Explore/Exploit: Driving Big Business Value with Big Data

This talk will outline an “agile” approach to Big Data business optimization based on this explore/exploit metaphor. This approach will be contrasted against the heavy weight approaches of classic Enterprise Data Warehousing. Common obstacles to both exploration and exploitation – many of them non-technical – will be discussed. Real-world examples will be used to illustrate the points.

This talk should be of interest to attendees who want to understand how Big Data fits into the larger business context, and/or attendees looking to understand how to use Big Data techniques and technologies to transform themselves into data-driven organizations. The talk will touch upon the technologies and technical techniques that are specific to Big Data, but in a manner that should be accessible to a general audience, for the purpose of providing deeper insights into the business benefits of Big Data.