All our online actions generate data. Even if we don’t write posts, comment, or upload other content, we leave our traces by being silent observers. This leads to predictable results – according to Statista, the amount of data generated globally is expected to surpass 180 zettabytes in 2025. On the one hand, having many resources to make […]
6 Data Cleaning Strategies Your Company Needs Right Now
Data cleaning (or data cleansing) is the process of checking your data for correctness, validity, and consistency and fixing it when necessary. No matter what type of data you are handling, its quality is crucial. So it’s better to implement this process into your regular workflow as soon as possible. What are the specifics of data […]
14 Skills Data Analysts Need for a Successful Career in 2021
Click to learn more about author Ashok Sharma. Do you want to be a data analyst? If so, great career choice! Data analysts are in high demand: From technology giants like IBM and Microsoft to our favorite media streaming providers like Netflix and Amazon Prime, organizations are increasingly relying on data analytics to make smart business decisions. […]
The Three Pillars of Trusted AI
Click to learn more about author Jett Oristaglio. As AI becomes ubiquitous across dozens of industries, the initial hype of new technology is beginning to be replaced by the challenge of building trustworthy AI systems. We’ve all heard the headlines: Amazon’s AI hiring scandal, IBM Watson’s $62 million failure in oncology, the now-infamous COMPAS recidivism […]
Top Use Cases for Data Management Automation
Click to learn more about author Daniel Pullen. Nowadays, we are surrounded by data: We produce a lot of personal data and work with a significant amount of data. When it comes to the business environment, data is crucial for effective decision-making, which makes it a highly valuable resource. But it needs to be well […]
Data Quality is Not a Goal — It’s a Mindset!
Click to learn more about author Farah Kim. Although companies are insight-starved and are investing huge amounts of money in setting up data collection and storage infrastructure (tales of data lakes!), they are unable to formulate a Data Quality plan. In my experience working with enterprise-level clients, the reason behind this is simple — Data […]
Why Data Quality is Not an IT but a Business Problem
Click to learn more about author Farah Kim. In a particularly intense weekly meeting, team leads from sales, marketing, IT, and finance were debating on the poor quality of data captured in the company’s new CRM system. Almost 40% of the data captured was defective – fake email addresses, missing information, invalid addresses, and so […]
Good, Clean Data: How to Get Your Organization’s Data in Tip-Top Shape
Click to learn more about author Paul Barba. As the type and volume of data we deal with increases, so does the challenge of managing and cleaning it. Unstructured data, data from multiple sources, and data whose values continually change all create “messiness” – datasets riddled with noise, inaccuracies, and duplications. This is a big […]
Veeva Reinvents Clinical Data Management With a Single Application to Manage All Trial Data
A recent press release states, “Veeva Systems today announced a next-generation cloud application to streamline clinical data management and accelerate study execution. Veeva Vault CDMS eliminates the need for multiple tools with a single clinical data management application that combines coding, EDC, data cleaning, and reporting. Companies can now have one application that allows them […]