Harnessing the power of big data

Data analytics can deliver life-saving insights and billions of dollars' worth of cost and efficiency savings.

July 5, 2018

Data scientists routinely bring in 6-figure salaries, buoyed by a competitive market

As companies become more digitally savvy, focus has turned from legacy roles to forward-looking hires who can tap into the world's newest currency: data.

By Naomi Eide • June 27, 2018

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Data in Action

Enterprise AI outcomes depend heavily on the health of datasets on hand —  and the talent that manages them.

By CIO Dive staff

Trump administration discussing a US version of GDPR

With the EU regulation now a global standard, the White House is looking for an American counterbalance and similar protections at home. 

By Alex Hickey • June 20, 2018

Mobile, data investments drive Synchrony Financial

The company has four innovation labs in the U.S. and India that work with Synchrony's partners to develop new tools and products for customers.

By Alex Hickey • June 19, 2018

Zara stocks up on AI, big data, analytics partnerships and investments

The push to incorporate technology is working. Last week, the fashion retailer's parent company, Inditex, posted record Q1 sales. 

By Alex Hickey • June 18, 2018

How GDPR regulators will identify noncompliers and levy fines

When big fines are imposed, companies with the means will likely hire outside counsel and challenge the fines in member state and EU courts.

By Alex Hickey • June 8, 2018

GDPR is here: What's next?

One of the biggest impacts companies notice may be an influx of data subject access requests by individuals testing out their newfound data rights. 

By Alex Hickey • May 25, 2018

TIL how Reddit transformed its data culture and processes

Underneath the company's UX redesign was a shift in data culture and a back-end transition from legacy systems to leverage advanced technologies.

By Alex Hickey • May 23, 2018

Microsoft pledges to make GDPR data subject rights global

Companies extending GDPR protections globally are ahead of a changing data paradigm, embracing an understanding of data privacy as a human right.

By Alex Hickey • May 23, 2018

11 technologies set to shape smart manufacturing

Tools like 3D printing and AI have created a paradigm shift in technology and revealed a new world of supply chain efficiencies yet to be unlocked.

By Jordan Branch , Edwin Lopez • May 22, 2018

Leadership and longevity, the keys to GDPR compliance

Through the many paths to compliance, a few clear lessons and trends are emerging.

By Alex Hickey • May 18, 2018

Cloud-embedded data analytics mission critical for businesses

A shift to predictive analytics is providing companies with a more competitive edge, but organizations don't have the talent required to use advanced tools.

By Samantha Schwartz • May 17, 2018

Inside Lenovo's transition to a 1 PB, 115-person data analytics operation

The use of middleware helped the company speed up the onboarding process, allowing new hires to develop and deploy jobs by their third week at work. 

By Alex Hickey • May 16, 2018

3 lessons from Talend Connect to drive technology innovation

With good data, AI and cloud, companies can build out the scalability, agility and compute power for continued digital transformation.

By Alex Hickey • May 15, 2018

H&M wants to sell more floral skirts and big data is helping

In lieu of using just designers to understand emerging trends, the retailer is using algorithms to assess customer receipts, returns and loyalty card data.

By Samantha Schwartz • May 10, 2018

Data lineage: The key to avoiding a Facebook-sized data fallout

An enterprisewide, end-to-end data management solution will help companies get ready for GDPR and manage the ever-increasing volume of data that they are handling.

By Sue Habas • April 30, 2018

Walmart's courier, blockchain patents dig up data privacy questions

The issue was addressed once across the patents with a note that "user's partiality vectors can be locally stored and utilized ... [to] better comport with a particular user's privacy concerns."

By Alex Hickey • April 24, 2018

Unleashing the power of mobile data: A CIO's guide to mobile analytics

Contrary to the assumption held by many IT professionals, the bar to adopting mobile analytics is relatively low.

By John Knopf • April 23, 2018

Let's be blunt: Business tech rides the high of cannabis boom

There's a bit and byte more to the cannabis industry than its all-natural products, and a multi-billion dollar market is welcoming savvy enterprise tech providers with open arms.

By Alex Hickey • April 20, 2018

Will Facebook's phased GDPR strategy be enough?

After weeks in the hot seat following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, is Facebook in the crosshairs for European regulators ready to enforce GDPR?

By Alex Hickey • April 18, 2018

Microsoft Azure prepares data subject request capabilities for GDPR

The company rolled out tools across Azure and Office 365 enterprise platforms to help customers comply with data rights in the upcoming EU regulation.

By Alex Hickey • April 17, 2018

6 weeks to GDPR, and 1/3 of companies won't be compliant

Ignorance of a partner's noncompliance will not save a company from the 4% fines of global annual turnover.

By Alex Hickey • April 12, 2018

Nike is running on ... computer vision?

The purchase of a computer vision company comes on the heels of Nike's acquisition of a data analytics firm in late March. 

By Alex Hickey • April 10, 2018

Google analyzes Final Four in real time — with minutes to share results with live audience

Googlers analyzed data from the first half of games against historical NCAA data to predict what would happen in the second half — then aired the predictions on live TV.

By Alex Hickey • March 30, 2018

Instagram heeds user feedback, tweaks machine learning algorithm

A couple years ago the platform moved from a chronological feed to one curated by machine learning algorithms prioritizing posts users were more likely to like and interact with.

By Alex Hickey • March 23, 2018