
Want Big Data Innovation? Rethink Your 'Need' for a Chief Data Officer.
The ability to quickly gather the right data from the right sources, to make the best business decision possible, is crucial. Yet, the common perception that you need a chief data officer (CDO) to make that decision a reality is not always true. Related: 'Big Data' Is No Longer Enough: It's Now All About 'Fast Data' While the role of CDO only recently emerged, it is steadily growing, with Gartner predicting that 25 percent of organizations will have a CDO by 2017. However, wh