Analysts Corner

JUNE 18, 2023

As the importance of data integration and analysis continues to grow, the demand for skilled ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) developers has risen accordingly. ETL developers play a critical role in managing and transforming data to enable organizations to make data-driven decisions.

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The Data Administration Newsletter

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Over the past few months, my team in Castlebridge and I have been working with clients delivering training to business and IT teams on data management skills like data governance, data quality management, data modelling, and metadata management.

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The Data Administration Newsletter

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Doug has spoken many times at our Data Modeling Zone conferences over the years, and when I read the book, I can hear him talk in his distinct descriptive and conversational style. The Enrichment Game describes how to improve data quality and data useability […].

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Astera

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Among the key players in this domain is Microsoft, with its extensive line of products and services, including SQL Server data warehouse. In this article, we’re going to talk about Microsoft’s SQL Server-based data warehouse in detail, but first, let’s quickly get the basics out of the way.

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Astera

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Among the key players in this domain is Microsoft, with its extensive line of products and services, including SQL Server data warehouse. In this article, we’re going to talk about Microsoft’s SQL Server-based data warehouse in detail, but first, let’s quickly get the basics out of the way.

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The Data Administration Newsletter

AUGUST 7, 2024

My column today is a follow-up to my article “The Challenge of Data Consistency,” published in the May 2023 issue of this newsletter. In that article, I discussed how semantic encoding (also called concept encoding) is the go-to solution for consistently representing master data entities such as customers and products.

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Sisense

APRIL 15, 2021

Augmented analytics (according to Gartner, which would know), uses technologies “such as machine learning [ML] and AI to assist with data preparation, insight generation, and insight explanation to augment how people explore and analyze data in analytics and BI platforms.”

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Astera

JANUARY 2, 2024

Relying on this data to power business decisions is like setting sail without a map. This is why organizations have effective data management in place. But what exactly is data management? What Is Data Management? Organizations must also establish policies and procedures to ensure data quality and compliance.

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Tableau

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on CIO.com. If we asked you, “What does your organization need to help more employees be data-driven?” where would “better data governance” land on your list? Data quality: Gone are the days of “data is data, and we just need more.” Data modeling.

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Tableau

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on CIO.com. If we asked you, “What does your organization need to help more employees be data-driven?” where would “better data governance” land on your list? Data quality: Gone are the days of “data is data, and we just need more.” Data modeling.

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Astera

JANUARY 18, 2024

So, in this article, we will explore some of the best alternatives to Fivetran. Fivetran is also not an ideal solution if you are looking for a complete enterprise-grade data management solution as it doesn’t support data governance or offer advanced capabilities to improve data quality.

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ElegantJ BI

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

One of the crucial success factors for advanced analytics is to ensure that your data is clean and clear and that your users have a good understanding of the source of the data so that they can put results in perspective.

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ElegantJ BI

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

One of the crucial success factors for advanced analytics is to ensure that your data is clean and clear and that your users have a good understanding of the source of the data so that they can put results in perspective.

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ElegantJ BI

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

One of the crucial success factors for advanced analytics is to ensure that your data is clean and clear and that your users have a good understanding of the source of the data so that they can put results in perspective. Data Governance and Self-Serve Analytics Go Hand in Hand.

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Astera

MAY 30, 2024

Variety : Data comes in all formats – from structured, numeric data in traditional databases to emails, unstructured text documents, videos, audio, financial transactions, and stock ticker data. Veracity: The uncertainty and reliability of data. Veracity addresses the trustworthiness and integrity of the data.

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Domo

OCTOBER 3, 2017

We’re already beginning to see examples of poor decisions being made by algorithms and data models with little insight into their rationale. If you’re not collecting the right data or lack faith in the quality of your data, it won’t be magically corrected with AI.

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Dataversity

MAY 3, 2024

Commerce today runs on data – guiding product development, improving operational efficiency, and personalizing the customer experience. However, many organizations fall into the trap of thinking that more data means more sales, when these two factors aren’t directly correlated.

