Tired of seeing storms roll in on your business forecasts? Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions can help you predict the best atmosphere for success. Learn about four of these critical prediction tools that you need in your ERP systems to weather storms and see sunny days. The New ERP Today’s ERP systems combine past data with real-time data to provide more accurate forecasts for business applications. Unlike older versions of ERP, having access to up-to-the-moment data creates a clearer picture of customer relationships, public perceptions, political influences and regulatory changes…

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Expect business, life and tech to change radically, as the IoT connects dots that were once invisible and introduces pricing models that were once impossible. As the Internet of things (IoT) takes hold and the ability to measure just about everything takes shape, it’s becoming clear—sometimes painfully so—that pricing models are changing dramatically. We’ve already witnessed the shift to subscription-based pricing for software. Now, a growing number of once pricey IT products and services—from hardware to bandwidth—have been reduced to commodities. Think Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure,…

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Big data can mean big value, and mobile is a great way to analyze it. Here are 10 apps to help you process and analyze your data. Tableau Tableau Mobile is a streamlined mobile version of Tableau’s software. It allows the user to add calculations and data filters with a touch, and it even shows offline snapshots of certain visualizations. Image: Tableau IBM Cognos One of IBM’s key business intelligence (BI) tools, Cognos, is available on mobile. Users can access existing reports and dashboards they have in Cognos, syncing content…

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While majority of users still on PCs, ad blocking for mobile is on the rise. Ad blocking software is set to cost digital publishers almost £19 billion by 2020, a new report from Juniper Research reveals, with global adblock users rising 41 per cent year on year. There were 198 million active users of ad blocking software as of August 2015, CNBC reports , with a recent study from eMarketer suggesting that more than a quarter (27 per cent) of internet users in the UK will start using it by 2017.…

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The global CRM industry is expected to swell to $36.5 billion by 2017 as more companies use this software to harvest data, generate leads and improve their bottom line. Despite this exponential growth, many marketers don’t know how to utilize their software, leading to frustration when CRM doesn’t provide the results brands expect. Simple CRM mistakes could cost you, leaving you with a system that produces inaccurate data and ineffective analytics. Here are three common CRM blunders and how to avoid them. 1. Ignoring Social Media Integration Choosing a CRM…

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