Astera

DECEMBER 16, 2024

What is one thing all artificial intelligence (AI), business intelligence (BI), analytics, and data science initiatives have in common? They all need data pipelines for a seamless flow of high-quality data. Similarly, real-time pipelines may still depend on periodic batch processes for certain operations.

Data Warehouse 52

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Tableau

JUNE 8, 2021

In many of the conversations we have with IT and business leaders, there is a sense of frustration about the speed of time-to-value for big data and data science projects. We often hear that organizations have invested in data science capabilities but are struggling to operationalize their machine learning models.

Innovation 102

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Sisense

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

We live in a constantly-evolving world of data. That means that jobs in data big data and data analytics abound. The wide variety of data titles can be dizzying and confusing! In The Future of Work , we explore how companies are transforming to stay competitive as global collaboration becomes vital.

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Tableau

JUNE 8, 2021

In many of the conversations we have with IT and business leaders, there is a sense of frustration about the speed of time-to-value for big data and data science projects. We often hear that organizations have invested in data science capabilities but are struggling to operationalize their machine learning models.

Innovation 52

Innovation Data Warehouse Data Architecture Visualization 52

The Data Administration Newsletter

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

While we have seen a change in the calendar year, one initiative that continues to be a top priority for businesses is storing, managing, accessing and optimizing corporate data. With the new year events well behind us, we’re steadily focused on moving forward in 2021.

Data Architecture 145

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The Data Administration Newsletter

MARCH 2, 2021

Cloud computing is growing rapidly as a deployment platform for IT infrastructure because it can offer significant benefits. But cloud computing is not always the answer, nor will it replace all of our on-prem computing systems anytime soon—no matter what the pundits are saying.

Cloud Computing 131

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Astera

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Simply put, a cloud data warehouse is a data warehouse that exists in the cloud environment, capable of combining exabytes of data from multiple sources. Cloud data warehouses are designed to handle complex queries and are optimized for business intelligence (BI) and analytics.

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Astera

MARCH 20, 2024

The increasing digitization of business operations has led to the generation of massive amounts of data from various sources, such as customer interactions, transactions, social media, sensors, and more. This data, often referred to as big data, holds valuable insights that you can leverage to gain a competitive edge.

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The Data Administration Newsletter

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The data world continues to change rapidly and you may want to consider these predictions when planning for the new year. The rise of generative AI startups: Generative artificial intelligence exploded in 2022. Special thank you to Altair for providing the following set of bold predictions for 2023.

Artificial Intelligence 109

Artificial Intelligence Planning Data Architecture Big Data 109

Astera

OCTOBER 19, 2023

While all data transformation solutions can generate flat files in CSV or similar formats, the most efficient data prep implementations will also easily integrate with your other productivity business intelligence (BI) tools. Manual export and import steps in a system can add complexity to your data pipeline.

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Astera

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Doing business in the modern world requires handling a constantly increasing amount of data. Across all sectors, success in the era of Big Data requires robust management of a huge amount of data from multiple sources. There are many types of data repositories.

Data Management 52

Data Management Data Governance Government Data Warehouse 52

The Data Administration Newsletter

AUGUST 17, 2021

The increasing speed and pace of business certainly contributes to several data challenges (quality, timeliness, availability and, most important, usability of the data).

Data Architecture 105

Data Architecture Big Data Data Management Business Intelligence 105

The Data Administration Newsletter

MAY 31, 2022

Synthetic Data is, according to Gartner and other industry oracles, “hot, hot, hot.” In fact, according to Gartner, “60 percent of the data used for the development of AI and analytics projects will be synthetically generated.”[1]

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The Data Administration Newsletter

JULY 19, 2022

Data is considered by some to be the world’s most valuable resource. Going far beyond the limitations of physical resources, data has wide applications for education, automation, and governance. It is perhaps no surprise then, that the value of all the world’s data is projected to reach $280 billion by 2025.

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The Data Administration Newsletter

JUNE 1, 2021

Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to have reached its peak, and yet it is still growing and reaching even the most remote parts of the world. There are countless benefits to this technology, including life-saving tools and systems that function with automated AI algorithms.

Artificial Intelligence 98

Artificial Intelligence Data Architecture Big Data Business Intelligence 98

The Data Administration Newsletter

MAY 18, 2021

With increasing number of Internet of Things (IoT) getting connected and the ongoing boom in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Human Language Technologies (HLT) and other similar technologies, comes the demanding need for robust and secure data management in terms of data processing, data handling, data privacy, and data security. (..)

Artificial Intelligence 98

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The Data Administration Newsletter

JANUARY 20, 2021

In the cloud-era, should you store your corporate data in Cosmos DB on Azure, Cloud Spanner on the Google Cloud Platform, or in the Amazon Quantum Ledger? The overwhelming number of options today for storing and managing data in the cloud makes it tough for database experts and architects to design adequate solutions.

Data Architecture 98

Data Architecture Big Data Business Intelligence Business Intelligence 98

The Data Administration Newsletter

JANUARY 17, 2023

To stand out in a competitive industry, businesses must invest in revamping their existing sales processes and crafting a modern sales strategy that aligns with the sales predictions for 2023. The sales industry has been witnessing the rise of AI and automation over many years and 2023 will not be an exception. The role AI […].

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The Data Administration Newsletter

JANUARY 18, 2022

Picture this scene: It is a little after 5 p.m. on a Friday and a chat message pops up from my “favorite” application programmer. Something isn’t working properly. Yes, that is the message. Something” isn’t working properly. That’s all. “OK,” I say. “What are you trying to do—give me a bit more detail so I […].

