Presentation - Analytic Power Plays: How to Thrive in the New World Order

By Wayne Eckerson, Eckerson Group

To stay relevant in a fast-changing business and data environment, business and analytics leaders need to recognize that their teams are no longer the center of the data universe. They need to reach out and partner with other data analytics players in the organization and create a shared vision for the future. The new business analytics leader fosters a rich analytical ecosystem of people, processes and technologies that fuels a data-driven organization.

Presentation - The New Analytical Ecosystem: Organizational and Architectural Models for the New Age

By Wayne Eckerson, Eckerson Group How do organizations align the traditional disciplines of business intelligence (BI) with big data and analytics? Are these mutually exclusive or complementary technologies? What is the relationship between data scientists and BI professionals, data engineers and DW developers?

This session will paint a portrait of new business and technology dynamics at work in data-driven organizations today. It will describe the role of BI/DW in the new analytical ecosystem and discuss how to create robust organizational and data architectures to align business and IT professionals and continuously convert data into profitable insights and action.