Industry executives and experts share their predictions for 2019. Read them in this 11th annual VMblog.com series exclusive.
Contributed by James Markarian, CTO, SnapLogic
3 Ways Data Will Continue to Transform Your Business
The AI hype reached new heights in 2018,
but most businesses fall flat in actualizing AI because they don't have a
handle on their data. As enterprises shift to the cloud, they still haven't
adapted their tools and methods to fully take advantage of this new era.
Against this backdrop, here are three big data and analytics trends for
enterprises to keep an eye on as we move into 2019.
1.
The CIO strikes back. The days of forgetting that the "I"
in CIO stands for "information" are over. The CIO role will become
more identified with leading a company's data and information strategy rather
than infrastructure and security. Much like digitization and data have
transformed the CMO role, the CIO role will be unrecognizable from its current
form in a few years. We can expect this process to pick up steam in 2019.
2.
Data Science claims its place as Strategic Data Command. Traditional
intelligence tools and platforms do a good job of providing operational insight
and reporting. Data science has an opportunity to help with weak signal
processing - information that comes from the market, from field personnel and
from customer support, and which can guide company strategy towards new
opportunities or avoid potential disasters.
3. The Cloud is coming for your Data and Analytics. First it was your applications moving, but the
cloud isn't satisfied. It's now coming for your data and analytics - and you'll
be glad it did. Metered, scale-out solutions and proximity to application data
that's now based in the cloud make this an easy one to swallow. Universal
access to data, complete browser-based analytics and high-performance, flexible
architectures will make us wonder how we ever functioned before.
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About the Author
James Markarian is Chief Technology
Officer at data and application integration company SnapLogic.
He was formerly CTO of Informatica, where he guided the company's technology
strategy for 15+ years. Previously, he was an Entrepreneur in Residence at
Khosla Ventures and senior developer and product leader at Oracle. He has a
B.A. in Computer Science and a B.A. and M.A. in Economics from Boston
University.