AWS Big Data

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio (preview) provides an integrated data and AI development environment within Amazon SageMaker. From the Unified Studio, you can collaborate and build faster using familiar AWS tools for model development, generative AI, data processing, and SQL analytics.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 21, 2022

It’s especially poignant when we consider the extent to which financial data can steer business strategy for the better. This is the impact of data-driven financial analysis – or what is termed FP&A – in the business context. billion is lost to low-value, manual data processing and management while $1.7

Data-driven 116

Data-driven IT Finance Forecasting 116

datapine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Data exploded and became big. Spreadsheets finally took a backseat to actionable and insightful data visualizations and interactive business dashboards. The rise of self-service analytics democratized the data product chain. 1) Data Quality Management (DQM). We all gained access to the cloud.

Business Intelligence 361

Business Intelligence Analytics Prescriptive Analytics Data Quality 361

O'Reilly on Data

OCTOBER 11, 2022

We’ll see it in the processing of the thousands of documents businesses handle every day. Some tasks should not be automated; some tasks could be automated, but the company has insufficient data to do a good job; some tasks can be automated easily, but would benefit from being redesigned first. We’ll see it in customer service.

Data Integration 353

Data Integration Insurance Dashboards Data-driven 353

AWS Big Data

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Organizations run millions of Apache Spark applications each month on AWS, moving, processing, and preparing data for analytics and machine learning. Data practitioners need to upgrade to the latest Spark releases to benefit from performance improvements, new features, bug fixes, and security enhancements. Original code (Glue 2.0)

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Cost-Benefit Data-driven Software Testing 105

In(tegrate) the Clouds

JUNE 23, 2016

This week SnapLogic posted a presentation of the 10 Modern Data Integration Platform Requirements on the company’s blog. They are: Application integration is done primarily through REST & SOAP services. Large-volume data integration is available to Hadoop-based data lakes or cloud-based data warehouses.

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Data Integration Data Lake Data Warehouse Data-driven 49

O'Reilly on Data

DECEMBER 19, 2018

We need to do more than automate model building with autoML; we need to automate tasks at every stage of the data pipeline. In a previous post , we talked about applications of machine learning (ML) to software development, which included a tour through sample tools in data science and for managing data infrastructure.

Machine Learning 279

Machine Learning Software Metadata Testing 279

erwin

JANUARY 30, 2020

I’m excited to share the results of our new study with Dataversity that examines how data governance attitudes and practices continue to evolve. Defining Data Governance: What Is Data Governance? . 1 reason to implement data governance. Constructing a Digital Transformation Strategy: How Data Drives Digital.

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Data Governance Metadata Cost-Benefit Digital Transformation 145

erwin

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

As organizations deal with managing ever more data, the need to automate data management becomes clear. Last week erwin issued its 2020 State of Data Governance and Automation (DGA) Report. One piece of the research that stuck with me is that 70% of respondents spend 10 or more hours per week on data-related activities.

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Management Data Governance Cost-Benefit Metadata 144

erwin

OCTOBER 8, 2020

So if you’re going to move from your data from on-premise legacy data stores and warehouse systems to the cloud, you should do it right the first time. And as you make this transition, you need to understand what data you have, know where it is located, and govern it along the way. Then you must bulk load the legacy data.

Data Governance 145

Data Governance Metadata Testing Data Lake 145

erwin

APRIL 29, 2020

Data lineage is the journey data takes from its creation through its transformations over time. Tracing the source of data is an arduous task. With all these diverse data sources, and if systems are integrated, it is difficult to understand the complicated data web they form much less get a simple visual flow.

Metadata 111

Metadata Key Performance Indicator Data Governance Data Quality 111

Cloudera

JUNE 1, 2021

This means we can double down on our strategy – continuing to win the Hybrid Data Cloud battle in the IT department AND building new, easy-to-use cloud solutions for the line of business. And, the Enterprise Data Cloud category we invented is also growing. After all, we invented the whole idea of Big Data. Our strategy.

