As we head into the holidays, there’s no better time to talk about bringing people together. And there’s no better way to bring employees together within a company aspiring to be data-driven than with a data literacy program. What data analytics processes should your organization put into place to increase data literacy? It all starts with establishing a training program to empower your people to work with data, regardless of their level of expertise.

Last week, our friends at Amazon hosted the 10th annual AWS re:Invent conference at the always-exciting Venetian Resort in Las Vegas. The ChaosSearch team was out in full post-Covid force and felt the incredible energy and enthusiasm as the conference returned to an in-person format for the first time since 2019. Our team of Chaosians stayed busy in the buzzing expo hall and attending conference talks so we could be first to hear about every new AWS service announcement, feature launch, and innovation.

Wondering whether your struggles with the data lake, cloud data platform, or analytics at large are typical? Are you ahead or behind the curve? ChaosSearch recently commissioned a survey to understand the advantages and setbacks organizations face today in these areas, and we’re excited to share a sneak peek of the results. To uncover more detailed findings from our research, sign up to receive the full report once it’s available here.

This week we released a new case study that describes how the world-leading education technology provider Blackboard empowered digital learning throughout COVID, and in particular, the role log analytics played. Committed to supporting learners throughout their lifelong journey, Blackboard Inc. serves higher education, K-12, business and government clients around the world with learning management systems (LMS) and other digital education products.

As enterprises develop complex hybrid and multi-cloud environments to support futuristic use cases, a new report published by Big Data Quarterly (BDQ) aims to educate IT decision-makers and practitioners on the most up-to-date solutions and strategies for modern data management in hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

As enterprises digitize their businesses, their digital actions create myriad data points that hold great potential value. But, like pieces of a puzzle, you realize the true value when you integrate the data points.

A new report from Raconteur highlights the most important trends shaping the future of enterprise data management in 2021. The Raconteur Future of Data Report is packed with valuable insights that reveal how the world’s leading businesses are generating and collecting more data than ever before, and how they’re innovating to make better use of it.

Does your team know how to use data analytics to their advantage? For the vast majority of companies, the answer may be “no.” According to Accenture, only 21% of people are confident in their data literacy skills, and just 32% of companies have realized tangible, measurable value from their data. While the definition of data literacy varies depending on who you ask, at its core, the term means equipping anyone in your organization to know how to use data in a business context.