Is There Too Much Data

We look at the plethora of Conferences in 2017, all focussing on the same Chief Data Officer market, and ask – why is life so complicated?

I don’t want to say we are not grateful. The specifically focussed “new generation” of Speakers and Vendors, all have something relevant to say. But this is the problem. Taken as a whole – there is just too much that people have to say. It used to be just the one Conference, and the concept of the CDO was a twinkle in the eye. Now, we have the Chief Data Officer Europe 2017 Conference in London, from the 20th Feb, focussing on GDPR. We have the Chief Data Officer Forum, from IQPC, in early May; and then we have a Chief Data Scientist Conference, in September. I don’t know what a Chief Data Scientist is. All of which means that the whole area of expert opinion of a CDO, is diluted because from what we can see, there is no wrong opinion. What works for you, works for you. But it might not work for someone else.

So, where’s the value here?

The answer is in making it simple – and choosing the vendors, and venues, that intuitively make you feel at ease, and where the value is explained in something that mortals can understand. But “managing” the process of your data is not just important for any corporate – it is vital and financially risky if you are not in control of the information which may reside anywhere in your, multitude of databases.

Best up are the Adaptive Blogs, – you can register online at; www.adaptive.com. Their regular weekly Blog explains Metadata whilst giving you the options of digging deeper.

We talked a few days ago with Samantha Geenty at IQPC, who started the whole market in our view, just a couple of years ago; their “forum” concept, which we have reviewed earlier on this site – is a clever way of bringing people together at like levels of expertise and need.

And we are delighted to be reviewing the upcoming event in Covent Garden from Corinium, on the 22nd Feb. As I said earlier, it’s not like I’m not grateful.

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