Data Architecture 94

Data Architecture Big Data Business Intelligence Business Intelligence 94

The Data Administration Newsletter

MAY 2, 2023

The terms Data Mesh and Data Fabric have been used extensively as data management solutions in conversations these days, and sometimes interchangeably, to describe techniques for organizations to manage and add value to their data.

Data Management 94

Data Management Data Governance Data Architecture Big Data 94

The Data Administration Newsletter

JULY 20, 2021

The development of the cloud has opened thousands of doors to increasing the speed and efficiency of data management and connectivity. Though some of us struggle to understand the concept and many of us can’t even begin to fathom how it all works, most of us grasp the critical importance of the cloud in how […].

Data Management 80

Data Management Data Architecture Big Data Business Intelligence 80

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. […].

Master Data Management 78

Master Data Management Data Modelling Data Quality Data Governance 78

The Data Administration Newsletter

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Creating robust privacy protection programs is only possible when organizations understand their data well. Data inventories enable a business or organization to have a comprehensive understanding of the data they hold and how each piece of the data is being used and stored.

Data Architecture 72

Data Architecture Big Data Business Intelligence Business Intelligence 72

The Data Administration Newsletter

MARCH 15, 2022

In her groundbreaking article, How to Move Beyond a Monolithic Data Lake to a Distributed Data Mesh, Zhamak Dehghani made the case for building data mesh as the next generation of enterprise data platform architecture.

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The Data Administration Newsletter

JANUARY 3, 2023

For a while now, vendors have been advocating that people put their data in a data lake when they put their data in the cloud. The Data Lake The idea is that you put your data into a data lake. Then, at a later point in time, the end user analyst can come along and […].

Data Warehouse 59

Data Warehouse Data Architecture Big Data Data Management 59

The Data Administration Newsletter

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

We hear this a lot. We hear it from very smart people. Just the other day we heard someone say they had tried RDF twice at previous companies and it failed both times. RDF stands for Resource Description Framework,[1] which is an open standard underlying many graph databases). It’s hard to convince someone like that […]

Data Architecture 52

Data Architecture Big Data Business Intelligence Business Intelligence 52

The Data Administration Newsletter

AUGUST 1, 2023

Rural areas worldwide are disconnected in a landscape that nearly requires the internet to work or socially interact. But eventually, the entire planet will have equal, high-speed internet access. Neglecting the digital divide and broadband gap will cause cybersecurity concerns for communities entering the digital era.

Digital 52

Digital Cybersecurity Data Architecture Big Data 52

The Data Administration Newsletter

JULY 18, 2023

It is no secret that cloud migration and transformation helps your business attain desired growth, cost savings, agility, and profitability. With these, your team is able address customer needs faster, monitor app performance, and scale applications according to demand.

Monitoring 52

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The Data Administration Newsletter

MAY 16, 2023

Procurement is an essential function within any organization, involving the acquisition of goods and services necessary for business operations. However, with the rise of digitalization and technology, procurement processes have become increasingly vulnerable to cyber threats.

Procurement 52

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The Data Administration Newsletter

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Naturally, being intelligent and rational beings, we took the action necessary to prevent the oncoming catastrophe. Surely then, being intelligent and rational beings, we prepared for what was to come by stopping building […]. In 2006, the world learned an inconvenient truth.

Data Architecture 52

Data Architecture Big Data Data Governance Business Intelligence 52

The Data Administration Newsletter

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The current decade will see the most rapid technological advancements in history: emergence of new technology and faster development of existing technology. One of the technologies that is expected to grow is the Internet of Things (IoT).

Data Architecture 52

Data Architecture Big Data Business Intelligence Business Intelligence 52

The Data Administration Newsletter

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Insightful and accurate data is the lifeblood of any successful business. Without it, you may find yourself missing out on opportunities or dissatisfaction from your customers— not what we want at all!

Data Quality 52

Data Quality Data Architecture Big Data Business Intelligence 52

The Data Administration Newsletter

JULY 19, 2022

The notorious SolarWinds hack of 2020 sent shock waves across the software as a service world. In the attack, hackers gained access to the development pipeline for a SolarWinds financial management product— Orion. Once in, they were able to insert malware into the system. That malware then got rolled out by Orion themselves as an […].

Data Architecture 52

Data Architecture Big Data Business Intelligence Business Intelligence 52

The Data Administration Newsletter

MAY 3, 2022

Edge Computing Challenges By shifting computing power and data storage closer to those devices on the network, edge computing has managed to secure benefits such as: faster response times, improved reliability, and superior cost […].

Data Architecture 52

Data Architecture Big Data Data Management Business Intelligence 52

The Data Administration Newsletter

MAY 3, 2022

The road to creating business value through a well-oiled data management strategy can be long and challenging. A successful data management strategy is one that generates value rapidly and unlocks new data-driven insights.

Data Management 52

Data Management Data Governance Data Architecture Big Data 52

The Data Administration Newsletter

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Most large technology businesses collect data from their consumers in a variety of methods, and the majority of the time, this data is in its raw form. However, when data is presented in an understandable and accessible style, it may assist and drive business requirements.

Real-time Data 52

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The Data Administration Newsletter

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

I didn’t set out to rewrite the rules of accounting. It just sort of happened. It is a tale of emergence and synchronicity. So far, everyone we’ve reviewed our tentative findings with is enthused and eager for us to finish our experiments and publish. This blog is the first sneak preview of what we believe […].

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