To succeed with data and analytics initiatives, enterprises need a comprehensive view of critical technology capabilities. We believe these Hype Cycles draw a holistic view of technologies — including the new addition of lakehouse architecture as a trigger, which can make data and analytics programs modern, broadly applied, richer in functionality and successful.
Get the report and gain insight into: -Changes in this Hype Cycle — including the addition of Lakehouse -The current state of data management maturity -The Priority Matrix
Farid Mheir's insight:
WHY IT MATTERS: insights to remain buzzword compliant in the world of data management ;-)
Business intelligence white papers on BI industry trends, and the latest BI and analytics analyst reports from Gartner, Dresner, BARC and Forrester.
Farid Mheir's insight:
WHY IT MATTERS: I am not big on surveys other than for the guidance they provide about how people actually use their systems. Here, the survey sheds light on many of the features and use cases in BI.
12 technology trends that will help shape the future of digital business.
Farid Mheir's insight:
WHY IT MATTERS: this report from gartner review the top 12 buzzword you need to master for your geek xmas cocktail conversations ;-) As often with these, they are very generic and could end up being very difficult to implement. Nevertheless they point in the right direction, globally.
This year, customers will do a lot more than window shop, so we’re gathering the data and statistics and putting the insights on display. Download the Holiday Forecast 2021 report to understand when, how, and what consumers plan to spend money on this season, and use our findings to create shopping experiences your customers want. We know you’re excited. So come, take a close-up look, but hands off the glass, please.
Farid Mheir's insight:
WHY IT MATTERS: 2021 eCommerce shopping holiday continues to move from in-store to on-line shopping with covid-related impacts still apparent: high demand, high prices, inventory shortage and BOPIS curb-side pickups are to be expected.
Une revue historique de la position du Québec en matière d’intelligence artificielle;
Une définition de la main-d’œuvre du secteur;
Un portrait global de l’emploi ;
Une taxonomie des métiers de l’intelligence numérique – que nous définissons comme étant la main-d’œuvre spécialisée en intelligence artificielle ainsi que les métiers périphériques essentiels reliés ;
Des fiches métiers traitant de l’estimation du bassin de talents et incluant de multiples informations spécifiques salaires, tâches principales, référentiel de compétences techniques et transversales);
Une répartition industrielle des métiers de l’intelligence numérique
Un portrait de la demande de compétences et de la formation, incluant les forces et défis concernant ce profil de talents qui change à une vitesse déstabilisante.
L’ensemble de nos données sur l’utilisation des outils numériques, sous la forme de matrices Emploi/Outils numériques et technologies, en annexe du document.
Farid Mheir's insight:
WHY IT MATTERS: an detailed study of the job market in artificial intelligence and machine learning in Montreal. Along with stats and definitions, it defines and details 19 job descriptions that are related to AI. A reference to keep.
Per quanto riguarda le questioni di benessere, sapere quali negozi di droga sono fantastici e terribili è importante. Devi sapere cosa cercare in un drugstore per sapere se è quello giusto. Tieni presente che stai gestendo la vita, questo è il motivo per cui dovresti essere cauto quando acquisti i tuoi farmaci e altri farmaci necessari.
The overwhelming majority of households plan to keep paying for their shopping program memberships over the next year; many of the programs will retain 85% or more of their memberships
Farid Mheir's insight:
WHY IT MATTERS: membership programs are popular and this report provides a number of good reference numbers.
"Everything that should be happening over a five-, 10-year period is happening now," said PeteMadden, a director with AlixPartners. "It's a rethink, it's expensive, and it's on top of expense that has already happened."
Farid Mheir's insight:
WHY IT MATTERS: everything in this article rings true, from the high cost of omnichannel and especially returns, to the opportunities that remain of having a physical store. The conclusion: you have to change processes, resource allocation and technology to make omnichannel work.
Monthly statistics on taxi, Uber, and Lyft usage in NYC
Farid Mheir's insight:
WHY IT MATTERS: the data is clear on the impact of UBER and others over taxis - here in NYC but trend is same everywhere we assume. Many charts in this post that show decline of yellow taxis over time, impact of covid shutdown and the recovery.
20 years ago Apple seized music, and turned it into a lever for its broader business. It failed to do the same to TV, and lost control of music, but won massively in games, where it now makes more money than the entire global digital music industry. Now, perhaps, it’s looking at advertising.
Farid Mheir's insight:
WHY IT MATTERS: the end of 3rd party cookies will impact advertising the most. This chart highlights the 50% of revenues that go to different players (including 15% unknown!). What irritates me most is the 7% to agencies that, unfortunately, seem to do very little to earn that amount in my experience...
How the shift to more dynamic, augmented analytics will result in the decline of the predefined dashboard
How augmented analytics is changing how less skilled users find insights and interact with data
Why business agility enabled by the cloud is more critical now than ever
Non-technology trends that are critical to success
Farid Mheir's insight:
WHY IT MATTERS: this report highlights key trends in data where it is clear that data is now expected to be collected everywhere and presented wherever it is most useful. Data should permeate every system, app, email or notification.
Stay ahead of threats with the insights in the 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) from Verizon Enterprise Solutions. Read the official report now.
