Data + Intelligence

According to Gartner’s 2016 CIO Agenda, “executives expect that 41 percent of enterprise revenue will come from digital business by 2020, almost double what it was in 2015.1”  Despite the overwhelming evidence that a cloud strategy is critical to the viability of an organization, many enterprises have not started a digital business transformation. Gartner offers […]

Recently I heard an interesting story about a space mission shared by Captain Scott Kelly, an astronaut who set the record for the total accumulated number of days spent in space, and was most recently in space for 340 days on an International Space Station mission. Capt. Kelly compared the two different information eras of […]

The cloud is not new, but it remains incredibly important. Yes, leaders at financial services institutions continue to worry about the cloud’s ability to meet their strict security and privacy requirements. However, threats like cyberattacks are not stopping them from moving to the cloud. There are simply too many more advantages to operating in the […]

Welcome to “Big Data and You (the enterprise IT leader),” the Enterprise Content Intelligence group’s demystification of the “Big Data” . The often missing piece of the Infrastructure as code movement emerging from the DevOps space is what we think of as DataOps. Big Data technologies are uniquely poised to fill this gap because they […]

The Internet of Things has taken the Life Sciences industry by storm, challenging norms, the status quo, standards, barriers, and most notably, regulated constraints. IoT solutions are already dramatically impacting and improving processes around clinical trials, biotech, and pharmaceutical and device manufacturing. To examine the evolving role of IoT in the industry, IBM’s Watson IoT […]

Welcome to “Big Data and You (the enterprise IT leader),” the Enterprise Content Intelligence group’s demystification of the “Big Data”.  Of the three V’s (Volume, Velocity, and Variety) of big data processing, Variety is perhaps the least understood.  The modern business landscape constantly changes due the emergence of new types of data. The ability to […]

Informatica World wrapped up last week with some exciting product discussions, including Informatica Product 360, Data Governance, and Cloud Data Management. The Informatica Cloud product team entertained business and IT on the ease of use and time to value of data readiness using Informatica Cloud including Cloud Big Data, Cloud MDM, and Cloud Data Integration. […]

Understanding your clients is paramount. The more you know about them, the more effective you can be at winning their business. For the fifth year in a row, Gartner reports that business intelligence (BI) and analytics has remained the number one priority for financial services companies. In fact, the research firm forecasts that the BI […]

An interesting take on data from “The CUBE” interviewing Anil Chakravarthy (CEO, Informatica). Until recently, technology was driven by requirements from known processes such as CRM, ERP, and HR modules. In recent years, technology such as Cloud, Big Data, and SaaS applications have been driving new business processes and identifying opportunities for improvements and new […]

The evolution of social media and mobile technology continues to shape the definition of content marketing. Eighty-six percent of brands have embraced content marketing, but their audiences remain in the driver’s seat. People generate massive amounts of content daily. Think about how much you use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or blog on a daily basis. As […]

Welcome to “Big Data and You (the enterprise IT leader),” the Enterprise Content Intelligence group’s demystification of the “Big Data” . The words “Big Data” are thrown around board rooms like a magic fix to any data related shortcomings the enterprise has. “Big Data” is not a magic wand, but the technologies which fall under […]

Oracle has expanded its Data Visualization capabilities by releasing Data Visualization Desktop (DVD).  The underlying “Visual Analyzer” technology has been part of the Oracle BI Cloud Service for over a year but is now available as a feature-rich desktop tool.  As of right now, it is included with Data Visualization Cloud Service, Business Intelligence Cloud […]