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Data Governance
12
min read
How to Build a Data Quality Framework Without Creating Bottlenecks
Stop drowning in unreliable data. Learn how to build a data quality framework that balances governance with accessibility.
Data Strategy
10
min read
How Data as a Product Throws Your Data Team a Lifeline
Data as a product principles can take your organization from data chaos to brimming with insights. Here´s how.
Events + Announcements
3
min read
Prophecy at Databricks Data + AI Summit 2025
Taming impossible data, agents and the impact of GenAI at our biggest data event of the year!
Prophecy for Databricks
9
min read
Quality at Scale: Unlocking Hidden Monitoring Capabilities in Your Lakehouse
Discover overlooked Databricks Lakehouse Monitoring capabilities that transform data quality.
Self-service Data Preparation
11
min read
How DataOps Ends the Self-Service vs. Governance Dilemma
Discover how DataOps bridges the gap between business and technical teams, automating governance while enabling self-service. Implement these proven practices to transform your enterprise data operations.
Data Strategy
11
min read
How Effective Data Orchestration Eliminates Silo-Driven Data Chaos
Learn how effective data orchestration transforms scattered data streams into a cohesive business advantage. Discover how modern data orchestration eliminates silos and accelerate analytics transforming raw data into value.
Data Strategy
9
min read
The Four Data Mesh Principles That Take You From Centralized to Domain-Driven
See how data mesh principles transform data engineers from bottlenecked processors to product owners.
Data Strategy
12
min read
How Four Analytics Types Create A Complete Business Intelligence Framework
Discover how descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics create a complete intelligence framework. Learn implementation strategies that turn overwhelming data into a strategic advantage.
Data Strategy
13
min read
Why Data Products Fail and How to Deliver Business Value Beyond Dashboards
Discover how effective data products make complex information accessible to business users while maintaining governance and quality, bridging the gap between raw data and actionable insights.
Data Strategy
13
min read
The Self-Service BI Paradox: Why Better Tools Don't Always Mean Better Insights
Discover why self-service BI initiatives often fail and how to overcome data transformation bottlenecks. Learn 5 essential strategies for empowering business users while maintaining enterprise governance. Upgrade your data democratization approach today.
Data Strategy
11
min read
Data Cataloging: A Strategic Growth Enabler for Scaling Business
Discover how data catalogs evolve beyond simple organization to become strategic business drivers—providing advanced search, AI-powered insights, and seamless integration that turns data chaos into a competitive advantage.
Data Governance
12
min read
Building a Self-Service Data Governance Framework in Databricks With Prophecy
Stop choosing between control and access. Learn how to build a robust Databricks governance framework that enables true self-service analytics without compromising security, powered by Prophecy.
Data Governance
13
min read
A Guide to Effective Data Quality Checks and Testing for Rapidly Scaling Businesses
Discover essential data quality checks and testing methods that scale with your business. Learn how automated checks catch costly errors before they impact critical decisions.
13
min read
From Stale to Fresh: Why Your Data's Age Matters More Than Ever
Master data freshness with our comprehensive guide. Learn why fresh data matters, essential metrics to track, and proven techniques to maintain data currency for better business insights.
Data Governance
13
min read
8 Essential Data Quality Metrics for Governed Self-Service Data Preparation
Learn how modern data quality metrics balance self-service freedom with governance, prevent the annual losses from poor data quality, and build analytics users can actually trust.
Data Strategy
13
min read
The Complete Guide to Data Quality Monitoring for Strategic Business Growth
Discover how effective data quality monitoring drives business growth through better decision-making, increased efficiency, and reduced risks. Learn practical techniques and implementation frameworks to prevent the annual losses from poor data quality.
Data Strategy
10
min read
A Guide to Data Auditing to Transform Your Business Data into Strategic Assets
Discover how systematic data auditing can reduce the annual cost of poor data quality, streamline pipeline creation, and turn your data into trusted insights that drive confident decisions and competitive advantage.
Prophecy for Databricks
9
min read
A Guide to Query Optimization Techniques for Databricks SQL
Unlock top Databricks SQL features with these 7 advanced query optimization techniques. Speed up your data pipelines and improve performance now!
