When it comes to Data Governance and Data Management programs, the enterprise needs to be thinking about today – and tomorrow. Data Governance leaders at financial services and planning organization TIAA are wrestling with the increasing pace of change and what its impact will be on current management and governance models. “The digital world is […]
Artificial Intelligence Has its Foundation in Good Data
Creating value and competitive advantage are two top use cases for Artificial Intelligence (AI). Now, it’s time for businesses to really get their hands on how to put it to work to those ends. Most companies are ready and willing to take it on. In the case of large enterprises, they’re looking for ways to […]
Streamlining Real-Time Data Integration and Analytics: The Struggle is Over
Data Architects and CDOs today face a variety of demands, including delivering Real-Time Analytics, predicting customer behavior, or operationalizing Machine Learning. All of these initiatives share one critical requirement: real-time data. But to get value from real-time data, they must enable continuous collection of data, and on-the-spot integration in-flight across heterogeneous systems. For years, companies […]
A Brief History of Non-Relational Databases
First came relational databases, which provide a useful comparison for understanding non-relational databases. Invented by Edgar F. Codd in 1970, the relational database arranges data into different rows and columns by associating a specific key for each row. Almost all relational database systems use Structured Query Language (SQL) and are remarkably complex. They are traditionally […]
Bringing Data Preparation to Everyone in the Enterprise
“Whether you’re working with Big Data, or whether you’re working with very small data sets, you always need to prepare data for anything that you’re doing with it,” said Paige Schaefer, Product Marketing Manager for Trifacta. Schaefer and colleague Matt Derda, Senior Customer Success Manager, recently talked with DATAVERSITY® about Trifacta’s Data Wrangling technologies. “Data […]
Analytics and Machine Learning at Georgia Institute of Technology
A solid Computer Science education at Georgia Tech has been available since 1964, with the start of their Information Science program. By 1970, it had become the School of Information and Computer Science (ICS), offering bachelor’s degrees in information science and doctorates in ICS. The College of Computing continues to maintain a leadership role, expanding […]
Enterprise Data World 2018: Illuminating the Data Cave
In his Monday evening lighting talk at the Enterprise Data World (EDW) 2018 Conference, Daragh O’Brien remarked that coming to a conference like EDW is similar to Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. It’s an opportunity to get out of the caves of our day jobs, move into the light, gain new frames of reference, and […]
Master Data Management: Evolution at the Heart of the Business
“The role of Master Data Management (MDM) and the opportunity it presents in the marketplace has never been more critical and strategic to the overall success of today’s business,” said” Prashant Bhatia, Chief Product Officer at Stibo Systems. Real-time systems, Artificial Intelligence, and the influx of Cloud-based service providers are reinforcing the need for MDM […]
Case Study: Using Data Quality and Data Management to Improve Patient Care
Mismatched patient data is the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States, according to healthIT.gov, and a 2016 survey by the Poneman Institute revealed that 86 percent of all healthcare practitioners know of an error caused by incorrect patient data. Patient misidentification is also responsible for 35 percent of denied insurance claims, […]
Dawn of the Chief Digital Officer
The term “CDO” has typically refered to Chief Data Officer. But some industry leaders make the case for revising it to mean Chief Digital Officer. One of them is Langley Eide, Chief Strategy Officer at Data Science and Analytics platform vendor Alteryx. A Chief Digital Officer title, she says, “leans forward into digital transformation,” and […]