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The Search for Better COVID Data Is Not Over

From a public health perspective, the past 23 months have been, shall we say, eventful in the United States. More than 70 million Americans have contracted COVID-19, according to the Johns Hopkins coronavirus tracker, an Read more…

Do You Have Customer Data You Can Trust?

Customer data is the new business success factor, yet over 76% of the 4,500+ companies we’ve worked with did not have accurate customer data. Surprised? Here’s more. Forty-seven percent of these companies did not Read more…

Room for Improvement in Data Quality, Report Says

A new study commissioned by Trifacta is shining the light on the costs of poor data quality, particularly for organizations implementing AI initiatives. The study found that dirty and disorganized data are linked to AI p Read more…

Enterprise AI and the Paradox of Accuracy

As more organizations begin to experiment with AI in their internal operations, an interesting paradox is developing. The best way to think about the state of AI is that it behaves as a very powerful “mimic.” If you Read more…

Data Quality Remains Low, Report Finds

Even as corporate spending on data collection and analytics increases, confidence in the quality of data is decreasing as CEOs worry that messy data and questionable results will hamper future technology efforts centered Read more…

Tamr’s Data Prep Platform Gains U.S. Patent

A new approach for integrating large numbers of data sources using a combination of machine learning techniques along with human expertise has earned U.S. patent protection. Data preparation specialist Tamr Inc. said Thursday (Feb. 9) the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded a patent (US9,542,412) covering its "data unification" platform. Read more…

Conference Takes Aim at Data Enrichment Challenges

Data scientists who are interested in learning about the latest data enrichment tools and techniques may want to check out the Rich Data Summit, a one-day conference taking place in San Francisco this fall. It's the firs Read more…

Big Data’s Cold Feet Syndrome

With all the hype around big data, it sometimes seems that everybody and her grandmother are doing it. But the truth is that implementing big data analytics can be almost as difficult as it is potentially profitable. And Read more…

Big Data’s Dirty Little Secret

The twin phenomena of big data and machine learning are combining to give organizations previously unheard of predictive power to drive their businesses in new ways. But behind the big data headlines that tease us with t Read more…

Why Big Data Prep Is Booming

The big data analytics space is growing as organizations attempt to turn massive sets of data into a competitive advantage. But this trend is also driving a secondary boom in the market for data preparation tools that cl Read more…

Can Smarter Machines End the Pain and Expense of Data Wrangling?

Like Alan Turing’s vision to create smarter machines to crack the Enigma Code in World War II, we now sit at a critical juncture to solve the significant pain and expense of data wrangling that most big companies face Read more…

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