CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 2, 2023

A data and analytics capability cannot emerge from an IT or business strategy alone. With both technology and business organization deeply involved in the what, why, and how of data, companies need to create cross-functional data teams to get the most out of it. That strategy is doomed to fail. What are the layers?

Manufacturing 92

Manufacturing Data Architecture Strategy Data Strategy 92

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 12, 2023

After walking his executive team through the data hops, flows, integrations, and processing across different ingestion software, databases, and analytical platforms, they were shocked by the complexity of their current data architecture and technology stack. How is data, process, and model drift managed for reliability?

Machine Learning 139

Machine Learning Cost-Benefit Data-driven Strategy 139

IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Overview: Data science vs data analytics Think of data science as the overarching umbrella that covers a wide range of tasks performed to find patterns in large datasets, structure data for use, train machine learning models and develop artificial intelligence (AI) applications.

Data Science 83

Data Science Data Analytics Prescriptive Analytics Analytics 83

TDAN

APRIL 18, 2023

For the Enterprise Data Management Council (EDMC), I recently concluded a detailed comparison and mapping of the DMM to the DCAM with the Council’s Product Manager, employing the Soladatus modeling tool with its robust model mapping features. In this column, […]

Modeling 64

Modeling Management Enterprise IT 64

TDAN

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Data is commonly referred to as the new oil, a resource so immensely powerful that its true potential is yet to be discovered. We haven’t achieved enough with data research and other statistical modeling techniques to be able to see data for what it truly is and even our methods of accruing data are rudimentary […].

Data Architecture 52

Data Architecture Statistics Modeling IT 52

Cloudera

MARCH 28, 2024

At a time when AI is exploding in popularity and finding its way into nearly every facet of business operations, data has arguably never been more valuable. More recently, that value has been made clear by the emergence of AI-powered technologies like generative AI (GenAI) and the use of Large Language Models (LLMs).

Data Architecture 90

Data Architecture Strategy Data Lake Data-driven 90

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 16, 2022

Any enterprise data management strategy has to begin with addressing the 800-pound gorilla in the corner: the “innovation gap” that exists between IT and business teams. Most organizations (81%) don’t have an enterprise data strategy that enables them to fully capitalize on their data assets, according to Accenture.

IT 129

IT Experimentation IoT Data-driven 129

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Their role has expanded from providing business intelligence to management, to ensuring high-quality data is accessible and useful across the enterprise. In other words, they must ensure that data strategy aligns to business strategy. Building the foundation: data architecture.

Enterprise 52

Enterprise Data Architecture Data-driven ROI 52

Cloudera

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The telecommunications industry continues to develop hybrid data architectures to support data workload virtualization and cloud migration. Telco organizations are planning to move towards hybrid multi-cloud to manage data better and support their workforces in the near future. 2- AI capability drives data monetization.

Optimization 78

Optimization Data Architecture Data Governance Digital Transformation 78

Cloudera

JUNE 7, 2022

We do that on-prem with almost 1 ZB of data under management – nearly 20% of that global total. And, as Deloitte put it: “Hybrid cloud is the de facto model”. . Where data flows, ideas follow. Today, we are leading the way in hybrid data. Choose a hybrid data-first strategy to deliver value faster.

IT 109

IT Data Architecture Unstructured Data Big Data 109

Cloudera

JANUARY 30, 2024

While AI stands to drive smart intelligent factories, optimize production processes, enable predictive maintenance and pattern analysis, personalization, sentiment analysis, knowledge management, as well as detect abnormalities, and many other use cases, without a robust data management strategy, the road to effective AI is an uphill battle.

Manufacturing 79

Manufacturing Contextual Data IoT Digital Transformation 79

Cloudera

JANUARY 5, 2023

Data contains valuable insights for critical business decision-making, and the most innovative and successful organizations recognize data as a strategic resource that demands its own strategy. How this strategy looks depends on the organization’s unique business needs as one affects the other.

Cost-Benefit 52

Cost-Benefit Business Objectives Machine Learning Data Architecture 52

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 29, 2022

The data-first transformation journey can appear to be a lengthy one, but it’s possible to break it down into steps that are easier to digest and can help speed you along the pathway to achieving a modern, data-first organization. Key features of data-first leaders. 5x more likely to be highly resilient in terms of data loss.

