In my last DATAVERSITY article, “The Machine Economy Is Here – The Digital Transformation Era Is Over,” I discussed the end of digital transformation, the arrival of the machine economy, and the emergence of data empowerment. In this article, I follow up by laying out the problems with traditional Data Management and why data empowerment is now […]
The Machine Economy Is Here – The Digital Transformation Era Is Over
The age of digital transformation is over. It’s too late to be debating whether you should digitally transform your organization. The world has already digitally transformed. Everything is already digital-first, totally connected, in the cloud, and powered by data, everywhere, all the time. Digital-first organizations won. Everyone else missed opportunities to innovate, made costly mistakes, and failed […]
Evaluating Data Lakes vs. Data Warehouses
While data lakes and data warehouses are both important Data Management tools, they serve very different purposes. If you’re trying to determine whether you need a data lake, a data warehouse, or possibly even both, you’ll want to understand the functionality of each tool and their differences. This article will highlight the differences between each and how […]
7 Factors to Consider When Deploying a Modern Data Estate
The abilities of an organization towards capturing, storing, and analyzing data; searching, sharing, transferring, visualizing, querying, and updating data; and meeting compliance and regulations are mandatory for any sustainable organization. Many companies have already invested in their data environment by deploying a traditional data warehouse, but data warehouses have many limitations. For example, most data warehouses […]
Case Study: Pally Biscuits Uses Modern Data Estate to Enhance Decision-Making
Click to learn more about author Heine Krog Iversen. Pally Biscuits makes more than three billion biscuits every year. The company has been around since 1868. From its factory in the Netherlands, the biscuits find their way to more than 40 countries worldwide. Pally Biscuits has seen massive growth since 2012 and to facilitate this […]
Where Is the Data Technology Industry Headed?
Click here to learn more about Heine Krog Iversen. We recently read reports about plans for Talend to be acquired by Thoma Bravo, a private equity investment firm. This announcement is interesting and causes some of us in the tech industry to step back and consider many of the factors involved in providing data technology […]
Good AI in 2021 Starts with Great Data Quality
Click here to learn more about Heine Krog Iversen. More and more companies want to use artificial intelligence (AI) in their organization to improve operations and performance. Achieving good AI is a whole other story. AI initiatives can take a lot of time and effort to get up and running, often exceeding initial budget and […]
Real-Time Data Insights Crucial for Businesses Tackling a Crisis
Click here to learn more about Heine Krog Iversen. If you spend five minutes watching briefings by public health officials about how to respond to the current pandemic, one thing is certain: Their actions, suggestions, mandates, and predictions are based on real-time data. Companies should respond with a similar measure. With this global crisis upon […]