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TDWI White Paper Library

TDWI maintains this library of white papers as a resource for in-depth research and commentary about the big data, business intelligence, data warehousing, and analytics industry. The content in this repository is crafted by TDWI's software and consulting partners. To find out how your company can promote its content in this library, click here.


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Five Steps Towards Achieving Secure Data Flow

Resolving the tension between data security and data-driven innovation.


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Oracle Analytics

By embracing augmented analytics, businesses are able to leverage their data like never before.


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Advanced Analytics: The Power of Prediction

This paper gives an overview of how Oracle Analytics offers easy access to advanced analytics, providing you powerful new insight into your data.


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Streaming Change Data Capture: A Foundation for Modern Data Architectures

This e-book serves as a practical guide for any enterprise architect, data manager, CIO, or IT leader seeking to enable modern data lakes, streaming, and cloud architectures with CDC.


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How Delivering Analytics Everywhere Can Be a Game-Changing Move

Analytics has been used for decades to help businesses make informed decisions—both strategic and operational—by deriving insights from the data these businesses already collect.


Stream Processing with InfluxDB—An Introduction

Stream processing unifies applications and analytics by processing data as it arrives, in real-time, and detects conditions within a short period of time from when data is received. The key strength of stream processing is that it can provide insights faster, often within milliseconds to seconds.


BI Buyer’s Guide: Embedding Analytics in Your Software

To expedite the BI platform selection process, Logi Analytics has carefully crafted the following detailed BI Buyer’s Guide. This Buyer’s Guide helps organizations understand which platform types are available, clarifies questions to ask, establishes evaluation criteria, and provides suggested steps to take.


Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Go beyond basic embedded dashboards to differentiate your application and maximize the value of embedded analytics.


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Success in Customer-Facing Business Intelligence

Learn how to improve the customer experience, retention and acquisition rates, and the bottom line.


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6 Ways to Improve Self-Service Technologies

In this special white paper, we offer six simple strategies that will help improve your everyday user’s experience and increase user adoption in your organization.


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Improve Operations and Decisions With Embedded BI and Analytics

Download this white paper to learn how to use embedded analytics to create your own value propositions tied directly to data visibility.


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How To Deliver Modern Dashboards That Automate Action

What if you could embed the action into the dashboard so the user could complete the workflow in one place—your BI platform? Download this white paper to find out how you can build modern dashboards that truly drive action in your business.


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10 Ways to Transform Big Data Analytics into Big Value

The next big idea that transforms your business can now come from anyone in any line of business—not just your data scientists.


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Real Results: Unlocking Innovation in Financial Services and Banking

In this customer booklet, read about how financial services organizations have increased data agility and security in development, testing, fraud detection, and data integration with partners and acquisitions.


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Tackling The Data Challenge For Regulatory Compliance in Banking

This e-book highlights the three most pressing concerns around data for compliance, specific regulations that require data process overhaul, and a plan for where you can employ the latest data management best practices to use data to not only comply faster but do so with less cost.


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The Eight Worst Practices in Master Data Management and How to Avoid Them

Master data management is about more than just data and processes.


Embedding Business Analytics: How to Improve Your Application’s Value and Boost Revenue

In this white paper, we explore the value of leveraging Information Builder's WebFOCUS and Omni-Gen platforms to enhance your applications and deliver robust, state-of-the art, and fully customizable features to your customers.


Using Data and Analytics to Enhance Operational Analytics at Scale

In this e-book, we explore how Information Builders uniquely scales value throughout organizations with our end-to-end data and analytics platform, WebFOCUS.


The Beginners Guide to IoT: Deriving Value From New Big Data Sources

It is estimated that 30 percent of homeowners currently own or plan to soon own Internet-connected devices, while 69 percent plan to own them within five years. What is the Internet of Things (IoT)? How can it be used?


Operationalizing Data and Analytics For Law Enforcement

Federal, state, county, and local law enforcement agencies have vast amounts of data that needs to be turned into actionable intelligence for proactive deployments and crime clearance. Are you using actionable data to fight crime and ensure public safety?


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P&C Insurance: How to Win and Grow Through Customer-Centricity

In this e-book, we explore the path to profitable growth through better understanding customers as well as product and risk changes.


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Five Things to Focus on for Faster MDM Results

To speed up your MDM, you need to get the "soft stuff" right: what works in the real world is a business-oriented, balanced, holistic approach.


Delivering Artificial Intelligence at Scale

In this white paper, we’ll demonstrate how that superior scalability can support wide-scale artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) initiatives and deliver a comprehensive suite of data science capabilities that reaches users at all levels.


