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• 11 features to look for in data quality management tools

  As the need for quality data has increased, so have the capabilities of data quality tools. Learn how collaboration, data lineage and other features enable data quality. Continue Reading

• How data lineage tools boost data governance policies

  Enterprises can bolster data governance efforts by tracking how and when changes are made to data. Expert David Loshin offers advice on what to look for with data lineage products. Continue Reading

• AI for analytics augments and bolsters business intelligence

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• What is an enterprise data strategy?

  Defining a data strategy can help focus an organization's data management initiatives -- but it isn't the same as data governance. Expert Anne Marie Smith explains why. Continue Reading

• customer data integration (CDI)

  Customer data integration (CDI) is the process of defining, consolidating and managing customer information across an organization's business units and systems to achieve a "single version of the truth" for customer data. Continue Reading

• Definitions to Get Started

  • customer data integration (CDI)
  • MongoDB
  • data warehouse
  • Apache Hive

  • database replication
  • data quality
  • relational database
  • RDBMS (relational database management system)

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• 5 to-dos for your GDPR compliance checklist

  It's never too late to fine-tune your GDPR strategy. Expert Anne Marie Smith suggests a current state analysis of your PII protections, drafting a data privacy policy and more.Continue Reading

• MongoDB

  MongoDB is an open source database management system (DBMS) that uses a document-oriented database model which supports various forms of data.Continue Reading

• Cloud vs. legacy ERP systems: Tug of war intensifies for SMBs

  Aging legacy ERP systems at SMBs seem to be getting plenty of scrutiny these days. Heightened consumer demands, shifting technology landscapes and relentless market disruptions, not to mention maintenance costs, technical support and obsolescence, ...Continue Reading

• data warehouse

  A data warehouse is a federated repository for all the data collected by an enterprise's various operational systems, be they physical or logical.Continue Reading

• Apache Hive

  Apache Hive is an open source data warehouse system for querying and analyzing large data sets that are principally stored in Hadoop files.Continue Reading

• Good data quality for machine learning is an analytics must

  As companies add machine learning applications, they need to really understand -- and be able to improve -- their data. That's where data quality initiatives come in.Continue Reading

• The benefits of columnar storage and the Parquet file format

  What's behind Apache Parquet's growing popularity? It may be the file format's columnar storage orientation, which leads to benefits including improved query performance.Continue Reading

• database replication

  Database replication is the frequent electronic copying of data from a database in one computer or server to a database in another so that all users share the same level of information.Continue Reading

• Four first steps for customer data management

  Forrester's Mike Gualtieri details how to develop a unified plan to manage customer data that gives business users what they need to manage CRM programs.Continue Reading

• What are primary, super, foreign and candidate keys in a DBMS?

  Here's a guide to primary, super, foreign and candidate keys, what they're used for in relational database management systems and the differences between them.Continue Reading