CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 19, 2025

Mark Brooks, who became CIO of Reinsurance Group of America in 2023, did just that, and restructured the technology organization to support the platform, redefined the programs success metrics, and proved to the board that IT is a good steward of the dollar. What role is data playing in RGAs profitability and growth?

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 23, 2024

But because of the infrastructure, employees spent hours on manual data analysis and spreadsheet jockeying. We had plenty of reporting, but very little data insight, and no real semblance of a data strategy. This legacy situation gave us two challenges.

Enterprise 119

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DataKitchen

JANUARY 6, 2021

Improvement of a key metric may provide the justification that you need to secure investment in a larger DataOps program. James Royster led Data Strategy and Operations for the Otezla brand at Celgene, a pharmaceutical company recently acquired by Amgen. About the Author. James Royster.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 21, 2025

By embedding AI into data analysis frameworks, organizations can unlock unprecedented capabilities in healthcare diagnostics, manufacturing quality control, and marketing optimization, turning raw data into strategic competitive advantages, says Ashwin Rajeeva, co-founder and CTO of Acceldata.

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AWS Big Data

MARCH 26, 2024

The following figure shows some of the metrics derived from the study. A Gartner Marketing survey found only 14% of organizations have successfully implemented a C360 solution, due to lack of consensus on what a 360-degree view means, challenges with data quality, and lack of cross-functional governance structure for customer data.

Data Strategy 79

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 2, 2023

Drive KPIs and data-driven decisions without a data strategy Building digital products, improving customer experiences, developing the future of work , and encouraging a data-driven culture are all common digital transformation themes. The five derailments I focus on here fall within the CIO’s responsibilities to address.

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BizAcuity

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Business intelligence consulting services offer expertise and guidance to help organizations harness data effectively. Beyond mere data collection, BI consulting helps businesses create a cohesive data strategy that aligns with organizational goals.

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Smart Data Collective

APRIL 20, 2021

As mentioned, only a fifth of the business executives surveyed considers their digital transformation strategies effective. The study reveals a number of reasons behind this reported ineffectiveness of big data strategies that don’t get utilized.

Big Data 125

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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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Alation

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

We continue to discover why organizations with a top-tier data culture lead their competitors. In a statement that captures this point, Gartner predicts that by next year, “organizations that promote data sharing will outperform their peers on most business value metrics.” Tip #1: A Good Data Strategy Starts With People.

Data Strategy 52

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Smart Data Collective

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

These metrics are typically narrow in scope, such that they can’t tell you everything about the progress of your campaign. Including more data points, or showing more granular detail aren’t necessarily good things. Your data strategy should be oriented toward actionable insights. Actionable insights.

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Occam's Razor

JUNE 25, 2012

Though Europe is our primary focus, regardless of where you are located you'll learn about web privacy, data collection, optimal tool decisions and how best to plan your data strategy. Web Data Collection Context: Cookies and Tools. Implication on the Visits metric: You get the best case scenario of a Visit.

Data Collection 131

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Alation

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Yet, so many companies today are still failing miserably in implementing data strategy and governance protocols. Why is your data governance strategy failing? So, why is YOUR data governance strategy failing? Common data governance challenges. Incomplete data. Lack of focus on the right areas.

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TDAN

JUNE 15, 2022

Occasionally, I pick up on trends in my peripheral vision. These are trends that aren’t in the center of my professional field of view, but are out there on the edges. Obviously, these trends are in the center of someone’s field of view, and there are people out there who make a living tracking technology […].

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 12, 2023

Downstream teams can create strategy drift without a clearly defined and managed execution strategy; is the strategy staying consistent, evolving, or beginning to drift? What metrics are used to understand the business impact of real-time AI? Real-time AI is a science project until benefits to the business are realized.

Machine Learning 145

Machine Learning Cost-Benefit Data-driven Strategy 145

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 8, 2024

Like other data-driven initiatives, Souza says Digital Athlete uses data rather than hunches and instinct to understand what’s happening on the field during games and practices. The first thing is having a data strategy, having a foundation of data, and then asking questions of it.”

Analytics 118

Analytics Broadcasting Predictive Analytics Machine Learning 118

Cloudera

AUGUST 13, 2021

Every enterprise is trying to collect and analyze data to get better insights into their business. Whether it is consuming log files, sensor metrics, and other unstructured data, most enterprises manage and deliver data to the data lake and leverage various applications like ETL tools, search engines, and databases for analysis.

Analytics 111

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 6, 2023

To wit, two-thirds of enterprises do not have a data strategy. And among the companies that do have a strategy, just 14% of their employees “have a good understanding of their company’s strategy and direction.”

