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We all know data is the new oil. Both data and oil are valuable resources and share a common quality; if unprocessed they cannot be used. Data and oil have to be broken down and built up again to create true value for the business. There is, however, one key difference. Whereas oil is tangible, data is not. This means that the flow of low-quality oil is traceable and will be noticed in the production process. But, what happens if there is a bad data flow in your organization?

The story of the last year+ is one of disruption and change across every aspect of our lives. As we all navigated a ‘new norm,’ businesses naturally had to pivot as well, with some sectors finding new opportunities while others scrambled to reimagine their entire go-to-market strategies.

“Data acumen” is a powerful new term. I heard it used recently in relation to a historically hard problem for the Department of Defense (DoD). The problem is the speed of data change. David Spirk, DoD’s Chief Data Officer, gave an historic keynote at GovCon Wire’s Data Innovation Forum, which was held in June 2021. He was joined by three key leaders in DoD data: Thomas Sasala (Navy), Eileen Vidrine (Air Force) and David Markowitz (Army).

Data and technology are often hailed as a magic ingredient that can help solve so many problems. But, as I discussed with Joe DosSantos on Data Brilliant – it’s just one piece of the puzzle. In order to truly navigate uncertainty, the key is widening your focus and opening up your information sources. It comes down to balancing breadth of perspective with depth of expertise.

In my previous blog posts, I’ve talked about how you can aggregate data depending on the data type, as well as how you can re-express your data to get more value from it. For this post, let’s look at some of the different ways of measuring your data.

During the product keynote at our recent QlikWorld online event, we unpacked the power of the analytics data pipeline to transform raw data into informed action. Imagine a data pipeline where information flows continuously into everyday processes, allowing your organization to seize every business moment, as it happens...

The accelerated exploitation of new technologies and data drive successful digital transformation and is key to gaining competitive business advantage. Hence, executives place a premium on innovation, flexibility and acceleration.

Many people may know me as someone who aims to find a mathematical angle in almost everything. And they wouldn’t be wrong – on my journey to bring my passion for math to the masses, I’ve even shown the mathematical angle for finding love! Yes, really – feel free to read my book on it. So, if there’s just one thing that I want people to take away from my chat with Joe DosSantos on Data Brilliant, it’s that math and data really do touch every part of our lives.

Three Divisions, With Over 8,000 SKUs, Are Leveraging Qlik Sense Enterprise SaaS to Get a Centralized View of Sales, Operations and e-Commerce Performance and Opportunities.

The world loves to talk about data, and how valuable it is. Yet, what that really refers to is insights – data by itself is meaningless, and, only from being able to extract insights that you can do something with, does raw information have value.