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Understanding Data Acquisition for Third Party Data
A clear explanation about the fundamentals of the Data Acquisition Cycle.
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Your AI Has Instructions. Who’s Governing Them? (Part 1)
Why System Prompt Governance Is the Next Frontier — and Why Data Governance Professionals Should Lead It
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Understanding Data Acquisition and Third-Party Data
When computers first became widespread, data was thought of as a byproduct of processing and not something in its own right.
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What Do I Need to Know about Data for My Job?
Here are some pointers on how a non-data specialist can become better at working with data.
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Your AI Has Instructions. Who’s Governing Them? (Part 2)
This article is a conclusion to the one published last week that introduced the need for governance of the instructions given to AI.
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The Author's Data Journey
Hello! Here's my data story...
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Why Data Cannot be Understood Scientifically
If data is so important to us, then we need to be able to understand it.
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A Business Understanding of Data Policies
Policies are the laws of an organization. They are not detailed rules specifying how to do things, but provide a framework of what must be done.
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Understanding Data Quality: The Problem of Understanding Data
We all want good quality in the goods and services we consume, but what does “quality”mean when it comes to data?
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Data Quality Issue Management for Businesspeople
Data quality is the discipline of making sure that data actually represents what it is supposed to, and can be used for its intended purposes.
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Data Has Become Reality
It becomes very difficult to accept the notion that data actually is reality, and that this reality dominates modern life.
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A Business Understanding of Data Disposition
Understanding the Why, When and How of Data Disposition.
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