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Jeff StanderJanuary 14, 2016 0

Data strategy: Why a single, integrated view of metadata is so important

It’s obvious that an enterprise data strategy involves data – but we sometimes disregard the fact that it should also involve metadata. Why? Because it’s key to unlocking the value of data. Metadata shows you what data is available and how people can use it. It also reveals which data

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Data Management

SAS ColombiaJanuary 14, 2016 0

Las estrategias de Data Management como apoyo a lineamientos corporativos

Si se ha preguntado ¿los datos de la organización pueden contribuir al desarrollo de los lineamientos corporativos? La respuesta es sí: implementando una estrategia de Data Management. Para desarrollar y ejecutar una eficiente estrategia de Datos que esté alineada a sus objetivos de negocio, lo invitamos a seguir las siguientes recomendaciones:

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Data Management

Phil SimonJanuary 12, 2016 0

What does an effective data strategy look like?

.@philsimon on the need to play offense and defense with your organization's data.

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Data Management

Matthew MagneJanuary 11, 2016 0

Self-service data preparation transforms data professionals into data rock stars

When my band first started and was in need of a sound system, we bought a pair of cheap yet indestructible Peavey speakers, some Radio Shack microphones and a power mixer. The result? We sounded awful and often split our ear drums from high-pitched feedback and raw, untrained vocals. It took us years

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Data Management | Internet of Things

Bryan SaundersJanuary 6, 2016 0

What lies beneath the math matters

Has analytics become just a buzzword, the hype du jour? It’s great that analytics are now cool, but few people have taken then time to understand what analytics really are and how they can help solve their business problems. Last month at the the 30th Annual International Maintenance Conference, I

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Data Management

Alex BarnesJanuary 6, 2016 0

The price is right: Four steps to better pricing decisions

It’s hard to believe that another year is over. 2015 is behind us; 2016 is ahead. As I looked back over this year, I recalled starting last year at the National Retail Federation Big Show. I presented in the SAS booth on “Optimizing Pricing Decisions.” The presentation was simple and used the concept of

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Data Management

Chess: A game of strategy

Phil SimonJanuary 5, 2016 0

Do organizations need to adopt formal data strategies?

.@philsimon begins a four-part series on the need for a proper data strategy.

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Data Management

Jim HarrisJanuary 4, 2016 0

As the calendar turns – Part 2

In this two-part series, which posts as the calendar turns to a new year, I revisit the top data management topics of 2015 (Part 1) and then try to predict a few of the data management trends of 2016 (Part 2). Data management in 2016 The Internet of Things (IoT) made significant

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Data Management

Jim HarrisDecember 30, 2015 0

As the calendar turns – Part 1

In this two-part series, which posts as the calendar prepares to turn 2015 into 2016, I revisit the top data management topics of 2015 (Part 1) and then try to predict a few of the data management trends of 2016 (Part 2). Data management in 2015 Big data continued to make

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Data Management

Financial charts on tablet

David LoshinDecember 29, 2015 0

Agility in data availability

In my recent posts, I've been exploring the issues of integrating data that originates from beyond the organization. But this post looks at a different facet of extra-enterprise data management: data availability. In many organizations, there's a growing trend of making internal analytical data accessible to external consumers. I can

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Data Management

Joyce Norris-MontanariDecember 28, 2015 0

Beyond the boundaries of structured data: Part two

How many times have you gone onto a website, put a few things in a shopping cart, and then exited the Internet? I do it all the time. Sometimes when I log on to that site during my next visit, those same items are still in my cart – ready for purchase. I find

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Data Management

Library research

Jeff StanderDecember 23, 2015 0

Managing data beyond boundaries: Third-party metadata collection

Jeff Stander passes along some of the lessons he's learned about third-party metadata collection.

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Data Management

Hands on globe, like teamwork

David LoshinDecember 22, 2015 0

Agility in external data ingestion

In two previous posts (Part 1 and Part 2), I explored some of the challenges of managing data beyond enterprise boundaries. These posts focused on issues around managing and governing extra-enterprise data. Let’s focus a bit on one specific challenge now – satisfying the need for business users to rapidly ingest new data sources. Sophisticated business

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Data Management

Patrick HomerDecember 22, 2015 0

The analytics-driven marketing evolution in life sciences

PharmaVOICE recently published an article: Analytics Driven Marketing for the pharmaceutical industry and I was fortunate enough to be interviewed. The article discusses the increased use of advanced analytics to make better marketing decisions, the progress that has been made and the challenges that still need to be overcome. Within

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Data Management

Business people taking selfie

Joyce Norris-MontanariDecember 21, 2015 0

Beyond the boundaries of structured data: Part one

Most people have logged on to a social media site, maybe to look up an old friend, acquaintance or family member. Some people play games, or post funny pictures or other information they want to share with everyone. Do you ever ask yourself what happens with this information? What if your business wanted to purchase this information and

