Businesses succeed or fail based on their ability to make sound decisions. Every aspect of an organization’s operation, from the simplest to the most complex, is the result of a series of decisions, each building on the next, from the chairs in the employee lunch room to the million-dollar marketing campaign that will make or […]
Data Integrity: What It Is and Why It Matters
The term “garbage in, garbage out,” or GIGO, dates back to the earliest days of commercial computing in the mid-20th century. Yet the concept was present more than 100 years earlier at the very dawn of computing. When Charles Babbage first described his difference engine, a member of Parliament asked him whether the machine could generate […]
Navigating Data Readiness for Generative AI
Just about everyone in tech agrees that generative AI is poised to hit the business world like a tidal wave. There’s less agreement about when the transformation will occur, and how generative AI will be harnessed to boost profitability. A survey of chief data officers conducted in the second half of 2023 by Amazon Web Services (AWS) found that […]
What Is Data Reliability and Why Do You Need It?
“Can I trust this data?” In the dawning age of artificial intelligence (AI), this question becomes increasingly critical for individuals and organizations. Data reliability is the cornerstone of an organization’s data-driven decision-making. A recent survey from Precisely identified data-driven decision-making as the primary goal of 77% of data initiatives, yet only 46% of organizations have high or very […]
Fundamentals of Data Compliance
Data compliance delivers benefits to organizations far beyond simply avoiding potential fines for not fulfilling regulatory requirements for collecting, handling, securing, and safely disposing of sensitive data…
What Are Data Products and Why Do They Matter?
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. […]
Machine Learning Engineer vs. Data Scientist
After years of hype and promise, artificial intelligence (AI) has finally arrived. Organizations of all types and sizes are racing to integrate AI into their business processes to make their operations more powerful, more efficient, and more profitable. A data scientist and machine learning engineer are two of the most exciting and cutting-edge professions in technology. While both […]
The Challenge of Data Accuracy
Data has become one of the most valuable assets of modern businesses. The data a company collects, analyzes, and monetizes is now perceived as a distinct “asset class” rather than merely a byproduct of its IT operations. However, the value of data to an organization diminishes rapidly as the information becomes less accurate. Companies are responding […]
Fundamentals of Data Access Management
Across all industries, and in businesses of all sizes, one thing holds true: The more you know about your customers, the greater your organization’s chances for success. This makes data your company’s most valuable non-human asset. As the revenue potential of data increases, the job of protecting that data becomes more important and more challenging. […]
The Growing Importance of AI Governance
New technologies often engender fear and foreboding among people outside tech industries. The latest example of this trend is artificial intelligence (AI), which is a topic of much concern and misunderstanding among the public. It’s easy to dismiss these qualms as the common human tendency to mistrust the unknown. However, much of the alarm about AI […]