If you are as confused as most about various database technologies in play, here is a slightly dated map of technologies available. All credits to 415 Research. The real question is, how far away are we from the world where the focus in Big Data changes from technology stack to apps. When can we have…
Product Management Approach To Business Analytics Strategy
Historically, many organizations viewed data and analytics as a support function; one that provides reports, develops complex models, and helps make other functions smarter. However, according to a research report – High performing enterprises are 4.6x more likely than underperformers to agree that data is driving their business decisions High performance enterprises consistently analyze more…
Interesting Digital Transformation Soundbites
In the spirit of 50th Superbowl in Bay Area this weekend, here is some “sports talk” around digital transformation. Great presentation. My favorites – “Having digital strategy will soon look as ridiculous as having electricity strategy” “This isn’t waste of money, it is necessary cost of change” “Data is the new oil” (even though with…
The G Word – A Case for Lean Data “Governance”
Data Governance is one of those most misunderstood concepts. A lot of BS fills up around this word in many companies. A host of companies suck at this. In fact, Gartner had made some really drastic predictions in this area in 2012, such as – by 2016, 20 percent of CIOs in regulated industries would…
2015 State of Business Analytics – Interesting Research Reveals Fascinating Trends
I came across this fascinating research report – commissioned by salesforce.com and published on forbes.com. 2015 State of Analytics Here are some key themes and takeaways plus my own observations based on personal experience. Between 2015 and 2020, the number of data sources analyzed will jump 83% Number of sources actively analyzed by businesses has…
Data Science Driven Segmentation
According to wikipedia, segmentation is a marketing strategy which involves dividing a broad target market into subsets of consumers, businesses, or countries who have, or are perceived to have, common needs, interests, and priorities, and then designing and implementing strategies to target them. Segmentation allows companies to better target marketing messages (emails, ads) and interventions…
Bloomberg Research on Adobe’s Information Management Transformation
The following is link to Bloomberg Research article on Adobe’s strategy to accelerate cloud business transformation with Information Management. This is partly based on my presentation in SAP HANA user group. Adobe Gets Personal with Customer Excerpts: “A key piece of Adobe’s data strategy is Adobe Dash, a business intelligence platform that connects data…