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Core responsibility: How we scaled our core technologies team

Intercom, Inc.

It’s a familiar problem for all companies that scale fast – how do you keep your core technologies manageable for the increasing number of teams that depend on them? This surfaced as an increasingly large percentage of our product teams’ time being spent on operations or deep diving into understanding our small set of core technologies.

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Why Technology Still Matters with Marc Andreessen

Andreessen Horowitz

With much coverage of technology lined with pessimism, the a16z Podcast returns to highlight the bright side of technology, alongside the founders building it. But before featuring the solutions in progress, we wanted to explore why building the future is still so important. Show Notes 00:00 – Welcome back!

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Sales Technology: 3 Trends You Need to Know

Intercom, Inc.

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended entire industries, forcing rapid change in the ways companies do business and dramatically accelerating the adoption of new technologies. The sales tech landscape has experienced the same consolidation of platforms and expanding app ecosystems as the martech landscape.

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How Many Technologies Can a Company Adopt at Once?

Tom Tunguz

How many technologies can a company adopt at once, successfully? How quickly an IT team can train people, onboard them, and make them successful with all the different technologies procured by a central unit. The second answer is that the company can absorb an infinite number of technologies - if it flips the model. This is why.

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5 Things a Data Scientist Can Do to Stay Current

And more is being asked of data scientists as companies look to implement artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies into key operations. Read the ebook to get more information about staying up to speed with the latest technologies in a rapidly evolving AI environment.

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Learn how technology enhances your video editing workflow

Trint

Optimizing your workflow Whether you're a seasoned pro looking to enhance your workflow, our ebook on video-editing will walk you through the entire process and show how you can add in new technologies to make the video editing workflow smoother and your videos more impactful. Download it here.

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Tech philosopher Alex Wolf on designing harmonious technology

Intercom, Inc.

Unpacking this central conundrum is at the heart of Alex Wolf’ s work – the self-described “consumer-facing anthropologist” has made a career by thinking deeply and talking widely about issues related to the pervasive role of technology in modern life. She asks what are the risks involved in “outsourcing” so many of our skills to technology.

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7 Questions Every App Team Should Ask

In its 2020 Embedded BI Market Study, Dresner Advisory Services continues to identify the importance of embedded analytics in technologies and initiatives strategic to business intelligence. Which sophisticated analytics capabilities can give your application a competitive edge?

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The Executive Guide to Generative AI

As a leader, it's going to be tempting for your team to want to tinker with the technology, but it’s important to focus your team on the value. From productivity gains to finding new routes to revenue generation, generative AI is going to radically transform how we work.

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The Forrester Wave™: AI/ML Platforms: Vendor Strategy, Market Presence, and Capabilities Overview

Enterprises need a platform that can make broader AI teams more productive, implementing more complex use cases and harnessing the fast pace of new AI technologies. The Forrester Wave™ evaluates Leaders, Strong Performers, Contenders, and Challengers.

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Innovation Systems: Advancing Practices to Create New Value

As technology transforms the global business landscape, companies need to examine and update their internal processes for innovation to keep pace.

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AI in Manufacturing

Their problems and needs don’t change, but the technology and solutions do. Manufacturers want to deliver the best products on the market as quickly and ethically as possible. They want to increase productivity and profits. Get this eBook to learn about: Achieving ROI with AI and delivering valuable results with urgency.

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Cloud-Based Solutions: The Sky Is the Limit for Retail Success

Speaker: Ryan Bryers, SVP of Global Engineering

With technology giants like Google, AWS, and Azure leading the charge, the true value of the cloud extends far beyond cost savings. In a rapidly evolving industry, the shift from traditional on-premise systems to cloud-based solutions has become crucial for retail success.

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The Forrester Wave™: B2B Marketing Data Providers, Q2 2021

In our 24-criterion evaluation of B2B marketing data providers, we identified the 11 most significant vendors — Data Axle, Dun & Bradstreet, Enlyft, Global Database, InsideView, Leadspace, Oracle, SMARTe, Spiceworks Ziff Davis, TechTarget, and ZoomInfo Technologies — and researched, analyzed, and scored them.

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Going to Market Smarter in the New Economy

Technology will continue to play a part in fostering buyer allegiance and building brands in the “new normal.” The fight to find new customers and retain existing ones is the biggest business challenge for many companies.