Many modern organizations are recognizing how important it is to develop a data-driven culture. A data-driven culture typically describes a workplace environment and involves making information readily available to staff. The general idea in promoting a data-driven workplace culture is to increase profits by developing a business that functions in a streamlined, efficient, and friendly […]
AtScale Partners with Alation to Expand Connectivity and Promote a Data-Driven Culture
According to a new press release, AtScale has announced an expanded partnership with Alation, a leading data intelligence company, to enhance connectivity with the semantic layer. This integration allows enterprise business analysts and data practitioners easy accessibility to governed data definitions, including metrics, dimensions, and hierarchies within the organization’s semantic layer. The partner-built connector facilitates […]
Why the Future Success of Organizations Relies on Innovation from IT
Organizations are sitting on a mountain of data and untapped business intelligence, all stored across various internal and external systems. Those that utilize their data and analytics the best and the fastest will deliver more revenue, better customer experience, and stronger employee productivity than their competitors. And the organizations that can answer the tough questions […]
The Fundamentals of a Data-Driven Approach
Organizations with a data-driven approach cultivate a culture that uses data and business insights to drive all company decisions. A data-driven organization encourages all stakeholders to base everyday business activities on data and insights instead of relying on their gut. In this data-focused business environment, data analysts safely serve as the “eyes” of the business, […]
How a Modern Data Engineering Stack Can Help Create a Data-Driven Culture
Creating a collaborative, data-driven culture is one of the most important goals of many modern organizations. However, access to the data and data processing tools remains restricted to the selected few technical users or upper management echelons. Data-driven culture cannot exist without the democratization of the data. Data democratization certainly does not mean unrestricted access to all […]
Data Literacy Trends in 2022
Investing in leadership skills as well as data skills allows organizations can ensure that they can have decisive marketplace and intra-organizational impacts. The Chief Data Officer (CDO) role is only a few years old, and many organizations still don’t have a CDO. Data Literacy is an essential component to all of this. In a recent […]
How Decision-Makers Can Improve Data Literacy in Organizations
Click to learn more about author Eva Murray. In this blog we will learn what a difference decision-makers can make by being involved in the process of improving Data Literacy. Read the first blog in this series to learn about the three most important considerations for Data Literacy in your organization Data Literacy for Decision-Makers […]
Data Strategy vs. Business Strategy
For any transformational Business Strategy, data-driven intelligence must be “readily accessible, interpretable, and actionable” whenever necessary. At the macro level, a data-driven culture has to be consciously propagated throughout the organization, end-to-end. Digital businesses have acknowledged the importance of data accessibility and have embraced this culture within their business model to remain competitive. The late […]
Why Sales and Marketing Teams Should Have a Role in Data Governance
Click to learn more about author Kevin McGirl. Data occupies a curious place for many sales and marketing teams: they will happily and readily acknowledge its importance, but also treat it as the exclusive preserve of the IT department and the specialists therein. They’re happy to make use of insights, but getting to know the […]
Gartner Survey Finds Chief Data Officers Are Delivering Business Impact
by Angela Guess According to recent press release, “As the role of chief data officer (CDO) continues to gain traction within organizations, a recent survey by Gartner, Inc. found that these data and analytics leaders are proving to be a linchpin of digital business transformation. The third annual Gartner Chief Data Officer survey was conducted […]