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ALSO CALLED: Data Quality Control, Information Quality, Data Quality Assurance, Data Content Quality DEFINITION: Data quality is the reliability and effectiveness of data, particularly in a data warehouse. Data quality assurance (DQA) is the process of verifying the reliability and effectiveness of data. Maintaining data quality requires going through the data periodically and scrubbing it. Typically this involves updating it, standardizing it, and de-duplicating records to create a single view of the data, … Definition continues below.
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Profitability Analysis & Optimization: Gaining a competitive edge sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Optimized technology can lead to improved business processe which can lead to elevated profitability. Sounds good, right? This paper from BPM Parnters illustrates how your organization can capitalize on new trends and tools to increase your profitability. Posted: 10 May 2012 \| Published: 10 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Business Process Automation \| Business Process Automation Software \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Data Mining \| Data Mining Software \| Data Quality

Performance Management Solutions for the Office of Finance sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Read this brief paper and learn how IBM Cognos can lead finance teams into the next generation by offering driver-based budgeting with vastly shorter planning cycles, flexible rolling forecasts, faster and more reliable financial close and consolidation, tighter control over operational performance, swifter reporting capabilities and so much more. Posted: 10 May 2012 \| Published: 14 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Compliance (Finance) \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Data Mining \| Data Quality \| Financial Reporting \| Financial reporting software \| Information Management

Extracting the Full Value of SEC Filing Software sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: The U.S. Security and Exchange Commission has forced organizations that file reports with it to automate most of the steps, leading most companies purchase software that helps them do so. This paper by Ventana Research explains the value of automated tagging software and how implementing such a strategy can lead to an elevated ROI. Posted: 09 May 2012 \| Published: 07 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Business Process Automation \| Business Process Automation Software \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| Financial Management \| Financial Reporting \| Financial reporting software \| Reporting Software \| Securities and Exchange Commission

Predictive Maintenance for Manufacturing - How to improve productivity, minimize downtime and reduce costs sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Avoiding unscheduled downtime and equipment failure while trying to maintain quality standards is paramount. Producing high-quality goods and optimizing resources is the ultimate goal of any manufacturing organization. Predictive maintenance, fueled by predictive analytics, helps minimize downtime and saves money. Read this paper to learn more. Posted: 09 May 2012 \| Published: 17 Aug 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Data Mining \| Data Quality \| Information Management \| Manufacturing \| Predictive Analytics \| Predictive Analytics Software

Where Finance Belongs on the IT Agenda sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: IT and finance may oftentimes be on separate pages, viewing each other as another facet of the business. In today's recovering economy, their dependence on each other can determine the success or failure of your company. This paper offers insight on how IT and finance can collaborate to help your organization succeed in the post-recession economy. Posted: 09 May 2012 \| Published: 10 Mar 2010 TOPICS: Budgeting \| Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Data Mining \| Data Quality \| Financial Management \| Forecasting, planning and budgeting software \| Information Management \| IT Management

Business Forecasting: Six Design Principles for Healthier Forecasts sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Success depends on healthy and accurate forecasts. A rolling forecasting approach is typically helpful in developing or restoring your forecasting practices to full health. This paper from IBM offers up six principals that should be mainstays in your forecasting blueprint and also outlines an example of successful rolling forecasts in practice. Posted: 09 May 2012 \| Published: 16 Jun 2010 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Data Management Software \| Data Mining \| Data Quality \| Forecasting, planning and budgeting software \| Information Management \| Information Management Software

Data Enrichment and Classification to Optimize Procurement and Spend Analysis sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Read how the utilization of a Data Enrichment and Classification toolkit can help you unlock the full potential of your existing procurement applications by making your data reliable – the key to more accurate and consistent insight into your spend. Learn how you can increase leverage opportunities and improve decision making. Posted: 23 Apr 2012 \| Published: 30 Apr 2011 TOPICS: Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| SAP (Product) \| Spend Management \| Spend Management Software \| Supply Chain Intelligence \| Supply Chain Management

Three Keys to Better Data-driven Decisions: What You Should Know… Right Now sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: It's time for small to midsized businesses (SMBs) still using outdated business processes and systems to bring their decision-making up to speed with a centralized view of enterprise information. Read this white paper to learn how the right tools can give SMBs the accurate, timely data they need to make informed, strategic business decisions. Posted: 06 Feb 2012 \| Published: 06 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Analytic Applications Software \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| Enterprise Resource Management \| Enterprise Systems \| ERP \| ERP Software \| Reporting Software \| SAP (Product)

