Data products are software in the form of specialty tools and apps that are designed to support data used as a service. They may be as simple and straightforward as a program that converts a dataset into a visualization, or as complex as a machine learning system based on large language models (LLM), such as ChatGPT. […]
Data Cleansing: Why It’s Important
Click to learn more about author Avee Mittal. Data cleansing is an important step to prepare data for analysis. It is a process of preparing data to meet the quality criteria such as validity, uniformity, accuracy, consistency, and completeness. Data cleansing removes unwanted, duplicate, and incorrect data from datasets, thus helping the analyst to develop […]
Synchronising Metadata Between Different Tools
Click to learn more about author Mandy Chessell. If you have bought data tools from different vendors, you have probably noticed 3 things: Although each tool adds value, no single vendor can support all of your organization’s needs. Each tool starts “empty” – with no knowledge of your data landscape. Only through use does it build […]
Devart: Support for MySQL v8.0 is Already in dbForge Studio
According to a recent press release out of the company, “Devart, a Czech software vendor of database tools and data connectivity solutions, has released a significantly improved version of the universal MySQL and MariaDB GUI tool, dbForge Studio for MySQL v8.0. Following the recent update of MySQL Server by Oracle, dbForge Studio now supports for […]
How to Encounter the Negative Side Effects of Data Democratization?
Click to learn more about author Daisy Ridley. In recent years, data democratization has spread very quickly across the enterprise. It has brought with it, the slogans from end users all over for an expansion in access to the self-service capabilities. The companies are now evolving to understand that offering line-of-business users with access to data […]
Big Data Analytics Solutions Reduce Cost of Failure Up to 35%, Says Quantzig
by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “Most organizations now have access to immense amounts of data through multiple channels. It is therefore important to find the correct technology and services to manage this data and take advantage of the insights it can provide. Quantzig’s big data analytics solutions provide big data tools, […]
Elastic Adds Machine Learning into the Elastic Stack
by Angela Guess A new press release reports, “Elastic, the company behind Elasticsearch, and the Elastic Stack, the most widely used collection of open source products for solving mission-critical use cases like search, logging, and analytics, announces the introduction of their first machine learning capabilities in Elastic’s 5.4 release. Based on the recent acquisition of […]
Self-Service Data Preparation Eliminates HR Reporting and Compliance Woes
Click here to learn more about author Jon Pilkington. HR professionals are widely recognized for hiring new talent, minimizing churn, and playing a tremendous role in keeping employees happy and the business running smoothly. But, behind the scenes, the job entails endless HR reporting and compliance requirements. And because most organizations remain dependent on a variety […]
Looker Launches Support for Amazon Athena
by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “Looker today launched support for Amazon Athena – the new interactive query service for data in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) that AWS unveiled at its re:Invent conference in November. The Looker connection to Amazon Athena is available immediately. Because Looker’s unique platform design is […]
Data Preparation Tools Market To Gain From Enhanced Demand In End-Use Industries
by Angela Guess A recent press release reports, “Data preparation entails combining data from numerous sources and formulating it for the auxiliary analysis. Factually, data preparation, till date, has been accomplished by attuning the dynamic combinations of relational data sets demanding specialized expertise. The magnitude of contemporary data preparation tools extends to data attained from […]