Technology Magazine - USA (2021-02)

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s data and its analysis has moved

out of the hands of specialised data

scientists into much more accessible,

enterprise-wide settings, it has become ever

more important to have a clear idea of data

management strategy and the best practices

it involves.

One such approach, DataOps, involves con-

necting data creators and  data consumers.

According to a report authored by data stor-

age company Seagate and IDC,the majority

of businesses consider DataOps to be at

least very important, with 71%, 72% and 73%

of those seeing a boost in customer loyalty,

revenue and profit respectively. Rose Hiu,

Vice President Global Marketing and PR at

Seagate says DataOps “means ensuring

data classification is robust but flexible, and

each data set has a designated purpose.

Companies should view DataOps as the

missing link in their data management, where

integration takes the centre stage.”

As the volume of data we produce

balloons in size we explore the

remedies, with insight from

representatives of Alteryx,

Seagate, Segment and more

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AI AND DATA ANALYTICS

FEBRUARY 2021