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Digital Data Genesis: The New Opportunity for Value Creation Through IT

Posted January 31, 2009 | Technology | Cutter Benchmark Review

This installment of CBR was an experiment. Rather than following our standard process, we decided to write about an emerging topic, that of digital data genesis (DDG). While the economic value of data and information has been recognized by both academics and management for quite a while now, organizations typically focus on analyzing data that emerges as a byproduct of other processes. That is, the norm is to analyze data, typically transactional data, captured by transaction processing systems -- almost as an afterthought.

About The Author
Gabriele Piccoli
Gabriele Piccoli is a Fellow with Cutter Consortium, a member of Arthur D. Little's AMP open consulting network, and the Editor Emeritus of Cutter Benchmark Review. Dr. Piccoli is the Edward G. Schlieder Endowed Chair of Information Sciences at Louisiana State University's E.J. Ourso College of Business, and Director of the Digital Data Streams Lab. His consulting, research, and teaching expertise is in strategic information systems and the use… Read More
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