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Innovation today is no longer driven by isolated technological breakthroughs, but by an organization’s ability to continuously turn data into insight, action, and learning. Artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, real-time decision-making, and future digital capabilities all rely on one fundamental element: a data architecture that is flexible enough to evolve, yet robust enough to be…
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Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving from experimentation to embedded decision-making. Yet despite unprecedented advances in AI models, platforms, and automation, one fundamental truth remains unchanged: “AI is only as good as the data it relies on.” Poor data quality no longer just leads to incorrect reports, it results in biased models, unreliable predictions, and…
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A recent Economist article (July 2025) describes how China is building a “national data ocean,” merging consumer behavior, industrial processes, and state activity into a unified system. This vast concentration of data fuels China’s AI strategy. The country is conducting an unprecedented experiment in which data is not merely a resource, but instead becomes…
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Scaling GenAI with Federated, Domain-Driven Data Governance The previous blog posts explained how Data Quality plays a very important role, if not the most important one, in maximizing the value of GenAI. Several GenAI pilots are underway, and the million dollar question is: how do we make the leap to large-scale production use? To…

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From Strategy to Execution: Making Data Governance Actionable The BARC BI & Analytics Trend Monitor 2024 confirms a clear direction: organizations are no longer debating the importance of data quality — they’re now grappling with execution. While GenAI garners headlines, the real groundwork lies in operationalizing robust data governance and elevating data literacy across…

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According to BARC’s 2024 survey, “Data Foundations” has emerged as one of the top priority for data and analytics leaders. This continues a long-standing focus on data quality which has remained a top concern for over a decade. The continued rise of data governance reflects both the growing maturity and complexity of data environments,…

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In my latest contacts with clients, they keep coming up with an ontology. The question then arises: is this a new hype or a solid and essential concept for the future? The client’s question proves the increasing interest in ontologies in recent years, due to the need for semantic clarity and data integration. It…

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Over the past year, we’ve been hearing more and more about Apache Iceberg. But how can we explain what Apache Iceberg is to an information worker? The simple answer: “It’s like Excel, but for huge amounts of data.” We’re all familiar with the volume problem: an ever-growing number of Excel files stored in folders…
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