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Data Management

Blend, cleanse and prepare data for analytics, reporting, or data modernization efforts.

Rein Mertens20 December 2017 0

Is data science education taking compliance seriously?

Employers sometimes complain that new graduates are not ‘job ready’. Often this complaint is about soft skills, such as the ability to work in a team. Sometimes, however, it is about specific technical skills or knowledge required in the role. An example might be particular data science techniques, or perhaps

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Advanced Analytics | Data Management

Aneshan Ramaloo30 November 2017 0

Why Analytical Data Preparation is so Important

Recently I have been thinking about data preparation, but not just any kind of data preparation. I have been thinking about the preparation required for advanced analytics and predictive models. Recently, I had to explain the process of how to create this data and this proved to be somewhat challenging given a

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Data Management

Tobias Witt17 November 2017 0

Draining the swamp: re-imagining the business case for data governance

If you have ever been to the tropics, you will know that when it rains, it really rains. Bucketloads of water can fall in a very short period of time. But in an equally short period of time, all the water (usually) simply drains away, thanks to advanced civil engineering.

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Data Management

Jarno Lindqvist2 November 2017 0

Good things come to those who prepare

A few months ago, we were moving to a new house. That meant, of course, that we needed to empty everything out of the old house. The basement, the loft, the garage, the summer house. Everything. Although that sounded daunting, it also gave us the opportunity to clean up, catalogue

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Data Management

Paul Gittins1 November 2017 0

The conundrum of Build versus Buy

Don’t laugh, but increasingly I find myself thinking that I’ve been here before. I often find that the underlying situation and argument are familiar, albeit in a slightly different context, with newer brands or technologies. For example, I was recently asked to assist an overseas team respond to a request

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Data Management

Mike Wake25 October 2017 0

GDPR: The Consumer Effect

Mike Wake, Head of Data Management at SAS UK & Ireland analyses how the incoming GDPR will empower consumers to take back control. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) puts power into the hands of the consumer. From May 2018, this legislation will allow EU citizens to take control of where their

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Data Management | Risk Management

Chrysostomos Kridiotis18 October 2017 0

EBA Stress Testing 2018: How the inclusion of IFRS 9 is impacting the need for change to the Stress Testing Framework of Banks

A bank stress test is the analysis conducted under unfavorable economic scenarios designed to determine whether a bank has enough capital to withstand the impact of adverse developments. Especially in the years since the wake of the 2007-2008 financial crisis, it has been actively promoted by authorities and regulators as

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Banking

Advanced Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Data Management | Machine Learning

Josefin Rosén16 October 2017 0

What every business manager should know about algorithm audits

Algorithm audit is a growing area as companies increasingly rely on machine learning algorithms to make decisions. But what do business managers need to know about these audits? We have a responsibility to audit our algorithms Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms have an increasingly central role in decision making in our

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Data Management

Arturo Salazar13 October 2017 0

Data Preparation - no longer the “poor relation” in data management?

Data processing, data integration, data quality, data security - all these topics sound like a compulsory program for IT and not as “hot” as analytics, data science, the Internet of Things or artificial intelligence. However, companies globally have long recognized that data management is at least as important as the

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