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Are You Ready For Big Data?

The Accidental Successful CIO

CIOs need to understand what they are going to do with big data Image Credit: Merrill College of Journalism Press Releases. As a CIO, when we think about big data we are faced with a number of questions having to do with the importance of information technology that we have not had to deal with in the past.

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Courage and Curiosity: Valuable Attributes for Women in Big Data

Cloudera

Last week we held our third Women In Data Webinar, and what a session it was! We were honored to welcome Justyna Lebedyk, Senior Product Owner Big Data, Commerzbank AG, who posed the question “Does diversity win?” . So fast forward to some years later and I joined a new team, Big Data.

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Big Data Project Management: Data Must Flow!

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I'm currently researching big data project management in order to better understand what makes big data projects different from other tech related projects. So far I've interviewed more than a dozen government, private sector, and academic professionals, all of them experienced in managing data intensive projects.

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Big Data Project Management: What’s In & What’s Out?

CTOvision

Here’s something to think about when you're planning a big data project: are you planning a project or a program ? Relatively self-contained big data projects may be tied to an ongoing process or program that is already developing or delivering a product or service. A program is something ongoing and relatively permanent.

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Atos contemplates fire sale as break-up plan falters

CIO

Negotiations over the sale of its legacy infrastructure services business are dragging on, and the company is contemplating the sale of more profitable activities such as its big data and security business to meet debt repayment obligations. billion and €1.8 billion from Airbus.

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Today’s best CIOs are strategy wranglers

CIO

In the aughts (2000s), the leadership focus for IT was “strategic alignment” — that is, linking IT’s strategy to the business. 2024 is going to be a big year for political, economic, and technology decisions. IT Leadership, IT Strategy Just this past year another strategy must-have arrived to upend nearly every organization.

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Big Data Management: A Few Pointers First-Timers Should Remember

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There is no doubt about it, data is becoming vital for small and large companies. One of the major reasons data is becoming more important probably deals with its power to save money and optimize performance. Still, to many, using big data is pretty new, so it might be a good idea to consider the following tips […].