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  • AI-powered data analytics: Inside this transformative trend

    Milind Wagle, CIO, Equinix, has his own "customer-churn predictor." It tells him why accounts are turning over and whether they are likely to do so in the future. That information gives the data center services provider a chance to improve its bookings accuracy by improving service and planning for likely occupancy rates to come. "We are shifting our mindset away from treating analytics as after-the-fact reports toward embedding that intelligence in the business process itself," he said. With fi

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