ETL modernization
13
min read
A Guide to Data Transformation Concepts and Implementation
Uncover modern data transformation techniques and explore Prophecy's tools for seamless implementation. Elevate business insights through effective data management.
Data Governance
9
min read
How Modern Self-Service Analytics Tools Are Empowering Non-Technical Users
Discover how self-service analytics tools are empowering non-technical users, enabling data access and insights without coding, streamlining decision-making.
Prophecy for Databricks
10
min read
A Guide to Delta Lake’s Optimization Techniques
Discover key strategies to enhance Delta Lake performance on Databricks. Optimize schemas, partitioning, Z-ordering, file sizes, data lifecycle, and more.
Data Strategy
7
min read
How Visual Data Pipelines Accelerate Collaboration Between Business and Technical Teams
Discover how visual data pipelines bridge the gap between business and tech teams, ensuring streamlined communication, error reduction, and faster insights.
Prophecy for Databricks
10
min read
A Guide to the Lakehouse Architecture for Modern Data Transformation
Discover how lakehouse architecture unifies data warehouses and lakes, boosting flexibility, performance, and governance in your data strategy.
Prophecy for Databricks
12
min read
Accelerating Data Transformation With Spark SQL
Discover how Spark SQL transforms data operations, empowering organizations with scalable processing and SQL familiarity. Unleash big data insights efficiently.
Data Strategy
10
min read
Breaking Down Silos: 8 Ways to Build Data Literacy Between Technical and Business Teams
Discover 8 effective ways to build data literacy across business and technical teams, breaking down barriers and enhancing collaboration for data-driven success.
Data Engineering
9
min read
Batch or Stream Processing? Choosing the Right Path for Your Business Needs
Discover the key differences in batch vs stream processing to optimize your data strategy, reduce costs, and improve efficiency. Choose the right approach today.
Data Governance
7
min read
Shadow IT in Data Preparation: From Risk Management to Business Empowerment
Explore how shadow IT in data engineering impacts business, from risks to empowerment. Discover causes, solutions, and the future landscape of shadow IT.
Prophecy for Databricks
5
min read
Unlocking Databricks for Data Analysts: Simplify Data Preparation with Prophecy
Prophecy and Databricks are redefining how teams build and manage data pipelines on Databricks SQL.
Data Strategy
9
min read
A Guide to Dataframes for Modern Data Transformation
Discover what dataframes are, their unique features, and their role in modern data transformation. Perfect for building ML models and gaining business insights.
Data Strategy
9
min read
A Comprehensive Guide to Types of Databases
Explore the diverse types of databases. Find examples, features, characteristics, and use cases.
Prophecy for Databricks
7
min read
A Guide to Data Transformation With Databricks
Explore the comprehensive guide to Databricks for transforming your data strategy with cloud-native efficiency and seamless analytics workflows.
ETL modernization
8
min read
Mastering ETL in Databricks: Strategies to Streamline Data Integration
Discover how to master ETL with Databricks—optimize pipelines, leverage Delta Lake, automate tasks, and enhance query performance for optimal outcomes.
Data Strategy
12
min read
Efficient Data Migration: Transitioning to a Self-Service, Cloud-Native Landscape
Discover efficient strategies for data migration and data mesh in a self-service, cloud-native environment, ensuring seamless transitions and robust data governance.
Data Strategy
12
min read
A Guide to Choose Between Star and Snowflake Schemas
Explore the differences between star and snowflake schemas to optimize data warehouses. Learn how to enhance query performance and data efficiency.
Prophecy for Databricks
12
min read
From Bronze to Gold: Navigating Medallion Architecture for Enterprise Success
Learn how Medallion Architecture can transform your enterprise data strategy by navigating its layered approach to data quality, governance, and analytics.
Prophecy for Databricks
7
min read
6 Challenges in Databricks CI/CD Implementations And Their Solutions
Explore optimal solutions to overcome challenges in implementing CI/CD for Databricks. Ensure streamlined data pipelines with best practices and tools.
