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Data Merging: Process, Challenges, and Best Practices for Combining Data from Multiple Sources
An average enterprise uses more than one thousand applications. However, only 29% of them are integrated. This makes it difficult for businesses to extract valuable

Using Record Linkage to Resolve Patient Matching Errors
“Accurate identification of patients is one of the most difficult operational issues during a public health emergency, and the nationwide response to the pandemic, including

Why a CASS Certified Address Normalization Solution is Critical for Reducing UAA Mails
Imagine this for a moment. You’ve spent tireless days crafting a direct mail campaign for the launch of your latest product or service offering to key prospects; you finalized the copy, approved

Your Complete Guide to a Successful Data Migration
If you’re reading this guide, chances are you’ve already decided to initiate a data migration project and are looking for additional guidance. Cutting right to

Fuzzy Matching 101: Cleaning and Linking Messy Data
In 2003, the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) launched a joint investigation into the possible misuse of Social Security Numbers

8 Benefits of Data Matching that Can Help You Grow Your Business
Today, business growth greatly depends on how effectively you can harness information. And while the average number of applications businesses use increased from 843 in

Data Deduplication for Government Agencies: Risks and Solutions
For most companies, duplicate entries can signal warning signs of potential missed revenue targets, negative brand perception, and poor campaign response. For government agencies, however,

Why an Address Matching Software is Better Suited for Improving Mailing Accuracy
Matching addresses to assign location coordinates is vital for lead or customer outreach campaigns or shipping orders for businesses. While scripting methods can be used

Using Data Scrubbing Software for Enterprise-wide Data Consistency: A Detailed Guide
Ever found yourself in the middle of a campaign or regulatory compliance report only to find your efforts wasted by the sheer number of typos, omissions, system-led errors and varied formats due to

Record Linkage in Education Sector: Challenges, Limitations, and Tips to Improve Data Accuracy
Record linkage is often a necessary component to effectively execute different educational initiatives. Whether it is measuring the performance of students and teachers overtime and

Data Quality Testing – A Quick Checklist to Measure and Improve Data Quality
Don’t wait for a data migration event to test your data quality. Perform data quality tests now before it gets too late. Here’s everything you need to know!

4 Ways List Matching Software Tools Can Jumpstart Your Marketing Campaigns
Name and address data are critical for determining the accuracy of a company’s market and customers, and in turn, their product positioning. Banks, healthcare providers

Achieving High Precision Data Scrubbing with Advanced Name and Address Transformations
Name and address data is critical to determining the accuracy of a company’s market and customers, and subsequently, their product positioning. Banks, healthcare providers and

Name Matching Challenges: How Much Do Financial Institutions Lose Due to Unresolved Customer Identities?
In 2023, businesses lost an average of 31% of revenue due to bad data. It wasn’t the first time – poor data quality continues to

A Detailed Guide to Using Entity Resolution Tools for Enterprise Data Projects
Imagine a doctor trying to retrieve a patient’s medical history, but instead of one accurate record, they find three profiles – one with an outdated

Why Fuzzy Address Matching Is Critical for Cleaner Lists
If the thought of address matching across half a dozen sources has crossed your mind before, you know it is anything but a walk in

The Importance of Data Profiling for Data Management
Any data professional will agree that having accurate, clean, and consistent data is critical for meeting business objectives. And yet, you will hear about only

A Quick Guide to Record Linkage Software
To understand the complete customer story and extract benefit, it is necessary to integrate and merge data such that each record represents a single entity.