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Predictive Maintenance in Government

Learn How Advanced Technologies Enable Proactive Management of Machines, Equipment, and Other Assets.


The Business Value of Trusted Data

This e-book serves as a guide for data strategy leaders looking to strengthen the whole data and analytics value chain.


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How Federal Agencies Leverage BI and Data Management Technologies

Better citizen services start with better data, analytics, and insights. Is your agency using the right solutions?


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Using Data and Analytics to Enhance Business Performance

How do you use data strategically to improve efficiency and productivity, and what role does self-service analytics play?


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Data Quality Maturity Model and Why We Need It

How do you achieve true data quality? Become proactive.


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Information Builders Success in Self-Service BI and Analytics

Self-service business intelligence (BI) and analytics empowers nontechnical users throughout an organization to autonomously access, interact with, share, and operationalize insights.


Expanding Analytics to All Personas

In this white paper, we explore what scalability really means and why embracing analytics at scale is so important.


Key Technology Considerations for Reducing Friction in Your Supply Chain

Broad-reaching analytics and reporting technologies highlighted in this paper can complement existing supply-chain systems to reduce friction, streamline activities, boost stakeholder productivity, improve collaboration, and increase visibility across the entire supply chain.


Your Essential Guide to Modern Data Integration

In this e-book, we examine the challenges many businesses face with traditional data integration methods and show how a more modern approach.


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Information Builders Success in Insurance

How can insurers improve claims and fraud management, underwriting, finance, and other crucial operations, while strengthening relationships with agencies and policyholders?


Aligning Your Data and Analytics Strategies

In this paper, we will discuss the importance of building solid data and analytics strategies, and aligning them to ensure the connection between effective data management and business outcomes.


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6 Worst Practices in Data Governance

In this e-book, we examine the six worst practices in governance and, more important, how to avoid them.


How Data and Analytics Enhance The Customer Experience

In this e-book, we explore the different challenges organizations face when trying to create a customer-centric culture.


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Marketing Accountability: A CEO Blueprint

Most CMOs still struggle to quantify and communicate the contribution of marketing strategies and investments to growth, profits and enterprise value. Read this white paper to learn how to overcome this hurdle.


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Making Flow Happen: How to Build Dashboards That Persuade, Inform, and Engage

In data visualization, flow is crucial. Your audience should smoothly absorb and use the information in a dashboard without distractions or turbulence. Lack of flow means lack of communication, which means failure.


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The Do's and Don'ts of Marketing Analytics Dashboards

An overabundance of consumer and audience touchpoints means more information to collect and consume. But it’s worthless when not analyzed properly. That’s where marketing analytics dashboards come in.


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3 Shifts in the Modern Data Environment

This paper seeks to outline three major thought shifts concerning the modern data environment that Information Technology leaders need to understand in order to support data-driven decision making within their organizations.


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Real-Time Legacy Data Use Cases

Download this white paper to explore four real-time legacy data use cases.


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Best Practices for Data Integration in Hybrid Cloud

Download this e-book to learn more about data integration challenges and three best practices for data integration in hybrid cloud.


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What Is Augmented Analytics? Powering Your Data with AI

In this report, we precisely define what augmented analytics is, explain best practices for deploying augmented analytics, and show how you can use augmented analytics practically within real-world case studies.


TIBCO Data Virtualization: A Security Layer for Analytics

This white paper provides information about how data virtualization can be used as a security layer for analytics.


Enterprise Dimension and Hierarchy Management for BI and Big Data

When it comes to understanding the rationale behind managing enterprise dimensions, attributes, and hierarchies, many people are at a loss. This is a problem because neglecting the management of enterprise dimensions, attributes, and hierarchies will result in erroneous analysis.


The Forrester Wave: Data Security Portfolio Vendors, Q2 2019

Download the report to learn why Forrester believes IBM Security Guardium is a good fit “for buyers seeking to centrally reduce and manage data risks across disparate database environments.”


Is Your Company In Peril If Critical Data Is Breached?

Delegating data security to IT teams does not absolve the responsibility business leaders have to protect data. Forrester Consulting surveyed 150 IT, security, and risk decision makers and examined their approach to protecting their company’s critical data and information and communicating data risk to senior business executives.


Data Privacy Is The New Strategic Priority

This commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting evaluates the state of enterprises’ data privacy compliance in a shifting regulatory landscape.


The 2020 Vision: The Next Decade for Mobile Intelligence

Business professionals today expect their work environment to be as user-friendly as their consumer life, offering a simple experience and readily available information. It's not surprising that organizations have made mobile devices and integral part of the working toolkit of their employees.


