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DB2 holds so much data.  Data makes us smarter and gives us insight and business advantage so it has monetary value right ?   I pondered for a long time whether data should be an asset on the balance sheet and blogged about it here

Essentially we can turn data into meaningful insights - particularly big data as there is so much more to consider.  Mike Ferguson Independent analyst and consultant talks about this on his upcoming webcast June 24 11:00am Eastern, highlighting a summary of his great white paper on the same topic.

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High volume, high velocity, high variety – these are just a few of the information challenges that businesses face today and in the near future. Big data is still a hot topic for both IT and business leaders who recognize it as an innovative and cost-effective way of gaining deeper insight into the business and driving better decision-making. While running out of data to analyze is not a problem, too much data from too many sources could be.

The longevity and qualities of service offered by the mainframe has made it an information hub, with vast amounts of data – from transactions and in multi-terabyte data warehouses – that can feed valuable business analytics. Join us for this complimentary webcast and hear an analyst's view point.