MDM Thoughts
Master Data Management (MDM) is a discipline designed to make data more dependable, sharable and accessible. Here are some of IRI’s philosophies around MDM:
Most developers believe that data are, or should be, application-independent.Master Data Management (MDM) is a discipline designed to make data more dependable, sharable and accessible. Here are some of IRI’s philosophies around MDM:
Most developers believe that data are, or should be, application-independent.As CoSort users have known for a long time, the Sort Control Language (SortCL) program supports multi-level, conditional aggregation functions on a static or running basis. Read More
Editors note: CoSort Version 10 was released in mid-2018. Please see this article for links to its features and upgrade details.
What’s New in CoSort 9.5.3
Along with the new website, there is a new release of IRI’s flagship CoSort package for data management and data protection. Read More
Full disclosure: As this article is authored by an ETL-centric company with its strong suit in manipulating big data outside of databases, what follows will not seem objective to many. Read More
Submitting one’s credit card details electronically can be disconcerting (e.g., via physical scanner or internet purchase). The personally identifiable information it contains can lead to fraudulent charges, identify theft, and so on. Read More
This article discusses the generation of computationally valid social security numbers for the purposes of testing applications specific to Korean business interests. If you are interested in US social security number test data generation, see this article. Read More
Data profiling, or data discovery, refers to the process of obtaining information from, and descriptive statistics about, various sources of data. The purpose of data profiling is to get a better understanding of the content of data, as well as its structure, relationships, and current levels of accuracy and integrity. Read More
There are a number of business intelligence tools available today than can transform raw data into meaningful information. Because this process can be complex and involve large volumes of data however, it makes sense to use the right technologies at each step in the process … tools and techniques that combine well to deliver the fastest, most accurate results for business decision making, and make the process of metadata management and report design simpler and more efficient. Read More
Note: This article was originally drafted in 2015, but was updated in 2019 to reflect new integration between IRI Voracity and Knime (for Konstanz Information Miner), now the most powerful open source data mining platform available. Read More
Database and solution architects depend on realistic test data to:
help create new databases, prototype ETL jobs or applications benchmark performance in new or existing platforms stress-test systems protect confidential information in existing systems if database work is outsourced or used for demonstrations. Read More