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Rockwell Automation uses data in faster, more innovative ways, cuts costs by 90 percent 

Industrial manufacturers are certainly recognizing the urgency to do more with their data. In a recent global study from GE and Accenture across eight industrial sectors, 66 percent of surveyed executives believe they could lose their market position in the next one to three years if they do not adopt big data, and 88 percent reported that big data analytics is a top priority for their business.

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Power BI in insurance: A perfect fit 

Microsoft Office, SQL Server and Power BI – including tools like Excel, Azure, Power Pivot, Power View and Power Map – are part of a cloud platform that enables the fast and efficient gathering, storing, mining and analysis of data.

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Webcast: Driving productivity in banking and capital markets 

With the financial services technology landscape evolving at breath-taking speed, interactions with retail and institutional customers are becoming more engaging and dynamic, the workplace is becoming more mobile and collaborative, and processes are becoming more flexible.

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It takes more than compliance to protect against cybercriminals 

Fraudulent billing such as my experience is one example of how information from patient records can be used to scam people. Fabricating insurance claims and creating fake IDs for various purposes using social security numbers and other personal information are just a couple more examples.

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Measuring city performance 

Across the globe, people continue to flock to cities. Today, in fact, more than half the world’s population lives in an urban area. And according to a 2013 report by the United Nations, more than 75 percent of people will be living in cities by 2050.

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3 ways to fund smart-city initiatives 

There’s no shortage of new ideas to help cities address the challenges of urbanization. But city leaders, who are still making do with limited budgets, tell me they don’t have a lot of options to pay for these ideas.