Data Errors Cost Billions of Dollars and Put Lives at Risk

Some vendors offer a completely integrated framework that encompasses enterprise data integration, but the objective really is to find the industry’s most comprehensive suite of business analytics software and solutions delivered to you in a single environment. This allows you combine and analyze huge quantities of data to make discoveries, solve complex problems and deploy accurate results and information throughout the enterprise.

Read IT at Work 3.1 “Data Errors Cost Billions of Dollars and Put Lives at Risk.” Answer the further exploration questions. Then visit the SAS Web site and search for their data synchronization or data integration solution. Once you have done that, discuss the key benefits of the SAS solution.

Once you have posted your response into the Message field on the forum, your next step is to peruse the postings of your fellow classmates. See the SBT Discussion Rubric for how you will be evaluated for this activity.

Use the subject line as an advanced organizer to allow your classmates and the instructor to have some idea of what you’re posting is about, for example a subject line “response to discussion question” is not appropriate. Your responses to fellow students should contain substance, should be more than just opinion, and must go beyond a simple agreement or disagreement.

Initial posts should be at least 150 words in length. Reply posts should be at least 50 words in length.

Compose your work using a word processor and save it, as a Plain Text or an .rtf, to your computer. When you’re ready to make your initial posting, please click on the “Create Thread” button and copy/paste the text from your document into the message field. Be sure to check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors before you post it.