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MDM vs. CDP: Which Does Your Organization Need?


Most, if not all, organizations need help utilizing the data collected from various sources efficiently, thanks to the ever-evolving enterprise data management landscape. Often, the reasons include:   1. Data is collected and stored in siloed systems 2. Different verticals or departments own different types of data 3. Inconsistent data quality across the organization Implementing a central […]

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Author: Mahtab Masood and Arjun Vishwanath

The Cool Kids Corner: Data Leadership (and the Importance of TNADVTMADHGI)


Hello! I’m Mark Horseman, and welcome to The Cool Kids Corner. This is my monthly check-in to share with you the people and ideas I encounter as a data evangelist with DATAVERSITY. Last month we discussed data privacy. This month we’re talking about data leadership. What do we mean by data leadership? What are our challenges […]

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Author: Mark Horseman

Unlocking Business Potential: Leveraging Data Protection for Growth and Privacy


Data is undeniably the modern fuel that keeps organizations up and running in the dynamic business landscape. Admit it: Every organization catering to its customers online is handling heaps of customer data, which is collected for various purposes, including marketing and personalization.  While most customers may offer their consent to use their personal details, most […]

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Author: Rakesh Soni

Granularity Is the True Data Advantage


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. Often, executives will become overzealous in their digital transformations and cut blank checks for data collection, […]

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Author: Fabrizio Fantini

Smart Data Fingerprinting: The Answer to Data Management Challenges


The world generated 120 zettabytes of data in 2023, on track for a 1.5x growth over two years to exceed 180 zettabytes in 2025. Unfortunately, data management strategies have not kept pace with the evolution and expansion of data, largely continuing to work with old-world processes and structured information stored in historical databases. There is an […]

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Author: Sunil Senan

Data Labeling Challenges and Solutions


In the rush to adopt AI across diverse sectors, today’s enterprises face a common hurdle: efficient data labeling at scale. Numerous enterprises are grappling with generating usable data despite having huge amounts of raw information. Organizations are overwhelmed by the influx of image data, highlighting the need to process and label it for practical use. Data […]

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Author: Hemanth Yamjala

Preparing for La Niña: Adopting Predictive Maintenance Before Hurricane Season


With a La Niña watch issued for the summer, businesses operating in hurricane-prone regions face heightened concerns about the impending storm season. La Niña heavily impacts the wind shear and atmospheric conditions over the Atlantic, where most hurricanes form thanks to its warm waters. It’s rare to go a year without a hurricane hitting some part of […]

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Author: Kevin Miller

Signal vs. Noise: Balancing On-Call Hygiene for Data-Driven Teams


In the real-time software world, 24×7 uptime is critical for core software where millions of transactions occur every second. In 2018, Amazon’s Prime Day event experienced a 13-minute outage that, according to some estimates, may have cost the company up to $99 million in lost sales. Reliability is paramount when the business depends on it […]

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Author: Tejaswi Agarwal

Why Selecting the Appropriate Data Governance Operating Model Is Crucial


To embark on data governance in an enterprise that spans divisions and diverse stakeholders, a well-defined operating model plays a vital role in achieving expected business benefits. Data mesh is a new concept that encourages data democratization within an organization in a decentralized way by promoting data products. Unlike the vintage architecture, which is centralized, data mesh […]

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Author: Tejasvi Addagada

Women in Data: Meet Christina Sandema-Sombe


The latest installment in our Q&A series with women leaders in data features Dr. Christina Sandema-Sombe, chief data steward of Nike, Inc. (Read our previous Q&A here.)  Dr. Christina Sandema-Sombe first learned the joys – and challenges – of working with data as the global impact measurement lead at a humanitarian aid organization. Over a decade […]

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Author: Tami Fertig

Managing Software Entitlements and Billing: How Usage Data Supports Streamlined Processes


At some point in your life, you’ve probably joined a gym. In doing so, you had to decide what type of membership was right for your fitness goals and at the right price point for your budget. Maybe it was an all-access pass, billed monthly or annually, with unlimited use of the facility, including the […]

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Author: Victor DeMarines

Why the Slowdown of Kryder’s Law Spells Urgency for Sustainable Archival Storage


Kryder’s Law, named after Mark Kryder – the former SVP of research at Seagate Technology – is an observation comparable to Moore’s Law but specifically related to the area of magnetic disk storage. It posits that the density of information stored on magnetic disks is increasing exponentially, doubling approximately every 18 months. Kryder’s Law, much like Moore’s […]

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Author: Steven Santamaria

Why It’s Time to Rethink Generative AI in the Enterprise


If you’ve been keeping an eye on the evolution of generative AI (GenAI) technology recently, you’re likely familiar with its core concepts: how GenAI models function, the art of crafting prompts, and the types of data GenAI models rely on. While these fundamental components within GenAI remain constant, the way they’re applied is transforming. The […]

