IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 12, 2022

My first task as a Chief Data Officer (CDO) is to implement a data strategy. Over the past 15 years, I’ve learned that an effective data strategy enables the enterprise’s business strategy and is critical to elevate the role of a CDO from the backroom to the boardroom. A data-literate culture.

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Sisense

APRIL 17, 2020

While these are worthwhile applications, one blind spot that many teams charged with these projects share is that they look at the data they have on-hand before figuring out what kind of problems they wish to solve with it. “I Experiment to guide a winning data strategy. You’ve immediately created an experiment to win.

Data Strategy 81

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Alation

MARCH 29, 2023

Alation has secured a Software Licensing Program (SLP) in California and a Department of Information Resources (DIR) in Texas. I have been in software and technology sales to the public sector for the last ten-plus years. Why is it important for public entities to modernize their data management strategies?

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 5, 2023

Before organizations map an architectural approach to data, the first thing that they should understand is data intelligence. David Linthicum, chief cloud strategy officer at Deloitte Consulting and a contributor to InfoWorld, will delve into strategies that deliver real business value – a mandate that every IT leader is facing now.

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Smart Data Collective

AUGUST 23, 2022

Are you running a company with a focus on big data? One survey showed that 32% of companies have a formal big data strategy. These companies tend to be far more profitable than businesses that do not utilize big data. However, some companies have to learn the hard way that desiring to utilize big data is not enough.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 28, 2024

In response, many organizations are focusing more on data protection , only to find a lack of formal guidelines and advice. While every data protection strategy is unique, below are several key components and best practices to consider when building one for your organization. What is a data protection strategy?

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Smart Data Collective

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

However, they never imagined that big data technology would have the impact that we have witnessed in recent years. More companies are using big data to drive business decisions than ever before. However, many companies still neglect to have formal data strategies […]

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Andrew White

JUNE 13, 2021

Your data strategy will be out of date as a result. To readers of this blog and for many of our clients the value of data is a hot, but not new, topic. Being part of the data and analytics team, we research where and how data is used to create new insight. But synthetic data is a substitute with risks.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 22, 2023

In today’s interconnected digital landscape, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are instrumental in ensuring seamless communication between software systems. Gartner studies indicate that by 2025, half of all data theft will be attributed to unsecured APIs. Utilize industry-standard protocols like OAuth 2.0 SQLi and RCE).

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Andrew White

MARCH 25, 2022

The same large cloud service providers (CSPs) are building out software services ecosystems on their cloud infrastructures for businesses. If this new EU law were to take shape an independent software vendor (ISV) might commercially work with you. The same kind of “lock-in” and control might be expected.

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IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Without an AI strategy, organizations risk missing out on the benefits AI can offer. An AI strategy helps organizations address the complex challenges associated with AI implementation and define its objectives. What is an AI strategy? A successful AI strategy should act as a roadmap for this plan.

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Smart Data Collective

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

You can reach your customers through various channels in the age of big data , such as social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. However, email marketing can still provide a high ROI when you use the right strategies and implement them properly. Here are some ways big data is enabling email marketers.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 1, 2022

Without an overall strategy for modernization, companies risk mismanaging their edge-to-cloud data efforts, either overprovisioning, which incurs unnecessary costs, or underprovisioning, which impedes their ability to fully deliver for customers or hit key business goals.

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Smart Data Collective

APRIL 20, 2021

An overwhelming majority of the business executives surveyed, at 81 percent, acknowledge the importance of big data adoption as a differentiator. However, only 20 percent consider their digital transformation strategies effective. Ineffective digital transformation through poor data utilization.

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 25, 2023

To do so, Presto and Spark need to readily work with existing and modern data warehouse infrastructures. Now, let’s chat about why data warehouse optimization is a key value of a data lakehouse strategy. The rise of cloud object storage has driven the cost of data storage down.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 23, 2024

Not only does this require highly specific, high-demand skill sets, it may also call for specialized IT infrastructure and software tools—not to mention a sound data strategy. The Advent of MLaaS Getting started with AI techniques such as ML is challenging.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 24, 2024

If your organization is looking to refresh data centers, consolidate within an existing private, public, hybrid cloud or multi-cloud environment or be more efficient on-premises, Turbonomic can help accelerate the process. Learn more about IBM Turbonomic The post Time for a data center refresh? Figure 3: continuous storage placement 4.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 4, 2024

Some prospective projects require custom development using large language models (LLMs), but others simply require flipping a switch to turn on new AI capabilities in enterprise software. “AI Webster Bank is following a similar strategy. Data is the lynchpin to AI success,” says Nafde. Diasio agrees.

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Smart Data Collective

JANUARY 9, 2022

However, despite the benefits big data provides, companies that are using it are in the minority. Only 30% of companies have a well-defined data strategy. An even smaller number of companies have a data strategy that is supported by the company leadership. They will be more likely to invest in it.

