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By: John Mancini on August 20th, 2015

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11 Cool Quotes about Big Data

Analytics  |  Big Data

  1. “Hiding within those mounds of data is knowledge that could change the life of a patient, or change the world.” (Atul Butte, Stanford)
  2. "Information is the oil of the 21st century, and analytics is the combustion engine” (Peter Sondergaard, Senior Vice President, Gartner)
  3. “War is 90% information.” (Napoleon Bonaparte)
  4. "Big Data will spell the death of customer segmentation and force the marketer to understand each customer as an individual within 18 months or risk being left in the dust.” (Ginni Rometty, CEO, IBM)
  5. “Without big data analytics, companies are blind and deaf, wandering out onto the web like deer on a freeway.” (Geoffrey Moore, author and consultant)
  6. “The world is one big data problem.” (Andrew McAfee)
  7. “I keep saying that the sexy job in the next 10 years will be statisticians, and I’m not kidding.” (Hal Varian, chief economist at Google)
  8. “The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession.” (Sherlock Holmes, fictional detective)
  9. "The most valuable commodity I know of is information."  (Gordon Gekko, Wall Street)
  10. "If we have data, let’s look at data. If all we have our opinions, let’s go with mine." (Jim Barksdale, former Netscape CEO)
  11. “Processed data is information. Processed information is knowledge, Processed knowledge is Wisdom.” (Ankala V. Subbarao)

 

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About John Mancini

John Mancini is the President of Content Results, LLC and the Past President of AIIM. He is a well-known author, speaker, and advisor on information management, digital transformation and intelligent automation. John is a frequent keynote speaker and author of more than 30 eBooks on a variety of topics. He can be found on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook as jmancini77. Recent keynote topics include: The Stairway to Digital Transformation Navigating Disruptive Waters — 4 Things You Need to Know to Build Your Digital Transformation Strategy Getting Ahead of the Digital Transformation Curve Viewing Information Management Through a New Lens Digital Disruption: 6 Strategies to Avoid Being “Blockbustered” Specialties: Keynote speaker and writer on AI, RPA, intelligent Information Management, Intelligent Automation and Digital Transformation. Consensus-building with Boards to create strategic focus, action, and accountability. Extensive public speaking and public relations work Conversant and experienced in major technology issues and trends. Expert on inbound and content marketing, particularly in an association environment and on the Hubspot platform. John is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the College of William and Mary, and holds an M.A. in Public Policy from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.