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The Shift Beyond the Hype: Transitioning from Vanity Metrics to Authentic Business Objectives

Xebia

They might get attention, but they do not do much for business’s bottom line. In this article, we are taking a casual stroll through the steps companies need to take to cut through the noise and how to be focused on metrics that make a difference, delivering value to their operations and making customers smile.

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How to Avoid Paying for Honeycomb

Honeycomb

A lot of people opt to simply reduce the amount of spans they create in their code, removing instrumentation that would add value if kept. You can read about each in my post on how to reduce observability costs —it also goes into when to use each method. I’m going to share one way here—hopefully no one at Honeycomb notices!

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Pitch Deck Teardown: Vori’s $10M Series A deck

TechCrunch

They typically don’t have the benefit of the specialized software and tech to help make everything run smoother, but that’s where Vori saw an opportunity. Vori-at-a-glance — (KPI slide, lightly redacted). “How these stores operate today” — problem slide. ” Cover slide. Mission statement slide.

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The return of the lean, green startup

TechCrunch

D’Onofrio is seeing rounds taking longer, VCs asking more questions and the return of full due diligence (which, for anyone who has been reading this newsletter, is music to my paranoid ears). The tension ahead, though, is how to apply a venture-like mindset to something as hard to scale as a sense of belonging.

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Data-driven Software Engineering: How to Avoid Common Problems

Exadel

It also plays an important role in the work of software engineers by providing accurate, actionable feedback that helps engineers understand where and how to make improvements to a product or process. When used correctly, KPIs and OKRs are valuable tools for data-driven software engineering. Source: Exadata.

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Average Daily Rate: The Role of ADR in Hospitality Revenue Management and Strategies to Improve This KPI

Altexsoft

We also investigate predicting ADR through machine learning and strategies to enhance this KPI. Unlike the other metrics, ADR focuses solely on revenue from actual room sales, making it a vital KPI of a hotel’s pricing strategy effectiveness. Let’s take a look at how things work under the hood. What is ADR?

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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO

This applies to his IT group as well, specifically, in using AI to automate the review of customer contracts, Nardecchia says. Hot: Low-code/no code For most business teams, the time it takes to go to market with product updates is key to success and the quicker they can do it, the better, Seetharaman says.

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