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Data governance; is an aspect of the digital environment essential to becoming data-driven. Data governance gives organizations knowledge about their data, and the insights to optimize its value. If you have ever said, “Where is the data I need?”, “I don’t know what...

The last time you contacted your pharmacy or telecoms provider, did you interact with a chatbot or a live person? These days it can be hard to tell the difference, and that’s the point. Artificial intelligence (AI) technology – defined as a machine doing something a...

I know what you’re thinking: Another article on data warehouses….. snoozeville.  Snowflake, I promise you, is about to shake things up. Picture neon signs flashing “Pay as you go!” and “Data access for all!”   Snowflake is a data warehouse built for, and in, the...

One of the most powerful steps organizations can take today to modernize their business intelligence (BI) capabilities is integrating predictive analytics. Predictive analytics is a practice that encompasses a variety of statistical techniques that analyze current and...

Authored by: Kelly Ross   As a development platform for data management, Talend was already in a class by itself before its recent update. With 1,091 existing connectors, it can ingest almost any kind of data.   Talend 7.0.1 adds features and functionality that...

Is the data lake the data warehouse 2.0? Or is it something we’ve seen before? And why is the term data swamp everywhere lately? The term data lake has become a catch-all for any data management concept that doesn’t fit into data warehousing, and unfortunately, it...

These days it’s rare to find a company that doesn’t have some type of digitization underway to reduce costs and improve operations. The new challenge for companies is digital transformation. I like the way MIT’s Jeanne Ross describes the distinction: “A digital...