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Dataversity

MAY 1, 2023

Many organizations have mapped out the systems and applications of their data landscape. Many have modeled their data domains and key attributes. The remainder of this point of view will explain why connecting […] The post Connecting the Three Spheres of Data Management to Unlock Value appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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MindsMapped

JULY 18, 2020

Most people reading this article would have heard about this before. Business Analytics mostly work with data and statistics. They primarily synthesize data and capture insightful information through it by understanding its patterns. Functional Business Analyst is a widely used term across the board. Business Analytics.

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Astera

JANUARY 31, 2024

So, in this article we will explore some of the most capable SQL ETL tools for data integration. While SSIS is Microsoft’s own ETL service, it’s not the only player in the data integration landscape that enables users to implement ETL in SQL Server, as we’ll see later in the article.

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The Data Administration Newsletter

JANUARY 17, 2024

Eric Siegel’s “The AI Playbook” serves as a crucial guide, offering important insights for data professionals and their internal customers on effectively leveraging AI within business operations.

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Dataversity

MARCH 22, 2021

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 […]. The post Where Is the Data Technology Industry Headed? Click here to learn more about Heine Krog Iversen.

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Dataversity

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Enterprises are modernizing their data platforms and associated tool-sets to serve the fast needs of data practitioners, including data scientists, data analysts, business intelligence and reporting analysts, and self-service-embracing business and technology personnel. Click to learn more about author Tejasvi Addagada.

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Dataversity

MARCH 18, 2022

Redman) served as the judge in a mock trial of a data architect (played by Laura Sebastian Coleman) […]. The post What Data Practitioners Need to Know (and Do) About Common Language appeared first on DATAVERSITY. Weinberg [1] In March 2019, one of us (Thomas C.

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Dataversity

JULY 12, 2021

In my eight years as a Gartner analyst covering Master Data Management (MDM) and two years advising clients and prospects at a leading vendor, I have seen first-hand the importance of taking a multidomain approach to MDM. Click to learn more about author Bill O’Kane.

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Dataversity

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Click to learn more about author Steve Zagoudis. Successful problem solving requires finding the right solution to the right problem. We fail more often because we solve the wrong problem than because we get the wrong solution to the right problem.” – Russell L.

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The Data Administration Newsletter

AUGUST 3, 2021

Rigidly adhering to a standard, any standard, without being reasonable and using your ability to think through changing situations and circumstances is itself a bad standard. I guess I should quickly define what I mean by a “database standard” for those who are not aware.

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Dataversity

MARCH 1, 2021

Data warehouse (DW) testers with data integration QA skills are in demand. Data warehouse disciplines and architectures are well established and often discussed in the press, books, and conferences. Each business often uses one or more data […]. Click to learn more about author Wayne Yaddow.

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The Data Administration Newsletter

JUNE 21, 2022

Twenty-five years ago today, I published the first issue of The Data Administration Newsletter. It only took a few months to recognize that there was an audience for an “online” publication focused on data administration. […].

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The BAWorld

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Top Data Analytics terms are explained in this article. Data Analytics Terms & Fundamentals. Completeness is a data quality dimension and measures the existence of required data attributes in the source in data analytics terms, checks that the data includes what is expected and nothing is missing.

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The Data Administration Newsletter

AUGUST 2, 2022

In part 1 of this series, I shared how our reactions to data can cause a great deal of suffering and discussed the following 3 principles to identify how this suffering can occur as well as ways to alleviate suffering: Attachment is a root cause of suffering ‘Not knowing’ has unlimited possibilities Always being ‘right’ […].

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The Data Administration Newsletter

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

“…quite simply, the better and more accessible the data is, the better the decisions you will make.” – “When Bad Data Happens to Good Companies,” (environmentalleader.com) The Business Impact of an organization’s Bad Data can cost up to 25% of the company’s Revenue (Ovum Research) Bad Data Costs the US healthcare $314 Billion. (IT

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The Data Administration Newsletter

JUNE 15, 2021

billion annually due to improperly organized testing – despite the fact that 25-40% of budget funds are allocated to methods and tools for Quality Assurance (QA) organization. According to research work done by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the US economy loses from $22.5 billion to $59.5 What does this mean?

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Astera

AUGUST 28, 2024

Big data and the need for quickly analyzing large amounts of data have led to the development of various tools and platforms with a long list of features. However, with the abundance of different types of data analysis tools in the market, what was supposed to be a simple task has become a complex undertaking.

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