Data's Strategic Value

Discussions center on the importance of data and metadata as key assets, debating their collection, analysis, understanding, and practical use for generating insights and competitive advantages in business.

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superflit2 Sep 16, 2021 View on HN

Maybe not only "data" but ""meta-data"" that is more important.

jahaja Mar 9, 2018 View on HN

What's the value of this point-in-time, and inherently case-by-case, data?

bo1024 Aug 5, 2016 View on HN

Probably the data is the main secret sauce.

hdeo Jun 22, 2011 View on HN

There may be an opportunity in 'doing something' with all the data collected ..

Terry_Roll Dec 23, 2021 View on HN

You can collect as much data as you like, its what you do with it that counts.

msmith88 May 15, 2019 View on HN

love the focus on data - will help in the long run!

ihuman Dec 26, 2019 View on HN

What do you mean by "a different view of data"?

unexistance Mar 17, 2016 View on HN

you need to understand the data before it can be made to good 'use'https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11272473

RocketSyntax Nov 13, 2019 View on HN

Aggregate some kind of data during your normal business operations. Then produce insight from that data.

throwaway14356 Apr 13, 2024 View on HN

metadata is more valuable than data