Heading into 2025, businesses are faced with managing increasingly complex data ecosystems. Maintaining data integrity when moving data has never been more critical, and ensuring it has become more challenging. Though often necessary, moving critical business data leaves organizations at risk of data loss and corruption. Businesses seeking to embrace data freedom must ensure both […]
Weather-Proof Your Business: A Data-Driven Guide for Weather-Dependent Industries
As extreme weather events become more frequent and severe, having accurate weather data is no longer just a luxury – it’s essential. In 2023 alone, the U.S. grappled with 28 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters – hardly a sign of smooth sailing for businesses operating in weather-sensitive industries. If you’re a data manager working in such […]
It’s Essential – Verifying the Results of Data Transformations (Part 1)
Today’s data pipelines use transformations to convert raw data into meaningful insights. Yet, ensuring the accuracy and reliability of these transformations is no small feat – tools and methods to test the variety of data and transformation can be daunting. Transformations generally involve changing raw data that has been cleansed and validated for use by […]
Common Data Integrity Issues (and How to Overcome Them)
To say data has “integrity” means that it can be trusted and relied upon and is ultimately useful. Data integrity also conveys a sense of unity and completeness. The greatest challenges to ensuring that data has integrity are any characteristics or events that detract from the data’s usefulness, trustworthiness, and reliability, as well as anything […]
How Data Quality Copilots Can Enhance Integrity and Quality in AI-Based Solutions
Public sector agencies increasingly see artificial intelligence as a way to reshape their operations and services, but first, they must have confidence in their data. Accurate information is crucial to delivering essential services, while poor data quality can have far-reaching and sometimes catastrophic consequences. Few organizations handle as much or as complex data as government […]
Understanding the Importance of Data Resilience
In recent years, the frequency and sophistication of cyberattacks have surged, presenting a formidable challenge to organizations worldwide. The proliferation of interconnected devices, growing dependency on cloud services, and the shift to remote work have introduced new vulnerabilities, creating more opportunities for cybercriminals to exploit. My company’s 2024 Data Protection Trends report revealed that 75% of organizations experience […]
Generative AI Is Accelerating Data Pipeline Management
Data pipelines are like insurance. You only know they exist when something goes wrong. ETL processes are constantly toiling away behind the scenes, doing heavy lifting to connect the sources of data from the real world with the warehouses and lakes that make the data useful. Products like DBT and AirTran demonstrate the repeatability and […]
Proceed with Caution: Generative AI in Identity
OpenAI launched generative AI (GenAI) into the mainstream last year, and we haven’t stopped talking about it since – and for good reason. When done right, its benefits are indisputable, saving businesses time, money, and resources. Industries from customer service to technology are experiencing the shift. In fact, a recent study showed a significant increase in GenAI […]
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 […]
Mitigating Risks and Ensuring Data Integrity Through Legacy Modernization
Legacy systems are the backbone of many businesses, especially those in the industry for decades. These systems ensure a stable and reliable platform for conducting smooth business operations. However, decade-old legacy systems can also pose risks and challenges to data integrity that can affect an organization’s overall growth and success. In response to these challenges, […]