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A steadfast community in an ever-changing data landscape

IBM Big Data Hub

There are still not enough data experts out there, even as the world of data evolves rapidly. We started the Summer School for Data Leaders five years ago to create a community for data experts to share ideas and relate to people facing similar challenges. Data ethics is top of mind. The community is growing.

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#ClouderaLife Volunteer Spotlight: Alex Campos, Principal Technical Leader, Spain

Cloudera

My goal was to create a space for data enthusiasts in Latin America to share knowledge with others.” Alex and Max teamed up with Federico to launch a big data conference chapter in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with over 400 attendees. He started delivering more content on data to local universities. It was amazing!

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It’s Not Just the Data, It’s Also the People: CDO Tips from the Data Radicals Podcast

Alation

If you’re a newly minted chief data officer (CDO), congratulations! Your organization recognizes there’s value to be mined from your data — even if they don’t know how or even where to start mining — and they’ve anointed you as the tip of the spear (or the pickaxe, depending on your approach). Doing Data Diplomacy.

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Enterprise data visibility: a different look on dark data from every angle

erwin

In a recent global intelligence survey of 1,300 IT, business and executive leaders, more than half estimated that “dark data” comprised 55% or more of their organization’s data – that’s data that is uncaptured, unknown and unused within the organization. Data governance teams.

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Training the Next Generation of Data Leaders: The Data Intelligence Project

Alation

Our platform combines data insights with human intelligence in pursuit of this mission. Susannah Barnes, an Alation customer and senior data governance specialist at American Family Insurance, introduced our team to faculty at the School of Information Studies of the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (UWM-SOIS), her alma mater.

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Ten Ways to Make your Team more Data Driven

Jet Global

The Importance of Data-Driven Finance Leaders. To meet this shift in roles, the new breed of Finance leader is increasingly becoming data-driven, combining quality data drawn from multiple sources to put strategic decisions in context and choose the highest-impact business direction. So, how data-driven is your team?

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Self-Service Data’s New Frontier: The Data Catalog

Alation

REFLECTIONS FROM THE GARTNER BI & ANALYTICS SUMMIT I hate to admit that the last time I attended the Gartner BI & Analytics Summit, Howard Dresner was still the host. The energy at the conference was amazing – over 2,000 attendees and 100 vendors gathered to find our inner data heroes. Department of Education.