Importance of Data Quality: How to Explain it To Your Boss
As an IT professional, you know what data quality means and why it’s important. But does your boss? If not, it’s time to explain the importance of data quality to the higher-ups in your company, in order to ensure that you have the tools and support you need to manage data most effectively. For the […]
Data Quality Scorecard: How Does Your Company Measure Up?
You know a data quality strategy is important. But do you know how to assess how good of a job your company is doing at achieving data quality? Keep reading for tips on developing a data quality scorecard for your organization. Data quality refers to the ability of a given set of data to serve […]
Developing a Data Quality Framework: How to Herd the Cats
Developing a data quality framework is reminiscent of herding cats. You have to bring together disparate groups to establish a set of standards to maintain data quality, when these groups don’t want to be brought together and don’t agree on the standards. This task isn’t impossible, though. Read on to learn how to create a […]
Solving Data Quality Problems Is Not (Only) Programmers’ Responsibility
Most software is of little use without data to feed into it. When the data is bad, the software performs poorly. Whose job is it to make sure that the data that applications use is of high quality? If you think solving data quality problems is a burden on programmers alone, think again. It may […]
How to Clean Big Data for Trusted Insights
You’ve probably witnessed it, and maybe are doing it. Many organizations are just dumping as much data into a data lake as they can, trying to get to every data source in an enterprise and putting all the data into the data lake. We see it here at Precisely, with the vast amount of data […]
The Value Wedge: What Data IS, DOES, and MEANS in Data Governance and Data Quality Initiatives
If you’ve followed the enterprise software industry over the past ten years, you’ve probably picked up on a key trend that has led successful vendors to prominence and others to their demise – making data “fit for purpose.” The successful vendors have offered solutions that are simple to deploy, easily accessible for IT to manage […]
Data Quality in Healthcare: 3 Real-Life Stories
Data quality is crucial, though there are few industries in which it’s a life-or-death issue. The healthcare field is a notable one – a missing value, an additional value, or the wrong value could all lead to serious injury or even a fatality. Healthcare organizations must take steps to improve data quality to better protect […]
How to Improve Big Data Quality for Bigger Enterprise Insights
We’re dealing with more data in the enterprise than ever before. Headlines blare that “data is valuable” but, that’s only true if the information you have is of high quality. The question becomes, how do you know if your data is high quality? This post explores the concept of big data quality and why […]
Data Backup vs. Disaster Recovery: Yes, There’s a Big Difference
You back up your data. You’re prepared to handle the next big disaster, right? Wrong. Disaster recovery requires much more than data backup. The difference between data backup and disaster recovery Let me begin this discussion with a personal revelation. I don’t have a disaster recovery plan for my personal data. I do back virtually […]
Improve Data Quality with Precisely Trillium Data Profiling Capabilities
Your data is only valuable if its quality is high. The best way to achieve high data quality is through data profiling. Yet, what is the most effective (as well as cost-effective) way to carry out data profiling? The good news is that there are data management solutions that enable fast, accurate, and cost-effective data […]
The Benefits of Data Quality – A Review of Use Cases & Trends
Looking for an overview of use cases and current trends for data quality? You’ve come to the right place! In this post, we review the benefits of data quality and how it can help your business. Data quality saves you money A big reason to pay attention to data quality is that it can save […]
Data Enrichment Examples: Driving Better Business Results for Retail, Insurance, Telecommunications, Real Estate and More
You might have vast amounts of data, but how complete is it? Complete data gives you a fuller picture of your business. Moreover, having complete data helps you make truly informed business decisions, thereby helping to ensure better results. How do you achieve complete data? The answer lies in data enrichment. “Data enrichment” means that […]