Technology research firm Gartner, Inc., US, has released a special report titled "Pattern-Based Strategy: Getting Value from Big Data". The report provides links to numerous reports that examine key issues related to managing 'big data', a popular term used to acknowledge the exponential growth, availability and use of information in the data-rich landscape of tomorrow.
Many IT leaders are attempting to manage 'big data' challenges by focusing on the high volumes of information to the exclusion of the many other dimensions of information management, leaving massive challenges to be addressed later, according to Gartner. The term 'big data' is seen to put an inordinate focus on the issue of information volume. Gartner further says big data is heavily weighted toward current issues. This may lead to short-sighted decisions that may hamper the enterprise's information architecture as IT leaders try to expand and change it to meet changing business needs. While big data is a significant issue, Gartner analysts say the real issue is making sense of big data and finding patterns in it that help organisations make better business decisions.
The special report includes video commentary from Yvonne Genovese, Vice President and analyst at Gartner, as well as a Talking Technology interview that reviews the term big data, and why IT leaders should act now. The report is available at www.gartner.com/patternbasedstrategy.
Gartner will also host a webinar titled "Pattern-Based Strategy: Getting Value from Big Data." Genovese will discuss the importance of applying a pattern-based strategy approach to seek, model and adapt to patterns contained in big data. The complimentary webinar will be held on July 13 at 9 a.m. EDT and noon EDT. To register for the webinar, visit http://my.gartner.com/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=202&mode=2&PageID=5553&resId=1727219&ref=Webinar-Calendar.
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