Dr. Toa Charm is invited to attend to PTI Training Experience Day which is organized by HKPC on November 6, 2015. Dr. Charm will act as a speaker to give a speech on “How Big Data Overturns the Traditional enterprise and Create New Profit Models.
Nowadays, the competitions between the industries are fierce. Enterprises must develop quickly in order to dominate in the competitions. With the aim of developing steadily, allowance of industry information is a need. Employees continue to add value to themselves and to the enterprise. It benefits a lot for the enterprise to increase their competitiveness.
During October and November, 2015, Dr. Toa Charm was interviewed by Oriental Daily News on Big Data, sharing his valuable opinions on Hong KongOpen Data.
日期：2015-10-27
标题：探射灯：小政府扮大数据
（http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20151102/00176_150.html）
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公开海量数据以预测未来趋势，是各地赶上「大数据」（Big Data）时代的新方向，本港政府近年亦矢志发展，却沦为「扮潮」之举。纵使政府资讯科技总监办公室推出了「资料一线通」网站公开数据，惟本报记者发现，数据「质差、量少、过时」，遭业界诟病；在世界性的「开放数据指数」评估中，本港在九十七个地方中仅排名第五十四，轻微领先内地三位，远远落后英国、法国、台湾等地。立法会议员直言现时本港的大数据发展尚在「幼稚园阶段」，专家促当局改变思维，否则发展只会流于空谈。
香港电脑学会副会长兼商务智能与大数据专题组主席湛家扬亦表示，该网站改革后数量尚算是有所进步，惟资料种类及时间性仍有待改进。他指，政府应继续开放更多资料，例如疾病等公众卫生数据，同时亦应牵头与商界合作，讨论公开非机密商业数据的可能性。
日期：2015-11-01
标题：大数据：公开数据落后政府「扮潮」得把口
（http://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20151101/bkn-20151101205831700-1101_00822_001.html）
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公开数据以预测未来趋势，是各地赶上「大数据」（Big Data）时代的新方向。不过，本港的政府资讯科技总监办公室，虽然亦推出「资料一线通」网站公开数据，惟记者发现，数据「质差、量少、过时」，惹业界诟病；在世界性的「开放数据指数」评估中，本港在97地方中仅排名第54，远远落后英国、法国、台湾等地。立法会议员直言本港的大数据发展尚在「幼稚园阶段」，专家促当局改变思维，否则发展只流于空谈。
在世界性组织「开放知识基金会」去年12月发布的「开放数据指数」，在97个评估地方中，本港排名为54，只轻微领先排名57的内地，与三甲位置的英国、丹麦及法国差距望尘莫及。
立法会议员（资讯科技界）莫乃光表示，本港的数据开放情况「喺小学阶段」，至于大数据的发展则「仲喺幼稚园阶段」，未来政府应改进思维及完善法规。现时出任马来西亚政府辖下组织顾问的湛家扬亦指，本港对于大数据发展欠缺部署，因马来西亚政府有明确的政策目标，例如在2020年前，要培养1,500个数据科学家。
日期：2015-11-01
标题：大数据：数据分析趋势 扭转思维
（http://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20151101/bkn-20151101205822671-1101_00822_001.html）
日期：2015-11-02
标题：探射燈：商業「大」趨勢 分析數據尋「寶」
（http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20151102/00176_152.html）
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到底什么是「大数据」？香港电脑学会副会长兼商务智能与大数据专题组主席湛家扬解释，综合各种各样尽可能多的数据，在看似无关的数据之中发掘「宝藏」，得出可以分析、演绎、预测的有用资料，就是大数据。
大数据在世界各地，均已有不同的应用实例，如透过网络使用者的检索关键词，配合有关疾病的资料，从而判断流感传播趋势；又如透过道路、车辆、天气、突发事件、重大活动等数据，来预测交通情况；亦有外国的线上影音出租公司透过用户的看片记录，为用户建立影片推荐系统。英国牛津互联网研究所的大数据专家麦尔荀伯格（Viktor Mayer-Schonberger）指出，大数据将扭转传统的商业思考方法。
The Hong Kong Productivity Council will organize Productivity Training Institute on December 11, 2015. Dr. Toa Charm will act as a trainer to provide courses with the topic of “Big Data: The New Normal for Competition”.
Course Content:
Big data has drawn great attention from not just information technology professionals but also business leaders around the world. What does that really mean? How do you use analytics to create business value, differentiate your companies from your rival competitors, and more importantly, keep your customer satisfied and loyal to your companies and brands? Big data analytics represents a huge opportunity for today’s business leaders. It is not a technology or data science problem. It’s a leadership problem that can and must be solved by leaders. Executives equipped with a working knowledge of data science can massively improve marketing, create operating efficiencies, build new business models, disrupt the competitive status quo of industry and spark innovation. Mckinsey stated that big data is the core part of the 12 disruptive technologies from now till 2025 which will have big impact to our businesses, jobs and lives. Leveraging the value and insights of the work done in data science to transform organizations should be on every leader’s priority list.
