O'Reilly on Data

MARCH 25, 2025

Weve seen this across dozens of companies, and the teams that break out of this trap all adopt some version of Evaluation-Driven Development (EDD), where testing, monitoring, and evaluation drive every decision from the start. Two big things: They bring the messiness of the real world into your system through unstructured data.

Testing 177

Testing Data-driven Software Measurement 177

O'Reilly on Data

MAY 19, 2025

About six weeks ago, I sent an email to Satya Nadella complaining about the monolithic winner-takes-all architecture that Silicon Valley seems to envision for AI, contrasting it with the architecture of participation that had driven previous technology revolutions, most notably the internet and open source software.

Marketing 235

Marketing Software Experimentation Modeling 235

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 13, 2025

Allow me, then, to make five predictions on how emerging technology, including AI, and data and analytics advancements will help businesses meet their top challenges in 2025 particularly how their technology investments will drive future growth. Prediction #2: Brands will differentiate and delight with Gen AI and extreme customer insight.

Technology 133

Technology Interactive Cost-Benefit Testing 133

Smart Data Collective

JULY 21, 2022

Data analytics is incredibly valuable for helping people. More institutions are recognizing this, so the market for data analytics in education is projected to be worth over $57 billion by 2030. We have previously talked about the many ways that big data is disrupting education.

Data-driven 145

Data-driven Big Data Cost-Benefit Data Analytics 145

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 19, 2025

If a customer asks us to do a transaction or workflow, and Outlook or Word is open, the AI agent can access all the company data, he says. And because these are our lawyers working on our documents, we have a historical record of what they typically do. That adds up to millions of documents a month that need to be processed.

Software 143

Software Risk Enterprise Cost-Benefit 143

Smart Data Collective

AUGUST 9, 2022

Big data technology is a double-edged sword for many companies. They are discovering that there are countless benefits of investing in data in business. Unfortunately, making use of big data is a challenge for many companies. They have accumulated large amounts of data, but struggle to analyze it. Graph databases.

Data-driven 122

Data-driven Big Data Software Management 122

Rocket-Powered Data Science

JULY 6, 2021

Specifically, in the modern era of massive data collections and exploding content repositories, we can no longer simply rely on keyword searches to be sufficient. So, there must be a strategy regarding who, what, when, where, why, and how is the organization’s content to be indexed, stored, accessed, delivered, used, and documented.

Strategy 267

Strategy Machine Learning Metadata Knowledge Discovery 267

Smart Data Collective

OCTOBER 5, 2021

There is no denying the fact that big data has become a critical asset to countless organizations all over the world. Many companies are storing data internally, which means that they have to be responsible for maintaining their own standards. Unfortunately, managing your own data server can be overwhelming.

Data-driven 135

Data-driven Management Big Data Software 135

Rocket-Powered Data Science

AUGUST 22, 2021

CX has become increasingly data-informed and data-driven, with VoC data being one of the key data sources. Other data sources include purchase patterns, online reviews, online shopping behavior analytics, and call center analytics. Not only is the CX amplified, but so is the EX (Employee Experience).

Data-driven 277

Data-driven Interactive Behavioral Analytics Machine Learning 277

O'Reilly on Data

JUNE 11, 2024

Unlike many AI-driven products, Answers will tell you when it genuinely doesn’t have an answer. This data goes to our compensation model, which is designed to be revenue-neutral. With RAG, a program generates a prompt that includes both the question and the data needed to answer the question.

Modeling 341

Modeling Experimentation Interactive Data-driven 341

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

OCTOBER 16, 2024

As I noted in the 2024 Buyers Guide for Operational Data Platforms , intelligent applications powered by artificial intelligence have impacted the requirements for operational data platforms. Traditionally, operational data platforms support applications used to run the business.

Internet of Things 214

Internet of Things Data-driven Data Warehouse Interactive 214

Smart Data Collective

MARCH 28, 2022

There are many ways that you can use big data to create a profitable business. One of the smartest ways for entrepreneurs to utilize data is by creating an ecommerce business. SellerApp author Dilip Vamanan wrote a great article on the merits of using data analytics as an Amazon seller. Amazon uses big data to boost UX.

