Data is expanding in volume, variety, and sources; therefore, so is the business need for trustworthy, accurate, and timely data for on-demand “competitive intelligence.” Data fabric use cases offer a long-range technological solution for handling the myriad challenges that come with such a complex data ecosystem. This “converged platform,” designed with a unique architecture and […]
Data Strategy Best Practices
Data Strategy, the master plan or blueprint for confronting day-to-day business challenges and meeting pre-defined business goals using data, has gained significant traction. More companies are seeing the connection between following Data Strategy best practices and boosting profit. Gartner estimates that 50% of financial planning and analytics leaders will take charge of developing and refining their Data Strategy. Moreover, […]
ADV Webinar: Why Analytics Leaders Deploy Master Data Management
Download the slides here>> About the Webinar Master data is a key to digital transformation. All transformative projects require master data and usually many subject areas. What could you accomplish if cultivating customer, product, supplier, and other subjects didn’t have to be part of every project and could be accessed as a service? The […]
Data-Ed Webinar: Gaining Business & Executive Support for Data Management
TIME: 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific Download the slides here>> About the Webinar Some days it just seems that you are constantly having to justify your data program. Or perhaps just trying to convince management that you need a data program and not a data project. You need to sell the concept […]
Data Cataloging Tools
Data cataloging tools work with data catalogs to make them more efficient. Data catalogs typically come with tools included as part of the data catalog package. The tools included with data catalogs have been developed to support data quality, analytics, and compliance with data privacy regulations. Unfortunately, the number of independently sourced tools for data […]
Machine Learning 101
Machine learning (ML) is a subfield of AI that helps train machines to make decisions or complete tasks independently by studying and learning from data. Machine learning enables computers to learn, understand, and make decisions or perform tasks like humans without explicit programming. Machine learning includes the process of building mathematical models from sample historical data […]
EEDL Webinar: Data Literacy Assessments
Download the slides here>> About the Webinar Ask any data professional and they will agree: The workplace would operate more effectively if everyone understood how to use, produce, interpret, and explain data and the insights they produce. Even if an organization achieves full agreement to invest in data literacy, significant questions remain: How data-literate […]
How to Build a Career in Data Science
Considering a career in Data Science? Good news: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the employment rate for data scientists will grow by 36% between 2021 and 2031, with 40,500 more jobs expected to be created in that time. As the amount of data generated globally increases at a rapid pace, so too does the […]
A Brief History of the Data Warehouse
A data warehouse stores data from in-house systems and various outside sources. Data warehouses are designed to support the decision-making process through data collection, consolidation, analytics, and research. They can be used in analyzing a specific subject area, such as “sales,” and are an important part of modern business intelligence. The architecture for data warehouses was […]
DAS Webinar: Master Data Management – Aligning Data, Process, and Governance
Download the slides here>> About the Webinar Master Data Management (MDM) provides organizations with an accurate and comprehensive view of their business-critical data such as customers, products, vendors, and more. While mastering these key data areas can be a complex task, the value of doing so can be tremendous – from real-time operational integration […]