Comments on: Data is still defensible http://jtonedm.com/2009/05/13/data-is-still-defensible/ James Taylor on Everything Decision Management Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:08:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Eastwood http://jtonedm.com/2009/05/13/data-is-still-defensible/comment-page-1/#comment-14297 Mark Eastwood Thu, 14 May 2009 19:28:38 +0000 http://jtonedm.com/?p=1957#comment-14297 James,    I agree completely, that the competitive advantage is in *using* the data. Some data is and will continue to be unique to a particular enterprise, such as the examples you list. Some data may well be publicly available, but if you’re not using it you’re missing the value. Soon using this data will be “table stakes” to compete. It’s not being proprietary that makes data valuable; it’s the information in the data and the ability to take action (with business value) on that information.   mee James,

   I agree completely, that the competitive advantage is in *using* the data. Some data is and will continue to be unique to a particular enterprise, such as the examples you list. Some data may well be publicly available, but if you’re not using it you’re missing the value. Soon using this data will be “table stakes” to compete. It’s not being proprietary that makes data valuable; it’s the information in the data and the ability to take action (with business value) on that information.
 
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