Data-driven 126

Data-driven Big Data Advertising Cost-Benefit 126

DataKitchen

DECEMBER 9, 2024

A Drug Launch Case Study in the Amazing Efficiency of a Data Team Using DataOps How a Small Team Powered the Multi-Billion Dollar Acquisition of a Pharma Startup When launching a groundbreaking pharmaceutical product, the stakes and the rewards couldnt be higher. data engineers delivered over 100 lines of code and 1.5

Data Quality 161

Data Quality Data Lake Testing Statistics 161

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 15, 2025

According to research from NTT DATA , 90% of organisations acknowledge that outdated infrastructure severely curtails their capacity to integrate cutting-edge technologies, including GenAI, negatively impacts their business agility, and limits their ability to innovate. [1] The foundation of the solution is also important.

Cost-Benefit 124

Cost-Benefit Data-driven Enterprise Risk 124

Smart Data Collective

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Companies are investing more in big data than ever before. Last year, global businesses spent over $271 billion on big data. While there are many benefits of big data technology, the steep price tag can’t be ignored. We mentioned that data analytics offers a number of benefits with financial planning.

Data-driven 124

Data-driven IT Cost-Benefit Big Data 124

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

JANUARY 21, 2025

Despite all the interest in artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI (GenAI), ISGs Buyers Guide for Data Platforms serves as a reminder of the ongoing importance of product experience functionality to address adaptability, manageability, reliability and usability. This is especially true for mission-critical workloads.

Data Lake 130

Data Lake IoT Cost-Benefit Enterprise 130

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 5, 2025

According to a recent survey by Foundry , nearly all respondents (97%) reported that their organization is impacted by digital friction, defined as the unnecessary effort an employee must exert to use data or technology for work. AI-driven asset information management will play a critical role in that final push toward zero incidents.

Management 86

Management Data-driven Cost-Benefit Risk 86

datapine

APRIL 15, 2020

It’s necessary to say that these processes are recurrent and require continuous evolution of reports, online data visualization , dashboards, and new functionalities to adapt current processes and develop new ones. Working software over comprehensive documentation. Discover the available data sources.

Business Intelligence 276

Business Intelligence Analytics Testing Dashboards 276

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

By eliminating time-consuming tasks such as data entry, document processing, and report generation, AI allows teams to focus on higher-value, strategic initiatives that fuel innovation. Similarly, in 2017 Equifax suffered a data breach that exposed the personal data of nearly 150 million people.

Data Governance 132

Data Governance Risk Insurance Metadata 132

AWS Big Data

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

At AWS, we are committed to empowering organizations with tools that streamline data analytics and transformation processes. This integration enables data teams to efficiently transform and manage data using Athena with dbt Cloud’s robust features, enhancing the overall data workflow experience.

Data Lake 103

Data Lake Data Warehouse Cost-Benefit Data Transformation 103

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 25, 2025

These areas are considerable issues, but what about data, security, culture, and addressing areas where past shortcuts are fast becoming todays liabilities? Types of data debt include dark data, duplicate records, and data that hasnt been integrated with master data sources.

Risk 140

Risk Cost-Benefit Data-driven Digital Transformation 140

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 30, 2025

And executives see a high potential in streamlining the sales funnel, real-time data analysis, personalized customer experience, employee onboarding, incident resolution, fraud detection, financial compliance, and supply chain optimization. Another area is democratizing data analysis and reporting.

IT 139

IT Sales Cost-Benefit Data-driven 139

Smart Data Collective

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Big data technology is obviously heavily dependent on computer hardware. Computer users can take advantage of data-driven tools to improve the performance of their devices. Macs can be great tools for data science. You may do so for documents, but your unused applications need to be uninstalled.

Data-driven 121

Data-driven Optimization Big Data Data Analytics 121

Smart Data Collective

MAY 16, 2022

Big data is changing the future of the healthcare industry. Healthcare providers are projected to spend over $58 billion on big data analytics by 2028. Healthcare organizations benefit from collecting greater amounts of data on their patients and service partners. However, data management is just as important.

Data-driven 126

Data-driven Data Processing Insurance Big Data 126

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Re-platforming to reduce friction Marsh McLennan had been running several strategic data centers globally, with some workloads on the cloud that had sprung up organically. Several co-location centers host the remainder of the firm’s workloads, and Marsh McLennans big data centers will go away once all the workloads are moved, Beswick says.

