Data Quotes
Data needs no introduction, really. Those of us in the industry already know its importance, its beauty, its temptations, its charms. We know how deeply data impacts all aspects of our lives. Simply put, we know data.
These quotes discuss the attitudes, opinions and passions surrounding data. Enjoy!
Big data is at the foundation of all of the megatrends that are happening today, from social to mobile to the cloud to gaming.
Big Data is like Sex in High School – Lots of people are talking about it, but few are having it.
Big data is the next frontier for innovation, competition and productivity.
Big data is the renaissance of the nerd.
Every company has big data in its future and every company will eventually be in the data business.
Every day, three times per second, we produce the equivalent of the amount of data that the Library of Congress has in its entire print collection, right? But most of it is like cat videos on YouTube or 13-year-olds exchanging text messages about the next Twilight movie.
With too little data, you won’t be able to make any conclusions that you trust. With loads of data you will find relationships that aren’t real… Big data isn’t about bits, it’s about talent.
If an education agency is spending time cleaning data, then the processes are wrong.
No large, global, heterogeneous, multi-business- and product-line enterprise can ever hope to clean up all of its data – it’s always a continuous journey. The key is knowing what data sources feed your BI applications and how confident you are about the accuracy of data coming from each source.
Data is useful. High-quality, well-understood, auditable data is priceless.
Data quality is corporate America’s dirty little secret.
I kind of have to be a master of cleaning, extracting and trusting my data before I do anything with it.
As available data becomes more complex and extensive, weaving it into a visualization that invites engagement, understanding and decision-making is a bigger challenge, with a bigger opportunity for payoff.
Above all else show the data.
Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.
Data! Data! Data! I can’t make bricks without clay!
Hiding within those mounds of data is knowledge that could change the life of a patient, or change the world.
Acceptance – Attitude – Communication – Data – Experience – Failure – Humor – Information – Knowledge – Leadership & Authority – Privacy & Security – Statistics & Analytics – Success – Technology
