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Cloud Spend 101: What is it, and why does it matter? Cloud spend is the amount of money an organizat...

Private equity funds are shifting away from asset due diligence toward value-focused due diligence. ...

 Delivering Live Broadcasts and Playout with AWS: How 2nd Watch Can Help Live broadcasts and playou...

As we reveal our data and AI predictions for 2023, join us at 2nd Watch to stay ahead of the curve a...

Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies like machine learning (ML) have changed how we handle and ...

Organic value creation focuses on a few main areas, including improving current performance (both fi...

Technical Overview of Migrating Media Company Assets to AWS S3 As media companies grow, they accumul...

The modern business world is data-centric. As more businesses turn to cloud computing, they must eva...

Scaling your portfolio companies creates value, and increasing their native agility multiplies the v...

Cloud economics is crucial for an organization to make the most out of their cloud solutions, and bu...

There are many options when it comes to data analytics tools. Choosing the right one for your organi...

Why Tableau? Tableau gets a good reputation for being sleek and easy to use and by bolstering an imp...

87% of data science projects never make it beyond the initial vision into any stage of production. E...

Insurance providers are rich with data far beyond what they once had at their disposal for tradition...

What percent of your enterprise data goes completely untapped? It’s far more than most organizatio...

As dashboards and reports become more and more complex, slow run times can present major roadblocks....

Enhanced predictions. Dynamic forecasting. Increased profitability. Improved efficiency. Data scienc...

With your experience in the insurance industry, you understand more than most about how the actions ...

In part 1 and part 2 of our modern data warehouse series, we laid out the benefits of a data warehou...

Blockchain is one of those once-in-a-generation technologies that has the potential to really change...

Real-time analytics. Streaming analytics. Predictive analytics. These buzzwords are thrown around in...

Professionals in the supply chain industry need uncanny reflexes. The moment they get a handle on ra...

You already know that data is a gateway for retailers to improve customer experiences and increase s...

As many third-party logistics (3PL) companies transition to a data-driven approach, it’s essen...

Whether it’s an economic downturn, increased competition, or pressure from executives, third-party...

TL;DR While most servers spend the majority of their time well below peak usage, companies often pay...

In our previous blog post on how to build a data warehouse in 6-8 weeks, we showed you how to get l...

It’s difficult to achieve your objectives when the goalposts are always in motion. Yet that...

Technology, and more importantly, the proper understanding of data, is catapulting one of America’...

Data is one of the insurance industry’s greatest assets, which is why data analytics is so imp...

Improving Care Quality, Reducing Nurse Turnover, and More Hospital patient satisfaction (HCAHPS scor...

Dashboards have the power to quickly unlock information hidden in mountains of data and instrumental...

The scales have finally tipped! According to a Flexera survey, 93% of organizations have a multi-clo...

It’s no secret that logistics companies face a multitude of decisions with countless factors to ta...

P&C insurance is an incredibly data-driven industry. Your company’s core assets are data, your...

In part one of this blog, we showcased private equity sales performance dashboards for a private equ...

Organizations are looking to leverage the power of cloud computing to create new digital business mo...

We recently highlighted how interactive Power BI dashboards could help private equity companies trac...

Software & Solutions for Marketers is the final installment in our Marketers’ Guide to Dat...

Snowflake is a powerhouse in the data world, but it can become even more powerful when paired with o...

Analytics & Insights for Marketers is the third in a series of our Marketers’ Guide to Dat...

In this blog post, we’ll explore the basics of the data supply chain and why they matter for m...

In recent years, marketers have seen a significant emphasis on data-driven decision-making. Addition...

ALTR is a cloud native DSaaS platform designed to optimize data consumption governance. In this age ...

Successful private equity firms need the ability to easily access and analyze data across their port...

Data sharing has become more complex, both in its application and our relationship to it. There is a...

Looker is one of several leading business intelligence (BI tools) that can help your organization ha...

A scalable, visually impressive business intelligence (BI) tool like Tableau, especially in conjunct...

When paired with a modern data warehouse, implementing a leading business intelligence (BI) tool, li...

Analyzing raw data without a singular, standardized format is as fruitful as trying to understand al...

The widespread adoption of the value-based care model is encouraging more healthcare organizations t...

To get your source data ingested and loaded, or for a deep dive into how you can build a fully autom...

It’s true that in a very short period of time, you can get an operational data warehouse loaded wi...

Any functioning company has a vision, goals, and direction. A successful company follows a strategy ...

As a business leader, you want to get to impactful analytics ASAP. You want faster reporting, easy-t...

When using a modern data warehouse, your organization is likely to see improved access to your data ...

Data governance is a broad-ranging discipline that affects everyone in an organization, whether dire...

It is commonly understood that data science can bring tremendous value to an organization. That bein...

So, you’ve been tasked with building an analytics dashboard. It’s tempting to jump into developm...

Using a modern data warehouse, like Snowflake, can give your organization improved access to your da...

As a Practice Director of Managed Cloud Services, my team and I see well-intentioned organizations f...

Healthcare executives often must quickly make informed decisions that affect the trajectory of their...

At a first glance, raw data doesn’t offer anyone but data experts many actionable conclusions. The...

Modern data warehouses, like Amazon Redshift, can improve the way you access your organization’...

In the first part of this series, A Step by Step Guide to Getting the Most from Your JD Edwards Data...

As you may know, it is notoriously hard to build any custom reporting from JD Edwards data. With tab...

The “Great Resignation” was coined during the pandemic to define the trend of people choosing to...

Global competition, rapid innovation in process and logistics, market volatility, and shifting regul...

If you’re like most modern data-driven organizations, you’re probably already using business int...

Now that you’re prepared to build your modern data platform with Snowflake, you need to determine ...

Does this sound familiar? “You will move to the cloud, for right or wrong, because of a business i...

When using a modern data warehouse, like Google BigQuery, your organization will likely see improved...

Insurers are privy to large amounts of data, including personally identifying information. Your busi...

Congratulations! You made it to the cloud. You made a decision and a plan. You selected a migration ...

In 2020, the U.S. insurance industry was worth a whopping $1.28 trillion. High premium volumes show ...

Private equity firms have a major challenge when executing roll-up strategies in their investment se...

In Data 101 for Marketers, we’ll cover the basics of data you might encounter as you seek to t...

Your strategy is to roll up companies and drive value through economies of scale, market influence, ...

Dating back to 2014, Snowflake disrupted analytics by introducing the Snowflake Elastic Data Warehou...

Sisu is a fairly new, relatively unique tool that applies a user-friendly interface to robust and de...

Data and analytics is a major driver and source of great value for private equity firms. The best pr...

Regardless of your industry or function, the ability to access, analyze, and make use of your data i...

The Data Insights practice at 2nd Watch saw the potential of Snowflake from the time it was a tech-u...

Most businesses today have evaluated their options for application modernization. Planned movement t...

The 2nd Watch team attended the Reuters Insurance AI and Innovative Tech conference this past month,...

Analytics and machine learning technologies are revolutionizing the insurance industry. Rapid fraud ...

We find most businesses are eager to dig into their data. The possibility of solving persistent prob...

The effects of the pandemic have hit the manufacturing industry in ways no one could have predicted....

Insurance is a data-heavy industry with a huge upside to leveraging business intelligence. Today, we...

One of the first steps we take for any client seeking an enterprise data warehouse or an updated rep...