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The 3 Dimensions of AI Data Preparedness

This past year has been exciting, representing the dawning of a new age for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)—with large...

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How Do Small Hedge Funds Solve the Big Problem of External-Data Integration?

How do you get white-glove customer service from a major data supplier?

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6 Things You Need to Know about ESG Data Management

There’s an old saying: “What gets measured gets managed.” This sentiment represents the foundation of ESG best practices. The best practices are...

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Build or Buy? What to Do about External-Data Integration

With any technology, companies perpetually face a decision: build or buy?

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Crux Makes Dealing With Schema Changes Easy

Getting external data ready for analytics and data science is complicated. You can spend hours sifting through reference specs trying to find the...

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Crux and Morningstar

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Delivering Research-Ready Morningstar Datasets to the Cloud

Solving the complexities of external-data integration to bring more of Morningstar’s most critical datasets to the cloud

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Google Next ‘23 Conference Recap

It’s always a fun time for us Cruxers when we get to go to a conference and show off what our products can do. Google Next ’23, which just wrapped up...

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Leveraging Agility in External Data: A Strategic Advantage

In today's data-driven business environment, external data sources represent insights crucial in making informed decisions, identifying new...

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Outsourcing External Data Operations: Three Common Misconceptions

Managed services can be a data engineer’s best friend. Here’s what they don’t know–but should–about utilizing these services.

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Forrester Research Reveals Data Teams Spend 70% of Their Time on Prep & Plumbing of External Data

Just 30% of the time is spent on data analysis as the outcry for a solution grows louder.

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A Build vs. Buy Decision for External Data Solutions is a Balancing Act

Time, money, resources, and scalability can influence when, not if, your business needs to buy an external data solution.

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Bad Data’s Lasting Impact on your Analytics Runs Deeper than you Think

Data monitoring can’t be neglected–the net effect of erroneous data can be catastrophic for your business.

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The Future of External Data is Backlogs if We Don't Shift our Reality

Maintaining the status quo for data consumption supports stagnancy, not scale.

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Remaining Objective & Methodical is the Key to a Successful ESG Integration

In a landscape full of variety and change, staying organized and on-target is the best way to benefit from ESG data integration.

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Transitioning to a Centralized Data Solution is Undeniably Beneficial

Untangling the complex web of technology and data is hard, but not impossible.

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Crux Leadership Attended Google Next ‘22 and Shares Their Predictions

2025 is two years away–what can we accomplish by then?

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What is External Data University?

Here's what you need to know about External Data University.

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Data Engineers are Not Vendor Managers

It’s time to shake up the status quo of external data vendor management.

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External Data Integration is a Marathon, Not a Sprint

Identifying the path forward is the first step towards external data integration, simplified.

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The Evolution of ESG Data Part 2: Increased Velocity.

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ESG Driven Growth: Limitless ESG Data Sources & Use Cases

The exponential growth of ESG data, providers, and uses is limitless–learn how you can apply it to your industry and organization. This is part II...

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The Four Vs of Big Data Need a Facelift

External data can no longer be left out when we talk about big data as a whole.

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Crux is Now Available on Google Cloud Marketplace

The Crux platform solves the three biggest challenges of integrating external data for Google Cloud customers: rapid onboarding, personalized...

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The External Data Maturity Model.

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Introducing the External Data Maturity Model

External forces are all around us… Anyone who has attended business school or even joined a singular session on business basics has likely come...

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