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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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Bloor white paper: The Importance of an Information Strategy sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: In this paper we will discuss what an Information Strategy is, why it is important, and what it takes to build one. We will also consider IBM's Information Agenda, that company's approach to assisting in the development of an Information Strategy. Posted: 05 Oct 2009 \| Published: 05 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Governance \| Data Management \| Data Migration \| Data Quality \| Master Data Management \| Risk Management \| Software

Enterprise Data Services in SOA using ODI Suite sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper will demonstrate why Data Services are a foundation requirement for enterprise SOA deployments by describing how just how valuable, and complex, business data is for the businesses that rely on it. Posted: 01 Oct 2009 \| Published: 01 Oct 2009 TOPICS: BPEL \| Data Integration \| Data Management Software \| Data Quality \| ESB \| Master Data Management \| Oracle (Product) \| SOA

Competing on Innovation... Next-Generation BI Appliances sponsored by Sybase, Inc. WEBCAST: View this Webcast and learn to get all the speed, flexibility and processing power of a custom-built data warehouse. Posted: 30 Sep 2009 \| Premiered: 30 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| Data Warehouse Software \| Data Warehouses \| Real-time Analytical Software \| Real-time Analytics

How to write a RFP for Master Data Management: 10 Common Mistakes to Avoid sponsored by Siperian, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Critical master data management (MDM) functionality can be easily overlooked when request for proposals (RFPs) are narrowly focused on a single business data type. Ensure success by avoiding 10 costly mistakes when writing your RFP. Posted: 16 Sep 2009 \| Published: 16 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Customer Data Integration \| Customer Data Management \| Data Classification \| Data Governance \| Data Integration \| Data Management \| Data Modeling \| Data Quality \| Data Storage \| Master Data Management \| Request for Proposals

The Flawed Vision of Customer Data Integration – How to Get it Right the First Time sponsored by Siperian, Inc. WHITE PAPER: The initial goal of Customer Data Integration (CDI) was to create the most reliable customer data for the entire company. We now know that the golden opportunity for CDI lies within Master Data Management and the ability to uncover interactions and understand the relationships that companies have with their customers. Posted: 16 Sep 2009 \| Published: 16 Sep 2009 TOPICS: CRM \| Customer Data Integration \| Customer Data Management \| Customer Interaction Services \| Data Classification \| Data Management \| Data Mining \| Data Quality \| Master Data Management

When Data Governance Turns Bureaucratic: How Data Governance Police Can Constrain the Value of Your Master Data Management sponsored by Siperian, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Over the past several years, most Master Data Management implementations have used a "reactive" style of data governance. Learn how "reactive" data governance falls short and why leading organizations are using a "proactive" approach -- includes case study and migration questionnaire. Posted: 16 Sep 2009 \| Published: 16 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Governance \| Data Integration \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| Data Replication \| Data Storage \| Database Administration \| Master Data Management

The Power of Universal Patterns and Models for Master Data Management sponsored by Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. WEBCAST: In this webcast featuring best-selling author, Len Silverston, learn how to implement universal patterns for data modeling to improve management flexibility. Gain insight into various modeling choices to meet your organization's needs. Discover how to improve quality and reduce management costs by re-using patterns. Posted: 11 Sep 2009 \| Premiered: 11 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Application Development \| Business Processes \| Data Integration \| Data Management \| Data Modeling \| Data Quality \| Data Warehouses \| Databases \| Master Data Management

The BI Survey 8: The World's Largest Independent BI Survey sponsored by Board International WHITE PAPER: Now in its eighth year of publication, The BI Survey by Nigel Pendse is an annual report based on the world's largest independent survey of Business Intelligence and Performance Management users. Posted: 10 Sep 2009 \| Published: 10 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Business Performance Management \| Business Performance Management Software \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| Customer Loyalty \| Data Quality \| Data Warehouses \| OLAP

Create a complete BIRT Report Easily in 10 Minutes sponsored by Actuate PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Through the complete creation of a BIRT report including creating a BIRT report project, connecting to data, adding a chart, formatting the report and adding drill to details capability. Posted: 10 Sep 2009 \| Published: 10 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Business Performance Management \| Dashboards \| Data Quality \| Eclipse Platform \| Java Development Kits \| Reporting Software \| Web 2.0

