Smart Data Collective

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

OCR is the latest new technology that data-driven companies are leveraging to extract data more effectively. OCR and Other Data Extraction Tools Have Promising ROIs for Brands. Big data is changing the state of modern business. Data strategies are becoming more dependent on new technology that is arising.

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AWS Big Data

APRIL 3, 2024

Today, we are pleased to announce that Amazon DataZone is now able to present data quality information for data assets. Other organizations monitor the quality of their data through third-party solutions. Additionally, Amazon DataZone now offers APIs for importing data quality scores from external systems.

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Smart Data Collective

OCTOBER 20, 2020

However, the benefits of big data can only be realized if data sets are properly organized. Database Management Practices for a Sound Big Data Strategy. It is difficult for businesses to not consider the countless benefits of big data. Make Your Data Accessible. Clean your Databases. Adopt Automation.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI are putting more pressure on analytics and IT leaders to get their houses in order when it comes to data strategy and data management. The majority of people we speak to say AI is moving their data management priorities ahead — it’s accelerating it.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 23, 2023

According to the MIT Technology Review Insights Survey, an enterprise data strategy supports vital business objectives including expanding sales, improving operational efficiency, and reducing time to market. The problem is today, just 13% of organizations excel at delivering on their data strategy.

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TDAN

MARCH 15, 2022

1 In this article, I will apply it to the topic of data quality. I will do so by comparing two butterflies, each that represent a common use of data quality: firstly and most commonly in situ for existing systems, and secondly for use […]. We know the phrase, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”1

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

As someone deeply involved in shaping data strategy, governance and analytics for organizations, Im constantly working on everything from defining data vision to building high-performing data teams. My work centers around enabling businesses to leverage data for better decision-making and driving impactful change.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 2, 2023

Prioritize too many initiatives without a shared vision “One of the most common ways to derail digital transformation efforts is ignoring the importance of a clear strategy and defined goals,” says Arturo Garcia, CEO of DNAMIC. CIOs must facilitate a discussion on priorities.

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Timo Elliott

JANUARY 6, 2022

Like the proverbial man looking for his keys under the streetlight , when it comes to enterprise data, if you only look at where the light is already shining, you can end up missing a lot. Remember that dark data is the data you have but don’t understand. So how do you find your dark data? Data analysis and exploration.

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TDAN

APRIL 5, 2022

Regardless of how accurate a data system is, it yields poor results if the quality of data is bad. As part of their data strategy, a number of companies have begun to deploy machine learning solutions. In a recent study, AI and machine learning were named as the top data priorities for 2021, by 61% […].

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TDAN

AUGUST 31, 2021

Data is everywhere! But can you find the data you need? What can be done to ensure the quality of the data? How can you show the value of investing in data? Can you trust it when you get it? These are not new questions, but many people still do not know how to practically […].

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 23, 2024

You ’re building an enterprise data platform for the first time in Sevita’s history. Our legacy architecture consisted of multiple standalone, on-prem data marts intended to integrate transactional data from roughly 30 electronic health record systems to deliver a reporting capability. What’s driving this investment?

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Cloudera

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Cloudera’s mission since its inception has been to empower organizations to transform all their data to deliver trusted, valuable, and predictive insights. This acquisition delivers access to trusted data so organizations can build reliable AI models and applications by combining data from anywhere in their environment.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Finally, machine learning is essentially the use and development of computer systems that learn and adapt without following explicit instructions; it uses models (algorithms) to identify patterns, learn from the data, and then make data-based decisions. Data and ML model development fundamentally depend on one another.

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AWS Big Data

MARCH 26, 2024

A Gartner Marketing survey found only 14% of organizations have successfully implemented a C360 solution, due to lack of consensus on what a 360-degree view means, challenges with data quality, and lack of cross-functional governance structure for customer data. You need to process this to make it ready for analysis.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 5, 2023

Poor data quality is one of the top barriers faced by organizations aspiring to be more data-driven. Ill-timed business decisions and misinformed business processes, missed revenue opportunities, failed business initiatives and complex data systems can all stem from data quality issues.

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Smart Data Collective

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Most companies have known for years that big data can be invaluable to their organizations. Many don’t have a formal data strategy and even fewer have one that works. According to one study conducted last year, only 13% of companies are effectively delivering on their data strategies.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 7, 2024

Now, CDOs find themselves under additional pressure to make sure organizational data is accurate and complete, as companies launch AI projects hungry for clean and easy-to-access data. Those dreaded silos Part of the CDO’s job is to break down silos and change the practice of data hoarding in individual company units, Berkowitz says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 27, 2023

Fewer than half (44%) of data and analytics leaders say their teams are effective in providing value to their organization. That’s from a survey of 566 data and analytics leaders globally that Gartner conducted online from September to November 2022. “It The composer creates and sells the storyline of the value of data and analytics.

