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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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Populating a Data Quality Scorecard with Relevant Metrics sponsored by SAS Institute Inc. WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, discover the major considerations that should go into developing metrics for a data quality scorecard. See how ideas about data metrics might vary across internal departments, and may be reoriented according to concerns about business process, impact, and pure data considerations. Posted: 13 Mar 2013 \| Published: 13 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Data Analytics \| Data Classification \| Data Governance \| Data Management \| Data Quality

Data Quality and Cost Reduction sponsored by SAS Institute Inc. WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, discover the unexpected store of cost reduction that can be found in improving your data quality. Using master data management (MDM), data profiling, and other data quality best practices, your company can reduce some surprising costs. Posted: 13 Mar 2013 \| Published: 13 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Data Analytics \| Data Auditing \| Data Management \| Data Profiling \| Data Quality \| Master Data Management

The Evolution of Decision Making:How Leading Organizations Are Adopting a Data-Driven Culture sponsored by SAS Institute Inc. WHITE PAPER: In this report from the Harvard Business Review Analytic Services, examine the survey data and responses from hundreds of executives, managers, and professionals across the globe about their changing decision-making processes and BI/analytics tools. Posted: 11 Mar 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Logistics \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Data Mining \| Data Quality

Big data Lessons from the leaders sponsored by SAS Institute Inc. WHITE PAPER: This report compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit explores how far along companies are in terms of their data management journey, and how they can gain the best insights from the mass amounts of data that are entering their businesses. Posted: 11 Mar 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Collection \| Data Integration \| Data Management \| Data Mining \| Data Quality \| Web 2.0

A complete solution designed to meet the full spectrum of enterprise data integration needs sponsored by SAS Institute Inc. WHITE PAPER: To help enterprises tackle obstacles surrounding large-volume data in a timely and cost-effective manner, data management systems offer ways to manage data integration projects on a larger, enterprise-level scale. This white paper introduces a toolkit designed to meet the full spectrum of enterprise data integration needs. Posted: 11 Mar 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data at Rest \| Data Governance \| Data Integration \| Data Management \| Data Mining \| Data Quality

Create an accurate view of your organization, your customers and your business environment using SAS® Data Quality sponsored by SAS Institute Inc. WHITE PAPER: It is essential for decision-makers in an enterprise to have access to the highest quality data that meets compliance standards. This white paper introduces a data management system that provides a unified strategy for both business and IT users to plan, implement, monitor, and govern critical information. Posted: 11 Mar 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Governance \| Data Integration \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| Information Management

Podcast: 5 Easy Uses of MDM to Improve a Data Integration Project sponsored by Talend PODCAST: When it comes to master data management (MDM), using different tools for different processes can bring about many of the typical data integration challenges. This podcast introduces the benefits of a common unified platform to handle all your different functions. Continue on to explore the five uses of MDM to improve your data integration projects. Posted: 01 Mar 2013 \| Premiered: Feb 20, 2013 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Data Integration \| Data Quality \| Master Data Management

Four Key Pillars To A Big Data Management Solution sponsored by Talend WHITE PAPER: This resource explores an open source approach and flexible big data integration platform that addresses these challenges and enables users to easily connect and analyze data from disparate systems to help drive and improve business performance. Posted: 25 Feb 2013 \| Published: 25 Feb 2013 TOPICS: Data Governance \| Data Integration \| Data Mining \| Data Quality \| Unstructured Data

Intermec Retail: 70 Series RFID Ultra-Rugged Mobile Computers sponsored by Intermec WEBCAST: Innovative retailers are leveraging item-level radio frequency identification (RFID) to redefine delivery, warehouse and store-front operations with more accurate traffic data.In this brief webcast, learn about the cost-saving and accuracy benefits of one such integrated RFID tool. Posted: 12 Feb 2013 \| Premiered: Feb 12, 2013 TOPICS: Data Quality \| Retail Channels \| RFID \| Supply Chain Management \| Warehouse Management

Can good data deliver a better customer experience? sponsored by QAS WHITE PAPER: Businesses focused on improving the customer experience are overlooking a critical factor: data quality. Without reliable customer data, no new strategy or technology will enhance the experience you deliver. Read on to learn why an effective data management strategy should be the foundation of your customer experience improvement project. Posted: 16 Jan 2013 \| Published: 16 Jan 2013 TOPICS: CRM \| CRM Best Practices \| Customer Data Integration \| Customer Data Management \| Customer Interaction Services \| Customer Satisfaction \| Customer Service \| Customer Service Best Practices \| Data Quality

Data ownership within the governance : Getting it right sponsored by QAS WHITE PAPER: As businesses continue to refocus their data management efforts on governance initiatives, mapping out a project strategy is essential. But, data travels through a myriad of touch points, making identifying who should take ownership and the right approach a challenge. Read on to learn how to simplify the governance planning process. Posted: 15 Jan 2013 \| Published: 15 Jan 2013 TOPICS: Best Practices \| Data Governance \| Data Management \| Data Quality

Experian Data Management Platform sponsored by QAS WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to gain insight on how your organization can identify and investigate relevant data, assess and improve its quality, and control this process over time. Included is an examination of a data management platform that can help you achieve these goals. Posted: 10 Jan 2013 \| Published: 10 Jan 2013 TOPICS: Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Data Management Software \| Data Quality

