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Enterprise business intelligence software and big data

• Good things come in small (data) packages

  Big data expert Kirk Borne talks about the power of small data and why bigger isn't always better in this SearchCIO Q&A. Continue Reading

• The new infonomics reality: Determining the value of data

  Is your enterprise ready to derive top dollar from your data? Infonomics is the field that treats corporate information as a valuable asset, but how to properly assign that value is the million-dollar -- or is that billion-dollar? -- question... Continue Reading

• embedded analytics

  Embedded analytics is the integration of business intelligence (BI) tools and capabilities into business software, including customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), marketing automation and financial systems. Continue Reading

• Is prescriptive analytics the RX for optimal business outcomes?

  Prescriptive analytics promises to not just identify what might happen next but actually give us the RX for optimizing those outcomes. Is it for real? Continue Reading

• data products

  A data product is digital information that can be purchased.  Continue Reading

• Definitions to Get Started

  • chief data officer (CDO)
  • smart machines
  • data collection
  • interim CIO (interim chief information officer)

  • data storytelling
  • outcome economy
  • digital strategy (digital media strategy)
  • Agile business intelligence (BI)

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• External social platforms replace the company intranet

  The power of social platforms, hijacking the shopping experience and two-speed IT: The Data Mill reports.Continue Reading

• Big data to CIOs: Learn to extract value from disruptive technologies

  SearchCIO's Harvey Koeppel takes an unflinching look at 10 disruptive technologies and comes up with seven ways in which they change how IT gets done.Continue Reading

• Big data is not little data writ large -- it changes everything

  Make no mistake, big data is not small data on steroids, warns SearchCIO expert Harvey Koeppel. Big data changes how we live, work and play.Continue Reading

• ITSM principles boost service levels and free up IT resources

  Far from bogging down your IT organization, ITSM principles free up IT resource capacity. Expert contributor Neil Nickolaisen explains.Continue Reading

• IT involvement a key factor in social analytics success

  Part two of this SearchCIO Trailblazer profile delves into the challenges associated with doing social analytics and explains how CIOs can help.Continue Reading

• Tweet analysis of teen smoking, a lesson in business value for CIOs

  A tweet analysis of teen smoking gives CIOs a window into the critical role IT can play in a company's social media marketing.Continue Reading

• 'Tis the season for IT self-service

  Chatter about big data reveals IT self-service can be a gift for CIOs. Take command and control but keep the buffet open.Continue Reading

• Strategic business intelligence for a mobile future

  Gathering, analyzing and providing easy access to data is central to strategic business intelligence programs. Learn more in this CIO Essential Guide.Continue Reading

• Quiz: Mobile BI strategy, techniques and practices for CIOs

  Mobile business intelligence techniques are a hot topic in today's IT departments. Test your knowledge in our mobile BI strategy quiz.Continue Reading

• CIO Chatter: Bad information analytics spells poor data interpretation

  In this CIO Chatter, readers discuss how insufficient information analytics contribute to frequent mistakes in big data interpretation.Continue Reading