Technology Magazine February 2021 | Page 65

formation when they promote an analytics culture . This means bringing everyone in the company along on the journey by democratising data .”
Organisations stand to gain everything from making that leap , and indeed proper data management may be a prerequisite for success in increasingly digital economies . “ The future is amplifying human intelligence through self-service data analytics platforms ,” says Gibson . “ Removing the need for a data science degree , these platforms mean anyone can be elevated to data analyst . Empowering data workers to quickly build repeatable AI -informed predictive models without the need for coding or performing complex statistics .”
The fact that demand for data scientists is increasing shows that there remain plenty of challenges in data management that require human ingenuity to fix , however . While machines might be getting smarter , they are only ever as good as the data they are trained on , all of which requires proper labelling . “ The effort required at present to manipulate data into a meaningful and query-able format is
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