Click to learn more about author Konain Qurban. It is a journey to ensure the alignment of analytics initiatives to organizational objectives, combined with consistent and effective coordination of activities across all business units. The road from a pile of raw data to insights and from insights to action is paved with strategic goals. More […]
K-Anonymization: An Introduction for First Graders
Click to learn more about author John Murray. Now that privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) have become a subject of dinner table conversations, our research team continues to field questions on these complex topics which can be difficult to explain. As part of this series, I will attempt to explain another PET, K-anonymization, in a first-grade context: […]
Cloud Data Warehouse vs. Cloud Data Lake: Overall Resource Efficiency and Productivity
Click here to learn more about Jason Nadeau. Since the COVID-19 crisis began, IT budgets have become tighter, driving technology leaders to figure out ways to do more with less. Data-driven enterprises cannot simply afford to sunset data modernization or data analytics projects. In times like this, several industry verticals (insurance, financial services, and healthcare) […]
How to Handle Semi-Structured Data: JSON Functions
Click to learn more about author Eva Murray. The world has seen an explosion in data with an incredible amount of data being produced every single day (2.5 quintillion bytes, an almost incomprehensible number). Much of this data is semi-structured or unstructured data, stemming from the content produced on social media platforms in the form […]
Crafting Great Business Definitions: Shaping Precise Definitions
Click to learn more about author Ronald G. Ross. In this third post of a four-part series about crafting great business definitions, I will explore how to make definitions precise. Surprisingly, the very first word in the definition is key to keeping it on target. Beyond that, I will explain how to express fine distinctions between […]
Weighed Down by On-Premises Disaster Recovery Sites? Move to the Cloud
Click to learn more about author Andy Fernandez. In today’s new remote-heavy world, it’s more important than ever that organizations are available 24/7. From healthcare to online retail, potential downtime, with an average cost of $250,000 per hour, can be catastrophic. This leaves IT organizations with the task of meeting “always-on” expectations with, likely, less […]
Data Lakes: What They are and How to Use Them
Click to learn more about author Jaya Shankar Byrraju. For most companies, having data means having access to wealth. And the key to fully leveraging the wealth that data represents lies in how effectively companies harness, manage, parse, and interpret it. But first, the data must exist somewhere. Enter data lakes. These are central repositories […]
Revolutionizing Your Data Catalog with Automated Metadata and Lineage
Click to learn more about author Emily Washington. In recent years, enterprise data across multiple industries has led to groundbreaking innovation: In the utility industry, energy companies build consumer portals for sharing energy-saving information, supporting the customer by cutting energy costs and protecting the environment. Financial institutions build modern applications and analyze client financial records […]
Guided Labeling Episode 3: Model Uncertainty
Click to learn more about author Paolo Tamagnini. In this series, we’ve been exploring the topic of guided labeling by looking at active learning and label density. In the first episode, we introduced the topic of active learning and active learning sampling and moved on to look at label density in the second article. Here […]
A Data-Driven Enterprise Encourages Creativity
Click to learn more about author Kartik Patel. Creativity is the lifeblood of an enterprise! But, it is easy to get into a rut and do what has worked in the past. If a business is to succeed, it must constantly generate new ideas and new ways to address the market and its consumers. Augmented data […]