Data Future
Focus
Just as information professionals needed to translate their skills from print to digital, so too do we need to reinterpret and reshape our expertise to deliver value in the new world of data.
Data is valued differently, moves differently into and through an organisation, and needs to be licensed differently.
Through our research and work with information teams, we have found two primary challenges pop up repeatedly:
Your source expertise is essential for enabling your organisation to make smart decisions around external data.
This means new licensing terms, different suppliers, and a host of uncertainties in an emerging field.
But most important for most information teams is the urgency of developing and managing ROI of what can be significant costs.
Start with these resources:
Data projects require collaboration, but what's "ours", what's theirs and how do we partner?
Learn, hire or partner? The range of data-related skills organisations need expands all the time.
Information teams have a critical role to play, but it's going to look different in every organisation.
Develop your roadmap for the data-driven future and build the partnerships that will strengthen data projects and strategy moving forward.
Start with these resources:
Resources that are part of this Research Focus
Articles
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Product review of XPansion XMon (value - help & training; competitors; development; pricing)
Friday, 15th May 2020 -
Product review of XPansion XMon (technology - search & user interface; outputs & alerts; administration)
Thursday, 14th May 2020 -
Product review of XPansion XMon (sources - content and coverage)
Wednesday, 13th May 2020
- all Research Focus resources -
Reports
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Product review of Data Planet
Monday, 17th August 2020 -
Product review of XPansion XMon
Monday, 11th May 2020 -
Product Review of CCC RightFind Enterprise suite
Thursday, 26th March 2020
- all Research Focus resources -
NB: A Jinfo Subscription gives access to all of the above.
Consulting
Information services and functions can (and should) be placed in many parts of the business. Success depends on understanding how to optimise the configuration in your organisation.
Jinfo Consulting assesses your environment against our benchmarks and recommends areas of skill, operations, stakeholder engagement and partnership to strengthen your value and visibility for the business, and future-proof your service.