Category: Data & Analytics

Avoiding Data Migration Pitfalls
Sep 22, 2020
Avoiding Data Migration Pitfalls

Embarking on a data migration project can be daunting. It’s crucial to your migration success that you leverage the right data migration tools to facilitate a smooth and seamless data transfer. Many people are challenged underestimating a data migration project’s complexity, poor planning, and not setting aside enough resources. If not quickly addressed, these problems […]

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It's the Best Time for Digital Transformation - Here's Why
Apr 07, 2020
It’s the Best Time for Digital Transformation: Here’s Why

If you have been struggling recently with taking on the challenges that come with committing to a digital transformation for your company, perhaps now – during these challenging times – is the best time to pull the trigger. The goal is simple. Set your company up for the economic rebound we all know will happen […]

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big data vs better data
Mar 27, 2018
Big Data Analytics: Why More Data Isn’t Always the Answer

The more the merrier. Bigger is always better. Go big or go home. You’ve heard the sayings. But when it comes to data analytics, these cliches aren’t always the case. Especially with big data. There’s almost certainly gold mines of data for you to uncover. But when you have a lot of data to manage, your […]

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Dec 05, 2017
4 Deeply Insightful Salesforce Metrics Your Company Should Be Using
Businesses that are able to maximize efficiency – accomplishing the most tasks with the least amount of resources (namely time and money) – generally come out on top. And data and analytics metrics provided by Salesforce CRM is the answer to many businesses’ quests for efficiency. Salesforce metrics  give you the power to manage your [...]

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Business Intelligence Blog
Jul 15, 2016
Why Business Intelligence (BI) Tools Matter
Even with companies using a tool like Salesforce® to house a majority of their business processes, there are always other pieces of data that live outside of Salesforce. Business intelligence tools can help. Business Intelligence (BI) tools allow organizations to bring together multiple data sources into one centralized location.  This means that now we can [...]

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artificial intelligence: AVS data & analytics blog
May 17, 2016
3 Innovative Ways Big Data is Bringing the Future Into the Present
Since cloud computing emerged on the business scene, the technology has grown exponentially. Along with this unprecedented growth, there has emerged a new way of thinking about technology. One such change revolves around big data. Here are a three examples of how innovative big data solutions are working to advance our society and businesses: 1. Machine [...]

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May 10, 2016
The Commoditization of the Data Warehouse

These are exciting times in the data and analytics world! The last couple of years have seen a surge in technologies and offerings that bring big-time data and analytics into reach for most companies. No longer isolated to Fortune-500 data powerhouses with multi-million dollar project budgets, “Big Data” and Data Warehousing are becoming a commodity […]

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May 05, 2016
Stepping Stones Toward a Data Governance Framework, Part I
Salesforce administrators play a special role in companies: you have the opportunity to bring teams together to focus on what is most important to them – the customer. Just one problem – How can we focus on the customer if we don’t know who the customer is? You would be surprised how many companies cannot easily [...]

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Apr 04, 2016
3 Ways the Internet of Things Will Change Businesses

Whether or not you think you understand the Internet of Things (IoT), you’ve most likely familiarized yourself with it already. How, you may ask? If you own a FitBit (or any type of wearable that works alongside your smartphone) or another piece of “smart” technology (like an alarm system or thermostat)—you are a citizen of […]

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innovation technologies
Feb 19, 2016
How IoT is Revolutionizing Healthcare

The recent rise in the popularity of fitness technology (i.e. smart watches and Fitbits) is beginning to show the impact that the “internet of things” (IoT) is having on the healthcare industry. However, these devices are only the beginning of how technology is revolutionizing healthcare. As it stands, any medical device that allows for the […]

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