All posts tagged: data analytics

7 Essential CRM Tips and Tricks to Boost Sales Productivity

7 Essential CRM Tips and Tricks to Boost Sales Productivity

A customer relationship management (CRM) system is an important software solution that focuses on creating lasting relationships between your business and its existing clientele, while also assisting your sales team with identifying prospective leads and converting them into paying customers. CRM systems increase sales productivity by organizing client information, simplifying workflows, and automating the routine tasks carried out by your sales, marketing, and customer service teams. 1 monday CRM Employees per Company Size Micro (0-49), Small (50-249), Medium (250-999), Large (1,000-4,999), Enterprise (5,000+) Any Company Size Any Company Size Features Calendar, Collaboration Tools, Contact Management, and more 2 Creatio CRM Employees per Company Size Micro (0-49), Small (50-249), Medium (250-999), Large (1,000-4,999), Enterprise (5,000+) Medium (250-999 Employees), Large (1,000-4,999 Employees), Enterprise (5,000+ Employees) Medium, Large, Enterprise Features Dashboard, Document Management / Sharing, Email / Marketing Automation, and more 3 Zoho CRM Employees per Company Size Micro (0-49), Small (50-249), Medium (250-999), Large (1,000-4,999), Enterprise (5,000+) Any Company Size Any Company Size Features Calendar, Collaboration Tools, Contact Management, and more CRM tips and tricks With the …

AI, Cybersecurity & Data Analytics for 2025

AI, Cybersecurity & Data Analytics for 2025

CIOs across Australia and New Zealand’s public sector face a “hard 12 months” managing their technology estates amid cost constraints, according to a leading regional Gartner analyst. However, there is optimism that investments in AI will deliver the productivity gains many anticipate. Gartner recently released the public sector findings from its CIO Technology Executive Survey. The firm found that 94% of ANZ government CIOs named data analytics as their top technology investment for 2025, followed by investments in cyber security (91%) and application modernisation (85%). Dean Lacheca, a Gartner VP analyst, told TechRepublic that an austerity mindset was in play across government agencies. “Frustrated” CIOs were facing another year of relatively flat budgets when accounting for inflation, with little appetite for undertaking large ICT projects. “Right now, we’re probably in one of the leanest periods with austerity,” he said. “There is a realisation that this isn’t going to be a period of massive, accelerated adoption of technology.” Productivity rises to become a key outcome for government CIOs Lacheca said that the prioritisation of data analytics …

Increase in startup incubators; South India leads the pack, tier 1 cities housing half: IIT-Madras, IIM-Bangalore report | Education News

The number of incubators in the Indian ecosystem has grown steadily, with more than 1,100 active incubators dotting the Indian startup ecosystem, reveals a report jointly presented by the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M), Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore‘s NSRCEL, startup incubator of the management institute. The Southern region leads the pack, housing 45 per cent of all incubators and having the highest density of incubators. The report titled, ‘India Incubator Kaleidoscope 2024’ shows that tier 1 cities house almost half of all incubators that is 48 per cent. Chennai has a high proportion of academic incubators at 82 per cent, whereas Bengaluru and Gurugram have a high proportion of industry incubators at 71 per cent and 84 per cent, respectively. The incubator density is 0.8 incubators per million population according to the report, whereas countries like US, UK and China range between 8 and 10 incubators per million population. The rate of incubation is high among deep tech sectors such as AI/ML, Data Analytics, Biotech and other sectors. All of them have …

Empower women in emerging tech fields

Artificial Intelligence (AI), blockchain and data analytics are rewriting the work landscape. But this also raises the question of whether these can help bridge the gender gap or whether they will make things worse. PREMIUM Many experts have hailed AI as a creator of opportunities to override tasks which have an inbuilt bias, such as hiring for the workplace or performance evaluation(Shutterstock) Many experts have hailed AI as a creator of opportunities to override tasks which have an inbuilt bias, such as hiring for the workplace or performance evaluation. Blockchain is seen to have the potential to increase opportunities for women in finance, traditionally a male-dominated sector, and data analytics can highlight hidden discriminatory practices. So, these are technologies which many feel can bring about positive change and herald a more inclusive, and gender-just environment. Parameswaran Iyer, executive director at the World Bank says, “Much like past transformative technologies such as the internet and GPS, AI holds the promise to enhance not just ease of living for women but also the ease of doing business …