Data Driven

Getting value from data is not simply a question of installing big-data software or recruiting clever mathematicians. Real success depends on building a culture in which people across the whole organization think and act with data. In this short O'Reilly report, DJ Patil and Hilary Mason lay out the practical steps a company must take to become truly data-driven, along with the key questions to ask and the approaches worth adopting.

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Readers see how firms such as Google, LinkedIn and Facebook put their information to work, and how retailers and logistics businesses like Walmart and UPS built similar advantages long before the term became fashionable.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 28 pages

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