From the humble data warehouse to the lake and swamp to potentially an ocean of data, take your pick where you want to drown yourself. The reality is the customer doesn’t care about the fancy lake or the Kafka pipelines; they care about the service they are receiving from you. Due to poor communication and misalignment […]
The Key to Health Equity? It All Lies in the Data
Data plays a critical role in making health care more equitable. Hospitals and health systems have been collecting data for years, but it’s only recently that this data has become accessible and usable in a way that can truly change health care for the better. Though certainly not a new initiative, health equity is under […]
How to Mitigate the IT Challenges of Remote Work
During the pandemic, many businesses were forced to support remote work to stay afloat. While this shift was initially a temporary solution, the resulting increase in productivity and an overwhelmingly positive employee response has since led high-profile companies such as Google, Apple, Twitter, Salesforce, J.P. Morgan, and Slack to establish permanent hybrid and remote work corporate policies. Most […]
7 Key Features of Data Management Systems
Data Management is the practice of gathering, organizing, securing, and storing data for an organization so it can be analyzed for business decisions. Data Management helps minimize potential errors by setting processes and policies around its usage and building confidence in the data used for decision-making throughout the company. Businesses implement Data Management systems to ensure that data […]
In Exchange for Sharing Data, Customers Expect a Personalized Experience – Not Irrelevance
Consumers regularly receive information that is irrelevant to their current interests or situation – and they’re none too pleased. According to a recent survey commissioned by my company, 70% of consumers surveyed said they receive mistargeted information at least once a month, and 24% say they receive mistargeted information, such as inaccurate promotional emails or irrelevant […]
Why the Consumable Form of Data Needs Your Attention
How organizations manage their data directly impacts their success or failure. The correlation between data analytics and intelligence to competitive advantage and growth has led to heavy investments in those technologies throughout the last decade. So, if you consider that content is the consumable form of data, then it follows that the era of big […]
How Data Can Prevent Software Piracy and Drive Licensing Revenue
Those who use your software found it, love it, and want to use it. Unfortunately, some people use your software without paying for it. Software piracy – the use of software that’s been configured or tampered with to remove or bypass license enforcement – happens. So does overuse (use of software exceeding the limits of the […]
What Is Data Observability?
Data observability is the practice of monitoring and analyzing the health of an organization’s data and data systems. Essentially, it gives you a 360o overview of what’s happening with your data at any given point in time. This practice is beneficial, as it provides all stakeholders with an in-depth insight into how their data is collected, […]
Managing Technology Assets: 10 Best Practices
The effects of the pandemic have popularized a unique work style that places a higher value on providing employees with the options of either a hybrid or a fully remote work environment for many employees. In fact, 81% of people surveyed believe hybrid work will be the foremost working model by 2024, with 56% of […]
Writing a Data Management Plan
A Data Management plan (DMP) is normally a one- or two-page summary, outlining how data will be handled during a research project, and after it has been completed. The goal of a Data Management plan is to consider the many aspects of Data Management (such as data preservation, metadata generation, and analysis) before the project begins. It […]