Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 19 | Page 92

Fujitsu implements Middle East’s first smart kiosks for Digital Banking Qatar Airways to offer next generation Inmarsat GX Aviation in-flight broadband service The 5 Biggest Data Myths The 5 Biggest Data Myths intelligentcio.com... Most Read Is something stopping you from realising the potential of your data? Telecommunications companies are only just beginning to explore the potential that they can realise with their data. Can they gain more from their data strategy? Or is there something holding them back from realising the value that analysing their data can bring? Here are 5 myths that we think are holding the telecommunications industry back: MYTH 1: My data is too diverse to analyse. REALITY: A lot of the data that modern telcos possess may be unstructured and disorganised but Hadoop can store large volumes of it, no matter its source, format or size. Simplifying identity verification to aid digital transformation – it’s all about security and automation Technology to make taxis safer in Dubai MYTH 2: Open source means open security. REALITY: Cloudera delivers applications and frameworks for deploying, managing and integrating the necessary data security controls demanded by today’s regulatory environments and compliance policies. 92 92 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com