Click to learn more about author Ibrahim Surani. In 2020, the world came to a standstill when COVID-19 took over. Its impact has been visible across every industry all over the world. However, one major advantage we have in managing this modern pandemic is sophisticated technology that can help us flatten the curve. By collecting […]
The Impact of Data Growth on Enterprises
Click to learn more about author Ibrahim Surani. Data has changed the world we live in. Today, enterprises utilize data to introduce new business models, enhance customer experience, generate new revenue streams, create personalized services, and become more agile. This reliance is only increasing with time as the world experiences unprecedented data growth. This data […]
Maintaining Data Integrity During Integration
Click to learn more about author Ibrahim Surani Every organization integrates and shares data with multiple systems, processes, and individuals. With data being generated and consumed at unprecedented levels, the challenge is ensuring its integrity before it’s processed or fed into reporting and analytics databases. Consider a scenario, where you have to decide whether to […]
Leverage Your Data to Get a Holistic Customer View
Click to learn more about author Ibrahim Surani Today, data is the center of everything. Therefore, it’s only natural for organizations to leverage it to create a data-centric customer strategy that aims to optimize sales and marketing processes. Every customer action, ranging from the first touchpoint to the purchase, creates a digital footprint. These interactions […]
Data Integration for Business Intelligence: Best Practices
Click to learn more about author Ibrahim Surani In this technology-driven world, the influx of data can seem overwhelming, if not properly utilized. With data coming in from so many different sources, the only way to extract real insights from these raw inputs is through integration. Properly integrated data has a trickle-down effect on all […]
Challenges of Integrating Heterogeneous Data Sources
Click to learn more about author Ibrahim Surani. With enterprise data pouring in from different sources – CRM systems, web applications, databases, files, etc. – streamlining data processes is a significant challenge as it requires integrating heterogeneous data streams. In such a scenario, standardizing data becomes a pre-requisite for effective and accurate analysis. The absence […]
Data Virtualization and ETL: Friends or Enemies?
Click to learn more about author Ibrahim Surani. Traditionally, companies have relied on the use of Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) solutions to gather data from disparate sources and populate a data warehouse. However, increasingly complex IT infrastructures of businesses and the need to acquire near real-time or real-time data for accurate decision-making have compelled businesses […]
Accelerate BI Project Implementation with Data Warehouse Automation
Click to learn more about author Ibrahim Surani. For any large or mid-sized organization to survive in today’s highly competitive market, its decision makers require intelligible information to gauge key metrics affecting various business strategies effectively. They heavily rely on Business Intelligence (BI) solutions to drive innovation and agility for meeting the constantly changing consumer […]
Tackling the Challenge of Transforming Unstructured Data into Actionable Intelligence
Click to learn more about author Ibrahim Surani. A lot has been said about the enormous value that businesses can derive from their information assets. However, when it comes to weighing the benefits and challenges associated with leveraging big data, it is easy to overlook a key underlying issue: More than 80% of all data […]
Data Integration: Common Mistakes and Best Practices
Click to learn more about author Ibrahim Surani. The Need for Data Integration A piece of a jigsaw puzzle, albeit an important component of the overall picture, has little utility on its own. It needs to be properly connected to other pieces of the puzzle to derive meaningful results. Data coming in from disparate sources […]