Secrets of Data Analytics Leaders
Listen to data and analytics leaders share the secrets of their success. Wayne Eckerson, long-time global thought leader interviews guests who run data and analytics programs at Fortune 2000 organizations around the world. Tune in to stay abreast of the latest technologies, techniques, and trends in our fast-paced industry.
Episodes
May 23, 2024 • 7 mins
Explore the reasons for data engineers to collaborate with data scientists, machine learning (ML) engineers, and developers on DataOps initiatives that support GenAI.
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https://www.eckerson.com/articles/dataops-for-generative-ai-data-pipelines-part-iii-team-collaboration
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May 22, 2024 • 10 mins
This blog explores three criteria to evaluate tools that manage unstructured data pipelines for GenAI.
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https://www.eckerson.com/articles/data-engineering-for-genai-three-criteria-to-evaluate-pipeline-tools
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May 21, 2024 • 10 mins
If your data team wants to implement data products, it would be wise to avoid these 12 pitfalls that can torpedo an initiative.
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https://www.eckerson.com/articles/12-pitfalls-to-avoid-when-implementing-data-products
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May 20, 2024 • 8 mins
This article compares data catalogs and data marketplaces and argues that you need both and will soon have both as vendors add data marketplace extensions.
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https://www.eckerson.com/articles/why-do-i-need-a-data-marketplace-when-i-have-a-data-catalog
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This blog defines conversational BI, why companies should consider it, and how their power and casual users can best get the desired results.
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https://www.eckerson.com/articles/driving-results-with-conversational-bi-best-practices-for-power-and-casual-users
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May 13, 2024 • 10 mins
Data engineering is now considered a crucial job in IT as Generative AI, the hottest technology of this decade, relies on data engineers to provide accurate inputs.
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https://www.eckerson.com/articles/data-engineering-for-genai-how-to-optimize-data-pipelines-and-governance
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Data engineers and data scientists must manage pipelines for unstructured data to ensure healthy inputs for language models.
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https://www.eckerson.com/articles/why-and-how-data-engineers-will-enable-the-next-phase-of-generative-ai
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Companies that adopt DataOps increase the odds of success by making GenAI data pipelines what they should be: modular, scalable, robust, flexible, and governed.
Published: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/dataops-for-generative-ai-data-pipelines-part-ii-must-have-characteristics
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April 19, 2024 • 32 mins
Most data leaders want to deliver data products, but few are doing it.
Let's face it: most data teams today function as internal service bureaus that fulfill customer requests that arrive via ticketing systems, email, handwritten notes, or calls from colleagues looking for a favor. Most work double time to keep their request backlogs from ballooning from weeks to months. In this environment, few data leaders have time or capacity...
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April 18, 2024 • 9 mins
GenAI can help data engineers become more productive, and data engineering can help GenAI drive new levels of innovation.
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https://www.eckerson.com/articles/achieving-fusion-how-genai-and-data-engineering-help-one-another
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March 21, 2024 • 6 mins
Discover how master data management (MDM) provides language models with high-quality enterprise data to improve their response accuracy.
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https://www.eckerson.com/articles/improving-genai-accuracy-with-master-data-management
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March 7, 2024 • 7 mins
Explore our four primary criteria for evaluating conversational BI products.
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https://www.eckerson.com/articles/genai-driven-analytics-product-evaluation-criteria-for-conversational-bi
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March 4, 2024 • 8 mins
The success of Generative AI depends on fundamental disciplines like DataOps.
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https://www.eckerson.com/articles/dataops-for-generative-ai-data-pipelines-part-i-what-and-why
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February 29, 2024 • 8 mins
With the increasing adoption of Generative AI, learn how data governance will add value to and benefit from Generative AI.
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https://www.eckerson.com/articles/data-governance-in-the-era-of-generative-ai
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February 28, 2024 • 6 mins
"Meet the business where it is." If you're on the data team, that's what you're expected to do to empower stakeholders with data. But how far should you go to meet the business? And shouldn’t the business be expected to move a little toward meeting the data where it is?
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https://www.eckerson.com/articles/meeting-the-data-where-it-is-time-for-the-business-to-step-up
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February 20, 2024 • 7 mins
The European Union recently passed the first of its kind legal framework on the development, use, and governance of artificial intelligence. It lays out rules and standards with the aim of ensuring technologies are safe and transparent, and do not violate the fundamental rights of an individual.
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https://www.eckerson.com/articles/the-eu-ai-act-and-the-emergence-of-new-global-standards
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February 12, 2024 • 7 mins
Most organizations are committed to responsible and ethical use of AI. Yet anticipating unintended consequences before designing and implementing AI can be challenging. This framework and process helps evaluate short-term and long-term impacts across multiple dimensions so you can mitigate AI’s unintended consequences.
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https://www.eckerson.com/articles/mitigating-ai-s-unintended-consequences
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February 9, 2024 • 33 mins
It's not easy being the head of data & analytics at a large organization. You must align a large team across multiple disciplines; you must deal with oodles of legacy systems and tools that hamper innovation; and you must deliver business value fast to keep executives at bay and your job intact. You also need to recruit dynamic managers who can push the envelope while meeting operational objectives. And when you falter--which you i...
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January 24, 2024 • 10 mins
Adopting community of practice principles, along with coaching and mentoring, is a practical approach to fostering and cultivating data literacy.
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https://www.eckerson.com/articles/a-people-first-approach-to-developing-data-literacy
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January 17, 2024 • 10 mins
This blog examines the upcoming trend of domain-specific LLMs and evaluates three different methods of implementation.
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https://www.eckerson.com/articles/the-next-wave-of-generative-ai-domain-specific-llms
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