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In the distant past, the professionals we refer to today as data scientists were primordial creatures who pieced together business intelligence from green and white striped dot-matrix outputs, deep in the basements of office buildings, to solve relatively esoteric actuarial problems. Fast forward –…

Global banks are adapting fast to a changing world. With new compliance rules from the US and tighter regulations nearly everywhere else, there’s a lot to keep up with. Clients might not see the big differences up front, but behind the scenes banks are scrambling to upgrade security, analytics, and…

When you think of day-to-day operations, it’s usually about lowering costs and improving efficiency. Sure, there’s a need to have security and privacy controls, but at the operational level, is there a real desire to understand data—and make it work harder for you? In today’s competitive landscape,…

After an exciting week at Cisco Live in Orlando with hundreds of customer meetings we came away excited to see IT and Operational teams partnering together to move Industrial IoT deployments from Proof of Concept (PoC) to production.  Customers, channel and alliance partners want to ensure they have…

If you’re a Cisco Services partner, then I hope to see you at Cisco Live in Orlando! Cisco Live has evolved into a conference with programs designed to connect our growing community of ecosystem partners with our Cisco Services partners. Whether you have an existing services practice or are looking…

In my previous blog, I introduced the power of understanding your process to make improvements and increase productivity. This hack is especially important to be an expert—and make decisions based on that expertise. My second of four data-driven hacks relates to talent. Finding it. Leveraging it. Re…

It’s here. The much anticipated, oft-discussed, enforcement date of May 25 for the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has arrived. GDPR is the most comprehensive regulatory reform in a generation, and its geographic scope extends far beyond European borders and affects all industries. This…

You may have lots of good people collecting and analyzing data. But have you ever thought about how human bias and expectations can affect the results of your analysis? Or the quality of the decisions your company makes based on that analysis? My most recent podcast guest certainly has. Annie Duke h…

Marketing, at its core, has always been about people. ‘Digital Marketing’ is something of a misnomer because Marketing is still about people. The digital piece just gives us exciting opportunities to connect with audiences and scale in new ways. Powered, of course, by data. I recently joined Josh Ja…