The Datactics Blog
Catch up with what our technologists, practitioners and leaders have to say on the topics of data quality, data governance, master data management, AI, market trends and current events.
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The rising popularity of apprenticeships to kickstart a career in the IT industry
Apprenticeships have long been heralded as education and study opportunities for young school leavers, acting as an entry point to certain jobs. Sometimes apprenticeships are


Augmented Data Quality- What It Is And How To Use It
Year after year, the volume of data being generated is increasing at an unparalleled pace. For businesses, data is critical to inform strategy, facilitate

Mystique of HTTP Status Code 418: I’m a Teapot
The image shows the HTTP Statuscode 418 page from Google.com – Source: https://www.google.com/teapot When it comes to HTTP status codes, most people are familiar with


How to test your data against Benford’s Law
One of the most important aspects of data quality is being able to identify anomalies within your data. There are many ways to approach this,


How You’ll Know You Still Have a Data Quality Problem
Despite a seemingly healthy green glow in your dashboards and exemplary regulatory reports, you can’t help but sense that something is amiss with the data.


Datactics achieves Diversity Mark Award for Diversity and Inclusion
Datactics has been awarded the Bronze Diversity Mark Accreditation for its efforts in championing Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) in the workplace. Diversity Mark, established


Big Data LDN | 22/09/2023
Big data and AI can help make you make better business decisions, automate processes, and optimise costs. That’s why more than 90% of businesses are increasing investments in big


Gartner Data & Analytics Summit | 22/05/2023
Meet with Datactics at Gartner Data & Analytics Summit, ‘the world’s most important gathering of Data and Analytics Leaders‘. The agenda and registration can be


FIMA USA | 25/04/2023
Datactics will be exhibiting at ‘the world’s leading Data Management Conference‘ FIMA USA in Boston where data management executives – from the biggest buy and


CYBERUK | 19/04/2023
Meet Datactics at CYBERUK 2023 at the ICC in Belfast, right across from our own Head Quarters! CYBERUK 2023 is UK’s flagship cyber security event


Innovate Finance Global Summit | 17/04/2023
Innovate Finance Global Summit returns for its 9th year to the historic Guildhall in the City of London, and will welcome the brightest and best


Business Fives Football Tournament | 29/03/2023
Datactics is taking part in the Belfast Winter Series of Business Fives Football Tournament to raise funds for a local charity! The corporate charity five-a-side


Data Management Summit London | 30/03/2023
Unlocking data value for business and compliance insight Data Management Summit (DMS) London is now in its 13th year and takes place in person on 30th March at America Square Conference


How to find your birthday in Pi
Every math enthusiast’s favorite day of the year has arrived – Pi day. Celebrated on 14th March every year, it represents the first 3 digits

How to build an effective data quality control framework
Alexandra Collins, Product Owner at Datactics, recently spoke on an A-Team webinar on the subject of how to build a data quality control framework. In


DevOps and Security – What to look out for in 2023
No one team can be all things to an entire company – Or can they? Last week the DevOps & Security Team here at Datactics

What Connects James Cameron, Data Catalogs and Data Science 101? CTO Insights with Alex Brown
Matt Flenley recently took some time with Alex Brown, CTO at Datactics, to find out what he’s looking forward to in the year ahead. You


Top 5 Trends in Data and Information Quality for 2023
In this blog post, our Head of Marketing, Matt Flenley, takes a closer look at the latest trends in data and information quality for 2023.


Datactics Partners with Solidatus to Deliver Trust in Enterprise Data Quality
Datactics, an award-winning self-service data quality and matching software vendor and Solidatus, the leading data lineage discovery, visualisation and management solution, are today announcing a


Datactics wins ‘Best Data Quality Analysis Tool’ at the Data Management Insight Awards Europe 2022
Datactics has won ‘Best Data Quality Analysis Tool’ at A-Team Group’s Data Management Insight Awards 2022 for its innovative Self Service Data Quality (SSDQ) platform.


Datactics placed in 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Data Quality Solutions
[4th November 2022] – Datactics, a leading and innovative provider of solutions in the data quality solutions market, today announced that they have been positioned


Hate Crime Classification using NDQIS
June 2022 was a significant milestone in the timeline of LGBTQ+ rights in the UK. Not only was it Pride Month, but this year marked


Data at the Heart of Smart Cities: Brussels 2022
On the 23rd June, Matt Flenley visited the UK Ambassador’s Residence in Brussels as part of a delegation of UK tech firms to Belgium. Here,


Women in Tech and Data – Bridging The Gap
The recent return to in-market visits and events has reignited a favourite pastime, that of mid-air reading, much to the delight of the pile of


Battling Bias in AI: Models for a Better World
At Datactics, we develop and maintain a number of internal tools for use within the AI and Software Development teams. One of which is a

Semantic Analysis of Free Text and Why It Matters
Shauna Leonard recently spoke at the Women in Techmakers conference at Queen’s University Belfast. Her talk looked at the Semantic Analysis of Free Text and


Outlier Detection – What Is It And How Can It Help In The Improvements Of Data Quality?
Identifying outliers and errors in data is an important but time-consuming task. Depending on the context and domain, errors can be impactful in a variety


Fortnightly Round up: A brand new partnership and upcoming panel appearances
April is nearly over and we’re back to share with you exciting news about events, new content, and panel appearances! Datactics has partnered with MANTA


Why should you care about data quality?
Data quality may not be viewed as a particularly attractive topic of conversation at a dinner party or a company event, yet it is a

Data Quality Management – Gain The Competitive Edge
Managing data assets has become a way to gain competitive advantage for businesses and is a keen focus area for regulatory bodies around the globe.