De Persgroep shares 5 steps to starting its Big Data programme
Conference Blog | 21 April 2016
Introducing a Big Data strategy can be overwhelming, Dirk Milbou, the company’s business manager/consumer relations, explained at the European News Media Conference in Budapest, Hungary.
To make it easier, the company built it around five blocks:
- Collect the data.
- Store the data.
- Control the data.
- Analyse the data.
- Turn that insight into action.
“Make sure you have the tools appropriate in your company in real time when needed.”
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About Dawn McMullan
Dawn McMullan is senior editor at INMA, based in Dallas, Texas, USA. She can be reached at dawn.mcmullan@inma.org.
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