Secrets of Data Analytics Leaders
by Eckerson Group
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.
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Power BI Best Practices from the Field: Lessons from Enterprise Deployments - Audio Blog
Discover best practices to scale Power BI effectively—improving performance, governance, and self-service across enterprise environments. Published at: https://datalere.com/articles/power-bi-best-practices-from-the-field-lessons-from-enterprise-deployments
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How Data Product Marketplaces Enable Seamless Data Consumption and Generate Value - Audio Blog
Chief Data Officers are expanding data sharing to drive productivity, innovation, and better decisions. Data marketplaces simplify access by connecting users to ready-to-use, high-value data through a centralized, self-service platform. Published at:...
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Book Review: How to Make Money with Data - Audio Blog
All data management activities—whether internally or externally focused—should either reduce costs or grow earnings. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/book-review-how-to-make-money-with-data
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Balancing Act: Five Principles to Optimize Hybrid Cloud Environments - Audio Blog
This blog offers five guiding principles to help CIOs, CDOs, and team leaders optimize hybrid data environments. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/balancing-act-five-principles-to-optimize-hybrid-cloud-environments
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Streaming Data Governance: Three Must-Have Requirements to Support AI/ML Innovation - Audio Blog
This blog defines the governance requirements that streaming data pipelines must meet to make artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) initiatives successful. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/streaming-data-governance-three-must-have-requirements-to-support-ai-ml-innovation
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What is a Data Product? - Audio Blog
Anthony Cosgrove, Co-founder at Harbr, tells us how successful data products focus on clear value propositions, tailored placement, intuitive packaging, and appropriate permissions. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/what-is-a-data-product
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Cloud, On Prem, Hybrid, Oh My! Where AI Adopters Host their Projects and Why - Audio Blog
This blog, the second in a series, explores the mix of infrastructure types that support modern AI. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/cloud-on-prem-hybrid-oh-my-where-ai-adopters-host-their-projects-and-why
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Poor Data Quality is a Full-Blown Crisis: A 2024 Customer Insight Report - Audio Blog
Despite $180 billion spent on big data tools and technologies, poor data quality remains a significant barrier for businesses, especially in achieving Generative AI goals. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/poor-data-quality-is-a-full-blown-crisis-a-2024-customer-insight-report
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From 4GL to GenAI: How SQL Automation has Evolved - Audio Blog
This blog discusses how GenAI and natural language processing are transforming SQL query generation, allowing non-technical users to access and query data easily. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/from-4gl-to-genai-how-sql-automation-has-evolved
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Overcoming The Challenge of Low Data Quality - Audio Blog
This article by Piotr Czarnas, founder of DQOps, outlines a proven, team-based approach to tackling persistent issues like invalid data, delayed reporting, and inconsistent formats. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/overcoming-the-challenge-of-low-data-quality
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Keys to Succeeding in Your Product Information Management (PIM) Journey - Audio Blog
This article explores how Product Information Management (PIM) helps manufacturers and retailers manage rich product data through phased attribution and collaborative workflows. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/keys-to-succeeding-in-your-product-information-management-pim-journey
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Are You Cloud Bound? The Case for Migration, Repatriation or Keeping Your Analytics Projects On Premises - Audio Blog
As cloud adoption accelerates, not all analytics workloads are heading in the same direction. This blog explores three strategic options for data and IT leaders. Published at:...
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The AI/ML Tool Evaluation Template: A Guide to Smarter Selection - Audio Blog
This article breaks down the evolving landscape of AI/ML platforms, from AutoML to full-stack AI workbenches, and provides a structured tool evaluation framework to cut through vendor ambiguity. Published at:...