Digital Transformation 123

Digital Transformation Strategy Data-driven Data Strategy 123

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 23, 2022

We do that on-prem with almost 1 ZB of data under management – nearly 20% of that global total. And, as Deloitte put it: “Hybrid cloud is the de facto model”. . Where data flows, ideas follow. Today, we are leading the way in hybrid data. Choose a hybrid data-first strategy to deliver value faster.

IT 85

IT Data Architecture Unstructured Data Big Data 85

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 2, 2022

Srinivasan will share Petco’s ongoing data journey at CIO’s Future of Data Summit , taking place virtually May 10-11. Focusing on creating the intelligent organization, the event will gather technology executives to discuss both strategy and concrete implementation tactics. Check out the full summit agenda here.

Advertising 91

Advertising Data Governance Insurance Strategy 91

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Realize that a data governance program cannot exist on its own – it must solve business problems and deliver outcomes. Start by identifying business objectives, desired outcomes, key stakeholders, and the data needed to deliver these objectives. Don’t try to do everything at once!

Data Governance 81

Data Governance Business Objectives Strategy Data Quality 81

TDAN

JANUARY 3, 2023

NoSQL database systems continue to gain traction, but they are still not widely understood. There is more than one type of NoSQL database and a large number of individual NoSQL DBMSs. There are more than 225 NoSQL DBMSs listed on the NoSQL Database website alone and it just is not possible to review and understand every option. […].

Modeling 84

Modeling Data Architecture IT Data Strategy 84

TDAN

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

I am surprised to see a lot of people jumping straight into logical or even physical modeling and skipping conceptual modeling. Don’t they understand the value of conceptual modeling? Don’t they understand the difference between the various levels of modeling? Or do they have cognitive limitations?

Modeling 81

Modeling Data Architecture Data Strategy Strategy 81

AWS Big Data

APRIL 19, 2023

Independent data products often only have value if you can connect them, join them, and correlate them to create a higher order data product that creates additional insights. A modern data architecture is critical in order to become a data-driven organization.

Technology 78

Technology Data-driven Machine Learning Sales 78

Cloudera

AUGUST 22, 2021

And yet I know that cloud adoption, particularly a hybrid multi-cloud model, is the way forward in navigating headwinds like global supply chain disruptions, Covid lockdowns and giving businesses a competitive edge to propel them to unimagined levels. There also needs to be a cloud-first strategy that should have buy-in from upper management.

Cost-Benefit 103

Cost-Benefit Strategy IoT Digital Transformation 103

Anmut

APRIL 6, 2023

By regularly conducting data maturity assessments, you can catch potential issues early and make proactive changes to supercharge your business’s success. Use the data maturity assessment output to decide which data assets look like they need urgent attention and resource to amend, this will inform your data strategy.

Cost-Benefit 52

Cost-Benefit Data Quality Data Governance Measurement 52

bridgei2i

JUNE 23, 2021

Here are some general functions which an AI Consulting Company will fulfill in your AI initiatives: Develop A Coordinated Data Strategy. An AI Consulting Company provides support to organizations to build the right data strategy for AI implementation. The accuracy of input data helps to maintain the output quality.

Consulting 52

Consulting Key Performance Indicator Business Objectives Data Strategy 52

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Data engineers also need communication skills to work across departments and to understand what business leaders want to gain from the company’s large datasets. Data engineers must also know how to optimize data retrieval and how to develop dashboards, reports, and other visualizations for stakeholders.

Analytics 134

Analytics Data Science Unstructured Data Data mining 134

AWS Big Data

MARCH 10, 2023

They enable transactions on top of data lakes and can simplify data storage, management, ingestion, and processing. These transactional data lakes combine features from both the data lake and the data warehouse. One important aspect to a successful data strategy for any organization is data governance.

Data Lake 98

Data Lake Sales Data Warehouse Snapshot 98

AWS Big Data

JANUARY 31, 2023

In this post, we are excited to summarize the features that the AWS Glue Data Catalog, AWS Glue crawler, and Lake Formation teams delivered in 2022. Whether you are a data platform builder, data engineer, data scientist, or any technology leader interested in data lake solutions, this post is for you.

