What if machines could learn? This has been one of the most intriguing questions in science fiction and philosophy since the advent of machines. With modern technology, such questions…
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Discover how Atlan, a modern data catalog, helps in ensuring data quality Does this sound familiar? The Head of Sales asks for a report of gross sales in Q2 2019. …
The world of data can be chaos! New technologies, tools, products and the ever-changing industry dynamics—there sure is a lot to keep up with. So, what do you do to…
What happens in your brain when you read a map or untangle the meaning of a new word? A complex and rapid process of interpreting environmental stimuli, signals, and context…
Numbers are everywhere and drive our day-to-day lives. We take decisions based on numbers, both at work and in our personal lives. For example, an organization may rely on sales…
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Graphs are elegant and powerful data structures that find application across multiple industries and organizations of varying scale. This article aims to introduce and demystify graph databases and the field…
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The alternative data revolution isn’t about what alternative data to use. It’s about how to turn it into actionable insights. Road data for Pune, India, color-coded to show which roads…
First, if you’re a human of data – aka someone who works with data for a living – here’s your virtual medal. 🏅🏅🏅 Why? Because we know how frustrating it…
Here’s the definition of a data catalog and why a data catalog could be just the thing you need to meet the challenges of data and metadata management and collaboration.…
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Data Governance
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Discover how Atlan, a modern data catalog, helps in ensuring data quality Does this sound familiar? The Head of Sales asks for a report of gross sales in Q2 2019. …
The world of data can be chaos! New technologies, tools, products and the ever-changing industry dynamics—there sure is a lot to keep up with. So, what do you do to…
What happens in your brain when you read a map or untangle the meaning of a new word? A complex and rapid process of interpreting environmental stimuli, signals, and context…
Numbers are everywhere and drive our day-to-day lives. We take decisions based on numbers, both at work and in our personal lives. For example, an organization may rely on sales…
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View All Graphs are elegant and powerful data structures that find application across multiple industries and organizations of varying scale. This article aims to introduce and demystify graph databases and the field…
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The alternative data revolution isn’t about what alternative data to use. It’s about how to turn it into actionable insights. Road data for Pune, India, color-coded to show which roads…
First, if you’re a human of data – aka someone who works with data for a living – here’s your virtual medal. 🏅🏅🏅 Why? Because we know how frustrating it…
Understand the DataOps principles, framework and learn how to implement DataOps within your organization Let’s start with a simple definition of DataOps (aka data operations). DataOps is a data management…
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Data Governance
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Discover how Atlan, a modern data catalog, helps in ensuring data quality Does this sound familiar? The Head of Sales asks for a report of gross sales in Q2 2019. …
The world of data can be chaos! New technologies, tools, products and the ever-changing industry dynamics—there sure is a lot to keep up with. So, what do you do to…
What happens in your brain when you read a map or untangle the meaning of a new word? A complex and rapid process of interpreting environmental stimuli, signals, and context…
Numbers are everywhere and drive our day-to-day lives. We take decisions based on numbers, both at work and in our personal lives. For example, an organization may rely on sales…
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View All Graphs are elegant and powerful data structures that find application across multiple industries and organizations of varying scale. This article aims to introduce and demystify graph databases and the field…
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The alternative data revolution isn’t about what alternative data to use. It’s about how to turn it into actionable insights. Road data for Pune, India, color-coded to show which roads…
First, if you’re a human of data – aka someone who works with data for a living – here’s your virtual medal. 🏅🏅🏅 Why? Because we know how frustrating it…
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We thought it would be easy enough to figure this out, but we couldn’t have been more wrong. At Atlan, we started out as a data team ourselves, driving data projects for social good with organizations like the United Nations, Gates Foundation, the World Bank, etc. We acted as a “data team” for our customers, so we experienced all the chaos…
Background As a licensed digital peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform in South East Asia, Funding Societies | Modalku is subject to several regulatory and compliance requirements which factor into its data…
Background As a licensed digital peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform in South East Asia, Funding Societies | Modalku is subject to several regulatory and compliance requirements which factor into its data…
Modern metadata solutions, data quality frameworks, infrastructure, job roles, and other big changes are on their way. Just like every other realm, 2020 upended the data world. When COVID shut down businesses and sent employees to work from home, companies had to quickly adapt to the “new normal”. Cloud became an absolute necessity, as organizations moved to working remotely. Data…
