For several years, I have been an advocate for the concept of positive data control or PDC. It is the idea of placing a layer ...

The enterprises that run our economy deploy business intelligence tools to put the power of analytics into the hands of ...

Oxford University Press’ 2024 Word of the Year, “brain rot,” is both funny and frightening. It captures what happens when we spend too much time swimming in trivial content — endless scrolling, ...

As the new NFL season gets rolling, there’s a profound sense of anticipation in the air — the thrill of… ...

The promise and pursuit of artificial intelligence (AI) are undeniable. AI is reshaping how organizations interact with customers, streamline operations, manage risk, and uncover insights that were ...

The primary aim of data and analytics (D&A) governance, our research has taught us, is aligning data and analytic content with business objectives, including regulatory requirements and stakeholder ...

This column addresses the role of data in the field of healthcare known as “preventive healthcare.” Preventive healthcare is undergoing changes as data increases its scope and the role it plays in ...

This column presents a new model for licensing and sharing data, one that I call the “Decision Rights Data Licensing Model” (or the “Decision Rights Model,” in a shorter form) and one that has been ...

In 2024, our research at Dresner Advisory Services revealed that only 32% of organizations have a formal data governance organization in place. This statistic highlights a critical gap, especially as ...

Increased data generation requires modern businesses to manage vast volumes of information. All this data holds immense potential for insights and informed decision-making, but its value depends on ...

Data is the supply chain for AI. For generative AI, even in fine-tuned, company-specific large language models, the data that is input into training data comes from a host of different sources. If the ...

Running a business with dirty data is like trying to drive a car blindfolded — it’s only a matter of time before disaster strikes. Dirty data doesn’t just create inefficiencies, it drains resources at ...