Reading Time: 5 minutes Founded in the Black Forest in Germany in 1987, Gesellschaft für Technologietransfer (GFT) has grown to become a highly trusted, international consulting company focused on the financial industry. Now a trusted Denodo Partner, GFT is bringing the benefits of data…
Reading Time: 2 minutes The current data-volume explosion can be traced back to a time when our society began to focus more on customers as individuals. We see ourselves as independent, unique people with free will, not bound by social conformity. Catering to that…
Reading Time: 2 minutes No one likes to wait for IT to deliver reports that are critical for analysis. And certainly, no analyst can afford to wait while emails are sent back and forth, just so they can get the data they need. Unfortunately,…
Reading Time: 5 minutes The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on 25 May 2018. The new legislation means that organizations will have to comply with more stringent requirements for the protection of personal data. In previous posts, we explained how to…
Reading Time: 3 minutes A plan for migrating organizational data to the cloud is often motivated by three key factors: Economics: In many cases, the costs of “renting” cloud storage and computing power is much less than the cost of purchasing (and then depreciating)…
Reading Time: 6 minutes The Forrester report “Predictions 2018: A year of reckoning” predicted that 80% of firms affected by the GDPR will not be able to comply with the regulation by the time it comes into force on May 25. Of those noncompliant…
Reading Time: 3 minutes For more than three decades, Logitech have been pioneers in the creation of keyboards, mice, trackballs, microphones, and other peripherals; but that was not enough. Video collaboration, gaming, digital home, and security camera technologies were becoming mainstream, and we could…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Recent studies have shown that data scientists and business users performing self-service data analysis (citizen analysts) spend 80% of their time trying to discover, access, and integrate data. In other articles, I discussed how data virtualization (DV) plays a key role in…
Reading Time: 2 minutes The concepts of logical data warehouse and logical data lake are getting traction. Organizations are starting to understand that these forms of data warehouses and data lakes are more practical and flexible than their more traditional physical counterparts. The technology…
Reading Time: 3 minutes In today’s world, the most important aspect of enhancing your consumer experience is understanding your customer—and the best way to understanding them is from their data. Master Data Management As consumers interact with your business, you capture data central to…
