Given the circumstances we all need to face nowadays, CDO Exchange 2020 was organized last week in an adjusted online way. Regardless of the non-traditional approach, this still turned out to be an interesting forum for leaders active in the data domain (CDO – Chief Data Officers and others). The event was chaired by Bloor Research […]
Summer is here and the longer days it brings means more time available to spend with a ripping read. That’s how it ideally works at least. We selected 3 valuable books worth your extra time. The Chief Data Officer’s PlaybookThe issues and profession of the Chief Data Officer (CDO) are of significant interest and relevance to organisations […]
The Dutch bank Rabobank has implemented a creative way of using customer data, without having to request permissions. If you are one of their customers and they use your data with internal tests to develop new services, there is a chance that you will get a different name. With special software data is pseudonymized and […]
By 2021, the CDO Role Will Be the Most Gender Diverse of All Technology-Affiliated C-level Positions.As the role of chief data officer (CDO) continues to gain traction within organizations, a recent survey by Gartner, Inc. found that these data and analytics leaders are proving to be a linchpin of digital business transformation. The third annual Gartner Chief […]
Forrester Research recently published The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Data Virtualization, Q4 2017 report. The firm profiled 13 vendors in this report. The last Wave on this topic was published a while ago, March 2015, with 9 vendors. Here is an overview of what has changed in the last two-and-a-half years.Data Virtualization Market has ExpandedAccording to this […]
Fishing in a lake and a data lake are much the same. Data scientists must not only go where the fish are for big data insights, but also find a way to quickly build the data pipeline that turns raw data into business results.When fishing it doesn’t matter how good of a fisherman you are—you’re […]
Business intelligence & analytics today have dramatically shifted from the traditional IT-driven model to a modern self-service approach. This is due to a number of changes, including the fact that the balance of power has steadily shifted from IT to the business, and also the fact that the business community has new access to more […]
The buzz about “big data” is here for a couple of years now. Have we witnessed incredible results? Yes. But maybe they aren’t as impressive as previously believed they would be. When it comes down to Big Data, we’re actually talking about data integration, data governance and data security. The bottom line? Data needs to […]
The new digital environment as well as a tough regulatory climate force the financial industry to adapt its business model in order to meet the demands of investors, regulators and customers. Today we mainly want to address the aspects of customer experience that traditional bankers ought to reflect on copying – or even exceeding. Because […]