Click to learn more about author Kendall Clark. The mandate for IT to deliver business value has never been stronger. In fact, 76% of executives believe IT must be an active partner in developing business strategy. Agility is key to success here. However, most enterprises are hampered by data strategies that leave teams flat-footed when […]
A Look Inside the Modern Analytics Stack
Click here to learn more about Amit Levi. In the data-driven world we live in today, the field of analytics has become increasingly important to remain competitive in business. In fact, a study by McKinsey Global Institute shows that data-driven organizations are 23 times more likely to outperform competitors in customer acquisition and nine times […]
The Move to Public Cloud and an Intelligent Data Strategy
Click to learn more about author Joe Gaska. It has taken a global pandemic for organizations to finally realize that the old way of doing business – and the legacy technologies and processes that came with it – are no longer going to cut it. This is especially true when it comes to applications. As […]
How to Ensure Your New Cloud Data Lake Is Secure
Click to learn more about author Brian Lachance. Enterprises migrating on-prem data environments to the cloud in pursuit of more robust, flexible, and integrated analytics and AI/ML capabilities are fueling a surge in cloud data lake implementations. The rationale is justified: Compared with legacy on-prem infrastructure, cloud data lakes – if implemented correctly – promise […]
Tapping the Value of Unstructured Data: Challenges and Tools to Help Navigate
Click to learn more about author Daniel Martin. The amount of data generated in the digital world is increasing by the minute! This massive amount of data is termed “big data.” We may classify the data as structured, unstructured, or semi-structured. Data that is structured or semi-structured is relatively easy to store, process, and analyze. […]
2021 Crystal Ball: What’s in Store for AI, Machine Learning, and Data
Click to learn more about author Rachel Roumeliotis. Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a “nice-to-have.” From business processes and smart home technology to healthcare and life sciences, AI continues to evolve and grow as it plays an increasing role in many aspects of our work, home lives, and beyond. As we bid 2020 a […]
Optimizing the Data Warehouse
The data warehouse, a relational database technology, makes all enterprise information actionable, and will continue to be prominent as a Data Architecture component. In the 2000s, a typical business would consolidate data from multiple relational databases, centralizing all this information through a data warehouse, and consequently streamlining business tasks. However, the business context has shifted […]
Informatica Launches New Intelligence and Automation Innovations
According to a recent press release, “Informatica®, the enterprise cloud data management leader, today announced it has updated its Intelligent Data Platform ™, powered by Informatica’s AI-powered CLAIRE ™ engine, with the industry’s most advanced intelligence and automation capabilities, enabling enterprises to accelerate cloud analytics modernization, drive better customer experiences, and properly govern and manage […]
Promethium and Starburst Partner for Faster, Easier Self-Service Analytics
According to a recent press release, “AI-driven augmented data management provider Promethium today announced it has partnered with Starburst for an end-to-end solution that allows analysts to get answers quickly and easily across the most complex data environments. Users can now easily leverage Presto to run federated queries across multiple databases, data warehouses, and data […]
Okera Delivers Unified Fine-Grained Access to Microsoft Azure Data Lakes
A new press release reports, “Okera, the leading active data management solution that enables companies to discover, audit, and protect data at scale, today announced a new release of the Okera Active Data Access Platform (ODAP) at Microsoft Ignite. Okera is the first company to offer unified fine-grained access across all of the leading analytics […]