{"id":2013,"date":"2013-09-18T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/dataplatforminsider\/2013\/09\/18\/data-as-a-competitive-differentiator-for-financial-institutions\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:49:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:49:10","slug":"data-as-a-competitive-differentiator-for-financial-institutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2013\/09\/18\/data-as-a-competitive-differentiator-for-financial-institutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Data as a Competitive Differentiator for Financial Institutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:small;\">Organizations today are collecting more types and sizes of data than ever before, and are seeking ways to gain actionable insights from that data. Harnessing big data can be especially helpful to financial institutions. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:small;\">To stay ahead of the competition, banks are looking for ways to gain insights from data and create new business value. Firms require an analytical and visualization platform to deliver actionable data discovery across the organization to gain insight into many aspect of their business, including customer behavior.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:small;\">See the Vertical Industries blog post, \u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/vertical_industries\/archive\/2013\/09\/17\/data-is-the-competitive-differentiator-for-financial-services.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size:small;\">Data is the Competitive Differentiator for Financial Services<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:small;\">\u201d.\u00a0 It offers some great insight on what Microsoft is delivering and how financial institutions can take advantage of Microsoft BI capabilities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:small;\">For further information, see the Microsoft Business Intelligence website or the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/news\/presskits\/Business\/?WT.mc_id=Blog_SQL_PR_General\">Microsoft Business Newsroom<\/a><span style=\"font-size:small;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size:small;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organizations today are collecting more types and sizes of data than ever before, and are seeking ways to gain actionable insights from that data. 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