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The CTO's Guide to People Data Platforms

How to deliver on the need for people data, analytics, and generative AI for your customers

GuideApril 25, 2024

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It’s never been more important for CTOs in the HR technology space to deliver on the full promise of data, analytics, and generative AI. Investment in HR tech has significantly ramped up in the last few years as organizations have started transforming their HR function to adapt to changing workplace norms.

As HR tech vendors grapple with the challenges of resource scarcity, they must also contend with the stark reality of the opportunity cost of not delivering what their customers need. The race is on, but you don’t need to build from scratch to win it. In this guide, we break down the different ways to approach adding people data and analytics to your product.

It's all in this guide for CTOs—download to get:

  • A build, buy, blend, or partner matrix to use when evaluating your options

  • An overview of the different components needed to build an analytics platform from ingest to serve

  • A comparison table of critical factors like TCOW, core competency alignment, and implementation time for each option