Many organizations have mapped out the systems and applications of their data landscape. Many have documented their most critical business processes. Many have modeled their data domains and key attributes. But only very few have succeeded in connecting the knowledge of these three efforts. The remainder of this point of view will explain why connecting […]
What Is a Data Management Platform?
A Data Management platform (DMP) is a tool where all your data can be collated and stored. Given the vast amounts of data we generate these days, it has become a much-needed business requirement. Data Management platforms collate all your marketing, audience, and competitor data so that data analysis teams always have a reference point in place. […]
How Can Your Organization Implement the Right Test Data Management (TDM) Strategy?
The enormous amount of data in circulation has allowed enterprises to automate, advance, or accelerate business development with the help of agile methodologies. The automation advancements require rigorous testing for business operations or software development. Thus, it is crucial to manage and streamline quality test data. This test data is used to build real-time scenarios […]
Overcoming a World Awash in Dirty Data
Like an invisible virus, “dirty data” plagues today’s business world. That is to say, inaccurate, incomplete, and inconsistent data is proliferating in today’s “big data”-centric world. Working with dirty data costs companies millions of dollars annually. It decreases the efficiency and effectiveness of departments spanning the enterprise and curtails efforts to grow and scale. It […]
Data Governance: How Can It Be a Crucial Enabler for Managing Data Risks?
In July 2021, one of the world’s leading banks revealed a loss of $5.5 billion due to a default by one of its customers. The bank identified the “failure of management and controls” in its investment banking arm as the fundamental cause of this loss. This incident reinforces the importance of a robust governance framework […]
Seven Essential Data Management Skills
As businesses continue to promote a culture of data democratization, effective strategies for managing data migrations and ensuring secure data access are gathering steam. IDC predicts that advanced Data Management skills will be necessary for up to 50% of everyday business operations in both large enterprises and small organizations this year. Data centers are becoming increasingly important for […]
The Key to Unstructured Data Management: Communicating About Your Data
Sharing information about what’s happening with the unstructured data in your organization is much more difficult than it might appear. Miscommunication can negatively impact virtually every aspect of your organization, from your IT, storage teams, and app developers – all the way to the business and other end users. However, it is critical to have […]
Data Pipelines: An Overview
Just as vendors rely on U.S. mail or UPS to get their goods to customers, workers count on data pipelines to deliver the information they need to gain business insights and make decisions. This network of data channels, operating in the background, distributes processed data across computer systems, an essential framework and function for any data-driven […]
How Can Project Open Data Improve Data Quality?
Data is a valuable asset to the U.S. government and the public. Making it accessible and usable intensifies democracy in the country. It also promotes effectiveness in the government, as well as efficiency in each branch. Project Open Data is a place where fostering collaboration and promoting improvement in open data policy is intended. This […]
Data Architecture Trends in 2023
With the onset of the pandemic, global businesses began to realize the power of operational efficiency, scalability, and growth. With this realization came the crucial need to shift their data centers to managed service ecosystems – cloud platforms in all their variations. However, locating a suitable data center partner on the cloud has not been an […]