When I talk to people about service levels, and specifically service level agreements (SLA), they focus on a system’s availability, like the number of nines a system is available: 99.5%…
Seven Dimensions of Data Quality
In this reference article, I wanted to go back on data quality and list its seven dimensions, giving examples to make them palatable and some fun facts.I hope this article will…
Getting started with ODCS
Like every new technology or concept, Open Data Contract Standard (ODCS) may require a quick getting started page. In this article, I detail how you can get started and contribute.Data…
Why the need for standardizing Data Contracts?
Why the Need for Standardizing Data Contracts?This article describes the genesis of Bitol, the open-source data contract standard and solutions that are an essential part of modern data engineering. In…
Another fantastic All Things Open
Open source keeps rising in a world looking for AI’s place.The beautiful Raleigh Conference Center was hosting the twelfth edition of All Things Open mid-October.All Things Open is a major open-source…
What is Data QoS, and why is it critical?
In this article, I am introducing the notion of data quality of service (Data QoS), which is the result of combining Data Quality (DQ) with Service-Level Agreements (SLA). I will…