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The story quickly went viral, demonstrating the impact that poor data quality can have. Poor data quality is the unintended consequence of data silos and a lack of data and analytics governance. Technology alone is insufficient to solve the bigger problem of data and analytics governance. A Gartner survey found that organizations believe poor data quality cost them an average of $11.8 Many also confuse what is and isn’t master data. MORE
This month’s Insights Beat focuses on the latest research in our insights-driven playbook; showcases multiple data, analytics, and machine-learning vendor evaluations; and shines a light on B2B analytics techniques. Is Your Data Strategy Lacking? MORE
Leverage Channel Data To Give Partners A Better Experience: Winning In The Channel Requires Data-Driven Program Innovation Brands that provide an enhanced partner experience grow faster than their peers, are more profitable, and drive higher customer satisfaction and retention downstream. MORE
CIOs need to understand what they are going to do with big data Image Credit: Merrill College of Journalism Press Releases. The Challenge Is What To Do With The Data. Changes like “big data” often don’t happen all by themselves. The post Are You Ready For Big Data? MORE
In this episode of 5 Minutes with @NYIke, I share a four-step process to start getting your organization more data-driven. agile data cio citizen development data management data scientist future of work leadership organizational change MORE
Augmented analytics is just one of the top 10 technologies Gartner has identified with the potential to address these and other major data and analytics challenges in the next three to five years. Digital transformation has put data at the center of every organization. 6: Data fabric. MORE
Data and analytics leaders cannot master today’s opportunities and challenges of digital business using yesterday’s roles and organization design. Chief data officers (CDOs) consistently mention lack of relevant skills or staff as one of the top internal roadblocks to success. Data and analytics ranked first among tech-related skills that CEOs will need most. Algorithmic business is creating new responsibilities and roles for those managing data and analytics. MORE
In a post titled Data Mining – A Cautionary Tale , I share the idea that data mining can be dangerous by sharing the story of Cornell’s Brian Wansink, who has had multiple papers retracted due to various data mining methods that aren’t quite ethical (or even correct). MORE
A few days ago, I delivered a Forrester webinar on external data: why you need it, how best to find it, and how to effectively buy it. Take a look at the replay: WEBINAR: Think You’re Doing Data Sourcing Right? MORE
Christine was recently appointed chief data officer (CDO) in a retail organization in the U.K. to develop a data-driven strategy. CDOs need to create concrete, measurable metrics that link data and analytics initiatives to information, business and stakeholder value. MORE
For those of you that might be new to data, keep this small (but extremely important) thing in mind – beware data mining. What is data mining? Data mining is the process of discovering information and patterns in data. irci’s initial review of the data. “I MORE
I remember a few years ago when, as enterprise architects, we sat around in the office of the VP of architecture and planned our data strategy on the whiteboard. Enterprise data model? The dreaded data governance plan? MORE
Should a K-12 education system collect data from school laptops to assess student performance? Or a car manufacturer collect and share data on vehicle trips to inform smart city programs? Shift the organization’s data governance mindset. Become a data ethics thought leader. MORE
I’m regularly asked about how to get started with big data. My response is always the same: I give them my big data roadmap for success. Most organizations want to jump in a do something ‘cool’ with big data. Build a data lake (and utilize it). MORE
Want to be a data science rockstar? It isn’t being able to write AI algorithms from scratch or analyze terabytes of data in minutes. Why do I need to communicate to be a data science rockstar? Person 1: She’s been a data scientist for 4 years. MORE
The world has become a world of data. According to Domo , the majority of the data (roughly 90% of it) that exists today has been created within the last two years. That’s a lot of data. Actually…that’s a LOT of data. That’s the data way. MORE
If you were to ask me a year ago what I would point to as a best practice for data governance, my response would be to look at what financial services firms do to meet their regulatory requirements. MORE
Big data has moved from buzzword to being a part of everyday life within enterprise organizations. An IDG survey reports that 75% of enterprise organizations have deployed or plan to deploy big data projects. That’s where a Chief Data Officer (CDO) enters the picture. MORE
