According to a recent press release, DAMA International is actively seeking nominations for this year’s DAMA International Achievement Awards. The organization, which promotes Data Management best practices for data professionals, grants its annual awards to those exhibiting exceptional Data Management skills and real-world impact. If you know a person, team, or organization that stands out […]
How to Improve Data Quality by Using Feedback Loops
Click to learn more about author Eva Murray. In this blog, we will take a look at: The impact poor Data Quality has on organizations and practical advice for how to overcome this challenge through the use of feedback loops. Poor Data Quality can cost organizations millions each year. It can lead to incorrect decisions, […]
Data Architect vs. Data Modeler vs. Data Engineer
Michael Bowers, author and Chief Data Architect at FairCom Corporation, initially set out to research three careers in his presentation titled Data Architect vs. Data Modeler vs. Data Engineer for the DATAVERSITY® Data Architecture Online 2019 Conference. The process brought him to a wealth of information he would have appreciated much earlier in his career, […]
The Most In-Demand Big Data Skills and for IT and Data Professionals
Click to learn more about author Gilad David Maayan. The World Wide Web has grown to include more than 1.8 billion websites. Of these, about 200 million or less are active. With each passing day, thousands of new sites are added to the mix to intensify the already cutthroat competition. 2017 was a very productive […]
The State of Data Education: Bringing IT and the Business Together
There’s something missing in the way that many higher education institutions educate students about the intersection between technology and business. The problem: they often don’t. There just isn’t enough focus on getting those people who are studying the science – and art – of working with data to also work in tandem with business peers […]
Data Architecture Trends in 2019
A primary concern of digital businesses today is the reliability of data. Many business users are still judging the ultimate value of data-guided analytics with a certain degree of skepticism, which can only change over time with delivery of solid benefits. The reliability of business data comes from a well-designed and well implemented Data Architecture. […]
How to Tell a Great Story with Data
Click to learn more about author Bree Baich. Recently, a follower on Twitter reached out to share her frustration over the results of her data storytelling research. “We’ve been researching the topic like crazy, but I don’t seem to find an agreed upon definition for it.” I’ve spent my entire career in roles that required a […]