Key Data Challenges

Access to data is probably the number one challenge for most data analysts. My former boss, Brett Anderson used to say that there is an “invisible wall” between the people who have the data (i.e., IT) and the people who need it (frontline employees and analysts). Instead of direct access to curated datasets, many analysts must first download the data in text or csv files, clean and transform them in order to have the data ready for analysis.

In recent years there has been a proliferation of internal and external data sources. Traditional ERP systems have been complemented by specialized applications such as Finance, CRM, HR, event marketing and enriched with data ...