It was hard to miss Southwest Airlines’ holiday travel fiasco earlier this year. After a winter storm blew through a large swath of the United States, Southwest’s systems and processes had a complete meltdown. It took thousands of canceled flights, many days, and...
Digital Transformation
Self-Service as a Productivity Enabler for Experts
Data Governance, Data Management, Digital Transformation
When discussing self-service tools for data and analytics, people usually place their focus on the goal of enabling non-experts to do more things for themselves. While enabling citizen data scientists, citizen data engineers, and others to do more with data and...
Is Self-Service Analytics All Hype?
Business Intelligence, Data Governance, Data Quality, Digital Transformation
Self-service has been a hot topic in the analytics space for many years already, and it won’t be going away any time soon. Given that, it is reasonable to ask: why is it that with all the focus it has received, self-service capabilities are still far off from where...
A Year of Modern: Our Top 2022 Blog Posts — Chosen by You
Business Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Data Fabric, Digital Transformation
Another year, another chance to learn more about the world of data. In 2023, The Modern Data Company (Modern) hopes to reach more companies and organizations with our data operating system, build incredible value from existing and upcoming data assets, and share...
Improve Your Customer Data Platform with DataOS
Data Engineering, Data Management, Digital Transformation
Customer data platforms (CDPs) are increasingly popular sources of customer insights. These systems are usually owned and operated by an enterprise marketing department and provide data for insights into customer trends, behavior, and customer 360 analyses....
Building a Future in Banking and Capital Markets
Business Analytics, Data Management, Digital Transformation
Banking and Capital Markets are undergoing a period of transformation. The global economic outlook is somewhat fragile, but banks are in an excellent position to survive and thrive as long as they have the right tools in place. According to Deloitte’s report 2023...
How to Create a Public Health Infrastructure Using a Data Operating System
Digital Transformation, Public Health
One of the biggest reasons societies band together to create a governing body is to help care for members of that society. Government should help us maintain a certain standard of living, help solve societal challenges, and mobilize when disruptions happen....
A Look Back: How DataOS Enabled Gartner’s 2022 Trends
Data Management, Data Quality, Digital Transformation
Gartner’s Strategic Technology Trends for 2023 was just released, but before we address their predictions for the upcoming year, we want to take a look back. The Modern Data Company has been working hard to refine DataOS and build a new paradigm for using data....
A Secure HIPAA-Compliant Cloud Drives Healthcare’s Newest Innovations
Data Governance, Data Security, Digital Transformation
With cybersecurity on everyone’s mind, there is a lot of discussion about the harmful effects of cyber attacks in the healthcare industry. While this is a serious concern with far-reaching consequences, we shouldn't forget that advances in cybersecurity can enable...
How Companies Can Leverage Each of Gartner’s 2023 Strategic Technology Trends
Data Governance, Data Management, Digital Transformation
Gartner’s newest strategic technology trends are in for 2023, and they echo something The Modern Data Company (Modern) has been saying for a while: simply having data isn’t going to create a competitive edge. The list prioritizes optimizing, scaling, and pioneering...