Fresh data is usually pristine. Its data in its clearest, most accurate form straight from the customer or client. If youve put measures in place to cut back on data input errors, such as form validation, you can be reasonably sure that the newest records in your CRM are the latest and greatest. If your CRM has been active for some time, youll have a number of older records … [Read more...] about How a Chief Data Officer Can make Your Data Great
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Cloud World Forum 2015
The'Cloud World Forum, taking place on the 24th - 25th June at Olympia Grand in London,'continues to go from strength to strength, and we're looking forward to 2015 being the best year yet! Co-located with Enterprise Apps World, part of the renowned Apps World Series, we are EMEA's largest Cloud & DevOps expo! Join CEOs, CIOs, CDOs, CMOs, HR, and Finance Directors along … [Read more...] about Cloud World Forum 2015
Is Your CEO Out of Touch or Being Misled?
In January, The Economist revealed the results of a major study aimed at identifying how businesses that are successful at being data-driven differ from those that are not. Some of the findings are quite expected, and there are a few surprises. For the most part, data-driven organizations seem to be doing a lot of the very things youd expect: providing wide access to data, … [Read more...] about Is Your CEO Out of Touch or Being Misled?
Open Innovation in the Age of Big Data
This thought leadership article is brought to you by KNIME - the leading open platform for data-driven innovation. We dont want to join the usual discussion about what Big Data really is here ultimately everybodys interpretation contains a grain of truth: Big Data is essentially about huge and/or highly heterogeneous and/or semi or unstructured data. However the real issue is: … [Read more...] about Open Innovation in the Age of Big Data
What E-Retailers Need to Know About Data Analytics
E-retail is without a doubt growing rapidly in the United States as well as on a global level. E-commerce sales in 2013 accounted for 5.8 percent of total sales in the US, according to the US Census Bureau. And worldwide business-to-consumer (B2C) ecommerce sales will increase by 20.1% in 2014 to reach $1.500 trillion.With this tremendous growth in online shopping across the … [Read more...] about What E-Retailers Need to Know About Data Analytics