by Doug Laney | April 3, 2013 | 3 Comments
Given all the hype over Big Data and concerns of data ownership, I thought it would be interesting to explore who actually owns Big Data, no I mean really owns “big data.” Yes, the trademark. Next stop, the United States Patent and Trademark Office online database. Talk about Big Data. The database contains a treasure [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: big data, intellectual property, patent, trademark
by Doug Laney | December 26, 2012 | 2 Comments
2012 has seen an acknowledgement and mainstream awareness of the challenges of managing the burgeoning streams of information generated and available to organizations, particularly big data. In 2013, I expect the focus to shift to the challenges of developing and implementing enterprise strategies for making use of all this data. Opportunities abound for deploying information [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: analytics, big data, bigdata, infonomics, information management, innovation, new year's, planning, strategy, vision
by Doug Laney | December 20, 2012 | 7 Comments
Going into the 2012 holiday season, North Pole Inc. (ticker: XMAS), the leading global distributor of presents to good girls and boys, called upon Gartner to assess and advise on its information related needs and opportunities. STAMFORD, Conn., December 18, 2012— Over the past quarter, Gartner was given exclusive access to the operations and information systems [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: analytics, BI, big data, bigdata, business intelligence, christmas, cloud, data management, data warehouse, humor, information management, mobile, predictive analytics, santa, social media
by Doug Laney | December 18, 2012 | 3 Comments
To understand the significance of December 21, 2012 to the Mayans (and today’s mass media) it’s necessary to recognize and understand the Mayan numbering system, theology and astronomical prowess. First, the Mayan had two numbering systems which more-or-less are akin to our distinct decimal system for counting things, and our Gregorian system for counting dates. [...]
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by Doug Laney | August 15, 2012 | 4 Comments
Tobin’s q is a simple ratio first posited by Nobel-winning American economist James Tobin in the 1960s to understand the relationship between a company’s market value and the replacement value of its assets. Analysis shows that this quotient has been growing since financial statements were standardized following the Great Depression. Smoothing economic boom and bust [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: big data, data, infonomics, information, information assets, information management
by Doug Laney | March 25, 2012 | 5 Comments
The research note, Emerging Role of the Data Scientist and the Art of Data Science, I authored with colleague Lisa Kart just hit the Gartner wires this week. Since most of the data scientist role dissenters we come across seem to believe that the role’s title is is nothing more than a pretentious moniker for [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: analytics, big data, busienss intelligence, data science, data scientist, statistician
by Doug Laney | February 6, 2012 | 1 Comment
Yesterday during the on-air buildup to the Super Bowl a reporter mentioned that over one billion people were expected to watch this year’s big game. It occurred to me how few of these individuals, including some Americans, fully understand what the Super Bowl really means. The next news story was about Super PACs (a new [...]
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by Doug Laney | January 28, 2012 | Comments Off
Today the Gartner Information Management and Analytics Community held its weekly Twitter Chat, (Tweetchat, Tweetjam, TweetUp, whichever you prefer) to discuss concepts around big data, the role of the data scientist, and data quality. Over a half dozen Gartner analysts shared their ideas and research. (Where else can you get access to that many Gartner [...]
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Category: Uncategorized Tags: analytics, BI, big data, business intelligence, data quality, data science, data scientist, hadoop, information management
by Doug Laney | January 17, 2012 | 3 Comments
A major Wall Street securities ratings firm ignores the recommendations of a consultant report it paid for on rating collateralized debt obligations (CDOs)–contributing to the collapse of the mortgage industry, near-collapse of the banking industry and a multi-year global recession requiring $trillions in government (tax payer) dollars to avoid a full-blown Depression. A major video [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: asset management, data security, funding, infonomics, information assets, information security, investment
by Doug Laney | January 14, 2012 | 4 Comments
In the late 1990s, while a META Group analyst (Note: META is now part of Gartner), it was becoming evident that our clients increasingly were encumbered by their data assets. While many analysts were talking about, many clients were lamenting, and many vendors were seizing the opportunity of these fast-growing data stores, I also realized [...]
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