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The Rise of Unstructured Data

Cloudera

Here we mostly focus on structured vs unstructured data. In terms of representation, data can be broadly classified into two types: structured and unstructured. Structured data can be defined as data that can be stored in relational databases, and unstructured data as everything else.

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Data architecture strategy for data quality

IBM Big Data Hub

Poor data quality is one of the top barriers faced by organizations aspiring to be more data-driven. Ill-timed business decisions and misinformed business processes, missed revenue opportunities, failed business initiatives and complex data systems can all stem from data quality issues.

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8 data strategy mistakes to avoid

CIO Business Intelligence

At Vanguard, “data and analytics enable us to fulfill on our mission to provide investors with the best chance for investment success by enabling us to glean actionable insights to drive personalized client experiences, scale advice, optimize investment and business operations, and reduce risk,” Swann says.

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Your Generative AI LLM Needs a Data Journey: A Comprehensive Guide for Data Engineers

DataKitchen

However, the foundation of their success rests not just on sophisticated algorithms or computational power but on the quality and integrity of the data they are trained on and interact with. The Role of Data Journeys in RAG The underlying data must be meticulously managed throughout its journey for RAG to function optimally.

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Healthcare organizations must create a strong data foundation to fully benefit from generative AI

CIO Business Intelligence

A healthcare payer or provider must establish a data strategy to define its vision, goals, and roadmap for the organization to manage its data. Next is governance; the rules, policies, and processes to ensure data quality and integrity. The need for generative AI data management may seem daunting.

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3 key digital transformation priorities for 2024

CIO Business Intelligence

Improving search capabilities and addressing unstructured data processing challenges are key gaps for CIOs who want to deliver generative AI capabilities. But 99% also report technical challenges, listing integration (68%), data volume and cleansing (59%), and managing unstructured data (55% ) as the top three.

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What is Dark Data, Why Does it Matter, and Why Are Humans Still Needed?

Timo Elliott

Today’s data volumes have long since exceeded the capacities of straightforward human analysis, and so-called “unstructureddata, not stored in simple tables and columns, has required new tools and techniques. Improving data quality. Unexamined and unused data is often of poor quality. Learn More.

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