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Why Open Table Format Architecture is Essential for Modern Data Systems

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Versioning also ensures a safer experimentation environment, where data scientists can test new models or hypotheses on historical data snapshots without impacting live data. Note : Cloud Data warehouses like Snowflake and Big Query already have a default time travel feature.

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Banking on mainframe-led digital transformation for financial services

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Banks have the most to gain if they succeed (and the most to lose if they fail) at bringing their mainframe application and data estates up to modern standards of cloud-like flexibility, agility and innovation to meet customer demand.

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What Is Data Quality and Why Is It Important?

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For instance, if a product description does not include an estimated delivery date (when all the other product descriptions do), then that “data” is incomplete. Timeliness measures how up-to-date or antiquated the data is at any given moment. Establish, maintain, and consistently update data security standards.