond existing marketing strategies and make precise decisions based on data.  The collection, processing, and use of data have become strategically imperative that drives better businesses. This data has allowed machine learning to minimise the gap between strategic models and the actual outcomes of marketing campaigns. According to […]

Alteryx, a leader in data science and analytics, announced that it has acquired Feature Labs, a data science software company launched out of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) that automates feature engineering for machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) applications. The acquisition of Feature Labs will further enable Alteryx to help organizations empower every data […]

The Vibe Marketers Fest (VMF) 2019, the region’s first, largest, and most credible marketing technology event, is just a couple of months away. With all the news coming from its offices, we’re excited to find out what some of the brand leaders will be addressing at the summit. Industry heads from Emirates NBD, Novo Cinemas, […]

Today, the world runs on data. Numerous editorials have been written on how data is the “new oil”. Entangled in the cobweb of different data points, is the information that is set to give marketers a leg up through unparalleled insights. The challenge here is to tap the full potential of data, and the solution […]

The new capability automatically scores important interactions, profiling individual preference for use in targeting and experience delivery. Dynamic Yield, the AI-Powered Personalization Anywhere™ platform, announced the release of Affinity-Based Personalization – a new capability allowing brands to leverage automatically generated user affinity profiles to easily build a new class of user segments and deliver highly-targeted experiences across channels. […]

“Machine intelligence is the last invention that humanity will ever need to make.” – Nick Bostrom Data analysis can be challenging, given that it involves complex information and large data sets that are difficult to manage manually. This is where machine learning comes in. It is changing the way consumer-based companies are dealing with the […]

Companies are known to invest heavily in their sales strategies. However, what sets successful companies apart is their sales enablement. Sales enablement has garnered wide popularity among businesses for improving sales team’s performance and increasing revenue. Instead of relying on gut feeling, and historical statistics, sales enablement empowers sales professionals to think out of the […]

Pictured L-R: Hedde Schuitemaker, co-owner, Analytics8; Amit Bansal, Accenture’s Applied Intelligence lead for Australia and New Zealand; Jean-Christophe Richard, co-owner, Analytics8; and Alexander Brown, co-owner, Analytics8. Accenture has agreed to acquire Analytics8, a privately held Australian big data and analytics consultancy that specialises in data management, reporting and visualisation, data science and analytics services. Founded […]