Data Management sponsored by QAS WEBCAST: Access this webcast to examine the importance of data quality management. Find out how you can put procedures in place to make sure your existing data is measurably accurate and that new data is validated at the point of entry. Posted: 10 Jan 2013 \| Premiered: Jan 10, 2013 TOPICS: Data Centers \| Data Quality \| Data Warehouses

Oracle Information Architecture: An Architect’s Guide to Big Data sponsored by ORACLE APAC WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, explore big data use cases, discover big data capabilities and their supporting technologies, and take a closer look at the overall architecture for it. Learn how your organization can add big data capabilities and develop an effective integrated information architecture. Posted: 28 Dec 2012 \| Published: 31 Aug 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Integration \| Data Management \| Data Mining \| Data Quality \| Oracle (Product)

A Technical Overview Oracle Endeca Information Discovery sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd WHITE PAPER: This white paper introduces one data discovery platform that supports broad analysis and exploration needed by business users while freeing IT from the burdens of data modeling and pre-defined reporting. Posted: 20 Dec 2012 \| Published: 30 Jun 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Business IT Alignment \| Data Analytics \| Data Quality \| Information Management \| Information Retrieval Software \| Oracle (Product)

Exadata: Single Source of Truth sponsored by ORACLE APAC VIDEO: You can consolidate all data warehousing and analytical processing using Oracle Exadata. With its integrated analytics, there are no more slow data loads and everything is run off your data warehouse, no matter how much data you have. Watch this video and learn how to get up-to-date information faster while managing all of it in one place. Posted: 20 Dec 2012 \| Premiered: 20 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Customer Data Integration \| Data Analytics \| Data Integration \| Data Management \| Data Mining \| Data Quality \| Data Warehouse Architectures \| Data Warehouses

Delivering OLAP Analytics with Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g sponsored by ORACLE APAC PRODUCT DEMO: Watch this product demonstration to learn about one BI middleware offering that provides a unified environment combining OLAP and relational-style analysis, negating the need for users to switch between specialized analytical tools. Posted: 20 Dec 2012 \| Premiered: 20 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Data Analytics \| Data Integration \| Data Management \| Data Quality

Extracting Business Value from Unstructured Data sponsored by HP & Intel® EGUIDE: Though the value of extracting intelligence from high-volume unstructured data is attractive, attempting to do so without a strategy could be disastrous for your company. This expert-created e-guide illustrates how companies can successfully extract and analyze data to make better business decisions and reap the most benefits. Posted: 12 Mar 2013 \| Published: 12 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Classification \| Data Collection \| Data Governance \| Data Management \| Data Mining \| Data Quality \| Structured Data \| Unstructured Data

Data accuracy and the bottom line: Making the case for proactive data quality sponsored by Melissa Data Corp EGUIDE: This exclusive guide outlines key data quality challenges, the business ramifications of poor data quality, and steps to implementing a forward-thinking data quality approach. Posted: 17 Jan 2013 \| Published: 17 Jan 2013 TOPICS: Data Quality

Data Quality Process Needs All Hands on Deck sponsored by IBM and Softchoice EGUIDE: Read this expert e-guide to discover best practices for making the operational changes and cultural shifts that are necessary to ensure quality data is being used throughout your enterprise. Posted: 21 Dec 2012 \| Published: 20 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Data Management \| Data Management Software \| Data Quality

Solution Spotlight: Data Quality, IT, and The Business sponsored by IBM and Softchoice EGUIDE: The consequences of poor quality data can be catastrophic – for BergerABAM, an engineering and construction company, the result of bad data was a $1 million deficit. Read this expert guide to learn why businesses today need data quality management policies and find out how to craft an effective initiative. Posted: 14 Dec 2012 \| Published: 14 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Data Governance \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| Information Governance \| Information Management \| Quality Control

Mission impossible? Data governance process takes on ‘big data’ sponsored by SAP America, Inc. EGUIDE: The importance of governing big data environments is just starting to take hold, and there are few prescriptions for how to do it right, let alone cost-effectively. This e-guide sheds light on the data governance process for big data and offers new insights from leading data management experts. Posted: 10 Dec 2012 \| Published: 10 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Customer Data Integration \| Data Analytics \| Data Governance \| Data Management \| Data Quality

Make communication, purpose priorities in a data governance program sponsored by SAP America, Inc. EGUIDE: Ensuring effective data governance requires the support and ongoing communication of between key business units and department stakeholders. Read this expert e-guide to learn the critical success factors for designing a successful data governance strategy. Posted: 10 Dec 2012 \| Published: 10 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Collaboration \| Data Governance \| Data Integration \| Data Management \| Data Management Software \| Data Quality

Connecting the dots between big data and master data management sponsored by SAP America, Inc. EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide MDM Institute founder and chief research officer, Aaron Zornes, sheds light on the relationship between big data and MDM. Read on to learn the business and technical implications of combining MDM and big data efforts in the real world. Posted: 10 Dec 2012 \| Published: 10 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Data Governance \| Data Management \| Data Management Software \| Data Quality \| Master Data Management \| Unstructured Data

Data stewardship program: Quality booster, but a hard step for many sponsored by SAP America, Inc. EGUIDE: Data stewards are central to the success of data governance programs. Without data stewards to facilitate the communications about data issues between IT and the business side, diverging data definitions, policies and quality controls can easily get out of control. This e-guide offers tips and best practices. Posted: 07 Dec 2012 \| Published: 07 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Governance \| Data Integration \| Data Management \| Data Quality \| Data Stewardship

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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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