Farid Mheir's insight:
WHY IT MATTERS: the report is extensive and provides amazing insights into the most common security breaches. For example, the figure 22 shows that port 23 (telnet) and port 22 (SSH) remain most popular by far attack points. Many more insight in there...
If you take nothing else away from this post, it should be that retention matters. A lot. No other metric is as singularly telling of whether your business will thrive or die. And so, the better you understand what good retention looks like for your business, the better shot you have at the former. We hope this research proves useful to you whether you’re building, investing, or just curious.
Farid Mheir's insight:
WHY IT MATTERS: with every product moving to a SaaS, pay as you go, model, retention has become a key metric to consider. This post delivers insights into retention metrics for GOOD and GREAT retention numbers. I'd love to see similar posts on email open rates, ecommerce conversion, app usage, etc.
Mary Meeker's venture capital firm, Bond, sends a 28-page report to its investors.
Farid Mheir's insight:
WHY IT MATTERS: mary meeker internet trend report is an annual must see report to gage the state of the Internet - and digital transformation. Here she applies the same rigour to analyze the impact of coronavirus. #mustread
When you’re done reading the article, this is what you’ll take away:
It’s coming at an exponential speed: gradually, and then suddenly. It’s a matter of days. Maybe a week or two. When it does, your healthcare system will be overwhelmed. Your fellow citizens will be treated in the hallways. Exhausted healthcare workers will break down. Some will die. They will have to decide which patient gets the oxygen and which one dies. The only way to prevent this is social distancing today. Not tomorrow. Today. That means keeping as many people home as possible, starting now.
Farid Mheir's insight:
WHY IT MATTERS: very researched, very detailed, full of graphs. Helps understand the current situation and the need to shutdown and isolate.
The internet has changed the way we work, interact and learn with others across the world. How many people in the world are online, and how has this changed over time? Explore global and country-level data on internet access and technology.
Farid Mheir's insight:
WHY IT MATTERS: we take it for granted because 90% of the population in Canada has access to the Internet. This summary of facts about Internet adoption should make us all realize that: 1) the growth has been very fast 2) not everyone in the world has the same chance 3) newer technologies based on Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things and soon AR/VR will leverage this infrastructure to deliver even more transformation
2019 is shaping up to be a landmark year for the retail and ecommerce industries. Online spending continues to grow, retailers are experimenting with new voice technology, and an abbreviated holiday shopping season looms on the horizon. We invite you to join us on July 17, 2019 for our annua
Farid Mheir's insight:
WHY IT MATTERS: eCommerce now accounts for 1 in 4 total sales so everyone should use this as a benchmark ie. if you are not selling 25% online then you may be behind the ball (depends on your industry but a good benchmark). Also, if your site is not mobile focussed, you have to take steps to change that.
Benchmark your email open and clickthrough rates with your statistics using our compilaton of the the 5 best email statistics sources
Farid Mheir's insight:
WHY IT MATTERS: we tend to minimize email as a digital transformation tool but we should not. Here are key statistics that you can use to benchmark your email marketing activities.
This chart shows a distribution of worldwide downstream traffic, by web application in 2018.
Farid Mheir's insight:
WHY IT MATTERS: I reported in 2015 that Netflix + YouTube accounted for 55% of web traffic. Their share is down only because the other streaming video services are growing. Also interesting from this chart that HTTP (good old web browsing), now only accounts for less than 10%. This means video is the medium of choice, cable TV is on it's way out (so expect more growth) and 5G mobile coverage will be in high demand when it becomes available soon...
Une enquête menée en 2018 par 421 Research pour Ayden auprès de 5 033 Européens (Royaume-Uni, Allemagne, Espagne, France et Pays nordiques), rend compte de l'importance de la vision "Smart Phygital" pour les acteurs de la distribution. Comme le montre notre graphique, les attentes des consommateurs vis-à-vis de l'expérience d'achat se concentrent autour de 3 axes : la personnalisation, la stratégie omnicanale et l'innovation digitale.
Farid Mheir's insight:
WHY IT MATTERS: too many buzzwords, too many concepts are increasing the confusion of retailers and merchants. This year at the Paris Retail Week it was "smart phygital" a concept that means nothing more than the fact that eCommerce is morphing into retail commerce, driving changes in stores to go from mini-warehouses to an experience destinations where consumers will get product showrooms, advice and support. And all of that supported by digital technology and requiring huge digital transformation of processes and people.
FMI and Nielsen Company have partnered on the Digitally Engaged Food Shopper, a strategic engagement surrounding the forces and factors of change driven by digital technologies for both today’s and tomorrow’s food shopper. This multi-year initiative will reveal top trends in digitally enabled food shopping for both retailers and manufacturers to consider in their “connected commerce” strategies and capability investments. The exploration with Nielsen will ultimately inform food retailers and their trading partners how to craft a digital strategy; execute a plan; and appropriately resource it.
Farid Mheir's insight:
WHY IT MATTERS: FMI and Nielsen provide data to suggest that food grocery shopping online may reach disruption levels in 5-7 years. It is important because online grocery may be the last frontier of digital transformation. What we started in 1996 is finally showing signs of strong growth. We're almost there!
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WHY IT MATTERS: a good checklist when thinking about how to setup a data-driven organizations. But don't go there to look for how to do it.