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Uncertainty Cost-Benefit Risk Strategy 144

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

For years, IT and business leaders have been talking about breaking down the data silos that exist within their organizations. In fact, as companies undertake digital transformations , usually the data transformation comes first, and doing so often begins with breaking down data — and political — silos in various corners of the enterprise.

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Data Warehouse Digital Transformation Data-driven Reporting 142

AWS Big Data

AUGUST 19, 2024

In today’s data-driven world, the ability to seamlessly integrate and utilize diverse data sources is critical for gaining actionable insights and driving innovation. The company stores vast amounts of transactional data, customer information, and product catalogs in Snowflake.

Analytics 119

Analytics Data-driven Data Integration Data Lake 119

Smart Data Collective

JULY 15, 2021

A data catalog serves the same purpose. By using metadata (or short descriptions), data catalogs help companies gather, organize, retrieve, and manage information. You can think of a data catalog as an enhanced Access database or library card catalog system. It helps you locate and discover data that fit your search criteria.

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Metadata IT Data-driven Data Quality 133

datapine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Over the past 5 years, big data and BI became more than just data science buzzwords. Without real-time insight into their data, businesses remain reactive, miss strategic growth opportunities, lose their competitive edge, fail to take advantage of cost savings options, don’t ensure customer satisfaction… the list goes on.

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Business Intelligence Strategy Cost-Benefit Dashboards 218

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

After all, 41% of employees acquire, modify, or create technology outside of IT’s visibility , and 52% of respondents to EY’s Global Third-Party Risk Management Survey had an outage — and 38% reported a data breach — caused by third parties over the past two years. There may be times when department-specific data needs and tools are required.

IT 137

IT Risk Cost-Benefit Data Science 137

AWS Big Data

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Data integration is the foundation of robust data analytics. It encompasses the discovery, preparation, and composition of data from diverse sources. In the modern data landscape, accessing, integrating, and transforming data from diverse sources is a vital process for data-driven decision-making.

Analytics 124

Analytics Visualization Data Integration Cost-Benefit 124

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 15, 2024

Covered cyber incidents must be “substantial” and reflect certain scenarios affecting data integrity, confidentiality, or availability – such as a data breach where lots of customer data is stolen or a ransomware attack where corporate systems are locked up until a payment is made.

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AWS Big Data

MAY 3, 2023

In today’s data-driven business environment, organizations face the challenge of efficiently preparing and transforming large amounts of data for analytics and data science purposes. Businesses need to build data warehouses and data lakes based on operational data.

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AWS Big Data

APRIL 17, 2024

With this new instance family, OpenSearch Service uses OpenSearch innovation and AWS technologies to reimagine how data is indexed and stored in the cloud. Today, customers widely use OpenSearch Service for operational analytics because of its ability to ingest high volumes of data while also providing rich and interactive analytics.

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Juice Analytics

MARCH 27, 2021

We’ve found 10 of the best options to automate and update data for recurring presentations. The Challenge Let’s say you need to produce the same presentation month after month, updating the data each time. The presentation is basically the same, you simply want to swap out the underlying data. Efficiency. Cost: $29/user/month.

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Reporting Visualization Interactive Data-driven 122

erwin

JULY 17, 2019

Once you’ve determined what part(s) of your business you’ll be innovating — the next step in a digital transformation strategy is using data to get there. Constructing A Digital Transformation Strategy: Data Enablement. Many organizations prioritize data collection as part of their digital transformation strategy.

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AWS Big Data

MAY 23, 2024

In today’s data-driven world, organizations often deal with data from multiple sources, leading to challenges in data integration and governance. This process is crucial for maintaining data integrity and avoiding duplication that could skew analytics and insights.

Machine Learning 119

Machine Learning Interactive Recreation/Entertainment Data Integration 119

erwin

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

erwin released its State of Data Governance Report in February 2018, just a few months before the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect. Download Free GDPR Guide | Step By Step Guide to Data Governance for GDPR?. IDC Technology Spotlight, Data Intelligence in Context: Get the report (… it’s free).