It’s time for a modern metadata solution, one that is just as fast, flexible, and scalable as the rest of the modern data stack 2020 brought a lot of new…
What do you think came first, newspapers or newsletters? Why do I ask? Not to establish which one’s better but to highlight that newsletters are the oldest and latest medium…
If you’re an e-commerce, the COVID-19 crisis must have hit you hard. 😔 Navigating constantly changing lockdown regulations while monitoring the supply chain and ensuring the safety of your employees can be a nightmare for any business owner. Is there a way to respond better to the crisis with the help of data science? Last week at our live webinar…
Discover how to successfully handle collaboration, security, team morale and management for remote data teams Going 100% remote for data teams is #$%*ing hard and chaotic. Miscommunications can become commonplace.…
Find out how your remote data team can 4x its productivity with scrum If you’re here, I’m hoping you’ve read my previous article on the toughest challenges that remote data…
From collaboration and dependencies to productivity, find out what are the top challenges that remote data team leaders face with agile. Raise your hand if you’ve ever planned a data project. 🤚 You, my friend, deserve a standing ovation. Because you know how difficult, complex and frustrating it can be. You have to: Work with your data engineers to extract…
Understand the DataOps principles, framework and learn how to implement DataOps within your organization Let’s start with a simple definition of DataOps (aka data operations). DataOps is a data management…
Understand data integrity, how it’s different from data quality and data security and discover how to maintain it in your organization. If you make decisions solely based on data, you…
Learn what a data lake is (definition) and how to get the best value from it with a data catalog. Much like the term suggests, a data lake is literally a space full of data—free and unfiltered. Sounds peaceful right? Spoiler: You never know what lies beneath! 🔍 Just as a lake stores all the water that rushes into it, a…
Learn about the definition and meaning of metadata, including how to best manage it (spoiler: it has everything to do with a metadata catalog). Let’s get meta about meta—because context…
Discover how Atlan, a modern data catalog, helps in ensuring data quality Does this sound familiar? The Head of Sales asks for a report of gross sales in Q2 2019. …
Learn what data silos are (definition); why they pose the biggest challenge to your big data strategy, pipelines and dreams; and how to break them down. First things first, if you’re searching for articles on the topic “data silos” and what they mean, congratulations—you’ve almost attained the state of self-realization.🧘🏽 Why? Because let’s face it—one of the biggest challenges facing…
Understand what data quality means and how data quality management can solve your bad data woes How is your data? If that very question makes you cringe, then you’ve come…
Understand how you can meet the challenges of ensuring data quality and accuracy with a modern data dictionary. Raise your hand if this has happened to you too. ✋ An…
If you’re a Chief Data Officer, you know that one of the major challenges of managing data teams is knowing what’s latest in the ever-changing world of data! And while it does help to follow the latest blogs and publications, nothing beats the fun and effectiveness of face-to-face meetups! But I-want-to-spend-time-looking-for-good-events-to-attend, said no one ever! So here’s our thoughtfully curated…
First, if you’re a human of data – aka someone who works with data for a living – here’s your virtual medal. 🏅🏅🏅 Why? Because we know how frustrating it…
Here’s the definition of a data catalog and why a data catalog could be just the thing you need to meet the challenges of data and metadata management and collaboration.…
DataOps can help you bring together your data, team, tools and processes to become a truly data-driven organization Did you know that Gartner listed DataOps (i.e. data operations) as one of the three innovation triggers listed in data management in 2018? That’s because there’s a lot of interest around the concept. Several people are actively taking part in conversations around…
If you’re a CDO (Chief Data Officer), you already know this—it’s an exciting time to be a CDO! The role is soaring in popularity and importance—the number of CDOs in…
The world of data can be chaos! New technologies, tools, products and the ever-changing industry dynamics—there sure is a lot to keep up with. So, what do you do to…
As one of the most popular conferences for data scientists in India, The Fifth Elephant (organized by HasGeek) is an incredible opportunity to interact with data science practitioners, thought leaders and organizations from the data ecosystem. The Atlan Team spoke with some of the speakers and participants to put together insightful messages for aspiring data scientists. We’ve compiled the responses…
The Fifth Elephant is one of India’s largest data science conferences with speakers from organizations such as Anaconda, Flipkart, Clustr, Gojek and more. At the event, the Atlan team interviewed some…
The Atlan Team met Ishita Mathur, a data scientist at Gojek, at The Fifth Elephant 2019 (organized by HasGeek). A community-led event, The Fifth Elephant is one of India’s most…
No, this is not yet another uber-complex glossary for data terms. Think of the wiki as a fun, helpful encyclopedia for the data universe. Here’s our story. Why did we build The Atlan Data Wiki? The world of data is unique, complex and ever-changing. And full of jargon. That makes it challenging for someone who’s starting out in the data…
We like to think that air travel today is long or even dangerous, but it’s nothing compared to sea travel a couple of centuries ago. Imagine getting on a massive…
Knowledge is at the core of any successful initiative. In the age of data, one would think that the task of incorporating knowledge would be easier than ever. However, the…
