Profisee Blog

01/15/2019

Data Quality Trends Making Waves in Data Management

With stats flying around every day about how much new data is being generated by Internet of Things (IoT), social media, mobile devices and the cloud, it is no wonder that we feel swept up in this digital wave and feel there is no easy way to swim out.

01/02/2019

When Hype Doesn’t Match Reality: Data and Analytics Failures

Gartner researchers estimate that over 80% of big data projects failed in 2017.

12/18/2018

When CRM Is Not Enough

CRM solutions are advertised to provide a single source of truth for customer information. So why do I STILL need a data management strategy when implementing or migrating my CRM solution?

12/17/2018

What the Data Manager Wishes the Business Understood about Becoming a Data-Driven Business

Every C-level executive talks about the value of a data-driven business. That’s all well and good, but they may not understand that a comprehensive data management plan sets the foundation for this. So, they don’t always actively promote the use of or changes in how the company manages master data.

12/07/2018

5 Ways Data Management Addresses Data Quality Issues

Data managers play defensive tackle in the fight against poor-quality master data. They’re trying to fill data gaps and keep bad data from making it to the end zone, so to speak. They have as tough a job in the data management trenches as athletes do on the gridiron.

12/04/2018

CIO Key Role – Protecting Data Integrity

Data is at the center of the CIO’s world and in addition to managing the systems that underpin the business, it’s the CIO’s responsibility to assure the integrity of the data their systems collect and use.

11/28/2018

5 Ways to Align MDM Capabilities with Business Processes

Here are 5 step-by-step ways to align MDM capabilities with the key business processes in your organization.

11/14/2018

Changing Role of the CIO: From Delivery Exec to Data-Driven Business Exec

Gartner’s recent survey reports that 84 percent of CIOs have responsibilities outside the world of IT. Specifically they work with business units to enable digital transformation and innovation. Those priorities call on their IT skills because they point to data and analytics as the most important technologies in their bid to move their businesses forward and accomplish the enterprise’s mission.

11/14/2018

Poor Data, Bad Reports, Worse Decisions - What Can You Do?

As a data expert, you know that data quality means better decisions. Unfortunately, many data and business intelligence experts we talk to tell us that the C-suite doesn’t see the value in data governance.

11/14/2018

The Case for BI and Master Data Management

What is Master Data Management? Master Data Management (MDM) fixes data quality problems, creates clean master records, and manages changes in those records. That’s the short version.