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Why Icon Ventures Invested in Alation

Alation

It’s a truism that data is the most important asset in the 21 st century economy. But, today too many enterprises exist in a data fog, with poorly contextualized data scattered across millions of tables. Dispelling this data fog is one of the key challenges for the next generation enterprise. It’s that simple.

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Assembly required: 8 myths about knowledge management debunked

CIO Business Intelligence

Knowledge assembly in action To better understand why organizations fall short when assembling knowledge, we must first understand how knowledge assembly unfolds, starting with some basic concepts: Data are raw, unorganized facts, such as numbers, text, and images, that lack context and meaning on their own.