IT 122

IT Insurance Consulting Risk 122

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

As the study’s authors explain, these results underline a clear trend toward more personalized services, data-driven decision-making, and agile processes. According to the study, the biggest focus in the next three years will be on AI-supported data analysis, followed by the use of gen AI for internal use.

Digital Transformation 141

Digital Transformation Consulting Cost-Benefit Marketing 141

datapine

MAY 5, 2023

With YoY analysis, you compare growth data for two specific timeframes from consecutive years against one another to see if the metric has dwindled, increased, or remained the same. Typically, data for a financial year, month, or quarter is compared to the same time period of the previous year. Why Do You Need YoY Analysis?

Data-driven 130

Data-driven Metrics Measurement Dashboards 130

DataKitchen

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The Race For Data Quality In A Medallion Architecture The Medallion architecture pattern is gaining traction among data teams. It is a layered approach to managing and transforming data. By systematically moving data through these layers, the Medallion architecture enhances the data structure in a data lakehouse environment.

Data Quality 195

Data Quality Testing Metrics Reporting 195

AWS Big Data

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Amazon DataZone is a data management service that makes it faster and easier for customers to catalog, discover, share, and govern data stored across AWS, on premises, and from third-party sources. Using Amazon DataZone lets us avoid building and maintaining an in-house platform, allowing our developers to focus on tailored solutions.

Analytics 118

Analytics Visualization Data Governance Data-driven 118

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 21, 2025

AI systems can analyze vast amounts of data in real time, identifying potential threats with speed and accuracy. Companies like CrowdStrike have documented that their AI-driven systems can detect threats in under one second. Thats the potential of AI-driven automated incident response.

Behavioral Analytics 122

Behavioral Analytics Data-driven Risk Insurance 122

Smart Data Collective

JULY 26, 2023

Big data has become an invaluable aspect to most modern businesses. Nevertheless, many companies have been reluctant to Harvard Business Review reports that only 30% of businesses have a data strategy. However, companies with data strategies are far more successful than those without.

Data-driven 97

Data-driven Management Big Data Sales 97

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Enterprises must reimagine their data and document management to meet the increasing regulatory challenges emerging as part of the digitization era. Commonly, businesses face three major challenges with regard to data and data management: Data volumes. One particular challenge lies in managing “dark data” (i.e.,

Data-driven 106

Data-driven Management Cost-Benefit Risk 106

AWS Big Data

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

While customers can perform some basic analysis within their operational or transactional databases, many still need to build custom data pipelines that use batch or streaming jobs to extract, transform, and load (ETL) data into their data warehouse for more comprehensive analysis.

Data Warehouse 109

Data Warehouse Analytics Testing Sales 109

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 20, 2025

Each of the new packages includes Cloud ERP, business applications, SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC), SAP Business AI, powered by the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP). SAP Customer Experience Packages: These combine sales and service commerce, marketing automation, customer data management and salesforce automation.

IT 106

IT Manufacturing Finance Enterprise 106

DataKitchen

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

On 24 January 2023, Gartner released the article “ 5 Ways to Enhance Your Data Engineering Practices.” Data team morale is consistent with DataKitchen’s own research. We surveyed 600 data engineers , including 100 managers, to understand how they are faring and feeling about the work that they are doing.

Data-driven 130

Data-driven Testing Risk Cost-Benefit 130

AWS Big Data

MARCH 10, 2025

Although traditional scaling primarily responds to query queue times, the new AI-driven scaling and optimization feature offers a more sophisticated approach by considering multiple factors including query complexity and data volume. We dont recommend using this feature for less than 32 base RPU or more than 512 base RPU workloads.

Optimization 85

Optimization Data Warehouse Data-driven Testing 85

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 8, 2025

Data is the foundation of innovation, agility and competitive advantage in todays digital economy. As technology and business leaders, your strategic initiatives, from AI-powered decision-making to predictive insights and personalized experiences, are all fueled by data. Data quality is no longer a back-office concern.

Data Quality 102

Data Quality Data-driven Key Performance Indicator Metadata 102