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Getting ready for the GDPR

  • by Rachel Margolis
  • Posted on July 17, 2017July 18, 2017
  • Management Essentials

Next year, new data protection law will come into effect in the European Union. Here, we look at the provisions of this new law and what publishers can do to get ready for the change. […]

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Customer insight: where do I start?!

  • by Andy Dobson
  • Posted on June 20, 2017
  • Customer Insight

We’re often asked questions such as: “What data should I load into MasterVision?”; “How do I get that out of my databases?”; and “What fields should I include for the most useful analysis?”. All of […]

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Filters: the data quality Swiss Army knife

  • by Rachel Margolis
  • Posted on May 22, 2017
  • Data Integration & Cleansing

One of the issues we’ve come across in developing our new data quality tool is the sheer size of many of the data source tables. This makes a good method of filtering absolutely essential, both […]

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Our favourite “Easter eggs”

  • by Jon Monday
  • Posted on April 10, 2017
  • Technology Topics

At a time of year filled with eggs of the chocolate variety, we were reminded of a different type of “Easter egg” – a term also used to describe hidden features in software. Although it’s […]

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5 great ways to chart your data

  • by Rachel Margolis
  • Posted on March 15, 2017
  • Customer Insight

A key area of focus for enhancing our core product, MasterVision, is our new analytics functionality. Here are just a few of the great things publishers can do with this tool. 1. View a detailed breakdown of […]

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Organization IDs: a new hope

  • by Rachel Margolis
  • Posted on February 21, 2017
  • Data Integration & Cleansing

A key part of the service we offer (through MasterVision) is helping publishers identify different versions of the same customer across various databases, and then joining those together into a single, unique record. This could mean untangling the […]

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New Year, New Data

  • by Andy Dobson
  • Posted on January 23, 2017
  • Customer Insight

A big part of what publishers need to know about their customers is what content they are using or trying to access; and how much they are doing that. There are many reasons why you could […]

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Christmas support for three good causes

  • by DataSalon
  • Posted on December 13, 2016
  • Uncategorized

Welcome to our last blog post of 2016. We all wish you a very happy holiday season and all the best for 2017. As in previous years we will not be sending Christmas cards out […]

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Shortcuts to productivity

  • by Jon Monday
  • Posted on November 22, 2016November 22, 2016
  • Technology Topics

If – like us – you spend most of your working day in front of a computer, it’s likely you’ll have learnt some neat tricks and tips to help make common tasks more efficient. Keyboard […]

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Data quality for the bewildered

  • by Nick Andrews
  • Posted on October 25, 2016
  • Data Integration & Cleansing

Over the past year, we’ve been doing a lot of research & development into the challenges publishers face in relation to data quality, and working with publishers to address their real-world data issues. The word […]

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