Digital Switch

This week, you will join PeerNova and Women in Big Data (WIBD), as they host a virtual panel discussing current data quality challenges with key industry leaders.

Panelists:
Erika Lunceford, Global Head of Solutions Engineering, PeerNova
Dan Power, Managing Director of Data Governance, Global Markets, State Street
Ellen Gentile, Director of Enterprise Data Quality, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Lara Gureje, Practical Data Governance & Stewardship Activator, DatOculi

The panelists will answer the following questions: 

• What are some challenges enterprises face when processing or using large volumes of data?
• What can happen when an enterprise has low-quality data? 
• What is an enterprise's first step in building out a data quality strategy?
• How are decision-science programs affected when data is not well understood?

This week, our host discusses Application Performance Management (APM) tools with Gangesh Ganesan, PeerNova's Founder and CEO. This will be part of an ongoing series deep diving into the features and benefits of the PeerNova® Cuneiform® Platform, and how it compares to other tools on the market.

Gangesh answers the following questions: 

• What are APM tools and how did they evolve to where they are today? 
• What can happen by not effectively monitoring applications with some sort of tool? 
• What are some of the challenges with current APM tools? 
• How does the PeerNova Cuneiform Platform compare to an APM tool? Is it a competitor? 

This week, our host discusses business intelligence (BI) tools with Gangesh Ganesan, PeerNova's Founder and CEO. This will be part of an ongoing series deep diving into the features and benefits of the PeerNova® Cuneiform® Platform, and how it compares to other tools on the market.

Gangesh answers the following questions: 

• What are Business Intelligence (BI) tools?
• What challenges are BI tools trying to solve and what are some of the benefits?
• What is the connection between OLAP and BI tools?
• How have BI tools evolved from being desktop applications to full-fledged SaaS?
• Do streaming and real-time applications support BI?
• Are Kabana and Grafana BI tools? 
• What BI capabilities does the Cuneiform Platform offer? How does it connect with BI tools?

This week, our hosts sit down with Perianne Boring, Founder and President of the Chamber of Digital Commerce, to discuss the organization's recent initiatives, and how the current climate has affected blockchain adoption and use cases.

Perianne answers the following questions: 

• What are some of the Chamber's recent initiatives (such as Crypto for Congress)?
• How has COVID affected blockchain adoption?
• What other catalysts are needed for more acceptance of blockchain technology?
• Have there been any new, exciting blockchain use-cases that have become prominent? 

This week, our host discusses why your financial institution needs an effective data quality tool to succeed with Gangesh Ganesan, PeerNova's Founder and CEO. This will be an ongoing series deep diving into the features and benefits of the PeerNova® Cuneiform® Platform, and how it compares to other tools on the market.

Gangesh answers the following questions: 

• Why are data quality tools so critical for enterprises and financial institutions today? 
• What are some of the benefits of an effective data quality tool?
• What are some data quality challenges financial firms experience and how do they go about solving them? 
• How are reconciliations related to data quality tools? 
• What is the connection between data governance and data quality tools?  
• Are there specific tools that are common in the industry today? 
• Is data quality a feature in integrated tools offered by major cloud and on-prem vendors? 
• How does PeerNova's Cuneiform Platform ensure continuous data quality?

This week, our hosts discuss zero-code and how it can help enterprises accelerate their digital transformation efforts with Gangesh Ganesan, PeerNova's Founder and CEO. 

Gangesh answers the following questions: 

• What is zero-code? 
• What is the relationship between zero-code and APIs? 
• How does zero-code fit in with AI, ML, and digital transformation as a whole?
• What are the benefits of zero-code? What are the advantages of giving power to business users? 
• Does zero-code really mean no code? 

This week, our hosts discuss the connection between metadata tools and data governance with Gangesh Ganesan, PeerNova's Founder and CEO. This will be an ongoing series deep diving into the features and benefits of the solution, and how it compares to other tools on the market.

Gangesh answers the following questions: 

• What is metadata? 
• Why are metadata tools so popular today and what are some benefits they offer?
• What is the connection between metadata and data governance? 
• What part of data governance is solved by metadata tools?
• Are metadata tools sufficient for achieving data governance?
• How does the PeerNova® Cuneiform® Platform provide data governance more effectively?
• Is Collibra really a competitor of PeerNova? 

This week, our hosts discuss the importance of having an effective data governance model within financial institutions with Dan Power, the Managing Director of Data Governance for Global Markets at State Street. 

Dan answers the following questions:

• What are some of the data quality challenges enterprises face when dealing with large volumes of data? 
• What are the risks or bottlenecks firms face when it comes to having low quality data?
• What makes up an effective data governance model? 
• What kind of benefits can firms expect from effective data governance when it comes to regulatory compliance, operational efficiency, and decision-making?

This week, our hosts discuss the basics of PeerNova's Cuneiform Platform, an end-to-end automation platform, with Gangesh Ganesan, PeerNova's Founder and CEO. This will be an ongoing series deep diving into the features and benefits of the solution, and how it compares to other tools on the market.

Gangesh answers the following questions:

• How does the Cuneiform Platform empower enterprises to unlock data, improve performance, and discover new opportunities? What does it do?
• What kinds of answers and insights can the platform provide when it comes to trade validation?
• What kind of answers and insights can the platform provide for business users? 
• What challenges do firms face with implementing current data quality and automation solutions and how does the Cuneiform Platform solve or avoid them?  
• How does the platform compare to meta-data, APM, and BI tools?
• What makes the Cuneiform Platform unique? 

This week, our host discusses why ensuring data timeliness is so crucial for enterprise success with Pravin Halady, PeerNova's Head of Product.  Watch the video version of the podcast here.

Pravin answers the following questions:

• What does data timeliness entail exactly?
• What happens when a firm does not have timely data?
• How does data timeliness effect operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and decision-making?
• Why is achieving data timeliness challenging for many financial firms? 
• How can effective data governance ensure data timeliness? 
• As an active data governance tool, how can PeerNova's Cuneiform Platform help ensure data timeliness?