Artificial intelligence (AI) is something that almost every large business seems desperate to pursue. The number of companies using AI today, and the range of problems AI is being applied to, are both increasing steadily. At the same time, there is another phenomenon...
According to a recent survey of manufacturing industry leaders, 91% increased investments in digital transformation with 77% of those investments being cited as significant or dramatic. Executives recognize that technological advancement is necessary to remain...
IBM states that 53% of manufacturing organizations leverage big data and analytics to generate competitive advantage. These organizations understand that an increasingly global and competitive landscape necessitates digital innovation and transformation. Big data is a...
A supply chain runs on such a razor-thin margin for error that a single point of failure can have catastrophic and far-reaching consequences. If you doubt this, consider the Suez Canal blockage back in March 2022, which cost some companies an astonishing $400 million...
Everyone knows that data is an important component of managing a successful business today. Yet many companies fail to fully align their data strategies with their business strategies, leading to disconnects that are quite painful. Some examples from the past year’s...
Imagine what the skies would be like if no control tower existed to monitor and direct flights. What would emergency services be without dispatch control to coordinate the most appropriate response? The ensuing disruptions are apt analogies to describe what happened...
Modern data platforms are infamously fragmented and still proliferating. Feature sets are at once duplicative and bewilderingly diverse. In order to find the best solution for a business, we need a set of standard functions that every data platform should fulfill. We...
I have the great pleasure of handling marketing strategy for The Modern Data Company. We recently refreshed our brand, which includes a completely revamped website and marketing materials. Branding is a labor of love. I work for one of the most exciting companies in...
A data model is a visualization of data elements and the relationships between them. Such models should be dynamic, evolving with the needs of the organization. They act as a blueprint where data structure and business needs meet. A well-designed data model will:...
As enterprises modernize their data architecture, they have to make challenging decisions about legacy systems. Not all organizations are ready to offload their ETL pipelines. Unless decision-makers are also tech experts, they may not realize that ETL pipelines...
