How Good Data Enrichment Practices Impact Your Data Integrity
Data integrity is a foundational requirement for virtually any business to be successful in today’s world. Data integrity is about trust and confidence. Many people often conflate data quality with data integrity, however the latter is more comprehensive. Both are critically important, and although they are clearly related, the two phrases actually have very distinct […]
Why Data Integrity Must be Built on a Foundation of Availability
The immediate availability of information was not always as important as it is today. In times past, the flow of information was generally slower, and to a great extent, so was the overall pace of the world. Today, data flows from one system to another in real time. Latency is measured in tiny fractions of […]
Turning Data Issues into Opportunities: How to start a data project
Initiating a data program can take many forms and is often a daunting endeavor, but the reality is that starting these programs is a critical foundational investment that helps your business continue to grow and flourish. As the Senior Vice President for Strategic Services here at Precisely, I work with companies to overcome their data […]
Why Businesses Must Create a Clear Path to Data Integrity
82% of Chief Data Officers have a major concern: data quality. And that’s no surprise, considering that data is fueling more critical business decisions than ever – a trend that won’t be slowing down any time soon. This was just one of the many insights to be found within a recent report produced by Precisely […]
Best of 2021: Round Up
As 2021 wraps up, we would like to recap our top posts of the year in Data Integrity, Customer Engagement Solutions, Location Intelligence, Data Enrichment, Data Integration, Data Quality, and Data Governance. Let’s take a look! Best of Data Integrity Do you trust your data? As 2021 comes to a close, we would like to […]
Best of 2021: Top 10 Data Integrity Blog Posts
Do you trust your data? As 2021 comes to a close, we would like to share our most viewed Data Integrity articles from the Precisely blog. We’ll count down the Top 10 Data Integrity blog posts of the year. #10 New Research Finds that Data Integrity is a Major Concern for Organizations Corinium Intelligence published […]
Data Integrity Trends for 2022
As we look ahead to 2022, it’s clearer than ever that to win in a globally competitive marketplace, business leaders must develop and nurture strong competencies in all aspects of data integrity. According to a recent Corinium report entitled Data Integrity Trends: Chief Data Officer Perspectives, most enterprises have established a basic foundation for data-driven […]
Data Quality Impacts on Downstream Analytics and Machine Learning Initiatives
Advanced analytics, including artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) are hot areas for investment right now, and for good reason. Organizations have access to more data than ever before, and to the extent that business leaders can draw useful insights from that information, they stand to gain significant new efficiencies and achieve a meaningful advantage […]
What Is Good Data?
Business leaders across virtually every industry are investing heavily in advanced analytics right now. There are plenty of good reasons for this: cloud analytics are becoming more and more powerful, computing costs continue to decline, and the volume and velocity of available good data continues to grow exponentially. In the rush to adopt this powerful […]
Data Integrity and Digital Transformation: 5 Strategies for Building Trust in Your Data
2,500 years ago, Greek philosopher Heraclitus made his famous statement that “the only constant in life is change.” Since then, the pace of change has accelerated dramatically, especially over the past two decades as technological innovation has shifted into high gear. Digital transformation technologies, built on a rapidly evolving cloud infrastructure, are transforming the way […]
How Data Quality Builds Data Integrity
Data integrity is defined as data with accuracy, consistency, and context for confident decision-making. Achieving true data integrity calls for technical capabilities such as data integration, data quality management, data enrichment, and location intelligence. Together, these capabilities ensure that data provides a complete and accurate picture of reality–that is, “the truth, the whole truth, and […]
How Data Integration Builds Data Integrity
Because there is no industry-standard definition, Precisely offers a broad definition of data integrity. To us, it’s all about confidence and trust in the information that business leaders rely on to make sound decisions. That means having data that is accurate, consistent, and complete, but it also means understanding the full context of that information […]