Posts Tagged ‘Data quality’
Managing the Data Management
Data management bring with it a certain level of struggle that typically only those working in IT understand. Between limited resources and changing and often outdated infrastructures, protocols, regulations, and demanding clients – there is no seemingly no end to the workload and hurdles. This interesting topic came to us from DATAVERSITY in their article, “The…
Read MoreData Quality as a Priority
Data quality is a difficult and often challenging task for many organizations. A recent study found that only 3 percent found that their departments fell within the minimum acceptable range of 97 or more correct data records out of 100. Let that number sink in for a minute. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting topic to our attention…
Read MoreAdding Quality to the Data
What do you call poor data hygiene? Bad BI? Machine learning is being used to clean up data management protocols. This interesting topic came to us from ZD Net in their article, “The great data science hope: Machine learning can cure your terrible data hygiene.” Maintaining good data hygiene is tough, especially when you are…
Read MoreManaging Data and Money
Data is money. Managing money and data takes information. A recent study by MIT found big data is costing money to fix bad data. This information was brought to us by Datamation in their article, “Top 10 Data Governance Solutions.” As more data is created and collected, the challenges continue to grow. That is one reason why data management or data…
Read MoreData Quality is a Constant Challenge
Data access, quality and integration are present across industries and one constant are the challenges data professionals navigate in order to actually analyze the data. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Infographic: Nearly 40% of Data Professionals Spend Half of Their Time Prepping Data.” The article shares an infographic that does…
Read MoreQuality Data is Useful Data
GS1 US went live in 2017 with its National Data Quality program designed to improve data accuracy for the optimal exchange of supply chain product information. GS 1 is the organization that develops and maintains global standards for business communication. The most well-known of these standards is the barcode. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information to us in their article,…
Read MoreBad Data to Good Data
In today’s digital world, business users need easier ways to explore data, uncover new insights and make informed decisions instantly from any device. However, achieving this can be difficult for many organizations even with the best of IT infrastructures. What if the data is just bad? DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information to our attention in…
Read MoreData Governance Webinar
Data governance is key to an organization’s ability to ensure high quality data exists throughout the complete lifecycle. It is often referred to as the people, processes, and policies around data and information. Learn more about data governance in this free webinar titled, “Data Modeling, Data Governance & Data Quality.” The webinar is sponsored by alteryx and…
Read MoreGarbage In, Garbage Out
Quality is important whether we are talking about fabric, craftsmanship or data. Data technologies and data assets have no meaning without quality. DATAVERSITY brought this news to us in their article, “Data Quality in the Enterprise.” While data management professionals have been focused on refining the data analysis and reporting platforms, the quality of data has…
Read MoreData Quality Impacts Sales and Service
The importance of data quality has not waned. There are obvious costs of poor quality data and some subtle hidden costs as well. This news came from DATAVERSITY in their article, “Hidden Costs of Poor Data Quality.” A few of the obvious costs are the need to manually configure downloads of data from source systems for…
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