I’ve news for all the budding data scientists out there; you have missed the boat! All is not lost however, as producing a 'painting' covering the story of its journey is likely to reap more rewards to your business in the...
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The business case for Big Data - Part 3: Mind the Gap!
Today, an organisations ability to continuously blend external sentiment against internal operational efficiency is tantamount to survival. Your big data business case is nearly complete having focused on the revenue potential at your...
Read moreThe business case for Big Data - Part 2: Big Trouble Little Interfaces!
Inconsistent interactions between functions across our organisation, manifest themselves as a plethora of IT interfaces with high ongoing operating costs to annually maintain. Could the famous phrase by Donald Rumsfeld and, an unstructured...
Read moreThe business case for Big Data - Part 1: One customer at a time
So, you have the CFO on your back, the COO has you cornered in the elevator and, the CMO is instant messaging you to ask what all this Big Data fuss is about. You need benefits, you need numbers and, you need to deliver a story, one customer at a...
Read moreThe Information Management Practice of Tomorrow, Today
How the big data start-up and harnessing information as THE corporate asset is now critical to corporate competitiveness in 2013 and beyond. I have recently blogged about the Big Data Start-up and, the fact that to effectively establish...
Read moreTo choose your Big Data Sponsor, be a Geek!
How the adaptation of ‘Geek logik’ thinking can help you choose the best executive sponsor for your next Big Data idea. Calculating the Big Data X-Factor Any approach to implementing a Big Data initiative will require change in how...
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How to 'hit the ground running' with Big Data Traditional approaches to Information Management usually do not apply when attempting to implement a Big Data initiative in your organisation. That does not mean it needs to be more...
Read moreBig Data success needs Big Metadata transparency
Eisenhower once said, "In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable". If the new battle is that of Big Data with revenue generation, cost reduction and/or risk mitigation the outcome,...
Read moreThe 4th 'V' of Big Data and why it matters
We have recently discussed the importance of the 3 V's of Big data, Velocity, Volume and Variety but, what about 'the 4th V' which is information VALUE? A case of more haste less speed? How can we possibly embark on a Big Data project in the...
Read moreGoodbye CIO, Hello Consumerization of IT. You must be joking right?
From New York to Shanghai, from industry think-tanks through to IT vendors, rumour has it, that the future of IT and, the role of our esteemed CIO is under threat and, all, from the perceived comfort a colleagues favorite smartphone near...
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