Data transformation – which is the process of converting a raw data source into an optimized, cleansed, and verified new format – doesn’t sound too exciting on the face of it. However, organizations are discovering the powerful benefits of data transparency and intelligent insights, which include:
- State-of-the-art productivity
- Improved customer experiences
- Discovering creative and futuristic business models
Data transformation: Connecting the dots to form a universe of intelligent insights
Many enterprises undergoing digital and data transformation have various, siloed departments pursuing the efforts independently, thereby creating islands of innovation across the business.
By harnessing the power of data analytics, machine learning, and AI, a unified strategy can be implemented, leading to incredible discoveries and organizational optimizations.
Big data means big challenges – and big rewards. With tremendous volumes of data continually generated from various devices, programs, and applications, data compatibility can become tricky, to say the least.
Enter data transformation, which enables businesses to convert data from any source into a new structure that powers business intelligence and insights. (It’s important to note that data transformation an element of nearly all data management and data integration tasks, like data warehousing and wrangling.)
What could your business do if you could optimize the power of all your data? Dr. Kirk Borne served as a NASA Project Scientist when a data transformation made the Hubble telescope and countless other opportunities become a reality.
Borne, who began his career as an astrophysicist, combining datasets from numerous fields in revolutionary ways, notes, “When you start looking at connecting points, those intersections across the different siloed data collections and siloed departments, you might just be amazed at what you could discover.”
– Kirk Borne, Principal Data Scientist & Executive Advisor, Booz Allen Hamilton
Listen, learn, leap: Democratizing data to transform enterprises
Borne’s work is now more down to earth as the Principal Data Scientist and Executive Advisor at Booz Allen Hamilton.
In this episode of Tech Unknown, he shares how businesses can democratize data to transform the enterprise, stating, “The key is this concept of the culture of experimentation, that you allow people to experiment with data.”
In this episode you’ll discover:
- How to break down data silos to promote innovation and agility
- The advantages of mission engineering versus system engineering
- How data democratization improves customer satisfaction and CX
- How enterprises can prepare for the future of digital data transformation
