Recent Gartner research provides some great guidance into the management of data and analytics for companies. It urges companies to go beyond simply declaring that data is an important asset and begin treating it like one. It points out that not only must data be specifically incorporated as an asset but the related competency of data analytics must also be recognized and developed within the enterprise.
Big data is a generally poorly defined term, despite it being one of the most common terms used these days. There is a general recognition that data is expanding rapidly in volume, and is being used for various purposes more often, thanks to the many tools available for using it.
A recent CEO Study on Sustainability, “The Decade to Deliver: A Call to Business Action”, conducted by the United Nations Global Compact and Accenture Strategy, involved obtaining the views of more than 1,000 top executives across 21 industries and 99 countries. The study shows some major change in the way corporate executives think about climate change and sustainability.
Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada), one of the largest national accounting organizations in the world, has chosen to become a founding partner of ThinkTwenty20.
