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Datactics invests over £2m with plans to grow exports and create 18 jobs

Belfast Fintech company Datactics is investing £2.3million in its business, through Research and Development (R&D), skills development and the creation of 18 jobs.  The Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) spinout provides data quality solutions to the financial services sector and central government, using its Datactics Data Quality platform to rapidly measure, match, report and fix data assets. Once …

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Data Quality is important to an organisation for many reasons.

Data Quality is important to an organisation for many reasons

Many businesses find that the data they collect has limited reliability. A recent study by Experian highlighted  that 55% of business leaders do not trust their data, ultimately impacting the confidence that business leaders have over the data they collect.   Bad data can have significant business consequences for companies. Research by GlobalTranz found that approximately 77% of companies have the belief that their bottom line is …

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“I tell everyone the best part of this job is interacting with so many people…” – Meet Niall: our Project Manager

Niall is our Project Manager at Datactics, his primary focus is on stakeholder management and delivery; liaising between clients, technical leads and multiple interdisciplinary teams to ensure successful project delivery. He joined the company in April 2020 and in that time has undertaken the role with incredible diligence. We are excited that his team is …

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We completed a 140km cycle from Belfast-Portrush for Action Mental Health!

On Friday 15th October, Matt, Dave and Marcus decided to embark on a 140km cycle from Belfast-Portrush – with a support cast from Datactics joining for the first leg from Belfast to Loughshore Park.  This cycle was the first of our activities as part of the Granite Challenge for Action Mental Health. After we completed the first leg of our cycle, the team were …

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What are the benefits of Data Discovery? | Key takeaways from DMS USA Panel

Datactics Head of AI, Fiona Browne, recently joined a panel at Data Management Summit USA Virtual discussing the science of data discovery and the art of implementation of business value. This panel sought to unpack the greatest data discovery challenges that have surfaced as a result of increased data volumes, and financial institutions making more use of cloud environments.   …

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What can B2B learn from cousin, B2C | A reflection from Social Media Savvy

Yesterday, we were kindly invited to Social Media Savvy, a conference that happens yearly in the Titanic Hotel ran by the wonderful Ashleigh Watson of Copper Square Communications. This was the first time in a few years the event has been able to be held in-person and the majestic setting was perfect for the social …

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What are the challenges of regulatory reporting? | Reflection by Jamie Gordon

One thing I’ve always enjoyed about working at Datactics is that we’re always on the lookout for how fellow tech firms are addressing the issue of how to enable better compliance in regulated industries. Banks, for example, are always seeking easier ways of onboarding technology, so if we find those synergies ourselves it definitely creates a shortcut to faster, simpler …

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Datactics Round-up: The Datactics Academy has been launched!

It’s hard to believe that October is here. We’re back to share with you upcoming in-person events, award shortlist news, video footage, and a brand new role! Read on for more… In-person events have returned and we jumped on that plane In the past 2 weeks we had the opportunity to attend many events including Big Data Ldn. This …

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It was good to be in London to take part in NI Business and Innovation with Datactics!

It was good to be in London to take part in NI Business and Innovation with my colleagues at Datactics where we celebrated 100 years of NI entrepreneurship and business success. I grew up in Belfast. I remember attending the 1971 festival which marked Northern Ireland’s first fifty years. I was eight years old that …

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Rules Suggestion – What is it and how can it help in the pursuit of improving data quality?  

Written by Daniel Browne, Machine Learning Engineer Defining data quality rules and collection of rules for data quality projects is often a manual time-consuming process. It often involves a subject matter expert reviewing data sources and designing quality rules to ensure the data complies with integrity, accuracy and / or regulatory standards. As data sources …

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Datactics has been shortlisted for 3 awards at the Data Management Insight Awards 2021!

Datactics Round-up: We have been shortlisted for 3 awards at the Data Management Insight Awards 2021!

It’s been a jam-packed couple of weeks at Datactics. With Friday here again, we’re back to share with you upcoming in-person events, award shortlist news, video footage, and an upcoming panel appearance! Read on for more… In-person events have returned and we are jumping on that plane Join us at D&A Metro London. It is the hyper-local …

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Datactics Round-up: We are the gold sponsor of the Data Management Summit USA Virtual 2021!

It’s been a fast-paced number of weeks at Datactics. With Friday here again, we’re back to share with you upcoming events, video appearances, an exciting role within Datactics, and our new Insurance whitepaper! Read on for more… Fiona Browne will be sharing on the science of data discovery and the art of implementation for business …

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“Working in a team with such talented women has pushed me to want to progress in my career further” – Edele Copeland, Software Engineer

Edele Copeland joined Datactics just under 6 months ago to work in our Software Development team.  We have loved getting to know her and wanted to take the time to ask her about how she is settling in; what her favourite part of being in the team is; and how she sees her role developing into the future.  Hi Edele, how are you settling into the role?  Brilliantly! I was delighted to immediately feel part of the …

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Datactics Round-up: Finally getting our full team together for a Strategy filled morning session at the Europa Hotel

It’s been a busy couple of weeks at Datactics. With Friday upon us again, we’re back with news of our company strategy day, podcasts, an exciting role within Datactics, and sharing our new case studies! Read on for more… Finally getting our full team together for a Strategy filled morning session at the Europa Hotel …

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“For me, the outcome of what I do is the most important thing…” Meet Julian: our Head of Business Development UK

Julian Wavell kickstarted his role as Head of Business Development UK at Datactics a few weeks ago. We thought it would be a good idea to sit down with him and chat about his role and what he is hoping to achieve within it. Hi Julian! It’s great to have you join us, could you …

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