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    8 proactive steps to build trusted data for analytics and AI

    Trusted data is even more critical as AI use increases. These eight steps will help data leaders build a strong foundation for effective analytics and AI applications.

    Data Management
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    How to get reliable BI insights from AI-augmented analytics

    Before adopting AI-powered BI applications, organizations need stronger business context, trusted workflows and users prepared to assess AI outputs.

    Business Analytics
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    Shift-left governance brings data controls upstream for AI

    AI systems move too fast for data governance that waits until the end. Enterprises are replacing outdated review methods with earlier oversight and automated controls.

    Data Management
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    Context is king

    Context is king as agents evolve, but problems persist

    Awareness enabled by appropriate data and business logic is one of the differences between agentic applications that properly perform and those that never reach production.

    Data Management
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    Cyber recovery plans must cover lost access, not just data

    Cyberattacks on Springfield Public Schools and Everett City Hall show what it takes to keep operating when an intrusion cuts off access to core systems.

    Data Protection
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    How to improve resiliency in legacy IT environments

    Older technology cannot be swapped out quickly due to costs and complexity, but organizations can strengthen recovery capabilities while modernization efforts continue.

    Data Protection
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    Geopolitics reshape data protection plans

    Business and technology leaders are revising their data protection plans as global conflicts challenge current resilience and risk management plans.

    Data Protection
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    What a leadership transition reveals about your data strategy

    The failure pattern of a leadership transition reveals what data strategy institutionalization requires. Without it, a data strategy framework is a dependency, not a strategy.

    Data Management
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    Opinion

    AI doesn’t have a trust problem. Your data does.

    The AI auditability gap isn't an AI problem. It's decades of data management debt, finally coming due, exposed by autonomous decision-making.

    Data Management