Data Lake 78

Data Lake Data Governance Data Architecture Machine Learning 78

Octopai

APRIL 19, 2021

Strong metadata management enhances business intelligence which leads to more informed strategy and better performance. Donna Burbank is a Data Management Consultant and acts as the Managing Director at Global Data Strategy, Ltd. TDAN stands for The Data Administration Newsletter. Donna Burbank. IRM UK Connects.

Metadata 52

Metadata Management Business Intelligence Data Governance 52

BizAcuity

MAY 24, 2022

When adopting a cloud strategy, at the beginning, sky’s the limit. Without a well-thought of data strategy and framework in place, the cloud strategy could prove to be more expensive than it has to be. To try and test the platforms in accordance with data strategy and governance. No pun intended.

Data-driven 52

Data-driven Cost-Benefit Digital Transformation Strategy 52

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 9, 2022

Data engineers are often responsible for building algorithms for accessing raw data, but to do this, they need to understand a company’s or client’s objectives, as aligning data strategies with business goals is important, especially when large and complex datasets and databases are involved.

Analytics 128

Analytics Data Science Statistics Unstructured Data 128

TDAN

JULY 19, 2022

In reference to the prior column on enterprise data management and high level lego framework, this column reviews in detail the foundational layer of Organization Mission, Level 1. These six lego blocks […].

Strategy 52

Strategy Enterprise Management Modeling 52

AWS Big Data

MARCH 26, 2024

A Gartner Marketing survey found only 14% of organizations have successfully implemented a C360 solution, due to lack of consensus on what a 360-degree view means, challenges with data quality, and lack of cross-functional governance structure for customer data.

Data Strategy 66

Data Strategy Strategy Data Warehouse Prescriptive Analytics 66

Peter James Thomas

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Prelude… I recently came across an article in Marketing Week with the clickbait-worthy headline of Why the rise of the chief data officer will be short-lived (their choice of capitalisation). This may purely be focused on cultural aspects of how an organisation records, shares and otherwise uses data.

Marketing 51

Marketing Strategy Data Architecture Data Strategy 51

AWS Big Data

APRIL 26, 2023

About Huron Huron is a global professional services firm that collaborates with clients to put possible into practice by creating sound strategies, optimizing operations, accelerating digital transformation, and empowering businesses and their people to own their future.

Metadata 52

Metadata Dashboards Visualization Consulting 52

TDAN

JULY 21, 2021

There are such huge volumes of data generated in real-time that several businesses don’t know what to do with all of it. Unless big data is converted to actionable insights, there is nothing much an enterprise can do. And outdated data models no longer […].

Big Data 145

Big Data Enterprise Modeling Data Architecture 145

TDAN

JUNE 1, 2021

One of the ideas we promote is elegance in the core data model in a Data-Centric enterprise. Look at most application-centric data models: you would think they would be simpler than the enterprise model, after all, they are a small subset of it. This is harder than it sounds.

Enterprise 98

Enterprise Modeling IT Data Architecture 98

TDAN

MAY 31, 2022

In my September 2020 Data is Risky Business column for TDAN.com, I wrote about the strategy lessons for data that we can learn from the writings of a 16thcentury Japanese swordsman. To summarize: – We need to study different disciplines to understand how they relate to each other.

Strategy 52

Strategy Data Architecture Data Strategy Metadata 52

TDAN

AUGUST 1, 2023

I’m sure you’ve heard about things like natural language processing, machine learning, and large language models such as those used by ChatGPT and Google Bard. […]

Machine Learning 52

Machine Learning Modeling Data Architecture IT 52

TDAN

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Tableitis (tay-bul-eye’-tus) is a widespread condition suffered by professional data modelers, commonly called “TABLE THINK.” Most professional data modelers suffer from Tableitis… are you one of them? This condition was first recognized by yours truly, Dr. Gordon C. The symptoms are […].

Modeling 59

Modeling Data Architecture Data Strategy Business Intelligence 59