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ETL vs. ELT: Choosing the Right Approach for Your Data Strategy

In today’s data-driven world, organizations across all industries are under increasing pressure to leverage data as a strategic asset. From e-discovery processes to case management and advanced analytics, data is integral to efficiency, compliance, and competitive advantage. However, before you can turn raw data into actionable insights, you need a robust data integration strategy. This is where two popular data integration methodologies come into play: ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) and ELT (Extract, Load, Transform).
March 12, 2025
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Data Integration Solutions: How to Choose the Right Vendor

This blog provides a structured guide on selecting the right data integration vendor. It explores key factors such as compatibility, scalability, security, ease of use, vendor reputation, support, and cost to help businesses make informed decisions.
March 6, 2025
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Data

EU Data Act: lay the track, time to act

A major shift in industrial data is coming. The EU Data Act, taking full effect on September 12, 2025, will transform how businesses handle mandatory data sharing. With hundreds of connected products but no infrastructure in place, many CIOs face a critical challenge. As digital expert Pieter van Schalkwyk puts it, this revolution is as impactful as the 19th-century railroad boom—laying the tracks for the future of business value. Are you ready?
March 5, 2025
5
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Three critical data quality mistakes and how to avoid them

Tens of millions? Due to legal updates? How the hell was it possible?’’ That's exactly what happened to Uber in 2017.
February 19, 2025
5
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Data

The Future of Data Quality - Why good enough is not good enough anymore?

There is one thing that every big company has in common. They all want to be ‘’data-driven”. OK. But why? McKinsey’s study shows that data-driven organizations are 23 times more likely to acquire customers, 6 times more likely to retain customers, and 19 times more likely to be profitable as a result. Yet, a harsh reality remains: most companies struggle to realize these benefits due to fundamental data quality and integration challenges. "Most organizations are drowning in data but starving for insights," is a main takeaway from Delloitte’s report. This observation aligns with Gartner's finding that organizations believe poor data quality to be responsible for an average of $15 million per year in losses.
March 1, 2025
5
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Business

Your decisions are as good as your data quality

Imagine this: you're driving in a luxury car. Beautiful leather seats, advanced GPS and a powerful engine under the hood. Everything is perfect, except for one tiny detail. Your speedometer shows 50 km/h, but you're actually driving at 80 km/h. No big deal, right? Wrong. That "small data issue" could get you killed. Or worse, kill someone else. Or at least, cost your driver's license.
February 10, 2025
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min read
Data

Why do so many companies gamble with compliance?

The real cost of data privacy shortcuts
February 10, 2025
3
min read
Data

One data framework to rule them all

The power of unified data management
February 10, 2025
3
min read

How do I organize my data?

Get more value out of you data and freedom to use it effectively
February 10, 2025
2
min read

Take the complexity out of your most challenging data projects

For Black Tiger, technology must be the guarantor of freedom of action and thought.