Big Data
An operational data store (or “ODS”) is another paradigm for integrating enterprise data that is relatively simpler than a data warehouse (DW). Read More
Big Data
The traditional or enterprise data warehouse (EDW) has been at the center of data’s transformation to business intelligence (BI) for years. An EDW involves a centralized data repository (traditionally, a relational database) from which data marts and reports are built. Read More
Big Data
Has your organization considered using a data lake? This article explains what a data lake is, and how you can fish its murky depths for value in an architecture optimized for your needs. Read More
Test Data
A universally unique identifier, or UUID, is an identifier standard used in software construction and data processing. The main function of the UUID is to be a unique identifier in registries, databases, or larger data stores like a data warehouse. Read More
Data Masking/Protection
This is an introduction to IRI CellShield. Subsequent blogs will demonstrate the different functions in CellShield: data masking, encryption, and pseudonymization. If you’re interested in finding, classifying, or masking PII in databases or flat files, check out IRI FieldShield. Read More
Big Data
To compete effectively, business users must be able to rapidly produce and present accurate, concise, and compliant information. Whether the analytic discipline is diagnostic, descriptive, predictive, or prescriptive, time-to-visualization matters. Read More
Data Migration
Data and database migration are key considerations for any system implementation, upgrade, or consolidation. Data migration happens for many reasons, like appliance upgrades or enhancements, server maintenance, or data center relocation. Read More
Data Masking/Protection
Data Privacy on Fire We’re still seeing data breach headlines burning across news outlets and social media, fast and hot:
The Equifax Breach was Entirely Preventable – Wired States Investigate Experian Data Breach – Krebs on Security ‘Heartbleed’ Bug in OpenSSL Exposes Millions of Online Passwords – Reuters Millions of Target Customers’ Credit, Debit Card Accounts May Be Hit by Data Breach – NBC News Neiman Marcus Data Breach Worse Than First Said – New York Times Retailers Hit by Credit-Data Breach Smaller Than Target’s – Bloomberg NewsAnd the fire burns on. Read More
Data Quality (DQ)
Note: This article, first published in 2014, refers to date reformatting technology in the SortCL data manipulation program central to the IRI CoSort data transformation product and larger IRI Voracity data management platform. Read More
IRI Business
Imagine it’s time to write a headline for your blog article. You just spent hours drafting, in your opinion, a masterpiece. You selected a great keyword or two as the basis of your subject and compiled some great content to make that keyword shine. Read More