Archive for the ‘Throwback Thursday’ Category

CDO FAQ

This month’s Throwback Thursday feature looks at some frequently asked questions about the role of the Chief Data Officer. An updated report will be forthcoming in September.

One Year Later, Observations on the Big Data Market

Back in 2014, we discussed how the market looked like on our first birthday. As we hit three years, it seems like an appropriate time to look back on those observations, and see where we are now.

Successful Data Teams are Agile and Cross-Functional

I was always struck by how the Silicon Valley startups I worked with could do so much more, with so much less. I’ve come to learn, sometimes the hard way, that there are critical elements of the “who” and the “how,” particular to those start-up teams, that contribute to their success. It’s why we named our company for Silicon Valley: a lightweight, agile approach to data-driven product development was pioneered here.

What Your Board of Directors Wants to Know About Big Data

In Fall 2014, Sanjay spoke about “Unlocking Business Opportunity from Big Data” to a group of former CEOs and senior business executives. This Throwback Thursday post shares some questions they had, and advice he gave.

Data: What Industry Wants

Since launching Silicon Valley Data Science, we hear three issues more often than anything else in the conversations we have with our clients: handling data overload, choosing analytic approaches, and having the right skills and resources. Let’s take a look at these.

Data Strategy in a World of Big Data

Silicon Valley Data Science has designed a new method to create a data strategy that overcomes limitations of conventional approaches. Recent advances in communications, networking, data, and analytics technologies are changing the way leading companies organize around, architect for, and deliver data-driven capabilities.