12.7.11 The Big Data Effect

January 12, 2016 Accel Partners, big data, business, chief technology officer, Churchill Club, EM..., Factual, Gil Elbaz, Greenplum, Keith Collins, Luke Lonergan, Ping Li, SAS, Silicon Valley, technology

Speakers:
Keith Collins, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, SAS
Gil Elbaz, Founder and CEO, Factual
Ping Li, Partner, Accel Partners
Luke Lonergan, Chief Technology Officer, Vice President and Co-Founder, Greenplum, an EMC Company
Anand Rajaraman, Senior Vice President, Walmart Global E-Commerce & co-founder, @WalmartLabs
Moderator: Michael Chui, Senior Fellow, McKinsey Global Institute

Gartner predicts that data will grow by 800% in five years, with 80% of it unstructured. The World Economic Forum recently declared big data as an asset class. We’re only getting started to discover the implications of making better sense of large amounts of unstructured data to uncover business opportunities, strategies, and more.

Is big data really an emerging market with lots of innovation, startups, job creation on the horizon? Why did it suddenly become possible? What are the obstacles, and the most promising areas of opportunity? How do you make it real in your organization?

Join this group of thought leaders from Accel Partners, Factual, Greenplum, SAS, @Walmartlabs, and McKinsey Global Institute for a conversation that gets beyond the hype about big data.

Sponsor: Greenplum, an EMC Company
Supporting Sponsors: Brocade and SAS

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