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  • Happy 2015: May the data be with you!

    Discover the significance of data in business! 🚀 Dive into Dr. Thomas Redman’s insightful video on why data is a crucial business problem. Learn about the key moments that define data quality and the roles of data customers and creators. Find out how quality management bridges data creation and use.

  • On Christmas traditions and data quality

    Discover the link between Christmas traditions and data quality in South Africa. Explore how to unlock the value of your enterprise information asset and consider reevaluating your data management practices for better results.

  • Accounting for your data as a business asset

    Learn how to account for your data as a valuable business asset in a digital world. Data Quality Matters explains the importance of data as an asset, its link to revenue generation, and the value of data quality for decision-making.

  • 5 signs Your Business Glossary has outgrown Excel

    Discover the signs that your Business Glossary has outgrown Excel for data governance. Explore better options for enhanced data integrity and streamlined workflows with Data360

  • Customer Experience means business wins control of BI

    Discover how customer experience has led to business winning control of BI and Analytics. Forrester Consultant, Boris Evelson, highlights the importance of self-service BI platforms and the shift towards data wrangling

  • Data governance lessons from a disappointing weekend

    Discover valuable data governance lessons from a disappointing weekend in South African sports. Learn the importance of key player buy-in and sound tactical execution to ensure the success of your data governance program.

  • The importance of Context for Decision-Making

    Learn why context is crucial for effective decision-making in business, using EPS (Earnings per Share) as an example. Discover how different contexts can impact the interpretation of metrics and why data governance plays a vital role in providing accurate reporting and supporting data-driven decisions. Improve overall value assessment by understanding the limitations of your metrics…

  • Data Governance in a Big Data world

    Discover the principles for governing Big Data in the world of data governance. Learn about accountability, standardization, business alignment, maintenance, and access management. Stay ahead in the era of ever-growing Big Data.

  • Data Lake vs Data Cesspool

    Explore the value of a data lake and its impact on data quality in this insightful post. Learn how a data lake, an unstructured data warehouse, can bring together diverse data sources for Hadoop analytics and integration. Understand the importance of data lineage and context to ensure accurate analysis and decision-making.

  • Data Quality Errors cost real money

    Discover how data quality errors in supply chain transactions cost corporations around 5% of total spending. Learn why addressing underlying data quality root causes is crucial for substantial savings. Explore the impact of faulty billing and the importance of quality supplier and product data for successful spending analysis.