Data Governance
8
min read
How to Implement and Balance Self-Service Analytics With Robust Compliance Measures
Learn to implement self-service analytics while ensuring compliance with GDPR and CCPA, using strategies like governance frameworks & data lineage tracking.
Data Strategy
10
min read
A Deep Dive into Unstructured Data Examples and Types
Delve into the diverse types of unstructured data shaping today's enterprises, discover their challenges, and unlock valuable insights for competitive edges.
Events + Announcements
5
min read
5 Takeaways from the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit
Prophecy and data leaders embrace the GenAI moment at Gartner 2025
ETL modernization
8
min read
Data Extraction Explained: Building the Foundation for Data-Driven Decisions
Discover what data extraction is and learn why it's essential for accessing, analyzing data from multiple sources to drive business insights, analytics.
Data Strategy
13
min read
A Guide to Strategic Data Integration that Transforms Business Operations
Master modern data integration techniques that break down silos and drive business value. Learn practical approaches to combine disparate data sources for actionable insights.
Data Strategy
8
min read
Understanding Data Lakes, Data Warehouses, and Data Lakehouses: Making the Right Choice for Data Management
Explore the differences between data lakes, data warehouses, and data lakehouses to make informed decisions for your organization's data management and analytics strategies.
Events + Announcements
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Self-Service Data Preparation Without the Risk
Prophecy Introduces Fully Governed Data Preparation for Databricks SQL
Data Strategy
10
min read
A Guide to Understanding Structured and Unstructured Data for Data Strategies
Learn how to leverage both structured and unstructured data for competitive advantage. Discover practical integration approaches and technology solutions to effectively manage diverse data types and drive informed decisions.
Self Service Data Transformation
8
min read
Reducing IT Dependency Through Self-Service Analytics in Data Retrieval
Discover how leading organizations reduce IT data request burdens with governed self-service analytics. Implement these 6 proven strategies to empower business users without sacrificing security or compliance.
Data Governance
8
min read
A Guide to Data Governance in Modern Data Pipelines
Explore modern data governance models and pipeline essentials for optimal data security, privacy, and compliance, enhancing decision-making and data quality.
Data Engineering
8
min read
How to Build Scalable and Secure Modern Data Pipelines
Explore modern data pipeline architecture with best practices on scalability, security & performance optimization. Unlock the secrets for seamless data flow.
Data Strategy
2
min read
The Five Dysfunctions of a Data Team
Data teams and analysts are inadvertently siloed into different parts of their organizations. These are the 5 data dysfunctions that breed this situation.
Data Strategy
15
min read
How to Break Down Data Silos in Your Organization
Discover efficient ways to identify and dismantle data silos in your organization, improving collaboration and boosting innovation. Learn strategies like centralizing data, promoting cultural change, and leveraging AI tools.
Data Strategy
14
min read
The Complete Data Ingestion Guide for Modern Data Strategy
Learn how data ingestion transforms scattered information into powerful insights. This comprehensive guide covers ingestion types, tools, and best practices to overcome common challenges in your data strategy.
Data Engineering
9
min read
Data Pipelines: Optimize and Modernize Your Data Strategy
Explore best practices and modern examples in data pipeline strategy. Learn to boost business success with scalable and reliable data solutions.
ETL modernization
12
min read
Escape the Legacy ETL Trap and Embrace Modern Pipelines That Deliver
Legacy ETL pipelines can't handle today's AI demands. This guide explains modern approaches, compares ETL vs. ELT architectures, and provides a practical roadmap for modernizing your data transformation strategy.
ETL modernization
5
min read
How to Choose the Best ETL Tool: A Comprehensive Buyer's Guide
Explore top ETL tool considerations for seamless data integration, ensuring scalability, security, and cost-effectiveness.
Data Engineering
5
min read
Survey says… GenAI is reshaping data teams
Our new survey shows that data leaders are embracing GenAI and bracing for new challenges
Events + Announcements
4
min read
3 Ways to Connect with Prophecy at the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit!
Join the Prophecy team in Orlando to see how genAI is reshaping data teams