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The Rise of Chief Data Officers and the Fall of Database Administrators

Dataversity

The post The Rise of Chief Data Officers and the Fall of Database Administrators appeared first on DATAVERSITY. This added growth also brings added complexity, resulting in increased difficulty for database professionals to monitor application performance and mitigate issues as […].

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How Chief Data Officers Overcome Key Challenges

The Data Administration Newsletter

The role of a Chief Data Officer (CDO) is relatively new and hence, laden with many new challenges. But knowing these issues beforehand can help you be equipped to solve them.

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How Should a CDO Spend Their Time?

Dataversity

Unlike most C-Suite roles that have certain expectations, the chief data officer (CDO) role is still relatively new, which means it often needs to be defined by CDOs themselves. appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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The Analytics Sandwich: Understanding the Business Value of Data and AI

The Data Administration Newsletter

In discussions with data management professionals, conversations often veer toward the technical intricacies of migration to the cloud or algorithm optimization, overshadowing the core business objectives that originally spurred these initiatives.

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Data Speaks for Itself: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

The Data Administration Newsletter

I had a great experience attending the MIT Chief Data Officer and Information Quality Symposium in Cambridge this July. It was truly enlightening to hear from so many experienced data leaders. This year, there were 2,855 registered attendees from 63 countries, including 1,218 Chief Data Officers.

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The Evidence Act Brings Opportunity for Data Governance

The Data Administration Newsletter

Government federal agencies to designate a nonpolitical appointee as Chief Data Officer (CDO) to […] On January 14, 2019, the “Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018,” also known as the “Evidence Act,” was passed into law. The Evidence Act requires U.S.

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“Data is the closest thing to magic in the modern world…”

Timo Elliott

This is a English translation of an article by Thérèse van Bellinghen that first appeared on the SAP News Blog. . Yves Lombaerts, Sales Manager for the Belgian market, picked up our Global Innovation Evangelist Timo Elliott for an interesting ride to SAP’s offices in Brussels. Because all that info is sorted in data silos.