Chief Data Officer Role Shifts to Offense

Jun 15, 2015 by Barry Devlin in Big Data Analytics

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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 role, an organization’s data challenges would immediately fall into place. And because of this, a backlash has been brewing in some quarters.

Time to Focus on the Twin Pillars of Big Data 2.0

Jun 15, 2015 by Barry Devlin in Big Data Analytics

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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.  The great benefit of the Big Data wave of this decade, from my perspective, has been the elevation of the discussion, and the liberation of data...

Big Data Fuels a ‘Data First’ Movement

Jun 15, 2015 by Barry Devlin in Big Data Analytics

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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 to manage data well, and how frustrating it sometimes can be to be dependent upon the IT organization and the data warehouse for access. Can’t...

Big Data Sparks a New Industrial Age

Jun 15, 2015 by Randy Bean in Big Data

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While many financial services executives still struggle to identify compelling Big Data use cases there is another world where Big Data is yielding a big impact right now. This is the world of heavy industry, where companies like General Electric are finding many opportunities to generate...

How to Survive and Thrive in the New World Order

Jun 10, 2015 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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BI leaders need to recognize that the data warehouse is no longer the center of the universe.