As CIO of one of the largest data analytics companies in the world, Nick Daffan, knows a lot about turning data into a valuable asset. Because that is a goal of nearly every CIO in every company, as the role evolves to focus less on system uptime and more on using data to drive the business forward, I asked Daffan for some guidelines for how to take a bunch of data that is sitting in a disparate set of systems and create a leverageable, impactful capability.
While Daffan concedes that creating useful data is “a multi-dimensional challenge,” he does offer a some foundational steps every IT leader should take.