Data: Definition and additional resources from BNET
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Business Definition for: Data

  • the measurements and observations collected during a statistical investigation

Wiktionary Definition for: Data

  • Plural of datum: Pieces of information.
  • (''collectively''; ''uncountable'') Information.
  • date
  • #English data
  • third person singular present tense of datare
  • second person singular imperative of datare
  • #date

Additional Resources

Refresh Connected (Imported) Data
A cell range, Excel table, PivotTable report, or PivotChart report can all be connected to an external data source. You can refresh the data to update data from this external data source. Each time you refresh data, you see the most recent version of the information in the data source,...
Tags: Data Source, Connected Corp.
White papers
Implementing or Upgrading SAP Solutions? Don't Forget the Data
Download this white paper to learn how you can minimize the five most common data migration challenges associated with SAP implementations: Identifying and analyzing source data Accessing source data Addressing data quality in legacy applications Preparing and loading data into SAP Supporting...
Tags: Informatica, SAP AG, Data Migration
White papers 2006-01-01
Managing Your Data Tightly Through An M&A Event
Data is one of the most valued assets associated with mergers and acquisitions (M&A), yet techniques for properly integrating data often are misunderstood and the importance of data understated. "Managing Your Data Tightly Through an M&A Event" discusses the key risks and challenges associated with data integration and explore ways...
Tags: Deloitte LLP, M&A, Data Integration, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance
White papers 2008-09-07
Connect To (Import) External Data
The main benefit of connecting to external data is that you can periodically analyze this data in Microsoft Office Excel without repeatedly copying the data, which is an operation that can be time-consuming and error-prone. After connecting to external data, you can also automatically refresh or update your Excel workbooks...
Tags: Data Source, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
White papers
Disposal of test data.
Martin Rowe, Senior Technical Editor Your test data--and especially calibration data--will likely outlive the computers that created and initially stored it. When you replace a computer, a hard drive, or other storage device that contains sensitive test data, you don't want that...
Tags: computer, HARDWARE, NIST, Storage
Research articles 2006-11-01
SME PC data protection.
Chris Williams SMALL and medium businesses can now benefit from the same secure, automatic online data protection as large corporations with the launch of Telstra Wholesale PC Data Protection [PCDP]. PC Data Protection provides a reliable, cost effective solution ...
Tags: Backups, PC Data Online, Telstra Corp.
Research articles 2005-08-05
Sort Data In Excel Services
Sorting data is an integral part of data analysis. You might want to organize a list of names in alphabetical order or you might want to compile a list of product inventory levels from highest to lowest. Sorting data helps you understand your data better, organize and find the data...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., List, Microsoft Excel, Databases, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management
White papers
Determining Returns to Storage: Does Data Aggregation Matter?
Aggregate data are commonly used to determine returns to storage. However, recent studies have shown that aggregating data may lead to underestimated returns. This article compares aggregate and elevator data from Oklahoma to determine if aggregate data underestimate returns. We find no difference between the mean returns estimated with aggregate...
Tags: elevator, HARDWARE, harvest, marketing, Oklahoma, Storage, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Williams
Research articles 2007-12-01
Building a Data Quality Scorecard for Operational Data Governance
" Operational data governance is the manifestation of the processes and protocols necessary to ensure that an acceptable level of confidence in the data effectively satisfies the organization's business needs. In this white paper, David Loshin from Knowledge Integrity examines how a data governance program defines the roles, responsibilities, and...
Tags: Data Quality, DataFlux Corp., Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
White papers 2008-10-09
Benefits of Applying AppWorx to Data Warehousing
In most cases, the data is transactional data pulled from a number of different applications in the enterprise, but it can be any type of data. The goal of a data warehouse is to provide an enterprise with high quality information that they can use to make tactical and strategic...
