Data isn’t just a piece of an organization’s business. It is the business – its fuel, fodder, and force. This past year bore witness to a growing recognition of that fact, which is so important to bringing attention to the need to aggressively define and refine Enterprise Data Strategy. We asked data experts and thought […]
Fed Agency Chief Data Officers Emerge as Big Data Heroes
by Angela Guess A new press release reports, “MeriTalk, a public-private partnership focused on improving the outcomes of government IT, today announced the results of its new report, “Calling the Plays: The Evolving Role of the CDO and Federal Big Data.” The study, underwritten by ViON Corporation, reveals Chief Data Officers (CDOs) are changing the […]
RWDG Webinar: Corporate Data Governance – The CDO is the Data Governance Chief
To view just the slides from this presentation, click HERE>> About the Webinar The CDO is a relatively new and evolving role. Many CDO job descriptions detail specific Data Governance responsibilities. Some CDO job descriptions read all-data-governance and all-the-time. It has become obvious. The CDO is the new chief of Data Governance. In this Real-World […]
RWDG Slides: Corporate Data Governance – The CDO is the Data Governance Chief
RWDG Slides: Corporate Data Governance – The CDO is the Data Governance Chief from DATAVERSITY To view the On Demand recording of this presentation, click HERE>> About the Webinar The CDO is a relatively new and evolving role. Many CDO job descriptions detail specific Data Governance responsibilities. Some CDO job descriptions read all-data-governance and all-the-time. […]
2017 Predictions for Data Quality and Data Governance
The need in Enterprise Data Governance is to identify, develop, and structure organizational goals, governance practices, roles, and responsibilities for maximizing the earned benefits from those efforts. Global enterprises can no longer afford to procrastinate on possible Data Quality control approaches; they have to act now. In fact, Gartner warned that by the end of […]
Data Science Predictions for 2017
Data is now creating opportunities for business growth and profit like never before. In the last decade, the emergence of advanced data technologies and superior analytics tools has made it possible for business operators to reap numerous benefits from their data assets, yet for most they’ve only just scratched the surface of data’s potential. Data […]
The Nation’s First CDO, DJ Patil, on Data Science
by Angela Guess Chau Tu writes in Science Friday, “It’s been only eight years since DJ Patil—then the data and analytics lead at LinkedIn—co-coined the term “data scientist,” but the profession has already become one of the most popular in the country. Patil has long been involved in the data industry. As a doctoral student […]
5 Questions for IBM’s CDO
by Angela Guess Inderpal Bhandari, IBM’s new Chief Data Officer, recently answered five questions about the position in Forbes. Bhandari starts with a basic description of the job: “The role of chief data officer (CDO) is a new role in the C-suite as organizations use big data and analytics to transform their business models and […]
Press Release: DATAVERSITY Announces Third Annual CDO Vision Event on Data Strategy, Innovation, and Leadership
San Diego, CA – DATAVERSITY Education, LLC, announced the launch of the third annual CDO Vision, a conference designed to provide Chief Data Officers (CDOs) and senior information executives with an advanced-level educational program on Data Strategy, Innovation, and Leadership. The two-day conference will be held at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina on […]
Does Your Business Need a CDO?
by Angela Guess Lisa Morgan recently opined in Information Week, “There’s a new sheriff in town and the title is chief data officer, or CDO. Found most often in regulated industries, the CDO is sometimes hired to help a company improve regulatory compliance, data management, and data governance. In other organizations the role may also […]