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Golden Record news and insights on data matching
We share the latest updates on Golden Record, including new features and ongoing improvements as well as discuss current topics in data matching, linking, deduplication, and syncing.
Golden Record
Fast, accurate, easy record matching in the cloud for data professionals with better things to do.
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What is a golden record, and why is it helpful to museums and cultural institutions?
/in Golden Record /by Cathy ColsonIn our last blog post, well over a year ago (blush), we shared that we were hard at work at producing a true golden record. As promised our latest release of Golden Record, which was out this spring, does just that: it collects and matches your patron data from all source systems and generates a single golden record for each individual.
New Golden Record features now available
/in Enhancements, Golden Record, News /by Cathy ColsonWe have a robust list of features planned for the year ahead. Here are some of the latest updates to Golden Record, and a preview what’s on the way.
All we want to do is have some fun: first name synonym matching is here!
/in Enhancements, Golden Record, News /by Cathy ColsonOur focus over the past few months has been upgrading Golden Record with several high-demand features that are supported by derived columns functionality. So far we’ve launched Soundex and string manipulation, as well as user interface upgrades to better support derived columns….
Golden Record Updates: Derived Columns
/1 Comment/in Enhancements, Golden Record, News /by Cathy ColsonGolden Record improvements and enhancements completed in April of 2021.
New Golden Record Features (and More to Come)
/in Enhancements, Golden Record, News /by Cathy ColsonBig things happened with Golden Record in March!
Updates to Golden Record: New Features on the Way
/2 Comments/in Golden Record, News /by Cathy ColsonGolden Record made steady progress in February and we’re on the cusp of some huge improvements to our capabilities. Check it out!
Golden Record Enhancements
/in Golden Record, Uncategorized /by Benjamin TaubGolden Record enhancements implemented in January of 2021
Watch Ben’s presentation on Golden Record from DNewTech
/in Golden Record /by Cathy ColsonGolden Record Enhancements List
/in Enhancements, Golden Record /by Benjamin TaubHere are some of the enhancements we made to Golden Record in December of 2020. Check in every month as we continue to upgrade!
Golden Record Will Be Featured at DNewTech on Jan 6th
/in Golden Record /by Cathy ColsonGolden Record Enhancements List
/in Uncategorized /by Benjamin TaubEnhancements to our cloud-based Golden Record data matching and linking service.
Why Data Matching is Critical to Data Warehousing Success
/2 Comments/in Golden Record /by Benjamin TaubYou need to merge your Schmutznicks: Matching is important to data warehousing when your data comes from multiple, unintegrated sources.
Dataspace at A2 New Tech: Part II
/in Dataspace News, Golden Record, Uncategorized /by Benjamin TaubWe presented Golden Record, our cloud-hosted record matching technology at this month’s A2 New Tech meeting. Here’s a link!
GOLDEN RECORD – Virtual Presentation at A2 New Tech 10/20!
/in Dataspace News, Golden Record /by Katie MagillJoin us for our presentation on GOLDEN RECORD at the October Ann Arbor New Tech Meetup!
PICTURING THE CLOUD
/in Big Data Applications, Big Data Strategy, Dataspace News, Golden Record, News /by Katie MagillMuch like an actual cloud that can look like whatever you imagine it to be, this virtual cloud is amorphous in its own right, and ever changing.
Fortunately for those who want to leverage cloud computing to improve their data sharing, storage, and analytics capabilities it is less important to understand what “The Cloud” looks like than what it does. In this issue of our newsletter, we dive into some of the silver linings of cloud computing and its applications.
Email address is a really bad key!
/in Big Data Strategy, Golden Record /by Benjamin TaubAt its heart, record matching is about uniqueness. We need to find what makes a record unique and then identify all the other records, in that data set and others, that share the properties that make it unique.
Data Lake: Why record matching is critical to success
/in Big Data Applications, Big Data Strategy, Golden Record /by Benjamin TaubToday’s data lakes are like yesterday’s operational data stores (ODSs): Everyone has one and everyone means something different when they use the term. In my experience, a data lake is a place where analysts and data scientists can store and analyze data…
What’s the Difference Between Matching & Persistent MDM?
/in Golden Record /by Benjamin TaubThe market offers matching solutions and the market offers MDM solutions. So, what’s the difference between matching and master data management?
Is it a Match or a Duplicate?
/in Golden Record /by Benjamin TaubWhen trying to match similar records across data sets you’ll run into two similar, but different, concepts: matching and deduplication…
Data Privacy Compliance: Find people to keep them private
/in Golden Record /by Benjamin TaubToday, the world is undergoing a massive event: the implementation of data privacy laws…