Data & Analytics Reading the $15.9 Billion Fraud Headline: What the FTC’s 2025 Data Really Tells You Ron Welsh15 mins0 Americans reported a record $15.9 billion in fraud losses in 2025. Here is how to read the…continue reading..October 23, 2026
Data & Analytics America’s Privacy Law Patchwork: What Data Teams Must Know in 2026 Ron Welsh15 mins0 New state privacy laws took effect January 1, 2026. Here is how the US patchwork affects analytics…continue reading..October 19, 2026
Data & Analytics Seven Data Quality Checks Before You Trust a Financial Dataset Ron Welsh6 mins0 Bad data quietly ruins good models. Seven practical checks to run on any financial dataset before you…continue reading..October 17, 2026October 17, 2026
Data & Analytics What to Watch at Gartner Symposium 2026: Data and Analytics Trends for 2027 Ron Welsh7 mins0 Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo opens October 19 in Orlando. Here is what the agenda signals about data and…continue reading..October 17, 2026
Data & Analytics The AI Data Governance Gap: 78% of Organizations Can’t Validate Their Own Training Data Ron Welsh12 mins0 78% of organizations can't validate their own AI training data, and 77% can't trace where it came…continue reading..September 28, 2026September 21, 2026
Data & Analytics Customer Data Platforms Are Being Rebuilt for AI Agents, Not Humans Ron Welsh11 mins0 Customer data platforms are shifting toward "agentification" — becoming infrastructure for autonomous AI agents rather than passive…continue reading..September 28, 2026September 23, 2026
Data & Analytics The Big Data Market Hits $151.89 Billion as Agentic AI Redefines Business Intelligence Ron Welsh12 mins0 The big data and analytics market hit $151.89 billion in 2026, heading toward $249 billion by 2030,…continue reading..September 26, 2026September 17, 2026
Data & Analytics Data Agents Are the New Dashboards: Inside 2026’s Shift to Autonomous Analytics Ron Welsh13 mins0 Static dashboards are losing ground to autonomous "data agents" that investigate anomalies and act before a human…continue reading..September 24, 2026September 10, 2026
Data & Analytics Alternative Data Goes Mainstream: How Satellite Imagery Became Wall Street’s New Edge Ron Welsh12 mins0 Alternative data has gone mainstream, with 78% of hedge funds now using it and access costs collapsing…continue reading..September 20, 2026September 9, 2026
Data & Analytics AI Now Drives Most Stock Trading Volume — But How Reliable Is That 89% Figure? Ron Welsh11 mins0 AI now drives up to 89% of stock trading volume — but that widely-cited figure traces back…continue reading..September 20, 2026September 9, 2026