Tags: Data Warehouse, Benefit, AppWorx, Business Intelligence, Storage, Portals, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Internet
White papers 2005-04-01
Track Data's Dial/Data Service and Its AIQ TradingExpert Win Readers' Choice Awards
NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 21, 1999--Track Data Corporation announced today that its Dial/Data service and AIQ Trading Expert won Stocks & Commodities Magazine's Readers' Choice Awards. Dial/Data, which provides electronic access to daily and historical price data on worldwide exchanges, won Readers' Choice Awards for Best Delayed Data, Best Historical...
Tags: Business Wire, Company, FINANCE, INTERNET, Investment, stock
Research articles 1999-01-21
First Data Names New President of First Data Resources
OMAHA, Neb. -- First Data Corp. (NYSE: FDC) has announced that Susan Henricks has returned to First Data as president of First Data Resources.
Tags: First Data Corp.
Research articles 2006-09-13
Outsourcing: Coming To A Data-Management Department Near You
In today's technology-oriented business environment, management of strategic data is critical to the very survival of an organization. The paper examines data management as the next phase of outsourcing. It discusses the key points related to this issue such as, which areas of data management fit best with an outsourcing...
Tags: CMP Media, Data Management, Outsourcing, Storage, Databases, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2003-06-19
Using Automed for Data Warehousing
A data warehouse consists of a set of materialized views defined over a number of data source, collects copies of data from remote, distributed, autonomous and heterogeneous data sources into a central repository to enable analysis and mining of the integrated information. Data Warehousing and On-Line Analytical Processing OLAP are...
Tags: Data Source, Data Warehouse, University Of London, Business Intelligence, Storage, Data Mining, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
White papers 2003-04-07
DataFlux 6.2 Delivers Automated Enterprise Data Quality Process; Release Encompasses Full Spectrum of Data Management Capabilities - from Data Profiling Through Ongoing Data Monitoring
CARY, N.C. -- DataFlux Corporation, a leading provider of data management solutions, today announced the availability of an integrated enterprise data management platform that includes the tools necessary to analyze, improve and control any corporate data. DataFluxR Release 6.2 provides a comprehensive platform for data quality improvement, giving companies the...
Tags: data management, monitoring
Research articles 2004-07-19
Are CIOs Headed for Extinction?
In the age of compliance, there's a heightened interest in data management, data cleansing, and data warehousing. "Data governance" appears to be the catchphrase of the day to describe this new emphasis. Sarbanes-Oxley is also changing how companies aggregate data. In the past, everyone sent their spreadsheets to the CFO,...
Tags: CFO, International Data Group, Data Management, Sarbanes-Oxley, Productivity, Regulatory Compliance, Storage, Business Intelligence, Databases, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2005-10-18
Sort Data In A Range Or Table
Sorting data is an integral part of data analysis. You might want to put a list of names in alphabetical order, compile a list of product inventory levels from highest to lowest, or order rows by colors or icons. Sorting data helps you quickly visualize and understand your data better,...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., List, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
White papers
Synchronize Excel Reports With A Single Data Source
The analysts needed to take existing year-end financial reports and summarize, group, and chart the data in various ways to present to their organizations' business decision makers. Data analysts rely on Microsoft Excel to connect to, display, and format data. However, copying and pasting data between cell ranges or between...
Tags: Data Source, Analyst, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Productivity, Office Suites, Software
White papers
Asset Control completes Telekurs data feed.
Byline: Heather McKenzie Asset Control, the investment data integration software supplier, has finished mapping Telekurs' Valordata Feed VDF to its system in the first step to standardise protocols from all the main data feed vendors.VDF provides access to master data, corporate actions data and...
Tags: asset, financial, HARDWARE, ISO, Storage
Research articles 2003-04-01
Hitachi and Data Islandia Launch the World's Most Environmentally Friendly Outsourced Data Archiving Service
Hitachi Data Systems and Data Islandia Partner to offer Large Volume, Long-term Data Archival Services to Multinational Organisations in Carbon Emission Free Facilities
Tags: Hitachi Ltd.
Research articles 2007-12-06
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