One of the key cornerstones of the emerging field of ethical, explainable AI is recognizing and avoiding bias. As AI takes on a greater role in organizations with sometimes opaque calculations, there is an increased urgency in many businesses to get ahead of these challenges, and companies, such as IBM, Salesforce and Microsoft, have already added roles specifically with the aim of ensuring that ethics are a key consideration of AI.

In today’s tech-forward companies, CFOs are tasked with managing and overseeing an increasingly expansive domain of systems and technologies to thrive. The rise of regulatory considerations, novel market drivers and a globally connected business environment is creating an entirely new set of pressures on both the structure of the department and on leadership.

Coming off of our Snowday event, we’ve unveiled a number of new product capabilities that expand what is possible in the Data Cloud. From helping businesses operate globally with improved replication efficiency, empowering developers with new functionality in Snowpark, and improving the security and governance of data through native object tagging, there is no shortage of exciting advancements coming to Snowflake.

Hello, I’m Imogen Heap – musician and tech founder. Now, I know what you might be thinking. Why is a musician and composer talking to me about data? Well, for any of you that follow my work, you will know that I am a bit of a data nerd, and that’s why I loved speaking to Joe DosSantos on the latest Data Brilliant podcast. A lot of my music is powered by data. In fact, Joe and I discussed my love for how technology and data inspires me to be more creative. Want to know how?

As organizations look to improve business operations and outcomes, global industries are pushing for data-driven transformation. The 2021 Cloudera Data Impact Awards recognize those organizations that have pulled ahead of the pack with efforts to leverage the power of data to improve operations and better serve their customers. The finalists in the “Industry Transformation” category are MTN, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), Sberbank, and Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI).

The Cloudera Enterprise Data Maturity Report is a global survey of 3,150 business and IT decision makers assessing organizations’ maturity when it comes to their current capabilities and handling of data and analytics.