As big data continues to grow, companies are turning to a new executive officer to manage their big data initiatives ― the Chief Data Officer, or CDO. From 2012 to 2016, CDO positions at Fortune 1000 companies more than quadrupled, and continue to grow. The CDO is responsible for managing everything to do with a companies data ― from its data mining operations to security and analysis.
What makes this office unique is the role of CDO in bridging the gap between departments that were once entirely separate. Instead of the IT department managing hardware and advertisers looking for ways to better target customers, CDOs like Yahoo!’s Usama Fayyad manage a single initiative to mine and analyze, using it to target users.
With more than 250 million terabytes of data created daily, it takes the special skills of a CDO to turn data into value. Learn more in this infographic:
Infographic by: info.semarchy.com
What makes this office unique is the role of CDO in bridging the gap between departments that were once entirely separate. Instead of the IT department managing hardware and advertisers looking for ways to better target customers, CDOs like Yahoo!’s Usama Fayyad manage a single initiative to mine and analyze, using it to target users.
Infographic by: info.semarchy.com
