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Think Your Company Doesn’t Need a Chief Data Officer? Here Are 7 Reasons Why It Does

Cloudera

Adding another position may not be terribly appealing, but there is one C-suite role every company should consider—chief data and analytics officer (CDO or CDAO). Data is the lifeblood of modern business, the fuel that powers digital transformation, and every company should have a data strategy.

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Eyes on Data: An Approach to Measure Data ROI

TDAN

For data managers, the struggle is especially familiar. The difficulty is convincing decision makers to invest in data when measures of data’s value either do not exist or feel too ambiguous to estimate. Justifying any significant business investment is challenging.

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How data, AI and automation can transform the enterprise

IBM Big Data Hub

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.

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What Stands Between IT and Business Success? Data Complexity

CIO Business Intelligence

Most organizations (81%) don’t have an enterprise data strategy that enables them to fully capitalize on their data assets, according to Accenture. IT funding might be on the rise, but the ROI for the business from technology investments isn’t as high as it should be. Data Management, IT Leadership

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The Benefits Of Doing A Data Maturity Assessment

Anmut

By regularly conducting data maturity assessments, you can catch potential issues early and make proactive changes to supercharge your business’s success. Understanding your data landscape Data maturity assessments help organisations understand the strengths and weaknesses of their data, across different business areas and geographies.

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Sharpening Cloudera’s Cloud Focus in Asia Pacific and Japan

Cloudera

This makes it tougher to understand the app dependencies and accurately assess for feasibility, costs, implementation and ultimately generate ROI. There also needs to be a cloud-first strategy that should have buy-in from upper management. The strategy should also be understood and embraced by the entire organization.

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Migrating Data to the Cloud: Things You Need to Know

Alation

With a good plan and a modern data catalog, you can minimize the time and cost of cloud migration. Source: Webinar with data expert Ibby Rahmani: Emerging Trends in Data Architecture: What’s the Next Big Thing? Alation & Global Data Strategy). Data Strategy Drives Cloud Strategy.