osu big data conference, oklahoma city
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Who am I? Why am I here? • Passion for data visualization • 34 years in business • 8 years in consulting
Your Reality • Limited budget • Constrained technical staff • Increasing variety of data sources • Increasing volume of requests • Increasing velocity of change
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.
Desirable Qualities • Easy to learn / use • Connect to many data sources • Deploy quickly • Manage easily • Scale securely
Your Challenges & Opportunities • Accountability – moving to where it belongs • Availability – data from a variety of sources • Responsiveness – tech resources on demand
Speed of Deployment • Train everyone (technical staff in particular)
• Pick a project (< 4 weeks)
• Success builds enthusiasm / momentum
Why Training? • What works in the old doesn’t in the new • Non-technical users need help • Ensure scalability
Small Projects Build Enthusiasm Quick wins provide the team with confidence and build an appetite for more success.
Speed of Response Restructure the IT group by creating a rapid-response team. Rapid = < 1 hour to immediate
Speed of Analysis • Given end users accessible tools
• Publishing in a browser (embeddable / flexible)
• Creating a rapid-response team in IT
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.
Right Mindset • Define what IT owns
• Define what the creator owns
• This isn’t a technology problem
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
Solution Review 1. Reporting / analysis / discovery 2. Speed 3. Security
Your audience handout includes web links to blog posts that include more information.