Entries Tagged as 'information management'
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 | 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 | 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 [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: analytics, BI, big data, business intelligence, data quality, data science, data scientist, hadoop, information management
