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This eBook outlines and compares five different big data approaches which you can draw upon to build a forward-thinking and innovative strategy. Each approach is currently used by the few companies currently leading the way in this exciting new field.

Chatbots and voice recognition technologies provide opportunities to deliver far more than an additional way of communicating with employees and customers. This eBook provides an overview of the tools, technologies, and approaches being used to drive greater customer engagement across both front and back office functions.

Trevin Erichsen, Manager of Analytics and Insights at Sunsuper explores the challenges associated with effective data management and delves into how building the right culture and the right governance frameworks is helping mitigate risks and allowing Sunsuper to effectively harness data in business operations.

Data is increasingly considered to be the greatest business asset and there is more and more attention paid to an organisation’s data management strategy. Organisations can achieve useable, valuable data by having excellent approaches to data acquisition, storage, governance, analysis and security. However the next step is for the organisation to use that data to create new revenue streams – to monetise the information.

Here we look at seven specific strategies that you can apply within your organisation to monetise your data.

In this paper BDO seeks to demonstrate how building a mature information security and data privacy programme can enhance the professionalism of a company's employees and reinforce an organisation's public reputation. It explores the intrinsic value and hidden benefits organisations can achieve through meeting and exceeding their data protection obligations.

For many CDOs their initial work has focused on creating a data culture, gaining bu-in, overcoming silos, and unpicking the challenges of legacy systems, data spaghetti, and crucially, governance. With those first phases now settling down, we can look to predictions for the next stages and ask, what are the actions and outcomes that we can expect to see next.

This year will be a turning point for many organizations as they realize that just being “data driven” doesn’t guarantee future success. The future belongs to the enterprises that anticipate constantly evolving regulatory, technological, market, and competitive challenges, and turns them into opportunity and profit. It belongs to enterprises that are able to connect to any data and distribute reports to thousands. It belongs to the enterprises that go beyond business intelligence to deliver insights to every department, device, and constituent through natural and zero-click, realtime experiences.

It belongs to the fully realized Intelligent Enterprise.

Executives are responsible for making decisions that can make or break a company. Yet, they have little time to dig through and make sense of data sitting in spreadsheets and databases. To lead well, they need to be able to keep both the big picture and the details of day-to-day operations in mind. They need tools that can give them quick, easy, and secure access to accurate, up-to-date information on business performance so they can make more informed decisions that positively impact their organization. 

MicroStrategy's advanced analytics and mobile capabilities allow executives to securely monitor critical information related to finances, sales and marketing effectiveness, and employee productivity, empowering them to ​develop data-driven strategies that drive growth. 

As a result of the global financial crisis, financial services institutions have come under greater scrutiny, and the environment in which they operate is increasingly characterized by unprecedented economic, regulatory, and technological change. Now, more than ever, decision makers need to be sure that their technology investments will pay off—choosing the right business intelligence (BI) solution is no exception.

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