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IT is the foundation of any digital enterprise. It has a hand in just about every process, from the company’s connected utility systems to the digital applications that customers and employees access daily and everything in between.  With this in mind,...

Data is vulnerable.  Every enterprise handles vast amounts of sensitive information, from customer personally identifiable information (PII) to financial records and proprietary business data.  Understanding where data is at risk and protecting it is...

One careless copy of production data in the cloud can expose sensitive customer information and trigger costly compliance violations. As organizations move more data into the cloud, it’s increasingly common to replicate production datasets across development, testing,...

In today’s fast-paced business environment, the success of a project hinges not just on the effective execution but also on thorough post-completion analysis. This is where Post Implementation Reviews (PIRs) come into play. They are a critical component of project...

Data is at the heart of every enterprise, yet accessing it efficiently and securely can be challenging.  Organizations often manage scattered databases, cloud apps, and legacy systems, making real-time reporting complex. Data virtualization software creates a...

Enterprise systems store enormous amounts of sensitive information, from customer records to financial data.  Protecting that information is critical.  Azure data masking helps organizations secure personally identifiable information (PII) and other...

Modern organizations rely on complex technology ecosystems to support digital services, internal operations, and innovation. Designing and managing those ecosystems requires multiple layers of architectural planning. Two of the most common disciplines involved are...

Test Data Management (TDM) refers to the processes and strategies used to manage the data used in software testing. Effective TDM practices are essential to ensure that software is thoroughly tested and that testing is performed efficiently, especially when...

Modern organizations rely heavily on cloud platforms to store, process, and analyze data. Google Cloud Platform (GCP) makes it easy to scale analytics workloads, run machine learning models, and support distributed development teams. But the datasets powering these...

Companies today are collecting more data than ever and using analytics to influence everything from sales and marketing to research and development. In fact, data is now one of the most valuable assets that a company can own. Yet while data is more important...

The software development industry is constantly evolving. And as such, new techniques of creating, releasing, and deploying software solutions are emerging. With the emergence of these new techniques comes new job roles and descriptions never seen before. Ever...

Enhancements to data ingestion made evident the amount of data lost when generating insights.  However, without guidance from methodologies like The DataOps Manifesto, some companies are still struggling to blend data pipelines from legacy databases, such as an...

Businesses today have an ever-growing list of privacy restrictions to deal with when collecting and managing data.  One of the most notorious pieces of privacy legislation is the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which became the law of the land in...

DevOps practices have drastically changed how we approach software development for more than a decade now. The number of companies that benefit from DevOps implementation is growing, and many more want to jump on the bandwagon.  But let’s be clear. DevOps is far...

The healthcare industry is becoming increasingly data-driven. To streamline patient care and improve operational efficiency, more and more providers and physicians are using data to guide the path forward.   In a recent study from Stanford Medicine, the...

Modern enterprises operate in environments defined by constant change. Cloud adoption, regulatory pressure, cybersecurity threats, distributed teams, and accelerating release cycles all increase the complexity of the IT landscape. In this environment, resilience is no...

With the cost of data breaches increasing every year, there’s a need for higher security standards.  According to IBM’s 2021 security report, the average total cost of a data breach has risen to $4.24 million per breach. It’s no wonder that we need more advanced...