Increasing the efficiency of case file coordination in social services sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Social service agencies are experiencing challenges with manual processes. Advanced case management strategies are being implemented to streamline these processes and foster greater insight, collaboration and decision-making capabilities. This white paper explains how one such solution allows you automate these processes to elevate processing. Posted: 16 May 2012 \| Published: 15 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Business Process Automation \| Business Process Automation Software \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Data Management Software \| Data Mining \| Data Quality \| Information Management

Advanced case management solutions for smarter decision making in banking sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Financial institutions are under pressure to make better decisions. Real-time decisions depend on access to information and the technology available to analyze it. This paper outlines an option that aggregates all of the content from across the entire organization to enable a holistic view of each case, reduce risk and support accurate decisions. Posted: 11 May 2012 \| Published: 12 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Business Process Automation \| Business Process Automation Software \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| Content Management \| Content Management Software \| Content Management Systems \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Data Mining \| Data Quality \| Predictive Analytics

Advanced Case Management for Smarter Energy and Utilities sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to gain an approach to unifying utility company's information, processes and people to gain a 360-degree view of contracts, work orders and so much more, effectively enabling employees to make better-informed decisions which then reduce costs and elevate efficiency. Learn how case management can make your business smarter. Posted: 11 May 2012 \| Published: 23 Oct 2010 TOPICS: Business Process Automation \| Business Process Automation Software \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| Collaborative Applications Software \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Data Mining \| Data Quality

Seven Symptoms of Forecasting Illness sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Your forecasting capabilities are likely lacking in some form or another. To fix this you must first recognize the problem and then implement a cure that leads to healthier predictions. This paper from IBM can help you zero in on the problem, offering up seven underlying symptoms of forecasting illness and remedies on how to overcome each one. Posted: 09 May 2012 \| Published: 13 Apr 2010 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Data Management Software \| Data Mining \| Data Quality \| Forecasting, planning and budgeting software \| Predictive Analytics \| Predictive Analytics Software \| Predictive Performance Management

Business Analytics – Pushing Towards Relevance sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This paper details the current state of business analytics, revealing why it's not as pervasive as one may think. Read this now and learn some best practices that will help CIOs spearhead their company's BI initiatives to make better use of data for a competitive advantage. Posted: 04 May 2012 \| Published: 04 May 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| CIOs \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Data Mining \| Data Quality \| Information Management

Gartner-A step-by-step approach to successful Business Intelligence sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Decision-making is buoyed by strong business intelligence (BI). For small to midsize businesses (SMBs), formulating an approach to BI can be a challenge. Incremental steps are pivotal for SMBs, according to this paper featuring insight from Gartner. Read this and learn why starting with the basic before evolving deeper is the proven path. Posted: 19 Apr 2012 \| Published: 19 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Data Mining \| Data Quality \| Decision Support Systems \| Information Management

What’s in YOUR Architecture? sponsored by Sybase, an SAP company WHITE PAPER: Read this brief yet insightful paper now to learn about the basic components of information architecture, including master data management and data quality, and learn how Sybase can enable your company to integrate all of these aspects into a complete and holistic information architecture. Posted: 17 Apr 2012 \| Published: 12 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Governance \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| Information Architects \| Information Governance \| Information Management \| Master Data Management

Business Oriented Information Architecture sponsored by Sybase, an SAP company WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines an information architecture (IA) and why it is useful in determining everything from the robustness of IT projects to testing business process scenarios to see if they satisfy the wide-ranging needs of your business. Read this now to learn more about IA, including its basic design, how to start your program and more. Posted: 17 Apr 2012 \| Published: 16 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Governance \| Data Management \| Data Mining \| Data Modeling \| Data Quality \| Data Security \| Information Architects \| Information Governance \| Information Management \| Information Security

Sybase PowerDesigner for information architecture sponsored by Sybase, an SAP company WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how modeling information architecture (IA) can help reduce the costs associated with data management. Read this now and learn about the benefits of implementing IA and how Sybase's option offers modeling support for database design and enterprise architecture. Posted: 16 Apr 2012 \| Published: 16 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Management \| Data Modeling \| Data Quality \| Database Administration \| Database Architectures \| Database Design \| Database Management \| Database Management Software \| Sybase (Product)

