“Practical Data” is an occasional series of articles that examines metrics that we encounter in our everyday lives. I take it as axiomatic that government statistics are created and reported to support a political narrative, whatever the narrative happens to be at the time. Data Quality provides an excellent framework Read more…
Hardware and software migration projects are like crack for IT executives. Especially when the number on the new invoice is smaller than the number on the old invoice. Even better when the products can be folded into a previously negotiated enterprise agreement and made to appear free. Add to that Read more…
… and your data warehouse / data lake / data lakehouse. A few months ago, I talked about how nearly all of our analytics architectures are Stuck in the 1990s. Maybe an executive at your company read that article, and now you have a mandate to “Modernize Analytics.” Let’s say Read more…
This week we continue our Data Product dissection by looking at the data itself. What could be more fundamental? After all, it’s in the name! Data Products come in three flavors: Foundational, Composed, and Packaged. It’s important for providers to understand these different types because they are conceived, implemented, and Read more…