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Tag: Whisper Report

  • Whisper Report: Five Differences with Sensor Data

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    Many IT departments are beginning to work with sensor data – but sensor data is different from transaction data. Sensor data may arise out of IoT applications or operations engineering integrations with IT. The consequences of application failure with sensor data may result in the loss of millions of dollars, explosions, or death. Sensor data is not accurate, and all values must be cross-checked before critical action is taken. Sensor data is voluminous and is often stored in time-series databases. It is important not to confuse tag databases with metadata tags. Finally, sensor data often lacks all context which must be added.

  • Whisper Report: Decision Integrity Requires Data Validation

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    Digitally transformed organizations expect reliable, data-driven decisions, but data-driven decisions require reliable data if the business is to maintain decision integrity. Don’t stop short with only providing data quality that is responsible for standardizing data. All data integrations must be verified and transformations must be validated to ensure decision integrity. Historical methods of “stare and compare” or leveraging SQL scripts are not efficient, nor do they meet governance requirements. Some modern data validation tools can validate even the largest data sets.

  • Whisper Report: Cloud Advantages Found on-Premise and at the Edge

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    Clouds are known for the ability to be purchased via operational expenses (OpEx) versus capital expenses (CapEx). In addition, clouds provide software, infrastructure and even the platform itself ‘as-a-service,’ enabling auto-scaling, auto-update capabilities and ease of administration. This research examines vendor products that bring cloud-like features to the edge and on-premise. This includes capabilities that enable a seamless edge/cloud hybrid experience.

  • Whisper Report: Seven Security and Governance Data Space Issues CxOs Don’t Know About

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    CCPA and GDPR expect CxOs to be able to answer the question, “who shared what customer data with whom.” Unfortunately, due to configuration errors, missing driver updates, missing log files or lack of understanding of vulnerabilities, many CxOs are not aware of which data copies exist, let alone how they are being shared. This research shares seven security and governance issues in the data space that compromise security and governance, yet, unfortunately, remain generally unknown by CxOs. Remedies are also discussed.

  • Whisper Report: Six Data Engineering Capabilities Provided by Modern Data Virtualization Platforms

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    When creating your data architecture, it is valuable to understand the extent of data engineering capabilities provided by modern data virtualization platforms. Many data virtualization platforms provide data as a service, data preparation, data catalog, logically centralized governance, the ability to join disparate data sets and an extensive list of query performance optimizations.

  • Whisper Report: Digital Transformation Requires Modern Data Engineering

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    Digital transformation is a highly sought-after end-game for corporations. Scalable digital transformation cannot occur without the modernization of data management to enable business-led analytics. The most common, successful, and scalable data management modernizations involve data virtualization, IPaaS, and data hub technologies to provide a data layer.