Episode 1: Data Centric or Data Deluge – Reality bites for the CIO

Discover how you can become a Pacesetter; to leverage data for the power of your business, and to develop a robust and agile infrastructure that supports business objectives and which gets IT working in the interest of business goals.

As the data deluge continues, IT and business leaders must be able to collect, govern, manage and secure the data across their IT estate. But it’s not as straightforward as it sounds.

The introduction of technologies such as solid state storage, artificial intelligence and machine learning, software-defined infrastructure and public cloud is done so with digitally-led business goals front of mind, but such changes can make IT infrastructure management infinitely more complex.

If data really is the new oil, it’s time for organisations to get the value out of it. But how exactly do they do that? Ultimately it comes down to planning and strategy – and that’s where CIOs come in.

Given the scale and complexity of modern IT infrastructure, CIOs need to leverage AI and machine learning, along with big data analytics, to drive efficiencies within their organisations and help them better manage data effectively across its life cycle.

From building a data strategy and modernising your IT environment to leveraging big data and predictive analytics, our experts wrap-up the Pacesetters podcast series with some tangible tips for building the data-driven organisation.