That’s essentially how a data-driven business functions when there is no data literacy. If no one outside the department understands what is being said, it doesn’t matter if data and analytics offers immense business value and is a required component of digital business. By 2020, 50% of organizations will lack sufficient AI and data literacy skills to achieve business value. In short, the ability to “speak data” will become an integral aspect of most day-to-day jobs. MORE
What do you think of when you hear the term ‘data modeling’? Just typing ‘data modeling’ almost made me go to sleep. Data modeling has many different definitions and connotations. You don’t have a data strategy? MORE
It’s T minus two weeks to Forrester’s 2nd Data Strategy & Insights Forum in Austin, TX. Over 300 data and analytics leaders will gather to share, learn and get inspired! For those of you who have already registered and planning to attend, you answered one key question during the registration process: What is your top […]. MORE
Some organizations need a little help with data literacy – getting their feet on the ground. Maybe they can’t seem to move the bar in terms of using data to make decisions. Or they sense their employees struggle to understand; they’re not so self-assured when it comes to data. MORE
It’s not hard to see the signs that the data economy is heating up. They mine their own data, yet increasingly they want incremental insights that drive further differentiation and competitive advantage. Virtually all decision makers want to be insights-driven. MORE
Data literacy — the ability to read, write and communicate data in context — is among the most important abilities for organizations today. By 2020, 80% of organizations will initiate deliberate competency development in the field of data literacy. “By By now, most organizations have identified the need to build a data-driven organization,” says Alan D. This is reflected by the increasing appointment of chief data officers (CDOs). Business value of data. MORE
agile data AI cio data management data scientist digital transformation leadership organizational change MORE
Architects can choose, and do, a primary cloud service provider and/or Hadoop system to house their data. Moving, transforming, cataloging and governing data is a different story. data management master data management metadata management cloud data catalog data governance data profiling hadoop lineage MORE
Take a Look at Your Data , I discuss the importance of data quality and data management in an organization’s digital transformation efforts. What is data quality? … To be of high quality, data must be consistent and unambiguous. MORE
We’ve seen the promise of what enhanced data, analytics, and AI capabilities can do for businesses, but firms are struggling to truly maximize their impact. Data and analytics leaders want to shift into high gear, but many factors are holding them back. age of the customer big data business intelligence customer insights data analysis data insights data mining and collection data science employee experience Information architecture MORE
If you go to most business leaders to discuss data governance, you are likely to get a glazing stare that screams, "What the heck are you talking about?" Data policies? Data security? Data quality? Data cataloging? Master data management? MORE
There’s a recurring assumption in discussions about internet of things (IoT) platforms: The platform providers make their money by mining insights from data loaded into their platform. MORE
Discover the themes and topics we'll be tackling at this year's Data Strategy & Insights Forum. advanced analytics analytics applications artificial intelligence (AI) customer analytics data insights data management data quality & data governance predictive analytics privacy web analytics promoted MORE
As companies navigate through murky waters amid global health and economic headwinds, as a data and analytics leader, it may feel like there are many things that are out of your hands today. MORE
While not as life-and-death as the above questions, data preparation is just as important to proper data analytics as learning the basics of driving before getting behind a wheel. Data preparation is important. The Importance of Data Preparation. MORE
Data sharing remains crucial to team and organizational performance, yet organizations report that they struggle with how to create a trusted data-sharing culture. Resist data hoarding. An overly risk-averse approach to data sharing can create a lack of access to key data. MORE
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If you go to most business leaders to discuss data governance, you are likely to get a glazing stare that screams, "What the heck are you talking about?" Data policies? Data security? Data quality? Data cataloging? Master data management?
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It’s not hard to see the signs that the data economy is heating up. They mine their own data, yet increasingly they want incremental insights that drive further differentiation and competitive advantage. Virtually all decision makers want to be insights-driven.