Six Strategies for Data-Centric Decision Making

This checklist report focuses on six strategic issues that organizations need to address to push beyond barriers and set the stage for greater speed, confidence, and quality in data-driven decision making.


Constellation's AstroChart: Data to Decisions

Holistic, data-informed decisions require a multidisciplinary approach that incorporates performance monitoring with traditional business intelligence and analytic technologies. Data to Decisions examines the enablement of data-driven decisions across organizations.


Wisdom of Crowds Business Intelligence Market Study

This report from Dresner Advisory Services examines user attitudes and experiences when it comes to choosing and using from among the wide range of current business intelligence tools and platforms available.


Microstrategy 2019: The Platform for the Intelligent Enterprise

In a landscape defined by major skill gaps, hectic schedules, and ever-shortening attention spans, it takes both technology and technique to arm everyone with the data and intelligence they need to thrive.


7 Card Use Cases For The Intelligent Enterprise

This whitepaper explains how HyperIntelligence helps organizations operationalize their existing investments and arm everyone across the organization with intelligence.


5 Enterprise Mobility Trends to Watch in 2019

With trends such as big data, artificial intelligence and IoT dominating today’s business technology headlines, the buzz around enterprise mobility (now considered known and familiar) may have lessened, but its importance has not.


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The Data Warehouse Lives On: An Information Island Within a Data Lake

This report explores eight areas where the appropriate combination and placement of functionality and data across data warehouses and data lakes optimally supports multiple business and technical needs.


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Leveraging the Cloud for Data Warehouse Modernization

This report describes the five key technical architectural requirements that any platform for data warehouse modernization must satisfy.


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Gartner and Qlik Attunity Report: Enabling DataOps for Analytics

Data and analytics initiatives are failing because yesterday’s processes and systems can no longer meet today’s business requirements. Data pipelines are breaking and data quality is suffering. DataOps seeks to right the ship with processes and technologies that improve the speed, efficiency, and flexibility of data pipelines. Read this report to learn how DataOps applies DevOps, agile, and lean manufacturing principles to data management.


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3 Steps to a Stronger KPI Strategy

Every business leader today understands the importance of using KPIs to measure progress against goals, but with data overload, choosing metrics that matter can be a challenge.


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The Essential Guide to Data Lakes: Designing Data Lakes to Optimize Analytics

Learn how a modern data lake architecture can be designed to optimize advanced, enterprise-ready analytics.


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How to Build a Data Analytics Platform to Support your End-to-End Data Journey

In this whitepaper, we outline the key tenets of a data analytics platform.


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Modernize Your Data Warehouse

Download this e-book to learn how you can modernize your data warehouse in the cloud and improve overall efficiency.


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2019 IT Architecture Modernization Trends

While the new world is exciting and full of potential, IT executives must first make the decisions on how to invest in innovation and new solutions without reducing support for existing business-critical technology. The only possible way to meet both objectives is through modernization of IT architectures.


4 Fundamental Ways Data is Changing the Face of Business

All of today's data represents massive – and unprecedented – opportunity for business. Intelligence. Optimization. Innovation. Profitability. Growth. And competitive edge. So where do data-driven insights have the most impact? And what types of benefits can you expect to see?


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Fueling Digital Transformation with Data: 4 Approaches That Get You There Faster

The digital world has revolutionized the way we live, work, play, and shop, and every business is facing the mandate to transform. If you want to compete, you have to find ways to reinvent every aspect of your business.


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3rd-Generation Business Intelligence

No matter what it’s called, the challenge has always been the same: How can businesses analyze data to make discoveries that lead to competitive edge?


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Evaluation Guide: How to Choose the Right Modern BI and Analytics Platform

This evaluation guide aims to support IT organizations as they evaluate and select a modern BI and analytics platform suitable for a broad, enterprisewide deployment.


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What Finance Leaders Need to Know About Machine Learning

For most finance executives, machine learning and other AI tools are not topics for which school or work experience has offered any preparation.


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Success in Healthcare

Information Builders partners with healthcare firms to optimize care quality, improve cost control and revenue cycle management; increase visibility into asset utilization; improve the accuracy and consistency of patient data by helping to identify at-risk populations, and more.


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5 Ways to Boost Adoption of BI and Analytics

Download this white paper for five effective ways to promote widespread adoption of business intelligence and analytics across your enterprise.


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Success in the Mid-Market

Information Builders partners with mid-market firms to create a unified information architecture that supports core activities across the business.