Sybase IQ 15: Addressing the Need for Speed sponsored by Sybase, Inc. WEBCAST: Bill Jacobs, Director of Technical Marketing, Sybase IQ, discusses the speed and performance capabilities of Sybase IQ 15. These enhancements are designed to help make IQ 15 remain the smartest choice for analytic, reporting, business intelligence, data mining, and related applications. Posted: 31 Aug 2009 \| Premiered: 31 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Metrics \| Data Collection \| Data Management \| Data Profiling \| Data Quality \| Data Visualization \| Decision Support Systems \| Reporting Software

Sybase IQ 15: Making the Economical Choice sponsored by Sybase, Inc. WEBCAST: Bill Jacobs, Director of Technical Marketing, Sybase IQ, discusses the elements and attributes of Sybase IQ that make it a very economical choice for your business intelligence, analytics, and data warehousing activity. The features in the latest release are highlighted, along with the base characteristics of Sybase IQ. Posted: 31 Aug 2009 \| Premiered: 31 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Classification \| Data Collection \| Data Quality \| Data Visualization \| Data Warehouses \| Reporting Software

Sybase IQ 15: More Flexibility to Adapt and Grow sponsored by Sybase, Inc. WEBCAST: Please join Bill Jacobs, Director of Technical Marketing, Sybase IQ, in this webcast about the first of seven topic areas – as he discusses the new features added to Sybase IQ 15 that enhance the flexibility of Sybase IQ 15 for analytics, reporting and business intelligence applications. Posted: 31 Aug 2009 \| Premiered: 31 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Logistics \| Business Management \| Business Metrics \| Business Performance Management \| Data Classification \| Data Collection \| Data Quality \| Data Visualization \| Reporting Software

Sybase IQ 15: Smarter Analytics sponsored by Sybase, Inc. WEBCAST: Businesses today are facing a very different kind of competition that is rooted in extensive data analysis and demonstrated in decision making that is fast, comprehensive, and based on factual information. In this environment, Sybase IQ shines as a highly optimized analytic server. Posted: 31 Aug 2009 \| Premiered: 31 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Management \| Business Metrics \| CIOs \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| Data Visualization \| Information Management \| Reporting Software

Sybase IQ: The Economics of Business Reporting sponsored by Sybase, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Reporting is recognized as a way for companies to improve service, ensure quality, control costs, and prevent losses by empowering decision-makers throughout the organization. This paper will explain why reporting is one form of business intelligence that has become business-critical. Posted: 31 Aug 2009 \| Published: 31 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| CIOs \| Dashboards \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| Data Visualization \| Decision Support Databases \| Reporting Software

Sustainability: A Green Model for Data Governance sponsored by Baseline Consulting WHITE PAPER: An effective governance program will determine what kinds of data are inputs, outputs or byproducts, and will enable the company to quickly distinguish and process data elements accordingly. Read this paper to learn more. Posted: 26 Aug 2009 \| Published: 26 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business IT Alignment \| Data Governance \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| Environmental Standards \| Green Data Center \| Green Storage \| Strategic Planning

Do You Have the Best Analytics Engine for the Money? sponsored by Sybase, Inc. PRESENTATION: This paper compares the total cost of ownership (TCO) of both systems, and compares all the features of both systems to find out which one comes out on top. Read this paper to learn how Sybase IQ is considered to be a smarter way to deliver high-performance enterprise analytics without blowing your budget. Posted: 13 Aug 2009 \| Published: 13 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Data Management \| Data Mining \| Data Quality \| Data Warehouse Software \| Data Warehouses \| Database Administration \| Database Management \| Database Performance Management \| Databases \| Oracle (Product) \| TCO

Email As Evidence: 12 Steps To Ensuring Good Evidential Quality Of Email sponsored by Mimecast WHITE PAPER: Infrastructures of potentially dozens of servers have built up around corporate email servers to provide better governance, reduced risk and improved legislative compliance - anti-virus, anti-spam, attachment handling, encryption, disclaimers, archiving and hot-standby mail servers to name a few. Posted: 06 Aug 2009 \| Published: 06 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Data Quality \| Email Archiving \| Email Management \| Email Management Software \| Email Security \| Email Server Software \| High Availability \| Regulatory Compliance \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Management

