When asked what they'd do with $5 million, big data topped the list of insurance company CIOs in a Novarica survey. Enterprise CIO Forum community manager John Dodge explains and reviews CIO wish lists for 2012.
Big Data makes sense if, as an investment, it can make predictable predictable gains. Until organizations get a handle on data quality, wouldn't it make better sense to look at application modernization/transformation and training?
(note: I work on projects sponsored by EnterpriseCIOForum.com and HP)