The Speed of Analytics

Thoughts on how long it takes to turn raw data into insights.

members-only post Jun 07, 2017 2-min read

As someone who's attended more than his fair share of tech conferences over the years, I've heard the follow refrain more times that I can count:

“It takes our organization too long to make sense of our data.”

Typically, I hear this from attendees in hallway side conversations, not from speakers who claim to know all of the answers. But why such a gap between theory and practice?

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