How to Merge Machine Learning and Data Prep - RTInsights

A new crop of data preparation tools, powered by machine learning, are changing the way that businesses prepare their data for optimal use. Here's what you need to know. At analytics-capable companies, just about every business department is asking for more data to help them make better decisions. But many of these same companies are also struggling with one common problem: It simply takes too long to transform raw data into meaningful sets that analysts, data scientists, and business users can actually use to their advantage In fact, according to a report from Forrester, 59 percent of these decision-makers say that data prep is the key bottleneck they must over to achieve better business intelligence through analytics. One of the primary problems is that data preparation is a time-consuming, often-manual process that relies heavily on human labor.