Category: Big Data Applications

Feed: Domo Blog. Author: Scott Resch. When Bill Denninger decided it was time to approach his boss about the need for a different business intelligence solution, the director of business strategy for large New York-based law firm Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C. started the discussion by pointing to the hot dog cart down the street. “The bottom line was that the guy running that cart knew more about his business than we knew about ours,” said Bill, who has been with the firm for almost five years. “He could say how many hot dogs he sold yesterday and today, and how ... Read More

Feed: Alation. Author: Raja Perumal. Raja Perumal Alation, data and analytics, data catalog, data collaboration, data management, Looker September 17, 2020— Today, we are excited to announce our collaboration with Looker. Looker provides a modern platform for data & analytics used by more than 2,000 customers. By using Alation with Looker, you can easily find and understand trusted data to use for creating powerful data experiences. Alation provides one place to search & discover data and surface intelligent suggestions that point to the most relevant, trusted information and guidance on how to use it. With Alation, Looker users can always ... Read More

Feed: Domo Blog. Author: Scott Resch. There’s no doubt that this year has been a year of data. It’s been a year of analytics, a year of decisions, and a year of considerable change, too. Some of us are doing reasonably well with all of it, while others are struggling. How can organizations in the latter group make better use of data? How can they leverage it to not only meet their customers’ expectations, but go above and beyond the call of duty? And why is it in their best interest to be shopkeepers of data instead of gatekeepers of ... Read More

Feed: Domo Blog. Author: Scott Resch. Never has the world needed analytics more than it does right now. To get a handle on a crisis as profound as COVID-19, it’s not only imperative that we have rapid access to data, but that we understand that information in a way that helps us move forward and be better prepared for whatever comes next. With that truth in mind, we invited analytics expert Donald Farmer to lead a virtual discussion on the power of analytics in a crisis for the inaugural episode of CURIOSITY, a new video series that explores why now ... Read More

Feed: Domo Blog. Author: Scott Resch. If you’ve visited our Coronavirus Tracker more than once since it launched on March 13, you probably noticed no two versions were alike. From a simple page that provided real-time data on the number of cases and deaths in various regions of the world to the robust tool that it is now, the tracker has evolved a lot during its six-month lifespan, becoming more visually appealing and powerful with each iteration. Among those who have overseen the tracker’s development from the very beginning is Ben Schein, Domo’s vice president of data curiosity. Before COVID-19 ... Read More

Feed: Alation. Author: Nolan Necoechea. Nolan Necoechea CDO, CDO 4.0, chief data officer, data management, Gartner September 1, 2020— What is CDO 4.0? Recently, Gartner released a classification that defines a new ideal mindset for Chief Data Officers (CDOs)— what Gartner is calling “CDO 4.0.” In Gartner’s words, this new type of CDO should have a focus on their organization’s core product, moving beyond internal projects and programs, and even digital transformation. Here is Gartner’s CDO progression: CDO 1.0: Focused exclusively in data management CDO 2.0: Started to embrace analytics CDO 3.0: Driving digital transformation CDO 4.0: Product-centric Gartner lays ... Read More

Feed: Domo Blog. Author: Scott Resch. When the COVID-19 pandemic began in Utah earlier this year, lots of organizations found themselves in the position of having to make some crucial decisions, fast. One of those organizations was one of the state’s most beloved nonprofits, Loveland Living Planet Aquarium (LLPA), which is home to more than 4,500 animals and was in the midst of a major expansion project that began in response to its popularity. Fortunately, leadership knew exactly where to start in order to make those important decisions: with data. By leveraging its data—and in particular, its data platform—the aquarium ... Read More

Feed: Domo Blog. Author: Scott Resch. What COVID-19 has done to so many people, and to so many families, is tragic beyond measure. According to Domo’s Coronavirus Tracker, more than 800,000 lives have been lost the world over, and the U.S. unemployment rate remains historically high. While it might seem profane to look for a silver lining, the reality is that we have before us an opportunity to enact and embrace change in how people get back to work, and how they relate to work and each other as human beings. Not doing anything, as if nothing has changed, would ... Read More

Feed: Domo Blog. Author: Donald Farmer. As a strategy advisor, I am constantly approached by executives seeking advice on how to use data better, how to do better analysis, and how to build better systems. And I try to help, I really do.  But the world has changed. We face a global crisis that emerged almost overnight to disrupt our lives and work. Doing better is no longer good enough; we need to do differently.  Innovation and analytics To be different in our thinking or in our strategy is not just to be contrary; we do not merely disagree with all that’s gone before. Instead, we need to creatively survey new routes from where we are today into the future.  Innovation, therefore, ... Read More

Feed: Domo Blog. Author: Scott Resch. In a previous blog post about Domo’s guide on how to safely reopen the workplace, we highlighted three apps that can help employers get the data they need to ensure employee wellness and business continuity.  For anyone building a get-back-to-work strategy, those apps are important. But they’re not the be-all, end-all, according to Dr. Jeff Shulman. “Change is disruptive,” said the marketing professor at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business, “and how we communicate those changes is going to be the needle of the thread.”To thread this particular needle, companies should think ... Read More