Data Quality (DQ) describes the degree of business and consumer confidence in data’s usefulness based on agreed-upon business requirements. These expectations evolve based on changing contexts in the marketplace. As people get new information and experience different interactions, business requirements face updating, redefining Data Quality needs within the data’s lifespan. Since DQ represents a moving […]
What Are Data Quality Tools?
Data Quality (DQ) tools are software solutions that aid in cleaning data, improving data integrity, and ensuring the accuracy of information. Quality management is a key component of business intelligence and big data. Through Data Quality management, you can ensure that your organization’s data is accurate and relevant. These tools are frequently found within master data […]
Why Data Quality is Not an IT but a Business Problem
Click to learn more about author Farah Kim. In a particularly intense weekly meeting, team leads from sales, marketing, IT, and finance were debating on the poor quality of data captured in the company’s new CRM system. Almost 40% of the data captured was defective – fake email addresses, missing information, invalid addresses, and so […]
Aliens, Bigfoot and Trusted Data: I Want To Believe
Click to learn more about author Kevin W. McCarthy. If you’ve read any of my previous articles, you know I’m a fan of pop culture. Recently, the pop culture gods must have heard my prayers by bringing back the early 90s paranormal juggernaut known as “The X-Files.” If you never saw “The X-Files” (congratulations on […]