This course aims to enable business and IT leaders to apply big data analytics to resolve business problems and monetize data for their companies. It will cover but not limited to the following items.
- Core concepts of big data analytics and data science
- Real-world examples of big data analytics at work
- Common characteristics of successful big data analytics applications
- Common challenges in deploying big data analytics and how to address them
- Steps to help an organization prepare for effective big data analytics use
Learning Outcomes:
The course is designed for business and information technology leaders and professionals who want to equip themselves with big data analytics capabilities. Whether the participants’ focus is on strategy, marketing, finance, IT, operations, or human resources, they will learn how to use data to make knowledge-driven business decisions. This program delivers sophisticated material in an easy-to-understand and accessible way. The participants will take away with the knowledge they need to seize opportunities that data analytics presents and insights to leverage analytics for increased efficiency, productivity or new business opportunities.
Medium of Instruction:
Cantonese (with terminology and handout materials in English)
Award of Certificate:
Attendance certificate will be awarded to delegates who have attended the full course by Hong Kong Productivity Council and Peter F. Drucker Academy.
Course Fee:
HKD$2,300 / $2,100
*(for participants who enroll on or before 4 Dec 2015 or more than 2 enrollments from the same company.)
Data Centre World Asia invites Dr.Toa Charm to share his experience in the Data Centre World Asia 2015 in Singapore on 28-29 Oct, 2015.
The Data Centre World Asia keynote theatre will equip you with an array of solutions to ensure efficiency is maximised in running your data centre. Hear from the world’s leading data centre suppliers on key technology available in the market to give you a competitive edge in building, running and maintaining your data centre
Dr. Toa Charm was interviewed by SCMP (South China Morning Post) and it is published in the newspaper on Octorber 29, 2015. Dr. Toa shares his opinion on Big Data about “Is Big Data Only for the Big Guys?”
HKU Space ICB invites Dr. Charm to share his valuable experience on the topic “Big Data: the New Normal of Enterprise Competition” in China Business Big Data Forum in Shenzhen on October 23, 2015.
Over the past decade, the Internet has brought lots of successful business models all over the world, creating a series of outstanding companies and cultivate a large number of young business leaders and rich. Google and Tencent are the outstanding representatives in the Internet era. While the Internet continues developing rapidly, there is another more subversive waves increasingly approaching us – big data.
McKinsey believes that, big data occupies a pivotal position among twelve disruptive technologies. Just like the Internet, all industries are challenged by big data, while the market rules continues being destroyed. Innovative enterprises have already mastered the road to success. They are not only able to beat their competitors in the same industries, but also challenge other industry leaders.
To achieve success in the age of big data, apart from being proficient in big data, it is more important to be innovative. This is also the weakest part for Chinese enterprises while compared with foreign enterprises. Innovation is highly needed for finding out new business opportunities from internal and external data, increasing profits by reforming the existing business model, improving customer satisfaction and promoting royalty.
During the speech, Dr. Charm (Toa Sir) will share the innovations in using big data for some oversea enterprises in different industries. He will also analyze the new business models developed by a series of global big data start-ups and how they impact our current and future today and in the future.
HKU Space ICB invites Dr. Charm to share his valuable experience on the topic “Big Data: the New Normal of Enterprise Competition” in n the Big Data Forum in Shanghai on October 22, 2015.
Over the past decade, the Internet has brought lots of successful business models all over the world, creating a series of outstanding companies and cultivate a large number of young business leaders and rich. Google and Tencent are the outstanding representatives in the Internet era. While the Internet continues developing rapidly, there is another more subversive waves increasingly approaching us – big data.
McKinsey believes that, big data occupies a pivotal position among twelve disruptive technologies. Just like the Internet, all industries are challenged by big data, while the market rules continues being destroyed. Innovative enterprises have already mastered the road to success. They are not only able to beat their competitors in the same industries, but also challenge other industry leaders.
To achieve success in the age of big data, apart from being proficient in big data, it is more important to be innovative. This is also the weakest part for Chinese enterprises while compared with foreign enterprises. Innovation is highly needed for finding out new business opportunities from internal and external data, increasing profits by reforming the existing business model, improving customer satisfaction and promoting royalty.
During the speech, Dr. Charm (Toa Sir) will share the innovations in using big data for some oversea enterprises in different industries. He will also analyze the new business models developed by a series of global big data start-ups and how they impact our current and future today and in the future.
CUHK eMBA invites Dr. Toa Charm to moderate a panel discussion on the topic ” Big Data: A myth, a propaganda or a reality?” in The Chinese University of Hong Kong EMBA Annual Conference and Reunion Dinner 2015 in Hong Kong on 17 Oct, 2015.
Introducing BIG DATA, Is it a Hype or just an Evolution?
