Wayne Eckerson Speaks on the Power Shift in BI

Jul 30, 2015 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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Internationally recognized thought leader, Wayne Eckerson, delivered a keynote speech at TDWI Boston on July 30, 2015. He argued persuasively that to stay relevant in a fast-changing business and data environment, business and analytic leaders need to recognize that they and their teams are no...

Wayne Eckerson Speaks on the Power Shift in BI - TDWI Boston Keynote

Jul 30, 2015 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

ABSTRACT:

Internationally recognized thought leader, Wayne Eckerson, delivered a keynote speech at TDWI Boston in July, 2015. He argued persuasively that to stay relevant in a fast-changing business and data environment, business analytic leaders need to reach out and partner with other data analytics...

Data Wrangling, Information Juggling and Contextual Meaning, Part 2

Jul 28, 2015 by Barry Devlin in Information Architecture

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Reducing preparation and cleansing time for data scientists is imperative, and is driving a whole new set of software tools to help. But first, it requires a reinterpretation of the concepts of data, information, context, knowledge and meaning. This is the second article in a series exploring...

Analytics is Not the Whole Answer

Jul 20, 2015 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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Organizations can survive without analytics, but they can’t make it through a single day without BI. BI does the blocking and tackling in a data-driven organization. It cleans and integrates data; it delivers reports and dashboards that support the business on a day-to-day basis; it tracks the...

McKinsey Maps the Value of the Internet of Things

Jul 17, 2015 by Eric Rogge in Internet of Things

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The McKinsey paper “Internet  of Things: Mapping the Value Beyond the Hype” moves beyond the hyperbole surrounding Internet of Things and attempts to quantify and specify where it will bring value to business and consumers.  It specifies use scenarios for which specific sets of IoT solutions...