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Data Management

Helmut PlinkeDecember 17, 2015 0

Regulatory requirements drove new data quality projects in 2015

In 2014, big data was on everyone’s mind. So in 2015, I expected to see data quality initiatives make a major shift toward big data. But I was surprised by a completely new requirement for data quality, which proves that the world is not all about big data – not

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Data Management | Programming Tips

Mary Kathryn QueenDecember 16, 2015 0

Matching Names: How to Avoid a Common Mistake

Sometimes when trying to fuzzy match names you want to fuzzy match just a portion of the name: for example, Family Name and/or Given Name. A common mistake that people make is to feed in the Family Name and Given Name columns separately into the Match Codes node instead of

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Data Management

Ralf StorchDecember 16, 2015 0

Bube, Dame, König, Ass - Man könnte auch pokern (Excel reicht nicht)

Bube, Dame, König, Ass oder die vier unterschiedlichen Arten von Anwendern die man in Datenmanagementprojekten überzeugen muss. Bube, Dame, König, Ass - Man könnte auch pokern (Excel reicht nicht).

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Data Management

Joyce Norris-MontanariDecember 16, 2015 0

Will Hadoop replace the data warehouse?

Twenty-five years ago (when I was 12 years old), we realized that data, across the corporation, was not integrated. Nor did our data let us predict the future by looking at the past. So we started creating these stores of historical data soon to be called “data warehouse.” Here are

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Data Management

Business men having discussion

Dylan JonesDecember 15, 2015 0

How to communicate the role of data governance

Confusion is one of the big challenges companies experience when defining the data governance function – particularly among the technical community. I recently came across a profile on LinkedIn for a senior data governance practitioner at an insurance firm. His profile typified this challenge. He cited his duties as: Responsible for the collection

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Analytics | Customer Intelligence | Data Management

SAS ColombiaDecember 10, 2015 0

Cinco beneficios de implementar una estrategia de Data Management que usted debe conocer

Data, números, conocimiento. Es indudable que en un mundo cada vez más conectado el conocimiento es el rey y la data su poder. Pero, ¿es suficiente con tener acceso a la información o también se requiere su buena administración? Esta respuesta es simple: de nada sirve almacenar millones de bits

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Data Management

Todd WrightDecember 10, 2015 0

Data integration modernization: Key recommendations

Modernization. It’s a hot topic for organizations in all types of industries that are looking for ways to streamline hardware and software footprints while gaining control and insights from the data deluge. In the data integration space, this means we have to look beyond a traditional ETL approach to one

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Data Management

Jim HarrisDecember 9, 2015 0

The fight between now and later

Time. It flies. It does so whether or not you’re having fun or otherwise putting it to good use. To know where it flies, you’d need to watch. But most of us can’t make the time to watch. How we use time is important since it’s the one resource we

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Data Management

Nicole TschauderDecember 5, 2015 0

Clusteranalysen: In der Gruppe stark (SAS Adventskalender 5. Türchen)

Das Christkind ist ausgesprochen zufrieden mit sich und seinen Vorbereitungen. Wir möchten vermuten, dass dem Christkind die Komplexität seiner Aufgabe (trotz zweitausendjähriger Geschichte) erst jetzt so richtig dämmert. Es hat gelernt, assoziativ zu suchen, Kommentare der Kinder zu analysieren und aus allem die richtigen Schlüsse zu ziehen. Heute verfeinert es

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Data Management

Daniel TeacheyDecember 4, 2015 0

Go west: 2015 Data Steward of the Year lands in California

It's Data Stewards Day! I could barely sleep last night after decorating the office with old floppy disks and outmoded data governance presentations from 2008. (Editor's note: That didn't happen, but it's a great idea for next year.) Yes, for anybody who lives and loves data, this is truly "the

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Data Management

Aeria yoga represents balanced workloads

Joyce Norris-MontanariDecember 3, 2015 0

Workload optimization – Are you balanced?

The other day I was chatting with an ETL developer and he said he always pushes queries into the database instead of dragging data across the network. I thought “Hmm, I remember talking about those topics when I was a DBA.” I'd like to share those thoughts with you now.

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Data Management

Natan MeekersDecember 1, 2015 0

Building a firm foundation for your future proof data strategy

In my first post, I talked about the hell of using Excel for all your data needs; in my second post, I covered the building blocks and initial first steps that will lead you to a future proof data strategy. Now let’s zoom in on the three domains that underpin

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Data Management

Business man thinking about extended data boundaries

David LoshinNovember 30, 2015 0

Extra-enterprise data

There is no doubt about it – over the past few years there has been a monumental shift in how we think about “enterprise” data management. I believe this shift has been motivated by four factors: Open data. What may have been triggered by demands for governmental transparency and the need

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