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The Buyer’s Guide to Selecting the Right Enterprise Data & Analytics Tool - Audio Blog
This guide provides a step-by-step framework to assess vendors, align priorities, and make informed decisions about enterprise data and analytics tools. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/the-buyer-s-guide-to-selecting-the-right-enterprise-data-analytics-tool
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Ultimate Guide to Streaming Data Pipelines: Six Criteria to Evaluate and Select the Right Tool
This blog, the second in a series, recommends six criteria to help data leaders evaluate tools for managing streaming data pipelines. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/ultimate-guide-to-streaming-data-pipelines-six-criteria-to-evaluate-and-select-the-right-tool
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Why and How Streaming Data Drives the Success of Generative AI
This blog defines streaming data, explains why companies need it, and explores how streaming data pipelines feed multi-faceted GenAI applications. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/why-and-how-streaming-data-drives-the-success-of-generative-ai
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Managing Change in the Age of AI: The Head, Heart, and Herd Framework - Audio Blog
Change is inevitable, but adoption is key. From AI/ML tools to leadership shifts, success depends on aligning people, not just technology. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/managing-change-in-the-age-of-ai-the-head-heart-and-herd-framework
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Analytics and AI for SAP Environments: Build a Unified Data Foundation to Drive Advanced Use Cases - Audio Blog
This blog covers integrating SAP and third-party systems to build a unified data foundation for analytics and AI in conversational use cases. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/analytics-and-ai-for-sap-environments-build-a-unified-data-foundation-to-drive-advanced-use-cases
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Build or Buy RAG? Four Questions to Guide Your Approach to Retrieval Augmented Generation for GenAI - Audio Blog
This blog recommends four questions to help data and AI leaders compare homegrown and commercial options for retrieval augmented generation. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/build-or-buy-rag-four-questions-to-guide-your-approach-to-retrieval-augmented-generation-for-genai
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Predictions 2025: Everything is About to Change - Audio Blog
What will change next year? In the age of generative AI, the answer is simple: Everything! Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/predictions-2025-everything-is-about-to-change
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The Shiny Allure of Data Observability - Audio Blog
Exploring data observability’s limits in data migration, integrity audits, and the need for specialized tools for reliability. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/the-shiny-allure-of-data-observability-its-limits-in-data-migration-integrity-audits-and-certification
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Unlocking Data Monetization Success - Audio Blog
A strategic approach to data monetization covering key processes, risks, and organizational shifts needed for success. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/unlocking-data-monetization-success
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Good Data Architecture - Anti-Monolith - Audio Blog
A fresh perspective on data architecture, advocating for an 'anti-monolith' approach inspired by engineering best practices. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/good-data-architecture-anti-monolith
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Blending Data Mesh and Data Fabric: Crafting a Balanced Data Strategy - Audio Blog
Many practitioners view data mesh and data fabric as mutually exclusive approaches to data strategy. However, these paradigms complement each other. Data mesh focuses on decentralization and autonomy; Data fabric ensures centralized integration and governance. Let’s dive into how blending…
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A Novel Approach for Reducing Cloud Data Warehouse Expenses from Coginiti - Audio Blog
As organizations grapple with data spread across various storage locations, solutions like Coginiti Hybrid Query offer a much-needed alternative to fragmented tools. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/a-novel-approach-for-reducing-cloud-data-warehouse-expenses-from-coginiti
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Ten Key Market Trends in Next-Generation Data Catalogs - Audio blog
This blog post explores the evolving landscape of data catalogs, highlighting ten key market trends driving the adoption of next-generation solutions. Published: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/ten-key-market-trends-in-next-generation-data-catalogs
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Refining the Right Fuel: How Data Integration Drives the AI/ML Model Lifecycle
Data teams must filter, blend, and refine raw data inputs to create the high-octane fuel that drives innovation with artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML). Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/refining-the-right-fuel-how-data-integration-drives-the-ai-ml-model-lifecycle
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Unveiling the Future of Data Catalogs - Audio Blog
With numerous data catalog options available, all claiming to be the best, how do you make an informed decision without exhaustive research? Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/unveiling-the-future-of-data-catalogs
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Multi-Style Data Integration for AI/ML: Three Use Cases - Audio Blog
This blog describes the need for data teams to establish a flexible yet well-governed data architecture to support dynamic AI/ML projects. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/multi-style-data-integration-for-ai-ml-three-use-cases
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Self-Service is the Outcome, Not the Driver of a Data-Driven Organization - Audio Blog
Many data leaders want to implement self-service, but don’t realize that they first have to implement the right architecture, governance, operating model, project delivery approach, data, and change management plan. Published at:...