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How Community Banks Achieve Profitable Growth With Data and Analytics

This white paper highlights the benefits community banks can achieve and the challenges they face when selecting and deploying analytics solutions to support their business strategies.


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Achieving a Force Multiplier and Improving Organizational Effectiveness in Law Enforcement

Can law enforcement agencies at local, state, and federal levels utilize advanced technologies to boost organizational effectiveness and promote higher levels of public safety?


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Improving Value-Based Care Through Strategic Use of Data

Healthcare professionals face many challenges when collecting, managing, and exchanging data in support of value-based care.


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Trends in Modern Data Integration

In this white paper, we’ll investigate some of the modern integration techniques that are emerging in response to new demands.


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KLAS’ Key Layers of Population Health IT

This white paper, examines the six layers of population health IT as outlined by KLAS, and discusses how enterprise success requires both a solid data management foundation and a robust analytics platform.


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How Credit Unions Achieve Profitable Growth With Data and Analytics

This white paper explains how embracing advanced analytics technologies can transform credit union operations and finance.


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Achieving Digital Transformation Using IoT and Big Data

In this white paper, we'll show you how to use IoT and big data strategically, through use cases, real-world success stories, and discuss where our technology fits in.


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The 8 Worst Practices in Master Data Management and How to Avoid Them

Download this white paper to get your organization on the right path toward a successful master data management program.


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Making a Case for Embedded Business Intelligence

Download this white paper to learn why your organization should embed business intelligence tools and how to select the right solution.


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Five Steps to Harnessing Data for Business Value

Download this white paper for a proven approach to deriving lasting value from your data, including building the foundation for renewable insights and measurable business success.


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Four Actions for a Chief Data Officer's First Year

Download this white paper to learn four key ways a CDO can demonstrate value to company leaders, as well as prove to stakeholders that data is an asset worthy of time and money investments.


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Customer-Facing BI and Analytics

Download this white paper to learn how customer-facing technologies help companies increase efficiency, reduce costs, boost customer loyalty, and even increase revenue.


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IoT Analytics: From Data Integration to Actionable Intelligence

Download this white paper for an exploration of the challenges associated with implementing actionable Internet of Things analytics and the critical role integration plays in the process.


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The Real Cost of Bad Data: Six Simple Steps to Address Data Quality Issues

Download this white paper for six simple yet highly effective steps for preventing and fixing bad data.


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Dirty Data, Broken Trust

Download this white paper for an examination of how losing trust in your data destroys economic value.


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Five Things to Focus On For Faster MDM Results

Download this white paper to find out what every successful master data management initiative needs.


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Busting 10 Myths About Data Quality Management

This white paper deconstructs 10 myths about data quality management and offers practical alternatives that can help your organization design and implement an effective data quality management strategy.


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Real-World Strategies for Big Data

Download this white paper for an exploration of the technical challenges that hinder big data success and what you need to succeed.


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Data Quality Maturity Model and Why We Need It

How do you achieve true data quality? Become proactive.


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Predictive Maintenance in Government

Learn how advanced technologies enable proactive management of machines, equipment, and other assets.


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Where the EHR Stops and Analytics Begins

Should healthcare organizations rely on electronic health record (EHR) vendors for enterprise data management, reporting, and analytics solutions?


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Data Governance in Healthcare

This white paper highlights advanced data mastering solutions supporting enterprise-scale data governance within hospitals and health networks.


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Driving Better Business Performance With a Practical Data Strategy

This paper will help you define a data strategy of your own, tailored to your organization, based on key considerations derived from our experience with tens of thousands of customers.


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Leveraging IBM Z and the z/Architecture with the IBM zIIP Specialty Engine for Mainframe FOCUS and WebFOCUS

Mainframe FOCUS leverages the system z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) engine.


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Why IT Professionals Choose Tableau for Modern BI and Analytics

This paper is written for IT and business intelligence decision makers to understand what differentiates Tableau from other analytics solutions in the market.


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The Modern Approach to Business Intelligence

This report outlines seven key attributes of the modern approach to business intelligence that will help you quickly see, understand, and share analytics.


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The Road Forward: A Roadmap for Scaling Self-Service Analytics

Self-service analytics can yield huge business and employee dividends while protecting data assets and providing the “best” source of truth out to the enterprise. New approaches demand a new methodology.


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Data Governance for Self-Service Analytics

Let’s consider the risk of data in transit—and hatch a plan for it.


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Delphix for CCPA

Achieving compliance with California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a multifaceted undertaking that requires organization-wide collaboration to address policies, technologies, and human practices associated with the management of personal data.


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