Businesses around the globe are struggling to do more with less as budgets tighten, uncertainty looms, and talented workers can be scarce. At the same time, the finance function is emerging as a strategic pillar in many organizations. Companies are generating more data than ever before, and it’s falling on the finance team to make sense of the meaning behind all those numbers.

Last week ThoughtSpot took big steps toward further focusing our pricing on a single metric: customer value. In the course of my career, I’ve worked at many companies, and seen countless products, packages, and editions launched. Often, these initiatives are guided by what’s in it for the company: how do we get better margins, cross or upsell products together, or maximize revenue?

At least every few years, utility companies release squadrons of drones into the skies to digitally photograph hard-to-reach equipment and check for wear and tear. Around the world, there are 3 million miles of high-voltage transmission lines – enough to go from the moon and back half-a-dozen times – and as much as 64 million miles of local transmission lines; that represents a lot of images, and even more data.