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Modernizing Analytics with Conversational Query Tools: Five Must Have Characteristics - Audio Blog
Explore the essential characteristics to choose the right conversational query tool for your needs and environment. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/modernizing-analytics-with-conversational-query-tools-five-must-have-characteristics
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AI/ML Innovation Requires a Flexible Yet Governed Data Architecture - Audio Blog
Data analytics is a balance of flexibility for innovation and governance to control risks. This blog discusses its implications for artificial intelligence (AI), including machine learning (ML) and generative AI (GenAI). Published at:...
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Why Non-Profits Need a Data Strategy - Audio Blog
Non-profit organizations are more mission-driven, consensus-driven, and resource-constrained than commercial organizations. As a result, it’s imperative that non-profits develop a data strategy before plunging into building data solutions. It will save them time, money, and burnout in the long…
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DataOps for Generative AI Data Pipelines, Part III: Team Collaboration - Audio Blog
Explore the reasons for data engineers to collaborate with data scientists, machine learning (ML) engineers, and developers on DataOps initiatives that support GenAI. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/dataops-for-generative-ai-data-pipelines-part-iii-team-collaboration
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Data Engineering for GenAI: Three Criteria to Evaluate Pipeline Tools - Audio Blog
This blog explores three criteria to evaluate tools that manage unstructured data pipelines for GenAI. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/data-engineering-for-genai-three-criteria-to-evaluate-pipeline-tools
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12 Pitfalls to Avoid When Implementing Data Products - Audio Blog
If your data team wants to implement data products, it would be wise to avoid these 12 pitfalls that can torpedo an initiative. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/12-pitfalls-to-avoid-when-implementing-data-products
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Why Do I Need a Data Marketplace When I Have a Data Catalog? - Audio Blog
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. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/why-do-i-need-a-data-marketplace-when-i-have-a-data-catalog
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Driving Results with Conversational BI: Best Practices for Power and Casual Users - Audio Blog
This blog defines conversational BI, why companies should consider it, and how their power and casual users can best get the desired results. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/driving-results-with-conversational-bi-best-practices-for-power-and-casual-users
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Data Engineering for GenAI: How to Optimize Data, Pipelines, and Governance - Audio Blog
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. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/data-engineering-for-genai-how-to-optimize-data-pipelines-and-governance
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Why and How Data Engineers Will Enable the Next Phase of Generative AI - Audio Blog
Data engineers and data scientists must manage pipelines for unstructured data to ensure healthy inputs for language models. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/why-and-how-data-engineers-will-enable-the-next-phase-of-generative-ai
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DataOps for Generative AI Data Pipelines, Part II: Must-Have Characteristics - Audio Blog
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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Achieving Success with Data Products: An Interview with Henrik Strandberg
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…
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Achieving Fusion: How GenAI and Data Engineering Help One Another - Audio Blog
GenAI can help data engineers become more productive, and data engineering can help GenAI drive new levels of innovation. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/achieving-fusion-how-genai-and-data-engineering-help-one-another
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Improving GenAI Accuracy with Master Data Management - Audio Blog
Discover how master data management (MDM) provides language models with high-quality enterprise data to improve their response accuracy. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/improving-genai-accuracy-with-master-data-management
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GenAI-Driven Analytics: Product Evaluation Criteria for Conversational BI - Audio Blog
Explore our four primary criteria for evaluating conversational BI products. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/genai-driven-analytics-product-evaluation-criteria-for-conversational-bi
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DataOps for Generative AI Data Pipelines, Part I: What and Why - Audio blog
The success of Generative AI depends on fundamental disciplines like DataOps. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/dataops-for-generative-ai-data-pipelines-part-i-what-and-why
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Data Governance In The Era Of Generative AI - Audio Blog
With the increasing adoption of Generative AI, learn how data governance will add value to and benefit from Generative AI. Published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/data-governance-in-the-era-of-generative-ai
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Meeting the Data Where It Is: Time for the Business to Step Up - Audio Blog
"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? Published at:...
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The EU AI Act and the Emergence of New Global Standards - Audio Blog
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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Mitigating AI’s Unintended Consequences - Audio Blog
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...
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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.
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