8. Data Visualization
The lingua franca of data.
A language that is adopted as a common
language between speakers whose native
languages are different.
As a means for dealing with variety.
10. Critical Needs Item #1
• Reporting
• Analysis
• Discovery
Data visualization enhances all three
11. Desirable Qualities
• Easy to learn / use
• Connect to many data sources
• Deploy quickly
• Manage easily
• Scale securely
12. Your Challenges & Opportunities
• Accountability – moving to where it belongs
• Availability – data from a variety of sources
• Responsiveness – tech resources on demand
13. Critical Needs Item #2
• Speed of deployment
• Speed of response
• Speed of analysis
14. Speed of Deployment
• Train everyone (technical staff in particular)
• Pick a project (< 4 weeks)
• Success builds enthusiasm / momentum
15. Why Training?
• What works in the old doesn’t in the new
• Non-technical users need help
• Ensure scalability
16. Why < 4 Week Project?
• Evolution is better than revolution
17. Small Projects Build Enthusiasm
Quick wins provide the team with confidence and build
an appetite for more success.
19. Speed of Analysis
• Given end users accessible tools
• Publishing in a browser (embeddable / flexible)
• Creating a rapid-response team in IT
20. Critical Needs Item #3
• Controlled access (security / governance)
• Right mindset in IT & end users
• Means for tracking unstructured data
Holistic data governance policies that place accountability where it belongs
and leverage emerging technology to track data lineage.
22. Right Mindset
• Define what IT owns
• Define what the creator owns
• This isn’t a technology problem
23. Tracking Unstructured Data
• Hard to do with existing methods / technology
• Data aware storage is part of the answer
• Populating the NAS (network attached storage
NAS = Network Aware Storage
25. Solution Review
1. Reporting / analysis / discovery
2. Speed
3. Security
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