BIG DATA – This may sound technically BIG, but know that you have been a Big Data user in one way or another without realising it in your daily decision making. Read through what Chairperson of largest technology show of Malaysia shares :
IJ Pascal Lum
Published on: 11th October 2015
Being the Chairperson of the largest and most prestigious Enterprise Technology Show in Malaysia IT conference on the concurrent segment of the 3rd Big Data World Show, he needs no introduction in this unchartered field. He may go about this role of introducing each speaker of their credentials and the title of the each track to be presented because perhaps he knows them personally and if he doesn’t, he hopes to be able to know them more than just the portfolio the organiser have provided him. A hint that perhaps he wish to be like Chief John Anderton (cast by Tom Cruise in Minority Report, 2002) where “in a future where a special police unit is able to arrest criminal before they commit their crimes from Pre-Cogs Déjà vu visions” because he mentioned this movie numerous times in his role in relation to the possible future that Big Data can offer. So, is Big Data a hype if you have not heard about it or even the concurrent conference introduced for the first time here with Big Data, Internet of Things ( IoT), let’s find out as iUeMag covers this conference with a series of related stories that might inspire you to ‘see the future’.
Dr Toa Charm, is no stranger to the Big Data community who is based in Hong Kong. Brief highlight of his bio data provided by the organisers “He has more than 25 years of management experience from leading multinational and Chinese companies in Asia Pacific. Dr. Charm was Associate Partner of IBM GBS Greater China, Regional Head of BI Competence Centre for HSBC Asia Pacific, General Manager of Oracle (BI Division), Managing Director of Hyperion Greater China and General Manager of Kingdee Asia Pacific. He specialises in business intelligence (BI) and big data, financial technology (FinTech), digital and internet+ transformation, strategy, business models innovation, customer experience and loyalty, and internationalization for emerging enterprises.” However, if I can at a click of the button also introduce Dr. Toa just like my buddy whom I visits frequently in Hong Kong, where we frequent our favorite restaurants or cafe, that would be mind blowing. However, Big Data is not about ‘hacking’ or stalking another person from the commercial transactions data generated by various systems, but it does tell a story that may not be documented or identified unless the dots are connected.One of the speakers had mentioned that, there is too much data due to data explosion so we need policies to enforce the data owners to filter, archive or ultimately delete them if considered ‘no value’. I asked the questions how one can decide what to delete for now because it may just be of some intrinsic value in the future. Data Deduplication and Compression technology tools for data storage have definitely reduce the volume but it is just a tool, that speaker says. Dr Toa later presented a chart about CEOs and their data titled “What CEOs Think about Data?” seems to imply without data, there is no Big Data but just how do we monetize this.
Dr Toa Charm, in his own presentation track titled “Big Data Innovation and Monetisation: Optimising the Return from Your Big Data Investment” he mentioned about Global Open Data Index (ODI) and recent initiatives by President Obama especially for Facebook to share ‘some’ data, not just because the ODI benchmark now has UK as the leader, followed by US who lead previously, and then by Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Australia on the list goes on, will allow for Big Data to be widely employed for productivity if the data can be monetized. He also reiterates that Business Intelligence is not Big Data because it reflects the past. So if data can somehow predicts or reflects on the possible future of clustered human behavior or environmental circumstances, corporations will be more productive as more data is available to connect the dots via Social Capital based on Tribe and Opinion Leaders for specific topics, these data are now assets for Big Data implementation. If your corporations have been employing Business Intelligence concepts for decision making, he believes the shift is now towards Big Data. However, some alignment are required between company directions and their Big Data strategies where an EcoSystem is required to be implemented to acquire the data before more apps usage and consumption of Big Data because we just cannot answer ALL the questions but more can be. Interested concepts you think but bear in mind this requires much work and effort which means more workers and these are knowledge workers, experts in their field.
As an young IT professional you may ask, “How does this differ from conventional computing discipline that highly concerns with garbage in garbage out, GIGO, predicaments and final decisions based on absolute accurate data”. Well, whether this is considered as creative computing, Big Data differs slightly where decision can be made around the “sweet spot” of the results presented, it may not be a definite certainty but a higher offset in hitting the target mark is presented. Management instinct can be further refine when such options are employed. Is this then just a new idea or simply just how we begin to EVOLVE in our decision making? I let you decide, for example to get to your favorite cafe for your tea break, the waze app says 10 minutes but offers multiple routes of 14 and 15 minutes. You will get there eventually is what I can conclude and I hope Dr. Toa will not be mad with me if I was just 3-4 minutes late meeting up with him for coffee in Hong Kong to update his latest bio data so that I can introduce him at the “Pre-Cogs Déjà vu 2050: Final Judgment or Just Dreams” Conference…. sometime in the future, perhaps?
Big Data, a hype or just an evolution of data processing? You decide! Dr Toa Charm recommends this a good read – Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think – by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger (Author), Kenneth Cukier (Author).