Cloudera Doubles Down: Unveils New Strategy

Apr 14, 2015 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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Cloudera has streaked to the top of the Hadoop data management market. This article examines its current strategy to stay ahead of the pack. The keys? Focus on business applications and high-growth markets to support a land-and-expand strategy, while adding product utilities to help Cloudera...

What Makes a Good BI Director?

Apr 05, 2015 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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It goes without saying that a director of business intelligence (BI) leads the BI program. But what isn’t said enough—or at all –is the kinds of leadership skills a BI director must possess to succeed in the role. The BI director is the proverbial “purple person”—not “blue” in the business or...

Risk Series: IT Factors of Competitive Advantage in Uncertainty Part 2

Mar 24, 2015 by Michael Gonzales, Ph.D and And Maria Barulina, Ph.D in Data Science

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The first part of this Risk series introduced the scope of IT competitive advantage.  In Part 2, we focus our efforts on the accurate risk assessment for competitive advantage and further define its factors, including: Leadership, Skill, Infrastructure, and Risk.  Doing so provides a unique,...

SAS Stays a Step Ahead

Mar 17, 2015 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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Although SAS was founded more than 35 years ago, it’s now coming into its own. Or rather, the mainstream market is finally coming to SAS.  This article discusses SAS’ careful evolution and innovation of technologies, products and applications that will help companies turn data into insights and...

Information Architecture and the Human Dimension, Part 2

Mar 12, 2015 by Barry Devlin in Information Architecture

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Over the past few years, information architecture has been undergoing something of a volte-face. The traditional paradigm of “begin from the business need” is being displaced by “start with the data”, focusing information architects on the human dimension of information for decision making support.