by CDO Review Staff | Aug 27, 2021 | CDO Insider, Chief Data Officer
The push for data-driven culture changes faced some headwinds in 2021, according to a new survey of data leaders. The survey, conducted by NewVantage Partners, polled data leaders from 85 Fortune 1000 firms. Even as fewer organizations reported a data-driven culture,...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 27, 2021 | CDO Insider, Chief Data Officer
Only 10% of organizations believe they’ve achieved DataOps “maturity”, according to a recent survey from Immuta. Organizations with CDOs were more likely to have advanced DataOps strategy, according to the survey data. From the report: Most...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 27, 2021 | CDO Insider, Chief Data Officer
Most CDOs are out the door in 2 or 3 years. Why? An interesting read from the Harvard Business Review: Both the data and our experience suggest that the CDO role is a tenuous one. The average tenure, according to a Gartner survey and our own analysis, is between two...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 27, 2021 | AI, Chief Data Officer
When real-world data isn’t enough, firms are increasingly turning to synthetic data to train their AI models. This includes financial services firms training AI to detect fraud, and hospitals generating fake patient data to train algorithms making medical...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 27, 2021 | Chief Data Officer, Data Privacy & Security
A U.S. technology firm has sued Chinese giant Huawei for allegedly stealing its trade secrets and covertly collecting other sensitive information via a “data backdoor”. The suit comes after the two firms worked together on a project for the Pakistani...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 27, 2021 | Chief Data Officer, Deals
China’s regulators are writing new rules to prevent its data-centric tech firms from going public in the U.S., according to the Wall Street Journal. From the WSJ: In recent weeks, officials from China’s stock regulator have told some companies and international...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 26, 2021 | Chief Data Officer, Data Privacy & Security
The healthcare industry was the victim of 8,000 data breaches in 2020, a 51% uptick over 2019, according to a new report from digital security firm Constella. Constella writes: Key Findings From 2020 Include: Nearly 60% of the data breaches analyzed exposed some form...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 26, 2021 | Chief Data Officer, Data Privacy & Security
A ransomware attack on the University Medical Center Southern Nevada has compromised the data of 1.3 million patients, although hospital officials say electronic health records were not compromised. From HealthcareITNews: The organization said in a statement that the...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 26, 2021 | CDO Insider, Chief Data Officer, Deals
WebMD, where millions flock every month for advice on ailments, is teaming with a data management search firm to offer users the ability to search for doctors and schedule appointments. From Fierce Healthcare: The company is teaming up with symplr, a provider data...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 26, 2021 | Deals
Two investment firms are teaming up to take a major health data software firm private in a $7.3 billion deal. Invalon, which went public in 2015, helps pharmaceutical companies and healthcare providers manage and analyze data. From Fierce Healthcare: Health data...
