Investing in Data Analytics to Improve Business Value

The words were uttered, though likely not for the first time, in 1978 by a pathologist named Edwin R. Fisher, and have resonated across the last four decades. “In God we trust,” he told a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee, while discussing the potential dangers of second-hand smoke. “Others must provide data.” Fisher, who died in 2008, could not have realized how prescient he was in regards to data, the impact of which is now seen in nearly every aspect of American life. Whether in healthcare, banking, utilities or manufacturing, analytics have taken on increased importance. They have even become…...