Breaking down walls is an evocative image, rich in emotional content, as it calls up the idea of a free world without barriers. Like many rhetorical devices, this metaphor can be easily transported to other domains, like data, for example….
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With so much valuable data potentially available, it can be frustrating for organizations to discover that they can’t easily work with it because it’s stuck in disconnected silos. Limited data access is a problem when organizations need timely, complete views…
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In many businesses today, data complexity is already a challenge with more and more data stores both on-premises and in the cloud as well as thousands of possible data sources. The days of just having a data warehouse and some…
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One constant trend of society is its continuous evolution into more intricate systems, with processes, markets, products and consumer needs becoming more and more complex over time. A common strategy for organizations to handle this increasing complexity has been specialization:…
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Imagine you’ve been walking in the Alps on a hot summer’s day, you’ve reached the highest point of your trek and you come across the crystal clear water of a mountain lake, who wouldn’t want to jump in? In the…
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While companies focus on obtaining a holistic view of their data to make insight-driven decisions, chief data officers struggle with the uncontrollable growth of hundreds of data silos and different information systems that prevent them from delivering true business value….
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Faster-than-the-hare Proliferation of Technologies Spawns Data Silos and Creates Headaches for IT and Business Alike. What’s the panacea? Technology innovation is great—it has helped drive down costs, reduced the size and complexity of gadgets, increased our productivity, and enhanced the…
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If I asked someone about the first location that will come to their mind when I mention the word “technology,” anyone who has been around for the past ten years would say “Silicon Valley.” In fact, the valley is such…
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At a recent NYC roundtable panel for Chief Data Officers, global Business Process Management (BPM) company, WNS, mentioned that they see common pain points across their customer spectrum. Namely, that big data and the IoT are creating an exponential growth…
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