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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

APRIL 30, 2022

Data technology has changed the reality of business. More companies are trying to incorporate data analytics into their business models. However, only 13% of companies feel they are delivering on their data strategies. Companies need to use the right software applications to make the most of their data.

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Smart Data Collective

APRIL 21, 2022

Data analytics can help with the UX process. However, you have to have the right data strategy in place to do this effectively. Here are five ways you can improve the UX of your website with big data. Data analytics can help you figure out how customers are interacting with your negative space.

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Data Analytics Analytics Big Data Machine Learning 131

Smart Data Collective

OCTOBER 21, 2020

While email providers are using AI and other big data technology to filter spam, smart businesses can use data strategies to improve email deliverability on their own ends. In this post, we’ll discuss how you can improve email deliverability with new data technology to boost your business.

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Data-driven Big Data Machine Learning Metrics 106

Occam's Razor

MARCH 23, 2021

The benchmark for the beautiful metric AVOC is 15.3%. Now repeat this across many, many metrics, for many dimensions, in the three clusters you see above. So what does a strongly proactive and truly influential data strategy at the bleeding edge look like? Here’s an example. If it is below 10%, then stop.

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Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 3, 2008

If you want to have a move your career forward in web analytics (from a Metrics Analyst) here are the four options for you (and yes they all will help you make more money, some more than others): |1| Technical Individual Contributor. Manager, Web Metrics. I am getting to how you can increase your salary part. Manager, Web Analytics.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 16, 2024

This includes traditional governance structures like steering committees and tracking delivery and value creation metrics that we care most about, along with an executive council that owns decisions around prioritization of our technology investments. What’s been your approach to developing a data strategy?

Technology 119

Technology Strategy Enterprise Metrics 119

Srividya Sridharan

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Our team is busy gearing up for the Data Strategy & Insights 2019 Forum in about three weeks. My co-RD Gene Leganza and I are having some great speaker prep conversations, and we’ve been lucky to get a sneak peek into how these industry speakers are making an impact in their organizations by leading the […].

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Analytics Data Strategy Strategy Consulting 18

Octopai

JUNE 9, 2024

This challenge is especially critical for executives responsible for data strategy and operations. Here’s how automated data lineage can transform these challenges into opportunities, as illustrated by the journey of a health services company we’ll call “HealthCo.”

IT 52

IT Data-driven Predictive Analytics Data Strategy 52

Sisense

MAY 11, 2021

In this article, we’ll dig into what data modeling is, provide some best practices for setting up your data model, and walk through a handy way of thinking about data modeling that you can use when building your own. Building the right data model is an important part of your data strategy. Discover why.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 21, 2022

Quantitative analysis: Quantitative analysis improves your ability to run experimental analysis, scale your data strategy, and help you implement machine learning. Product intuition: Understanding products will help you perform quantitative analysis and better predict system behavior, establish metrics, and improve debugging skills.

Unstructured Data 137

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 18, 2022

“If you have your data in different tools, based on a private cloud or public cloud, you’re going to run into barriers,” notes Pat Reardon, director, HPE GreenLake ISV ecosystem. Managing those environments separately is inefficient and creates data silos that make it hard to advance a singular data strategy.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

It’s the foundational architecture and data integration capability for high-value data products. Data and cloud strategy must align. High-value data products can have board-level KPIs and metrics associated with them. Data Management

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AWS Big Data

APRIL 3, 2024

Many organizations already use AWS Glue Data Quality to define and enforce data quality rules on their data, validate data against predefined rules , track data quality metrics, and monitor data quality over time using artificial intelligence (AI). option("header", "true").option("inferSchema",

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Anmut

MAY 12, 2022

Executive teams want results fast, and without tangible proof that data strategies and investments are making a difference, they often have to move onto the next thing, and sometimes the next CDO. Data investment drives tremendous business value. Frame all problems, solutions, and success metrics in a business context.

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AWS Big Data

JULY 13, 2023

This allows for transparency, speed to action, and collaboration across the group while enabling the platform team to evangelize the use of data: Altron engaged with AWS to seek advice on their data strategy and cloud modernization to bring their vision to fruition.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 5, 2024

Set your holistic gen AI strategy Defining a gen AI strategy should connect into a broader approach to AI, automation, and data management. Here are five best practices to get the most business benefit from gen AI.

ROI 124

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AWS Big Data

AUGUST 1, 2024

The success criteria are the key performance indicators (KPIs) for each component of the data workflow. This includes the ETL processes that capture source data, the functional refinement and creation of data products, the aggregation for business metrics, and the consumption from analytics, business intelligence (BI), and ML.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 19, 2022

Data that is accurate and easily accessible gives organisations the traction they need to target customers and deliver information or engagement without delay. Chemist Warehouse is one company that has turned around its data strategy with the help of NEXTDC strategists.

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