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The Case For 'Data Governance'

Jul 06, 2016 I have long had an aversion to the term, “Data Governance.” As one senior executive put it, “it sounds like ‘Data Government,’ and that can’t be good!”...

Randy Bean

July 06, 2016

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How Time-to-Insight Is Driving Big Data Business Investment

Jan 28, 2016 They say the time is money.  Reducing time-to-insight rather than saving money is the primary driver for Big Data business investment according to the...

Randy Bean

January 28, 2016

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The Rise and Fall of the Data Professional Class?

Oct 09, 2015 We hear a lot these days about the new data professional class, with large corporations rushing to add chief data officers and other data specialists to...

Randy Bean

October 09, 2015

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Next Generation Data Integration: Data Curation

Aug 29, 2015 Around the time Chris Anderson introduced the “long tail” to the masses in a 2004 Wired cover story, MIT’s Erik Brynjolfsson and others were studying...

Randy Bean

August 29, 2015

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Big Data Fuels a ‘Data First’ Movement

Jun 15, 2015 Having spent many years as a first hand practitioner on both the technology and the business side of the data fence, I can attest to how difficult it is...

Barry Devlin

June 15, 2015

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Developing the Right Data Strategy for Your Organization

Jun 15, 2015 Advances in technology have enabled us to capture and manage more data than ever. Technology has even enabled us to create a lot more data than ever...

Randy Bean

June 15, 2015

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Chief Data Officer Role Shifts to Offense

Jun 15, 2015 For some firms, the chief data officer has been seen as a quick fix, a silver bullet – as if, by virtue of establishing the position and filling the...

Barry Devlin

June 15, 2015

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Time to Focus on the Twin Pillars of Big Data 2.0

Jun 15, 2015 While many executives claim to loath the term Big Data, they should nonetheless appreciate that the term has resonated from Wall Street to Main Street....

Barry Devlin

June 15, 2015