Tag: data

February 1, 2023

In our digitally obsessed economy, it’s become all too prevalent for knowledge workers to assume that data problems are best solved with newer and better tech. In fact, the most powerful solutions for maximizing business value are right under the […]

January 27, 2023

Data Privacy Day is celebrated on January 28th each year in the United States, Canada, and 49 other countries in an international effort to raise awareness around data privacy. It is meant to commemorate the 1981 signing of Convention 108, […]

January 26, 2023

ThoughtWorks consultant Zhamak Dehghani created the concept of data mesh as a self-serve, domain-oriented design that later evolved into a data-as-a-product design. By integrating and analyzing data from disconnected systems all at once, the data mesh architecture benefits the organization […]

January 25, 2023

Over the past few years, enterprise data architectures have evolved significantly to accommodate the changing data requirements of modern businesses. The emergence of advanced data storage technologies, such as cloud computing, data hubs, and data lakes, makes us question the […]

January 23, 2023

Federated learning is a machine learning technique that allows multiple parties to train a model without sharing their data. It is being used across several industries, from mobile device keyboards to health care to autonomous vehicles to oil rigs. It […]

January 23, 2023

All enterprise data ends up on storage systems, but if an enterprise storage solution does not have the cyber storage resilience to combat a cyberattack, the C-suite and the IT team are leaving the organization severely exposed. This realization is […]

January 20, 2023

Cloud repatriation may be a sensitive and polarizing topic for some, but it really should be just another architectural option. When I say that some workloads should return to the data center, I am not pushing back on cloud computing. […]

January 20, 2023

Business intelligence definition Business intelligence (BI) is a set of strategies and technologies enterprises use to analyze business information and transform it into actionable insights that inform strategic and tactical business decisions. BI tools access and analyze data sets and […]

January 19, 2023

The new year is chock-full of exciting possibilities for data and its workers, though also with ongoing challenges as the needs of data continue to evolve. As data advances, so too must data engineering teams in order to keep up […]

January 18, 2023

Businesses rely on knowing their data to survive and grow. Metadata management and master data management (MDM) provide essential processes for organizations to gain this knowledge and succeed. As a result, both need to be managed well. However, the differences […]

January 17, 2023

The trends of semantic technology are based on the desire to improve the computer’s understanding of data. The goal of combining semantic technology with a computer system is to discover relationships within the data. Semantic technology can be described as […]

January 13, 2023

When we talk to prospective customers, their first questions are usually around the fundamentals of data quality, including what it is, how we measure it, what happens when it goes south, and how data quality issues can be prevented. Our […]

January 12, 2023

In the digital business world, organizations can’t take advantage of their data assets without a proper Data Strategy in place. The Data Strategy is the plan that enables an enterprise to meet its business goals through its data. Avoiding common […]

January 11, 2023

Like so many roles and operations that have emerged in the digital age, Data Governance is often misunderstood – confused with Data Management or seen as an extension of IT. How to communicate the role of Data Governance and ensure […]

January 9, 2023

Data by itself isn’t very useful. Data only becomes useful as it’s understood and as it infuses application experiences. This desire to put data to work has driven a boom in cloud-based analytics. Though a relatively small amount of IT […]

January 6, 2023

Today’s business landscape is more unpredictable than ever for IT leadership. Between the adoption of more sophisticated technologies and an ever-growing list of digital transformation initiatives, IT operations have become frustratingly complex. This is especially true when it comes to […]

January 5, 2023

When people think of conversational artificial intelligence (AI) their first thought is often the chatbots they might find on enterprise websites. Those mini windows that pop up and ask if you need help from a digital assistant. While that is […]

January 5, 2023

Over the last 20 years of our experience helping companies achieve innovation and digital transformation success, we have observed that there are three critical resources an enterprise has at its disposal, that must be leveraged in an optimal way, to […]

January 5, 2023

What Is Data Lineage? Data lineage describes data origins, movements, characteristics, and quality. According to Stewart Bond, lineage typically describes where the big data begins and how it is changed to the final outcome. Technology projects have used this traditional […]

January 4, 2023

For digital marketing leaders struggling to execute marketing strategies amid data privacy regulations, synthetic data can help with secure and efficient data anonymization. Synthetic data is generated by applying a sampling technique to real-world data or by creating simulation scenarios […]