Click to learn more about author Mathias Golombek. I think there are three key things you can do to make sure you take the right approach to Big Data Analytics in the cloud. These days everyone is talking about Big Data in the hope that it will transform their business and many now see the […]
Why Your Enterprise Data Strategy Should Be a Hybrid
Click to learn more about author Neil McGovern. Many enterprises are still finessing their data strategies, and more often than not organizations are found comparing data warehouses and data lakes as standalone solutions. To that I say, why not do both? According to PwC’s recent data optimization survey, the top data challenges in the enterprise […]
Nine Ways to Strike a Balance Between Data Sharing and Security
Click to learn more about author Julie Furt. Protecting your organization’s data is complex. Data privacy laws like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) come with stiff penalties for mishandling protected information. In 2018, Anthem paid a record $16 million to settle HIPAA violations that exposed data of nearly 79 million […]
The University of the Future: Five Ways to Use Data and Analytics to Start Your Online Degree Program
Click to learn more about author Eric Spear. The face of the higher-education student is changing. In the past, the majority of college students were fresh out of high school or another undergraduate program, but 2018 statistics show that 74% of American undergrads are considered “nontraditional” students. With nontraditional students comes the need for higher-education […]
Enterprise Data World 2019: Gorillas, Puzzles, Courtrooms, and Hats
“Context: Better understanding something by taking into account the things around it,” said Jeff Jonas during his Wednesday afternoon keynote at the 23rd annual Enterprise Data World (EDW) 2019 Conference (co-presented with DAMA International) from March 17-22, 2019 at the Sheraton Boston Hotel in Boston, MA. Context is the key that allows data professionals, and […]
Graphic Art Recordings at Enterprise Data World 2019
For the fourth year in a row, Hannah Sanford of Hannah Sanford Studios wowed the crowd at the Enterprise Data World Conference by graphically recording many of the key conference sessions. Her illustrations present a visual storyboard of the primary elements discussed during a given presentation, with the most important points detailed in a fascinating […]
How to Become a Data-Driven Enterprise
Click to learn more about author Matthew Baird. Over the past few years, becoming “data-driven” has emerged as a popular objective for organizations across a variety of industries. Simply put, being data-driven involves leveraging existing operational and customer data as well as external data sources for both tactical and strategic decision-making. Such an approach complemented […]
Cloud Infrastructure Strategy: Laying the Foundations for Success
Click to learn more about author Lex Boost. Historically it was a heavy lift for many businesses to embrace cloud services. Obviously, that’s no longer the case – most businesses do not need convincing. In fact, users now require in-depth arguments why not to push everything into a flexible pool of resources. But an optimal […]
What is Data Value and Should it be Viewed as a Corporate Asset?
Click to learn more about author Asha Saxena. A lot has changed since the 1950’s when the average age of a publicly traded company listed on the S&P 500 has gone down from being 60 years old to now less than 20 years old according to research from Credit Suisse investor analysts. Companies that are embracing […]
How to Get Your Board Members to Love Big Data
Click to learn more about author Oksana Sokolovsky and Rohit Mahajan. As folks in the technology business, we tend to see the best possibilities for emerging technologies; we can easily visualize how the latest and greatest can be used to make us more productive and profitable. Even when we’re hesitant to be the first to […]