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How can campus big data be captured and incorporated?

CRAIG NAPIERPERFORMANCE INDICATORS UNIT

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WHAT IS BIG DATA

McAfee, A Brynjolfsson, E, Big Data: The Management Revolution, Harvard Business Review. Oct2012, Vol. 90 Issue 10, p60-68.

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SO HOW BIG IS BIG DATA

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14

4/02

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4

21/0

2/20

14

10/0

3/20

14

27/0

3/20

14

13/0

4/20

14

30/0

4/20

14

17/0

5/20

14

3/06

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4

20/0

6/20

14

7/07

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4

24/0

7/20

14

10/0

8/20

140

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200000

250000

300000

350000

Harris, D 2013, http://gigaom.com, Why Apple, eBay, and Walmart have some of the biggest data warehouses you’ve ever seen

150B records

$3500 Sales per second

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Internal Data

Sources

Internal Data

Externally hosted

External Data

FINDING VALUE THROUGH THE NOISE

“As an institution we must be able to gather and manage the right data, turn it into insights, and translate those insights into effective action’ McGuire T, McKinsey & Company

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WHERE TO FROM HERE?

• Identify and leverage technologists• Partner with business stakeholders• Human insight is essential• Enhanced discoverability and consumability