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Smart Data Collective

JULY 20, 2022

A growing number of businesses use big data technology to optimize efficiency. However, companies that have a formal data strategy are still in the minority. Only 32% of executives have officially laid out a data strategy to drive their organization. How Can You Use Lean Thinking with Big Data?

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Smart Data Collective

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

A growing number of companies have leveraged big data to cut costs, improve customer engagement, have better compliance rates and earn solid brand reputations. The benefits of big data cannot be overstated. One study by Think With Google shows that marketing leaders are 130% as likely to have a documented data strategy.

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Smart Data Collective

JANUARY 27, 2022

More businesses than ever are transitioning to data-driven business models. Research has shown that companies with big data strategies are 19 times more likely to become profitable. Unfortunately, some businesses have made poor decisions when instituting a data strategy. In the world of IT, change is constant.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 30, 2023

And we’ll let you in on a secret: this means nailing your data strategy. All of this renewed attention on data and AI, however, brings greater potential risks for those companies that have less advanced data strategies. This involves a mindset shift, and, of course, a comprehensive data strategy.

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Smart Data Collective

JULY 26, 2023

Big data has become an invaluable aspect to most modern businesses. Nevertheless, many companies have been reluctant to Harvard Business Review reports that only 30% of businesses have a data strategy. However, companies with data strategies are far more successful than those without.

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Smart Data Collective

JANUARY 9, 2023

Here is a strategic approach to maximize your data’s value. Before understanding how this particular strategy can help organizations maximize their data’s value, it’s important to have a clear understanding of AI and machine learning. Accurately Informing Marketing Strategies. What Is AI and Machine Learning?

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 1, 2023

Questa spesa si rivolge, innanzitutto, verso l’ Intelligent Data Processing (34%) , che comprende tutte quelle soluzioni che permettono di estrarre ed elaborare informazioni di valore dai dati, strutturati o meno, soprattutto nell’ambito delle analisi predittive. Anche lo smartphone ha l’IA. Lo usiamo tutti, ma non ci pensiamo”, nota Saracco.

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datapine

JANUARY 24, 2021

It is not just important to gather all the existing information, but to consider the preparation of data and utilize it in the proper way, has become an indispensable value in developing a successful business strategy. That being said, it seems like we’re in the midst of a data analysis crisis.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 16, 2022

From the factory floor to online commerce sites and containers shuttling goods across the global supply chain, the proliferation of data collected at the edge is creating opportunities for real-time insights that elevate decision-making. The concept of the edge is not new, but its role in driving data-first business is just now emerging. “You

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Smart Data Collective

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

One survey published on CIO found that less than a third of companies have reported that big data has buy-in from top executives. If you are running a business that has not yet adapted a data strategy, you should keep reading. You will get a better sense of the reasons that you should make investing in big data a top priority.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI are putting more pressure on analytics and IT leaders to get their houses in order when it comes to data strategy and data management. The majority of people we speak to say AI is moving their data management priorities ahead — it’s accelerating it.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Since it deals with high-tech data acquisition, via LiDAR, photogrammetry, and other means, the geospatial division will likely be more digitally enabled in its current state than other divisions, and may have a strong appetite (and strong client appetite) for further digitization.

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Cloudera

AUGUST 16, 2023

Our goal was to create a more competency-based approach and more comprehensive tools and support to help partners guide their customers adopting modern data strategies based on the Cloudera hybrid data platform. Remember when we announced our redesigned partner program Cloudera Partner Network (CPN) last year?

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Among the various strategies at our disposal, automation stands out as a pivotal solution,” she says. “In CIOs will feel pressure to help develop strategies around it to stay ahead of competitors and enable their business.” Having an up-to-date data strategy is critical to the success of any CIO,” she says. “We

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 29, 2022

Launching a data-first transformation means more than simply putting new hardware, software, and services into operation. True transformation can emerge only when an organization learns how to optimally acquire and act on data and use that data to architect new processes. Key features of data-first leaders.

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Smart Data Collective

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Google has shown how to use big data effectively for decision-making , but many other companies don’t understand the principles to follow. Far too many businesses fail to develop a sensible data strategy, so their ROI from their data collection methodologies is often subpar. Guide to Creating a Big Data Strategy.

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Data Science 101

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

I said, “maybe” and asked for some data. I was presented with tons of data about software bugs and defects. I tried to explain the data was not very helpful for this problem. I kept getting this response, “but it is a lot of data.” Create A Data Strategy.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 27, 2024

Le aziende italiane investono in infrastrutture, software e servizi per la gestione e l’analisi dei dati (+18% nel 2023, pari a 2,85 miliardi di euro, secondo l’Osservatorio Big Data & Business Analytics della School of Management del Politecnico di Milano), ma quante sono giunte alla data maturity?

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