Bloor Research - Data Discovery Spotlight sponsored by Talend ANALYST REPORT: In this Spotlight Report, Research Director Philip Howard explains why data discovery is of fundamental importance to data integration, data quality, and many other projects ranging from business intelligence through master data management to data governance and data archival. Read on to learn more about the importance of data discovery. Posted: 28 Jul 2009 \| Published: 28 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Content Archiving \| Data Center Management \| Data Integration \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| Data Recovery \| Document Management \| Electronic Discovery \| Information Storage and Retrieval Systems \| Records Management

The ROI of Data Governance: Seven Ways Your Data Governance Program Can Help You Save Money sponsored by DataFlux Corporation WHITE PAPER: The following paper outlines seven ways that data governance programs can help manage costs and presents a mechanism for quantifying the return on investment (ROI) for these contributions. Posted: 24 Jul 2009 \| Published: 24 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Compliance Best Practices \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Data Governance \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| Data Stewardship \| Master Data Management \| Project Management \| ROI

Understanding Data Governance ROI: A Compliance Perspective sponsored by DataFlux Corporation WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses the role of data governance programs in supporting compliance efforts, and presents an ROI formula you can use in those circumstances where it's important to quantify the value of data governance efforts. Posted: 24 Jul 2009 \| Published: 24 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Compliance Audits \| Compliance Best Practices \| Data Governance \| Data Quality \| Data Stewardship \| HIPAA Compliance \| Master Data Management \| Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance \| Regulatory Compliance \| ROI \| Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

A Technical Review of Caching Technologies sponsored by Blue Coat WHITE PAPER: The goal of this white paper is to discuss the role of caching, describe in detail how object caching and byte caching works, and show how these caching technologies work together to deliver true performance differentiation. Posted: 29 Jun 2009 \| Published: 29 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Bandwidth Management \| Caching \| Data Quality \| Data Storage \| Proxy Server Hardware \| Proxy Server Software \| WAN

SAP® Support of the Healthecare Supply Chain's Ongoing Effort to Ensure Patient Safety and Drive Business Value sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: The Center for Healthcare Supply Chain Research (formerly the HDMA Research & Education Foundation) recently published an important study concerning data management and data sharing in the healthcare supply chain. This whitepaper discusses the key conclusions of their study. Posted: 05 Jun 2009 \| Published: 05 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| Data Visualization \| Data Visualization Software \| Health Care Applications Software \| Health Care Industry \| HIPAA Compliance \| Regulatory Compliance \| Risk Management \| Supply Chain Management

Developing A Universal Approach To Cleansing Customer And Product Data sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: Data quality has always been an important issue for companies, and this is even more the case today. This paper reviews current industry problems concerning data quality, and takes a detailed look at how companies are addressing quality problems with customer, product, and other types of corporate data. Posted: 04 Jun 2009 \| Published: 04 Jun 2009 TOPICS: CRM \| Customer Data Integration \| Customer Data Management \| Data Management \| Data Management Software \| Data Quality \| Data Warehouse Architectures \| Data Warehouses \| Enterprise Content Management \| Enterprise Resource Management \| Master Data Management \| Storage Resource Management

SAP Data Migration Using Business Objects Information Management Software sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: This paper is about using information management software from Business Objects, an SAP company, for SAP data migration projects, either for upgrades from one version of SAP to a newer one, or from other environments to SAP. Posted: 04 Jun 2009 \| Published: 04 Jun 2009 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Integration \| Data Migration \| Data Profiling \| Data Quality \| Enterprise Resource Management \| Information Management \| Information Management Software

Better Reporting, Better Results: Successful Strategies from the Field sponsored by SPSS Inc. Worldwide Headquarters WEBCAST: Learn how top companies successfully deliver research results to customers and decision-makers. If you want to know more about how to leverage all of your research data, how to communicate insights effectively, and how to get researchers and decision-makers engaged in analysis, you'll want to view this webcast. Posted: 04 May 2009 \| Premiered: 04 May 2009 TOPICS: CRM Analytics \| CRM Analytics Software \| CRM Best Practices \| Customer Data Integration \| Customer Data Management \| Customer Data Management Software \| Customer Profiles \| Data Collection \| Data Governance \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| Knowledge Management \| Reporting Software \| Research and Development \| Research Institutes and Consortia \| Surveys

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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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