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The elephant in the cloud marketplace

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What Cloud Marketplaces Do and Don’t Do

Not long ago, we observed here in our blog that the critical insights that drive business value come from data that is both (1) fast and (2) reliable.

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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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Crux and Databricks Expand Partnership to Supercharge Data Integration and Analytics Capabilities

We are very excited to announce the expansion of our partnership with Databricks, the leading Data and AI company, to bring you even more powerful...

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Crux Unveils Game-Changing Crux External Data Platform

Picture this: thousands of external datasets flowing seamlessly from vendors to internal data systems at lightning speed. Say goodbye to the days of...

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Crux Adds New Faces to Leadership

Crux, a cloud-based data integration and operations solution, has recently announced the addition of two new members to its leadership team: Jonathan...

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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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ESG Data provider Catalog

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ESG DataSet Starter Packs: Getting Started with Social & Governance Data

Combining social and governance data provides a holistic quantitative and qualitative view of your investments.

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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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ESG Starter Packs: A Guide to Getting Started with Environmental Data

Controversies are a common filter for ESG data investments and a good place to start with external data investments.

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Leave it to the Experts: An Agile Approach to Data Integration is Faster with the Right Team

Surgery is complex enough that you would leave it to an expert–the complexities of external data are worthy of the same treatment.

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Data Accessibility and the Data Cloud Market are Big Focuses for external Data in the Coming Year

The overwhelming demand for more data to maintain a competitive advantage is driving the need for access to clean, usable data from anywhere.

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ESG Starter Packs: A Guide to Getting Started with ESG Controversies Data

Controversies are a common filter for ESG data investments and a good place to start with external data investments.

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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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