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Alation

MARCH 14, 2023

This was confirmed by the UK Ministry of Defence last September when it published its Data Strategy for Defence , which for the first time provided a clear vision and guidance for defence sector companies for gathering, collating and harnessing data. What is a data strategy? Why is a data strategy important?

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BizAcuity

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In today’s data-rich environment, the challenge isn’t just collecting data but transforming it into actionable insights that drive strategic decisions. For organizations, this means adopting a data-driven approach—one that replaces gut instinct with factual evidence and predictive insights.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 30, 2022

The rise of data strategy. There’s a renewed interest in reflecting on what can and should be done with data, how to accomplish those goals and how to check for data strategy alignment with business objectives. The evolution of a multi-everything landscape, and what that means for data strategy.

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Smart Data Collective

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This market is growing as more businesses discover the benefits of investing in big data to grow their businesses. Unfortunately, some business analytics strategies are poorly conceptualized. One of the biggest issues pertains to data quality. Data cleansing and its purpose. Tips for successful data cleansing.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 31, 2022

NewVantage Partners’ Data and AI Leadership Executive Survey 2022 , on the other hand, found that 74% of the firms it surveyed had appointed chief data or analytics officers, or both combined in one role. They may also be responsible for data analytics and business intelligence — the process of drawing valuable insights from data.

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erwin

DECEMBER 9, 2024

When it comes to using AI and machine learning across your organization, there are many good reasons to provide your data and analytics community with an intelligent data foundation. For instance, Large Language Models (LLMs) are known to ultimately perform better when data is structured.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 5, 2024

Less than half of organizations have a coherent data management process in place before they launch AI projects, say IT leaders at Databricks and Astera Software, both in the data management space. If they don’t actually have their data in order, they’re not going to have the impact they want.”

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Smart Data Collective

JULY 9, 2023

By understanding the power of ETL, organisations can harness the potential of their data and gain valuable insights that drive informed choices. ETL is a three-step process that involves extracting data from various sources, transforming it into a consistent format, and loading it into a target database or data warehouse.

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Alation

OCTOBER 5, 2021

What is data governance and how do you measure success? Data governance is a system for answering core questions about data. It begins with establishing key parameters: What is data, who can use it, how can they use it, and why? Answers will differ widely depending upon a business’ industry and strategy for growth.

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BI-Survey

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Data and data management processes are everywhere in the organization so there is a growing need for a comprehensive view of business objects and data. It is therefore vital that data is subject to some form of overarching control, which should be guided by a data strategy.

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Smart Data Collective

OCTOBER 4, 2021

There is no question that big data is very important for many businesses. Unfortunately, big data is only as useful as it is accurate. Data quality issues can cause serious problems in your big data strategy. It relies on data to drive its AI algorithms. Analyzing the Conversational Data.

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TDAN

MARCH 1, 2022

This article is the third in a series taking a deep dive on how to do a current state analysis on your data. This article focuses on data culture, what it is, why it is important, and what questions to ask to determine its current state. The first two articles focused on data quality and data […].

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Chief data and analytics officers need to reinvent themselves in the age of AI or risk their responsibilities being assimilated by their organizations’ IT teams, according to a new Gartner report. And with data quality tied directly to successful AI projects, CDAOs must also increase their visibility and show how they can help. “Gen

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TDAN

JUNE 18, 2019

The first step to fixing any problem is to understand that problem—this is a significant point of failure when it comes to data. Most organizations agree that they have data issues, categorized as data quality. However, this definition is […].

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 29, 2022

True transformation can emerge only when an organization learns how to optimally acquire and act on data and use that data to architect new processes. Key features of data-first leaders. Source: “ What Sets Today’s Data-First Leaders Apart from the Rest ,” ESG YouTube video, posted Jan. Create a CXO-driven data strategy.

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TDAN

JANUARY 18, 2022

Data Accuracy is one of the so-called “dimensions” of Data Quality. The goal for these dimensions, and it is a noble one, is so we can measure each of them, and should deficiencies be found then there should be a uniform set of best practices that we can implement. Of course, these best practices will differ from […].

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AWS Big Data

JULY 13, 2023

To succeed further, their vision of data requires it to be accessible and actionable to all, with key roles and responsibilities defined by those who produce and consume data, as shown in the following figure. Data quality for account and customer data – Altron wanted to enable data quality and data governance best practices.

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AWS Big Data

DECEMBER 4, 2024

By providing a standardized framework for data representation, open table formats break down data silos, enhance data quality, and accelerate analytics at scale. Their ability to resolve critical issues such as data consistency, query efficiency, and governance renders them indispensable for data- driven organizations.

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