Understanding Big Data
What Can Our Organization Learn From Amazon, Netflix, Facebook, and Google?
30-Second Pitch
It seems to be a massive deal, but how do we separate the hype from the reality?
Overview
To be sure, Big Dataโthe massive amounts of largely unstructured information flying at us faster than everโoffers tremendous promise. Unfortunately, thereโs just as much hype and confusion around the topic. As a result, many chief execs are justifiably wary of the subject. Few want to spend millions of dollars on another failed โIT project.โ
What to do?
In this talk, I highlight the main points from my 2013 book Too Big to Ignore.
Speaking About Big Data in San Francisco, 2017
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What Attendees Will Learn
In this talk, I answer the following questions:
- Forget all the jargon and technical terms. In plain English, just what is Big Data, anyway?
- What are its major characteristics?
- How does it differ from traditional enterprise data?
- Which companies have pulled ahead from the rest, and what can we learn from them??
- Is data really the new oil?
- What are some of Big Dataโs biggest opportunities?
- What about the privacy, security, and other concerns?
- Whatโs on the horizon?
Next Steps
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