The adoption of the enterprise data hub concept will result in immediate enhancements to developer agility. Result: There will soon be two types of companies: those using big data to dominate in the market – and those being dominated by others.
That’s a pretty rash statement, especially to some who continue to struggle with their ETL transformational pipeline and data analyst productivity. Shock and awe? Nope. Just getting clear on what to expect based upon your choices to invest in and accelerate getting your data from both your legacy systems (junk pile) and from the cloud and into your fields of view.
In data analytics, time is of the essence. Business leaders and decision makers often require real-time or close to real-time information to make informed decisions. However, it is estimated that 80 percent of an analyst’s time is spent on preparing and cleaning data for analysis. This leaves only 20 percent for actual analysis work, and precious time is wasted on preparing the data for analysis.
So what can you do? Repurposing your top analysts to ramp up data transformation is not really productive in the short term. So don’t ask your IT team to do something they have little feel for and that drives down their overall productivity.
Ask around. Find one or two external teams that have both the portfolio and the skills sets to review your scope of work and then jump in to deliver results (defined and meaningful data that drives good decisions) in less time, with less waste and with a lot less frustration.
Our ETL Plus* and custom application development expertise allow our analysts to mix and match data sets as needed. We can blend internal with external data sources to establish historical trends and project need and demand, which are the backbone of any feasibility study.
Additionally, we can help you monitor trends, measure progress toward a quantitative goal or flag shifts in your market or business operations. Call us (512-478-3848) to start a conversation that can enhance your data management investment and deploy a real big data collaboration hub while keeping you ahead of your competition.