Data Sharks #3: What doesn't IT know about the Business?

Learn what both IT and Business usually don't know about each other when they are interviewed. Also, learn additional critical points needed in a data strategy.

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Meet today's Sharks:
- Jared Hillam, EVP of Emerging Technologies at Intricity
- Rich Hathaway, Senior Solution Architect, Snowflake Expert at Intricity
- Glenn Hillam, Senior Solution Architect, Snowflake Expert at Intricity
- Arkady Kleyner, Principal, and Co-Founder of Intricity

[michal]

After heavy loads od data engineering tutorials for the last month, these pieces are incredibly precious for me to keep focus on what matters most in this business. Thank you.

[staceyclark]

I used to have a picture of the Statue of Liberty outside my office (When I was CIO), the caption said "Bring Us Your Problem, Not Your Solution." The business and IT roles where confused, intime, and with total cost transparency ( I cancelled all "IT" projects that did not have a Business Sponsor and started over) the business came to realize the cost drivers for IT (them) and took responsibility for collaborating among themselves regarding what projects where mutually beneficial before they came to the table with needs and nice to have for the year. This enabled IT to support real business initiatives with and articulated value. You could ask any IT type in the hall what they were up to and they could tell you in the context of a real business need.

[roya]

I started my career on the business side and migrated to the IT (background in compsci, engineering, mba). My opinion is that in the current world, 'business' people have no business running things. Businesses should be IT top to bottom. A business degree is useless. The conversation in this video is obsolete. If a company's IT group is having the conversation "what are your needs" then you are in the wrong era.