Tag Archives: CIO

Big Data Unleashed Part 4: What Does “Mobile” Have To Do With Big Data?

 In my last blog, I discussed five areas of considerations for your information management agenda with Big Data. In the next three blogs, I will discuss how three secular trends, namely, Mobile, Cloud and Social are driving the evolution of Big Data.  In this blog, part four of the series, let’s explore “Mobile”. There are [...]

Why CIOs Need to Take Control Of Customer Data With MDM

CIOs are no longer expected to be mere IT housekeepers who keep the lights on in the data center. More and more, they’re expected to help drive business innovation and transformation, function as strategic partners with the business and materially contribute to bottom-line performance. One critical area in which CIOs can make a major business [...]

2011 Cloud Integration Predictions: Hybrid Platform Adoption, Private Cloud Confusion

In my last post I scored my 2010 cloud integration predictions. I’d say it was a solid B. While the spate of acquisitions in the market helped shine a light on the opportunity for data integration delivered as an on-demand service, I’d characterize 2010 as a year of line of business-driven cloud integration adoption. My [...]

Cloud Integration Predictions in Review

As is the custom, before I dive into my predictions for next year, I thought I’d look back and see how I did with my 2010 cloud integration predictions. Last year I predicted that: 1)  There will be an increased need for best-of-breed cloud data integration solutions. I also predicted that we’d see an emergence of online [...]

The Value Of A Sentiment

Like many CIO’s, I’m in the midst of building my 2011 plan. Every year, I challenge my team to come up with the next big idea for our organization. As we improve our thinking year-over-year, I enjoy reading the analyst research to get their opinions on where the trends are and what we should consider doing.