24 January, 2013
What’s Your Strategic Intent For Big Data?
Like many new information technologies, Big Data can bring about dramatic cost reductions, substantial improvements in the time required to perform a computing task, or new product and service offerings. Which of these benefits are you seeking…
Publication: WSJ.com
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15 January, 2013
Seeking CMOs: Must Know Big Data And Digital Marketing
The most sought after marketers today are experts in Big Data and Digital Marketing. I recently spoke with Dick Patton and Rory Finlay of Egon Zehnder to find out how marketers should navigate this new playing field…
Publication: Forbes
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15 January, 2013
What Are The Keys To Analytical Success?
This is an excerpt from the book, “Secrets of Analytical Leaders: Insights from Information Insiders,” by Wayne Eckerson. The analytical leaders profiled in this book describe many keys to success. This chapter summarizes their keys to running an effective analytics program, while subsequent chapters dive into greater detail on the…
Publication: Information Management
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15 January, 2013
After Flat Year, BI Goes On The Move
The business impact of BI software and practices have plateaued for some, though 2013 brings huge opportunities with mobile access, according to a just-released BI adoption assessment…
Publication: Information Management
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14 January, 2013
Prioritizing Data Visualization Software KPIs
By prioritizing your key performance indicators and fine-tuning your data visualization software’s dashboard, your dashboard will become much more effective than before…
Publication: RedEplan
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14 January, 2013
Protecting Information In The Cloud
As attractive as cloud environments can be, they also come with new types of risks. Executives are asking whether external providers can protect sensitive data and also ensure compliance with regulations about where certain data can be stored and who can access the data. CIOs and CROs are also asking…
Publication: McKinsey Quarterly
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14 January, 2013
Why IT Fumbles Analytics
In their quest to extract insights from the massive amounts of data now available from internal and external sources, many companies are spending heavily on IT tools and hiring data scientists. Yet most are struggling to achieve a worthwhile return. That’s because they treat their big data and analytics…
Publication: HBR
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14 January, 2013
9 Questions To Ask Before Signing A Cloud Computing Contract
What’s negotiable, what’s not in a cloud computing arrangement…
Publication: Forbes
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14 January, 2013
Mobile BI Is A No Brainer In 2013
Mobile Business Intelligence is a no-brainer. By the end of 2013, 72% of business executives will have tablets as their main means of consuming an Organization’s KPI’s and other analytics, scorecarding, etc…
Publication: Art of BI
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14 January, 2013
SAP’s Co-CEO Bill McDermott Talks HANA
Last week, SAP hosted a global launch event to announce that the three-year effort to convert its entire suite of business applications to the cloud — and to the HANA architecture — was complete. Following that announcement, Bill McDermott, SAP co-CEO, sat down with Arik Hesseldahl from All Things D…
