Posts Tagged ‘Business’

From Data Managers to Platform Providers

We are seeing evidence of an important pattern: the creation of internal service platform to meet the data science and analytic needs of organizations.

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Noteworthy Links: Artificial Intelligence

Interested in how AI is being applied out in the real world? Check out these stories, ranging from fighting food insecurity, to a very low-level version of a butler.

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SVDS Data Strategy: New Video Available

We’re happy to announce that we have produced Developing a Modern Enterprise Data Strategy as a video product, available from O’Reilly Media and Safari Books Online.

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How Mature Are Your Data Capabilities?

In a previous post on data maturity, we discussed a company that was just embarking on a transformation: launching a new services business and building data capabilities to support that business. But what if you’re not starting from the beginning?

How to Choose a Data Format

In this post we provide a framework for choosing a data format, and provide some example use cases.

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Realize the Business Power of Your Data with DevOps

If you are on the path to being a data-driven company, you have to be on the path to being a development-enabled company.

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Data Pipelines in Hadoop

In this post we’ll look at some real world examples of managing headaches while moving to Hadoop.

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Minding Your Data Gaps

In this post we look at how to visualize data gaps, and engage senior leadership.

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Understanding Your Data Maturity

No two situations are the same, but we have found one truism: making a data transformation successful requires much more than simply getting the technology right.