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The Rise of Chief Data Officers and the Fall of Database Administrators

Dataversity

The post The Rise of Chief Data Officers and the Fall of Database Administrators appeared first on DATAVERSITY. This added growth also brings added complexity, resulting in increased difficulty for database professionals to monitor application performance and mitigate issues as […].

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How Should a CDO Spend Their Time?

Dataversity

Unlike most C-Suite roles that have certain expectations, the chief data officer (CDO) role is still relatively new, which means it often needs to be defined by CDOs themselves. appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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Top Challenges and Opportunities for Chief Data Officers

Sisense

And while organizations are trying to bridge the skills gap by hiring data scientists, data analysts, and data engineers, some are giving these highly technical individuals a seat in the C-suite in the form of the chief data officer (CDO). Clearly, data is becoming more important to organizations.

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“Data is the closest thing to magic in the modern world…”

Timo Elliott

This is a English translation of an article by Thérèse van Bellinghen that first appeared on the SAP News Blog. . Yves Lombaerts, Sales Manager for the Belgian market, picked up our Global Innovation Evangelist Timo Elliott for an interesting ride to SAP’s offices in Brussels. Because all that info is sorted in data silos.

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How Chief Data Officers Overcome Key Challenges

The Data Administration Newsletter

The role of a Chief Data Officer (CDO) is relatively new and hence, laden with many new challenges. But knowing these issues beforehand can help you be equipped to solve them.

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Data Speaks for Itself: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

The Data Administration Newsletter

I had a great experience attending the MIT Chief Data Officer and Information Quality Symposium in Cambridge this July. It was truly enlightening to hear from so many experienced data leaders. This year, there were 2,855 registered attendees from 63 countries, including 1,218 Chief Data Officers.

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Increasing the Business Impact of Data Management Using Force-Field Analysis

Dataversity

This article introduces Force-Field Analysis (FFA) [1], a tool that one of us (Tom) has used for many years to help understand and summarize the impacts of multiple factors in the data space. The post Increasing the Business Impact of Data Management Using Force-Field Analysis appeared first on DATAVERSITY.