任何有实力的技术专家都会告诉你，成功的AI战略取决于可靠的数据。事实上，最近一项针对技术领导者的调查发现，近94%的受访者如今更加关注数 据，其背后的推动力正是AI热潮的持续升温。 虽然这一结果并不令人意外，但当企业试图在众多厂商中挑选合作伙伴时，问题就变得复杂了。市场变化迅速，企业很难判断哪一家厂商能真正帮助他们 充分挖掘数据价值，实现战略转型，包括推动AI项目。 好消息是，无论企业现在处于数据转型的哪个阶段，都有可行的路径。以下是实现成功的三条建议： 1. 为最重要的业务应用赋能 企业在整合业务应用中的数据时，仍然面临巨大的挑战，尤其是在保留数据上下文与关系的同时。当前，只有34%的企业领导者表示对自家数据有高度信 任。缺少可信的数据基础，往往会导致分析和AI项目停滞不前——团队花更多时间在整合和管理数据上，而不是用于创造业务价值。 这正是业务数据层（business data fabric）发挥作用的地方。业务数据层通过在碎片化数据环境中提供一层集成、语义丰富的数据层，减少了数据延迟。这 种架构简化了数据管理，使企业更容易访问可信数据。借助统一的"真相来源"，企业可以更轻松地建立数据治理体系，实现自助式 ...

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[Music] [Applause] So artificial intelligence is reshaping our world. Currently it is changing how we predict the weather, how we detect diseases, how we access loans or produce music, but even how we fight in wars. More and more frequently, artificial intelligence is deciding what we buy, what we watch in the evening when we are tired, but even who we interact with on social media.And this is why we must ask ourself whose world is this artificial intelligence reflecting. AI is no longer just a tool. Right ...

Core Viewpoint - PPL Corporation (PPL) is experiencing growth driven by increased demand from data centers, particularly in Pennsylvania and Kentucky, despite its stock underperforming compared to the broader utility industry [1][2][23]. Group 1: Performance and Demand - PPL shares have gained 4.2% year-to-date, while the Zacks Utility-Electric Power industry has rallied 8.9% [1]. - The company is benefiting from nearly 11 gigawatts (GW) of potential data center demand, with an estimated transmission capital investment of $700 million to $850 million [6]. - Active data center requests in Pennsylvania have surged to 50 GW for the 2026-2034 period, while Kentucky has announced a 400 megawatt (MW) hyperscale data center campus [6]. Group 2: Strategic Initiatives - PPL is focusing on infrastructure construction projects for generation, transmission, and distribution, resulting in fewer outages for customers [4]. - The company is implementing its "Utility of the Future" strategy, which includes an IT transformation to standardize operations and enhance grid resilience against weather risks [5]. - PPL plans to invest $20 billion from 2025 through 2028 to meet rising demand and improve service quality [7][9]. Group 3: Financial Outlook - The Zacks Consensus Estimate indicates PPL's earnings per share (EPS) will increase by 7.69% in 2025 and 7.97% in 2026 [11]. - PPL has a history of beating earnings estimates, with an average surprise of 8.84% over the last four quarters [13]. - The company aims to reduce operating and maintenance costs by at least $150 million by 2025 and $175 million by 2026 to enhance margins [10]. Group 4: Dividend and Valuation - PPL plans to increase its annual dividend by 6-8% through at least 2028, with a current quarterly dividend of 27.25 cents per share [16]. - The targeted dividend payout ratio is expected to be in the range of 60-65% [17]. - PPL's trailing 12-month return on equity (ROE) is 9.14%, lower than the industry average of 10.31% [19].

Key Takeaways MSFT offers a full-stack data platform spanning storage, analytics and AI tools. Enterprise adoption of Fabric and OneLake highlights MSFT's growing platform traction. SNOW is deepening AI integration and expanding its unified data experience for enterprises.Snowflake (SNOW) and Microsoft (MSFT) are major players in the expanding cloud data platform market. Snowflake provides a scalable data warehouse with integrated AI and machine learning. Microsoft delivers a suite of data services on Azu ...

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NEW YORK, July 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WTW (NASDAQ: WTW), a global advisory, broking and solutions company, today announced that Alena Kharkavets has been appointed North American Head of Claims in its Insurance Consulting and Technology (ICT) business. Kharkavets comes to WTW from Intact Financial Corporation (TSE: IFC), Canada’s largest provider of property and casualty insurance, where she held progressively senior roles and spent nearly twenty years building deep, end-to-end expertise in pricing, c ...

Asia Pacific Economic Research 03 July 2025 China alt-data trackers chartpack (Series 38) Full recovery in container shipping to US, govt bond issuance strong As we head into 2H and wait for the official June activity data, we update our alt-data trackers to gauge near-term activity and policy delivery momentum. Key takeaways are below (vs last update on 16 June). Net government bond issuance under TSF (ex. refinancing LGB) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 % ...

TransUnion ( TRU ) is a data service company offering credit rating and data analytics via its OneTru platform. I favor the company’s investment in growing their data assets and expanding into new market verticals and geographic regions. While theAnalyst’s Disclosure:I/we have no stock, option or similar derivative position in any of the companies mentioned, and no plans to initiate any such positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving ...