Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are often challenged to satisfy all the roles and responsibilities in the organization, and most team members wear more than one hat. That feeling of being overstretched is typical of growing businesses and, in an increasingly competitive market with businesses fighting for skilled resources, it is difficult to meet budget […]
5 Trends Driving Profitable Business Transformation
In today’s post-pandemic business world, only one thing is certain: change. For companies, this puts a bigger onus than ever before on agility, adaptability, and flexibility. It also means companies need to step out of their comfort zones and try new approaches and methods. Companies will need to implement new methodologies and tools to support […]
AI in Health Care: Trends and Challenges in 2022
Around this time last year, the 2021 AI in Healthcare Survey was released. The results showed growth in natural language processing (NLP), clinicians becoming primary users of AI technology, and a preference for companies using their own data to validate models, among other findings. And while the results didn’t change significantly from last year, there […]
5 Best Practices to Reap the Benefits of Data Democratization
In the digital age, the success, growth, and maximization of opportunities of an organization depend on insights gained from data. Analytics and business intelligence (ABI) tools enable organizations to drive greater meaning from their data to protect revenue streams, minimize risk, adapt to rapidly changing business environments, and better serve their customers. In many cases, […]
Data Democratization: Think of It as Home Renovation
The focus of this article is on data democratization within the business enterprise, but the concepts and approaches involved in implementing this type of initiative are worth considering for any kind of major change within an organization. When thinking about business environments – how they are established and how they evolve – it is often […]
Data Operations and DataOps: Not One and the Same
Click to learn more about author John Pocknell. In today’s competitive enterprise landscape, having a proper DataOps strategy in place correlates with better data intelligence and optimization within an organization – breaking down silos and enabling data democratization and better business agility at scale. But DataOps as a methodology is not to be confused with data operations, which […]
How Effective Data Storytelling Can Improve the Bottom Line
Click to learn more about author Peter Jackson. In an increasingly data-driven world, where companies have recognized the value of building data cultures and developing solid data strategies, too many organizations still have trouble mastering the language of data. Data has real business value. It holds answers to the questions that can give leaders visibility […]
What Is a Data Democracy?
A data democracy describes a methodological framework of values and actions that benefit and minimize any harm to the public or the typical user. Organizations like Data for Democracy, initiated by Bloomberg and BrightHive, and projects like Data for Democracy, established by the University of Washington to help Myanmar transition to a data democracy, are spearheading […]
Does Data Democratization Result in Data Anarchy and Bad Business Decisions?
Click to learn more about author Kartik Patel. One of the most common excuses used to avoid Data Democratization and Self-serve Augmented Data Discovery is that the organization cannot guarantee data integrity and that, if business users have access to dated, incorrect or incomplete data, the resulting decisions will not be better but rather worse than […]
How Can the Chief Data Officer Facilitate Data Literacy and Data Democracy?
“Data Literacy: It’s all about how to get people in an organization engaged so that they can make decisions and take actions that can collectively drive better decision-making,” said Harald Smith, Director of Product Management at Syncsort. Smith is a strong proponent of Data Democracy. “Data Democratization” is the idea that digital information should be […]