5 Critical Questions To Be Answered at I&T’s 2012 Executive Summit

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2. What is the key to a successful big data initiative?

Analytics and data will be critical tools, but companies often struggle with a lack of creativity in how to apply them. And that's where the rubber meets the road: not in the power of the tools themselves, but creativity in using them. The tools are not ends in themselves. The key is to start with the question.

-- Murli Buluswar, Chartis, who will speak about Big Data, Big Opportunities, Big Challenges.

Katherine Burger is Editorial Director of Bank Systems & Technology and Insurance & Technology, members of UBM TechWeb's InformationWeek Financial Services. She assumed leadership of Bank Systems & Technology in 2003 and of Insurance & Technology in 1991. In addition to ... View Full Bio

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