#trusted data

Combining data quality and observability is a powerful approach to ensure data integrity. While data quality focuses on the accuracy and consistency of the data itself, data observability ensures the reliability of the systems that manage it. When combined, these two elements create a powerful foundation for trustworthy data. How Does Combining Data Quality and Observability Improve Trust in…

In our final instalment of the series on the priorities of Chief Data Officers (CDOs), we’ll explore the importance of trustworthy data and the steps that CDOs must take to ensure data integrity and reliability. In today’s data-driven world, information is king. But not just any information – we need trustworthy data. As Chief Data Officers (CDOs), we understand the critical role this plays:…

As the world adjusts to the ‘new normal’, the entire pattern of work and life has shifted. One thing has especially become clear – everything we thought we knew about customers has changed, from their movements to their purchasing habits, to the products they buy. Trusted data is now more important than ever and extracting value from the data is a critical source of competitive advantage.…

How to trust the data

Knowing who and what to trust, it seems, has increasingly been on all our minds lately. One outcome of an ever more complex world is that the need to trust and search for evidence has become an essential activity in our daily lives. And, knowing if you can trust the data in your business systems and reports can be equally challenging. With so many sources, can you trust the data? The need for…

Time for the board to take information governance seriously?

This year, the JSE-listed Tongaat-Hulett Group announced that it would need to restate its 2018 financial results pending a review of “past practices” that appear to have inflated profit by between R3.5 and R4.5-billion.

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This story has received remarkably little public attention, possibly because it pales somewhat by comparison to scandals such…