Master Data Management (MDM) is an important method for developing and maintaining the uniformity and accuracy of the organization’s shared “master data.” Master Data Management allows businesses to improve the accuracy and uniformity of their important data assets, such as customer data, product data, asset data, and location data. Master data can be described as an […]
Protecting Intellectual Property in the Age of LLM Generative AI Tools
The emergence of large language models (LLMs) has ushered in a new era of generative AI tools with unprecedented capabilities. These powerful models, such as ChatGPT and others, possess the ability to make contextual connections in ways that were previously unimaginable. While LLMs offer immense potential, there is a pressing need to address the potential […]
Building Resilient Data Ecosystems for Safeguarding Data Integrity and Security
The term “big data” is no longer the exclusive preserve of big companies. Businesses of all sizes increasingly see the benefits of being data-driven. Various factors have moved along this evolution, ranging from widespread use of cloud services to the availability of more accessible (and affordable) data analytics and business intelligence tools. Effective access to […]
Data Portability Offers the Only Prospect of Gaining Control Over Our Digital Identity
In the digital age, our lives are intricately intertwined with the vast amount of data we generate, akin to footprints on snow. Every online interaction, every purchase, and every social media post leaves a trackable trail, which taken together represents our digital identity. This digital self, however, is increasingly under threat – from data breaches, […]
To Share or Not to Share: 3 Keys to Faster and Safer Data Delivery
Data represents the lifeblood of any organization, whether gathered and analyzed for boosting sales, developing new marketing strategies, improving customer satisfaction, or long-range strategic planning. Key decision-makers would be lost without it. Despite the crucial role that data plays across the entire enterprise, the issue of who gets access to information while also keeping it […]
Do Enterprise Data Contracts Require Data Democratization?
Data contracts are formal agreements between a data provider and a data consumer. They abstractly describe the data as well as the exchange structure, format, and characteristics and schema of information. Why is a data contract required? Data contracts establish guidelines and rules for data sharing, storage, deletion, or archival. Moreover, they ensure that the data […]
Which Data Quality Issues Are Plaguing Data Engineers Today?
We’ve all generally heard that data quality issues can be catastrophic. But what does that look like for data teams, in terms of dollars and cents? And who is responsible for dealing with data quality issues? To get to the bottom of these questions and more, we conducted a survey of 100 survey respondents, at least 63 […]
Usability and Connecting Threads: How Data Fabric Makes Sense Out of Disparate Data
Generating actionable insights across growing data volumes and disconnected data silos is becoming increasingly challenging for organizations. Working across data islands leads to siloed thinking and the inability to implement critical business initiatives such as Customer, Product, or Asset 360. As data is generated, stored, and used across data centers, edge, and cloud providers, managing a […]
Defending Your Organization from Illegal Data’s Wrath
In today’s interconnected world, businesses not only grapple with the management of vast amounts of data but also face the looming threat of illegal data concealed within their digital repositories. This proliferation of illegal data presents a range of risks and challenges that organizations must confront. Illegal data encompasses a broad spectrum of content or […]
Why the Future Success of Organizations Relies on Innovation from IT
Organizations are sitting on a mountain of data and untapped business intelligence, all stored across various internal and external systems. Those that utilize their data and analytics the best and the fastest will deliver more revenue, better customer experience, and stronger employee productivity than their competitors. And the organizations that can answer the tough questions […]