Building a Better Data Dictionary with PowerDesigner® sponsored by Sybase, an SAP company WHITE PAPER: Data dictionaries are a great tool to help in your quest to derive meaning and insight from your data, allowing you to standardize context and definitions to gain consistency and reusability, and propel this quality data into strategic decision-making and business plans. This brief paper outlines the specs and benefits of data dictionaries. Posted: 16 Apr 2012 \| Published: 16 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Application Integration \| Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Integration \| Data Management \| Data Mining \| Data Quality \| Data Storage \| Information Management

Oracle: Big Data for the Enterprise sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Oracle offers the broadest and most integrated portfolio of products to help you acquire and organize these diverse data types and analyze them alongside your existing data to find new insights and capitalize on hidden relationships. Read this white paper to learn more. Posted: 26 Mar 2012 \| Published: 31 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Classification \| Data Collection \| Data Management \| Data Mining \| Data Mining Software \| Data Quality \| Data Recovery \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers

Building a Tangible ROI for Data Quality sponsored by Harte-Hanks Trillium Software WHITE PAPER: This white paper covers common issues and recommendations on building a business case for data quality initiatives. Posted: 13 Mar 2012 \| Published: 13 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Data Analytics \| Data Governance \| Data Integration \| Data Profiling \| Data Quality \| Metrics \| Project Management \| ROI

Hardest Problems in Data Management sponsored by VMware, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how to enable a fast, scalable, fault-tolerant distributed foundation for data management that runs dynamically across the many-machine, many-core, memory-based computing topologies that today's organizations are assembling from existing IT resources and pay-as-you-go clouds. Posted: 10 Feb 2012 \| Published: 10 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Cloud Archive \| Cloud Management \| Data Integration \| Data Management \| Data Management Software \| Data Quality \| Distributed Computing \| Fault Tolerance \| Messaging Software

Accelerating the Speed of Intelligence for Fast and Flexible Forecasting sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Based on interviews with CFOs and senior finance executives at six leading international companies, this report presents the strategies they are using to infuse flexibility into their planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes in order to detect and address the constantly changing market realities of today's stubbornly volatile global economy. Posted: 02 Feb 2012 \| Published: 30 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Dashboards \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| Data Visualization \| Financial Management \| Financial Metrics \| Financial Reporting \| Forecast/Demand Management Software \| Forecasting, planning and budgeting software

Powerful, Affordable BI for Midsize Companies sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Too often, business intelligence (BI) initiatives end up being detrimental to a business. They can be costly and highly complex, and often are integrated loosely— or not at all— causing data quality to plummet. Read this paper to discover a BI alternative that provides fast, cost-effective integration across SAP and non-SAP systems. Posted: 01 Feb 2012 \| Published: 31 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Data Analytics \| Data Integration \| Data Management Software \| Data Quality \| SAP (Product) \| Systems Integration

New Possibilities for Your Business with the World’s Fastest Database Machine sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper now and learn how Oracle Exadata Database Machine addresses the needs of today’s businesses with extreme performance for enterprise data warehousing, online transaction processing (OLTP) and mixed workloads. Posted: 01 Feb 2012 \| Published: 01 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| Data Storage \| Data Warehouse Software \| Data Warehouses \| OLTP \| Oracle (Product)

Business Intelligence: The Definitive Guide for Midsize Organizations sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper breaks down the spectrum of business intelligence (BI) tools into specific functionalities and explains how they can be practically applied by midsized organizations to improve decision-making. Read it to learn what you need to know to get started with a BI implementation. Posted: 31 Jan 2012 \| Published: 31 Jan 2008 TOPICS: Analytic Applications Software \| Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Data Quality \| Query Tools \| Reporting Software \| SMBs \| Software Implementation

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DATA QUALITY DEFINITION (continued): … even even if it is stored in multiple disparate systems. There are many vendor applications on the market to make this job easier. Because data quality is so important from a business perspective, many large companies employ a data steward to be in charge of data quality. In spite of this, Gartner Inc. forecasted that 25% of critical data within Fortune 1000 companies would continue to be inaccurate through 2007. A Gartner study says that poor quality customer data costs U.S. business an estimated $611 billion dollars a year in postage, printing, and staff overhead.Getting started with data quality …
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