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How Data Cleansing Helps Predictive Modeling Efforts

TDAN

If you are planning on using predictive algorithms, such as machine learning or data mining, in your business, then you should be aware that the amount of data collected can grow exponentially over time.

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Small Businesses Use Big Data to Offset Risk During Economic Uncertainty

Smart Data Collective

Big data helps businesses address cash flow needs A growing number of companies use big data technology to improve their financing. They can use data mining tools to evaluate the average interest rate of different lenders. Therefore, data-driven pricing may be even more critical during a bad economy.

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What is a data architect? Skills, salaries, and how to become a data framework master

CIO Business Intelligence

Solutions data architect: These individuals design and implement data solutions for specific business needs, including data warehouses, data marts, and data lakes. Application data architect: The application data architect designs and implements data models for specific software applications.

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Data science vs data analytics: Unpacking the differences

IBM Big Data Hub

Overview: Data science vs data analytics Think of data science as the overarching umbrella that covers a wide range of tasks performed to find patterns in large datasets, structure data for use, train machine learning models and develop artificial intelligence (AI) applications.

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What is a data engineer? An analytics role in high demand

CIO Business Intelligence

Data engineers also need communication skills to work across departments and to understand what business leaders want to gain from the company’s large datasets. Data engineers must also know how to optimize data retrieval and how to develop dashboards, reports, and other visualizations for stakeholders.

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What is a data engineer? An analytics role in high demand

CIO Business Intelligence

Data engineers are often responsible for building algorithms for accessing raw data, but to do this, they need to understand a company’s or client’s objectives, as aligning data strategies with business goals is important, especially when large and complex datasets and databases are involved.

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Top 10 Metadata Management Influencers, Sites, and Blogs You Must Follow in 2021

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Donna Burbank is a Data Management Consultant and acts as the Managing Director at Global Data Strategy, Ltd. Her Twitter page is filled with interesting articles, webinars, reports, and current news surrounding data management. TDAN stands for The Data Administration Newsletter. It is published by Robert S.