Data Quality (DQ)
Introduction This is my third installment of blog articles about Data Quality. In the first article, I postulated that data has quality when it has an acceptable level of errors. Read More
Data Masking/Protection
Editors Updates: Q2’16: In addition to the database profiling wizard in the data discovery menu group in IRI Workbench described below, IRI has introduced robust data classification that enables the application of field rules for multi-source data transformation and protection through data class libraries. Read More
Big Data
Introduction: This example demonstrates an older method of using the unstructured data edition of IRI NextForm to extract dark data and prepare it for ingestion in Splunk for indexing and visualization purposes. Read More
Big Data
To compete effectively, business users must be able to rapidly produce and present accurate, concise, and compliant information. Whether the analytic discipline is diagnostic, descriptive, predictive, or prescriptive, time-to-visualization matters. Read More
Business Intelligence (BI)
Data architects and data scientists, as well as DBAs and governance teams, may need to use or migrate data in legacy file formats and databases. Additionally, the ability to mash-up those sources with newer file and database repositories is important in data integration (ETL) and analytic projects, as well as in data profiling for data loss prevention and privacy law compliance. Read More
Business Intelligence (BI)
In the previous article, “Affordable BIRT Acceleration via CoSort,” we explained the nature and benefits of a new seamless integration between the SortCL big data preparation program in IRI CoSort and thus IRI Voracity and the Business Intelligence Reporting Tool (BIRT) in Eclipse. Read More
Big Data
Business Intelligence Reporting Tool (BIRT) is a free, open source, visual reporting platform for Eclipse, and the commercial foundation for rich analytic extensions available from Actuate. Read More
Data Masking/Protection
This is the last in a four-part series to introduce IRI CellShield. An overview is found here. The following parts demonstrate how to use the other functions in CellShield: data masking and encryption. Read More
Data Masking/Protection
This is the third in a four-part series describing IRI CellShield data masking software for Excel, and its format-preserving encryption function in particular; the series overview starts here. Read More
Data Masking/Protection
This is the second in a four-part series to introduce IRI CellShield. An overview is found here. The other parts demonstrate how to use more functions in CellShield like encryption and pseudonymization. Read More
IRI Workbench
Master Data Management (MDM) is a strategic enterprise information management (EIM) life cycle initiative designed to foster the consistency and accurate maintenance of master (or reference) data. Read More