{"id":5396,"date":"2017-11-02T06:56:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T10:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news?p=5396&preview=true&preview_id=5396"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:06:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:06:13","slug":"cio-mesage-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/02\/cio-mesage-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan\u2019s data revolution: Message from the VPIT-CIO"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAs a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u2014 Benjamin Disraeli <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Or to put it in Michigan terms: \u201cOur most successful student, most accomplished researcher, most engaged citizen, is the one who has the best information.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Information comes from data, and the data revolution on campus is real. We all feel it as we support our incredibly creative and industrious faculty and students across the University of Michigan. At last week\u2019s <\/span>Campus of <\/span>the <\/span>Future<\/span><\/a> B<\/span>i<\/span>cent<\/span>e<\/span>nnial<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>event, our students imagined the next century for Michigan with ingenuity and teamwork. They envisioned campuses built on more and better connections, more data, and many more interactions between smarter machines and ourselves. It was an inspiring event, with a GoBlue spirit as bright as the <\/span>Hail Storm<\/span><\/a> light show on Friday night.<\/span><\/p>\n