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Augmented analytics is just one of the top 10 technologies Gartner has identified with the potential to address these and other major data and analytics challenges in the next three to five years. Digital transformation has put data at the center of every organization. 6: Data fabric.
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NOVEMBER 13, 2019
Christine was recently appointed chief data officer (CDO) in a retail organization in the U.K. to develop a data-driven strategy. CDOs need to create concrete, measurable metrics that link data and analytics initiatives to information, business and stakeholder value.
Speaker: Alex Rasmussen, CEO, Bits on Disk
If you want to make your development team squirm, ask them about database schema changes or API versioning. Most development teams struggle with changing database schemas and updating API versions without breaking existing code. Alex Rasmussen is an expert in helping teams through these struggles. His talk will examine database schema changes and API versioning as two instances of schema evolution: how your systems respond when the structure of your structured data changes.
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In this episode of 5 Minutes with @NYIke, I share a four-step process to start getting your organization more data-driven. agile data cio citizen development data management data scientist future of work leadership organizational change
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In a post titled Data Mining – A Cautionary Tale , I share the idea that data mining can be dangerous by sharing the story of Cornell’s Brian Wansink, who has had multiple papers retracted due to various data mining methods that aren’t quite ethical (or even correct).
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Data sharing remains crucial to team and organizational performance, yet organizations report that they struggle with how to create a trusted data-sharing culture. Resist data hoarding. An overly risk-averse approach to data sharing can create a lack of access to key data.
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The story quickly went viral, demonstrating the impact that poor data quality can have. Poor data quality is the unintended consequence of data silos and a lack of data and analytics governance. Technology alone is insufficient to solve the bigger problem of data and analytics governance. A Gartner survey found that organizations believe poor data quality cost them an average of $11.8 Many also confuse what is and isn’t master data.
Forrester IT
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There’s a recurring assumption in discussions about internet of things (IoT) platforms: The platform providers make their money by mining insights from data loaded into their platform.
Speaker: Robert Starmer, Cloud Advisor, Founding Partner at Kumulus Technologies
Trace Data - Visualizing application traces to understand application interactions. Moving to micro-services, or even working with distributed applications in a traditional environment, brings with it a host of interactions that are often difficult to understand.
Forrester IT
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As companies navigate through murky waters amid global health and economic headwinds, as a data and analytics leader, it may feel like there are many things that are out of your hands today.
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This month’s Insights Beat focuses on the latest research in our insights-driven playbook; showcases multiple data, analytics, and machine-learning vendor evaluations; and shines a light on B2B analytics techniques. Is Your Data Strategy Lacking?
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I remember a few years ago when, as enterprise architects, we sat around in the office of the VP of architecture and planned our data strategy on the whiteboard. Enterprise data model? The dreaded data governance plan?
Eric D. Brown
JANUARY 3, 2019
For those of you that might be new to data, keep this small (but extremely important) thing in mind – beware data mining. What is data mining? Data mining is the process of discovering information and patterns in data. irci’s initial review of the data. “I
Eric D. Brown
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
Take a Look at Your Data , I discuss the importance of data quality and data management in an organization’s digital transformation efforts. What is data quality? … To be of high quality, data must be consistent and unambiguous.
Forrester IT
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It’s T minus two weeks to Forrester’s 2nd Data Strategy & Insights Forum in Austin, TX. Over 300 data and analytics leaders will gather to share, learn and get inspired! For those of you who have already registered and planning to attend, you answered one key question during the registration process: What is your top […].
Eric D. Brown
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I’m regularly asked about how to get started with big data. My response is always the same: I give them my big data roadmap for success. Most organizations want to jump in a do something ‘cool’ with big data. Build a data lake (and utilize it).
Forrester IT
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If you were to ask me a year ago what I would point to as a best practice for data governance, my response would be to look at what financial services firms do to meet their regulatory requirements.
CEB IT
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Should a K-12 education system collect data from school laptops to assess student performance? Or a car manufacturer collect and share data on vehicle trips to inform smart city programs? Shift the organization’s data governance mindset. Become a data ethics thought leader.