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Author: Eamonn O’Neill

How to Ensure Data Quality and Consistency in Master Data Management


In the digital age, organizations increasingly rely on data for strategic decision-making, making the management of this data more critical than ever. This reliance has spurred a significant shift across industries, driven by advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), which thrive on comprehensive, high-quality data. This evolution underscores the importance of master […]

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Author: Ravikumar Vallepu

Unveiling the ROI Dilemma: How Data Blind Spots Impact Asset Owners’ Bottom Line


In today’s fast-moving investment world, corporate and insurance asset owners are operating in the dark, hindered by the absence of a standardized industry benchmark for an overall asset performance assessment. Asset owners usually have many other responsibilities beyond managing portfolio strategies, affecting their ability to allocate time to comprehensively evaluate and optimize the performance of […]

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Author: Bryan Yip

Future-Proof Your Cyber Risk Management with These Top Trends in 2024 (Part II)


As shared in part one of this installment, the global marketplace faces an increasingly destructive cyber risk landscape each year, and 2024 is set to confirm this trend. The cost of data breaches alone is expected to reach $5 trillion, a growth of 11% from 2023. As technology advances, attackers continue to develop new, more sophisticated methods […]

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Author: Yakir Golan

Four New Apache Cassandra 5.0 Features to Be Excited About


With the recent beta release of Apache Cassandra 5.0, now is a great time for teams to give it a spin and discover 5.0’s most interesting and anticipated new capabilities.  As I’ve poked around with the new beta, here are four features introduced with open-source Cassandra 5.0 that developer teams should be excited about: 1. Vector […]

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Author: Bassam Chahine

Keeping Cloud Data Costs in Check


Cloud data workloads are like coffee: They come in many forms and flavors, each with different price points. Just as your daily cappuccino habit will end up costing you dozens of times per month what you’d spend to brew Folgers every morning at home, the way you configure cloud-based data resources and run queries against […]

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Author: Daniel Zagales

Answers for the IT Skills Gap
Consider these statistics: 75% of IT decision-makers have reported gaps in the skill sets of their IT staff – and this is a 145% increase over the past seven years, reported Skillsoft. Six in 10 large enterprises reported a skills gap, according to the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA).  Globally, the shortage of qualified IT professionals was […]

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Author: Tami Fertig

The AI Trust Gap: A Psychological Perspective

Only 52% of employees are confident their organization will ensure AI is implemented in a responsible and trustworthy way, according to Workday’s Closing the AI Trust Gap report. Trust will be key to getting employees engaged in the change needed to realize AI’s full potential. In my last post I looked at what can be done from a cultural perspective. In this […]

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Author: Dan Everett

Going Green: 3 Actionable Steps to Implement Sustainable Cloud Computing


Research has shown that information and communication technology’s true proportion of global greenhouse gas emissions, including cloud computing, could be around 2.1-3.9%, which equates to higher emissions than the aviation industry. And as businesses increasingly rely on the cloud, minimizing this impact becomes critical. While most major cloud providers are talking about going green– AWS and […]

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Author: Sashank Purighalla

The Swashbuckling Guide to Building an Analytics Center of Excellence


Ahoy, data adventurers! Embarking on the thrilling journey of building a successful Analytics Center of Excellence (CoE) is akin to navigating the vast seas of data-driven decision-making. As a seasoned captain who’s steered the ship through the turbulent waters of financial services, retail, CPG, and telecom industries, I’ve charted a course that’s proven its mettle […]

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Author: Karthikeyan Ilangovan

Future-Proof Your Cyber Risk Management with These Top Trends in 2024 (Part I)


The global marketplace faces an increasingly destructive cyber risk landscape each year, and 2024 is set to confirm this trend. The cost of data breaches alone is expected to reach $5 trillion, a growth of 11% from 2023. As technology advances, attackers continue to develop new, more sophisticated methods for infiltrating systems and exploiting vulnerabilities. Among […]

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Author: Yakir Golan

The Cool Kids Corner: Neurodiversity in Your Team


Hello! I’m Mark Horseman, and welcome to The Cool Kids Corner. This is my monthly check-in to share with you the people and ideas I encounter as a data evangelist with DATAVERSITY. (Last month, we discussed the importance of communication.) This month, we’re talking about neurodiversity in your data team. The term neurodiversity was first […]

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Author: Mark Horseman

Data-First Architectures Unlock the Power of Data


Companies are currently in the midst of a significant paradigm shift, where they are faced with the decision to either over-complicate their data architecture or opt for a single cloud solution. It’s imperative to assess which cloud option aligns best with the needs of an organization; however, neither option allows organizations to optimize their data. […]

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Author: Jeff Heller