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Utilities Digital Journey Insights (Part 3): Data, the new “digital capital” - Going beyond the hype of advanced analytics and AI

CGI

In fact, it’s estimated the number of connected objects will reach 200 billion by 2020, up from just 2 billion in 2006. For utilities, these are green field areas, and clients frequently ask me how CGI provides data support to more advanced industries like retail banking and telecoms.

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After the Token Act: A New Data Economy Driven By Small Business Entrepreneurship

John Battelle's Searchblog

Since moving to the area from California, she’s noticed two puzzling trends: First, a dearth of interesting mid- to high-end dinner spots walking distance from her new place, and second, what appears to be higher-than-average vacancy rates for the retail storefronts in the same general area. So why aren’t new places launching?

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Predictions 2025: Tech Takes the Power Position

John Battelle's Searchblog

Retail media will consolidate. Question: How many “retail media exchanges” are there today? Retailers have realized they’re sitting on a gold mine of purchase data, but buyers of that data don’t want to work with dozens of different vendors. Answer: Way too many !

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