Forrester IT
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
Discover the themes and topics we'll be tackling at this year's Data Strategy & Insights Forum. advanced analytics analytics applications artificial intelligence (AI) customer analytics data insights data management data quality & data governance predictive analytics privacy web analytics promoted
CEB IT
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Data literacy — the ability to read, write and communicate data in context — is among the most important abilities for organizations today. By 2020, 80% of organizations will initiate deliberate competency development in the field of data literacy. “By By now, most organizations have identified the need to build a data-driven organization,” says Alan D. This is reflected by the increasing appointment of chief data officers (CDOs). Business value of data.
Eric D. Brown
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
Big data has moved from buzzword to being a part of everyday life within enterprise organizations. An IDG survey reports that 75% of enterprise organizations have deployed or plan to deploy big data projects. That’s where a Chief Data Officer (CDO) enters the picture.
Eric D. Brown
JULY 26, 2016
While not as life-and-death as the above questions, data preparation is just as important to proper data analytics as learning the basics of driving before getting behind a wheel. Data preparation is important. The Importance of Data Preparation.
Social, Agile and Transformation
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What do you think of when you hear the term ‘data modeling’? Just typing ‘data modeling’ almost made me go to sleep. Data modeling has many different definitions and connotations. You don’t have a data strategy?
Forrester IT
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Architects can choose, and do, a primary cloud service provider and/or Hadoop system to house their data. Moving, transforming, cataloging and governing data is a different story. data management master data management metadata management cloud data catalog data governance data profiling hadoop lineage
CEB IT
JANUARY 24, 2019
Data and analytics leaders cannot master today’s opportunities and challenges of digital business using yesterday’s roles and organization design. Chief data officers (CDOs) consistently mention lack of relevant skills or staff as one of the top internal roadblocks to success. Data and analytics ranked first among tech-related skills that CEOs will need most. Algorithmic business is creating new responsibilities and roles for those managing data and analytics.
CEB IT
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
That’s essentially how a data-driven business functions when there is no data literacy. If no one outside the department understands what is being said, it doesn’t matter if data and analytics offers immense business value and is a required component of digital business. By 2020, 50% of organizations will lack sufficient AI and data literacy skills to achieve business value. In short, the ability to “speak data” will become an integral aspect of most day-to-day jobs.
Forrester IT
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Some organizations need a little help with data literacy – getting their feet on the ground. Maybe they can’t seem to move the bar in terms of using data to make decisions. Or they sense their employees struggle to understand; they’re not so self-assured when it comes to data.
Forrester IT
JANUARY 11, 2019
Leverage Channel Data To Give Partners A Better Experience: Winning In The Channel Requires Data-Driven Program Innovation Brands that provide an enhanced partner experience grow faster than their peers, are more profitable, and drive higher customer satisfaction and retention downstream.
Eric D. Brown
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Want to be a data science rockstar? It isn’t being able to write AI algorithms from scratch or analyze terabytes of data in minutes. Why do I need to communicate to be a data science rockstar? Person 1: She’s been a data scientist for 4 years.
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MAY 15, 2019
CIOs need to understand what they are going to do with big data Image Credit: Merrill College of Journalism Press Releases. The Challenge Is What To Do With The Data. Changes like “big data” often don’t happen all by themselves. The post Are You Ready For Big Data?
Eric D. Brown
OCTOBER 3, 2017
The world has become a world of data. According to Domo , the majority of the data (roughly 90% of it) that exists today has been created within the last two years. That’s a lot of data. Actually…that’s a LOT of data. That’s the data way.
Forrester IT
OCTOBER 10, 2019
We’ve seen the promise of what enhanced data, analytics, and AI capabilities can do for businesses, but firms are struggling to truly maximize their impact. Data and analytics leaders want to shift into high gear, but many factors are holding them back. age of the customer big data business intelligence customer insights data analysis data insights data mining and collection data science employee experience Information architecture
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