Smarter Computing

Align

Align your business around information

With all the data and content sources inside and outside a company today, it is easy to see why getting the insight the business needs faster can be a challenge. That’s why creating an information agenda that is aligned to the strategy of the business will ensure every decision is fueled by trusted information and supports your broader IT investment strategy. Aligning your business around information empowers you to:

• Manage and store large, complex data sets more cost effectively
• Integrate and govern information to ensure business confidence
• Harness massive information volume, velocity and variety for new insights

Case study

HealthNow New York Inc (US).

$5 Million annual savings

• A leading health insurance provider realized $5 million annual savings after it successfully captured, cleansed and integrated data from 60+ sources—delivering a single, trusted source of information to stakeholders.

Anticipate

Predict and drive business outcomes

Analytics leaders anticipate behavior by seeing, predicting, and shaping business outcomes. With predictive analytics, you can find patterns of behavior hidden in the data you already have, and use that knowledge to influence top-line business results. These specialised capabilities allow you to:

• Measure and monitor business performance
• Model business trends and simulate scenarios
• Predict potential threats and opportunities

Case study

SunWorld (US)

50% increase in yield

• Learn how SunWorld, an agricultural grower, marketer and breeder of grapes and other agricultural products, leverages analytics to predict and drive business outcomes across its product lifecycle, from planting and harvest to storage and distribution.

Act

Take action with confidence in real-time

Business leaders are infusing the value of analytics across business processes in real time. By embedding analytics into organizational processes, you can optimise day-to-day operations and guide future strategies. You'll to unlock the insight required to transform interactions with customers, suppliers and business partners as you learn to:

• Embed analytics within core business processes
• Leverage real-time decision making
• Employ systems that reason and learn

Case study

Marriott (US)

18% growth in customer bookings traffic

• A global hospitality leader, Marriott leverages advanced analytics to dynamically match room prices to availability and customer type. Delivering the best price, best yield for Marrriott—in less than one second—has enabled the hospitality powerhouse to realize an 18 percent growth in customer bookings traffic.