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Mining data, whether it is structured or unstructured, creates new business roles and fundamentally disrupts existing business models. Big Data is big business. However, some consultants say tread lightly and beware of the boom. Either way, Big Data is consulting’s golden opportunity, especially for firms set up to take full advantage if it.

The decision to outsource or not is a fundamental one for most businesses. Firms need to be fully aware of the pros and cons and enter the agreement with their eyes wide open.

Clients often struggle with obtaining the projected Return on Investment (ROI) from large Information Technology projects. Many key improvements are delayed to “Later Phases” that frequently don’t materialize or lose momentum. How do you maintain client focus, and deliver the value that they demand?

Deloitte survey reveals a major disconnect between confidence, action among America’s top executives.

From studying Biology at Duke University to U.S. Army Infantry Officer Basic School, Airborne School, Ranger School, and ultimately standing in the door of a C-130 Hercules aircraft ready to jump and lead his 40-member infantry platoon into hostile territory, ACME Consulting co-founder David Kelleher is no stranger to a challenge. But when his military career was sidelined by a Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis in 1996, he was facing the fight of his life. In the early days of the disease, while suffering through symptoms including temporary blindness and limb paralysis, Kelleher kept his diagnosis mostly to himself. After coming to terms with his new reality, he decided to engage with the MS community. Since then, he’s enlisted ACME employees to get active, organizing bike rides and walks that have raised more than $500,000 for MS research since 2006.

To say Prasad Chintamaneni, President and Global Head of the Banking & Financial Services practice at Cognizant, is bullish on the future of the sector would be an understatement. Chintamaneni, who has some 900 consultants at his disposal, sat down recently with Consulting magazine to talk about the market, its overall potential and the digital transformation of the financial services industry.