Data preparation involving the integration, cleansing and enrichment of data so that it is ready for analysis is a tedious and time-consuming process, and it can occupy up to 80% of an analytical development effort.
Because it is vital to analytics, given the ‘garbage in garbage out’ maxim, data preparation can’t be circumvented. But it can be made easier, more efficient and indeed faster.
That’s the promise behind a new breed of data-preparation offerings that are coming online to revitalize this area of data management. In this video, 451 Research analyst Jason Stamper will look at some of the latest challenges in data preparation and integration, and some of the questions users should ask when trying and tackle them.