Metadata 102

Metadata Data Governance Management Cost-Benefit 102

erwin

MAY 27, 2020

Data modeling supports collaboration among business stakeholders – with different job roles and skills – to coordinate with business objectives. Data resides everywhere in a business , on-premise and in private or public clouds. A single source of data truth helps companies begin to leverage data as a strategic asset.

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Modeling Metadata Data Governance Visualization 98

erwin

JANUARY 24, 2019

Organizations are responsible for governing more data than ever before, making a strong automation framework a necessity. In most companies, an incredible amount of data flows from multiple sources in a variety of formats and is constantly being moved and federated across a changing system landscape. Governing metadata.

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Data Governance Metadata Data-driven Cost-Benefit 71

AWS Big Data

JULY 29, 2024

In the era of big data, data lakes have emerged as a cornerstone for storing vast amounts of raw data in its native format. They support structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data, offering a flexible and scalable environment for data ingestion from multiple sources.

Metadata 126

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 6, 2023

Classic examples are the use of AI to capture and convert semi-structured documents such as purchase orders and invoices, Fleming says. The group was able to automate one process and then expanded the effort from there, according to Mark Austin, vice president of data science.

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erwin

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Metadata management is key to wringing all the value possible from data assets. However, most organizations don’t use all the data at their disposal to reach deeper conclusions about how to drive revenue, achieve regulatory compliance or accomplish other strategic objectives. Quite simply, metadata is data about data.

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Metadata Management Data Quality Cost-Benefit 110

erwin

MARCH 26, 2020

Organizations are flooded with data, so they’re scrambling to find ways to derive meaningful insights from it – and then act on them to improve the bottom line. In today’s data-driven business, enabling employees to access and understand the data that’s relevant to their roles allows them to use data and put those insights into action.

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Data-driven Unstructured Data Enterprise Machine Learning 90

AWS Big Data

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

In recent years, driven by the commoditization of data storage and processing solutions, the industry has seen a growing number of systematic investment management firms switch to alternative data sources to drive their investment decisions. Each team is the sole owner of its AWS account.

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Interactive Strategy Cost-Benefit Data Governance 107

AWS Big Data

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Analytics remained one of the key focus areas this year, with significant updates and innovations aimed at helping businesses harness their data more efficiently and accelerate insights. From enhancing data lakes to empowering AI-driven analytics, AWS unveiled new tools and services that are set to shape the future of data and analytics.

Analytics 61

Analytics Data Lake Metadata Data Warehouse 61

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 10, 2024

In today’s rapidly, and continually, evolving data landscape, maintaining the sovereignty and security of sensitive data is paramount. It has never been a more important time to make sure that data and metadata remain protected, resident within local jurisdiction, compliant, under local control, and accessible yet portable.

Metadata 98

Metadata Data-driven Marketing Measurement 98

Ontotext

JANUARY 10, 2024

Next, I will explain how knowledge graphs help them to get a unified view to data derived from multiple sources and get richer insights in less time. This requires new tools and new systems, which results in diverse and siloed data. And each of these gains requires data integration across business lines and divisions.

Metadata 72

Metadata Slice and Dice Data Integration Enterprise 72

BI-Survey

AUGUST 21, 2020

Data warehousing is getting on in years. However, data warehousing and BI applications are only considered moderately successful. Advanced analytics and new ways of working with data also create new requirements that surpass the traditional concepts. Can the basic nature of the data be proactively improved?

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Data Warehouse Data Lake Data Governance Data Architecture 98

erwin

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Prashant Parikh, erwin’s Senior Vice President of Software Engineering, talks about erwin’s vision to automate every aspect of the data governance journey to increase speed to insights. The clear benefit is that data stewards spend less time building and populating the data governance framework and more time realizing value and ROI from it.

Data Governance 97

Data Governance Metadata Data-driven Visualization 97