Tuesday, April 10, 2018

What is the Value of Information - it depends on the context!

Everybody agrees that "Data is the most valuable asset".  But, then how do we assess the value of each piece or a collection of data or information?

Why it is important?  It is critical because organization spends money on collecting, curating, and storing data. Data can be sold. Monetizing data is a vital fundamental for many commercial / social organizations.

A piece of information may be valuable to me but absolute thrash /useless item for another person.  The information I value very much today may be completely neglected tomorrow.  It all depends on who I am, where I am, etc. The value of data comes from several contextual factors.  There are more to discuss about this.  May be you all can chime in

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