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Data Stewardship Explained: The Backbone of Data Management
Data management cannot happen without people, practices, and proper tools. Ever-growing data sets require careful monitoring, maintenance, and assessment. You can’t leave everything solely to software and automation – or…
Comparing and Matching Data in Excel: Why It Fails
Let’s take a quick look at how organizations attempt to use Excel for comparing and matching data, then discuss some of the problems this creates.
Why Use MDM Software? 5 Benefits of Implementing Master Data Management
In brief, MDM is a process and set of tools for consolidating and managing an organization’s most critical (“master”) data. This data is then cleansed, enriched, and made available to…
What is Entity Resolution
Entity resolution (also known as data matching, data linkage) is the process of identifying and disambiguating real-world entities such as people, places, organizations, and products in unstructured data. For example,…
Types and Uses of Data Matching Tools
Software tools have been developed to automate the process of data matching. In this article, we’ll take a look at the available types of data matching tools, how they work,…
Big Data in Business Analytics vs. Entity Resolution
The term “heterogeneous data” refers to a body of data that comprises multiple formats and sources. For example, customer data may be scattered across various databases, CRM systems, and spreadsheets.…
KPIs Analytics: Making Sense of Multiple Data Sources
How many data sources are you dealing with? How do they relate to one another, and what specific challenges are making it difficult to get a clear, big-picture view? In…
Master Data Management Patterns: 5 Key Components
MDM is the process of creating and maintaining a consistent, accurate, and complete view of an organization’s critical data. It includes identifying, cleansing, and enriching data; governing its use; and…
Name Normalization – Name Matching for Companies, Vendors, Suppliers, and More!
Inconsistent data can prevent you from gaining a holistic view of what’s going on in your company. Disparate records prevent you from fully understanding where your business comes from and…
The Benefits of Robust Data Matching
Incomplete or inaccurate data has a ripple effect across organizations, leading to decreased productivity, higher churn, and missed opportunities.
The Benefits of Master Data Management Consulting
MDM is a complex initiative, but one that can offer tremendous benefits to your organization – if it’s done right. Here’s how an MDM consultant can help.
Benefits of Customer Data Integration and Superior Data Linking
Cross-linking data is the process of linking together data that is stored in different systems. This can be done manually, by entering the relevant information into each system, or automatically,…