We founded Black Oak about a decade ago to address the challenge of large, complex data sets and the ability to link all of those records together. In the mid-80’s, I ran a mortgage banking operation and one of the things that we did was buy loans from multiple suppliers….
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Black Oak Analytics to Participate in Arkansas Federal Credit Union’s Charity Golf Tournament
Black Oak Analytics is proud to sponsor the 2017 Annual Golf Tournament, benefitting Arkansas Children’s Hospital Little Rock, ARK. — Giving back to the local community is an important part of the Black Oak Analytics culture, and this year the data solutions firm has chosen to participate in the 12th Annual…
Black Oak Analytics to Sponsor the 22nd Annual MIT International Conference on Information Quality
Black Oak Analytics is proud to sponsor the 2017 MIT ICIQ this October, hosted by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Little Rock, ARK. — Black Oak Analytics, a data analytics firm based in Little Rock, has taken the opportunity to support the prestigious annual Massachusetts Institute of Technology International…
Black Oak Analytics Data Scientist Daniel Pullen earns Ph.D. in Integrated Computing
Daniel Pullen graduates with prestigious Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Little Rock, ARK. — Black Oak Analytics, a growing data and analytics company, is proud to announce that data scientist Daniel Pullen has earned his Ph.D. in Integrated Computing from UALR this May. The company, founded in…
What’s in a Name?
The above video presents popular baby names for US states from 1910 to 2014, starting with girl names. In 1910, the records show that Mary was the top female name and this continues to 2014, where Emma reigns supreme. Unsurprisingly John is the #1 name in 1910, but by…
Why the Most Successful Healthcare Organizations Take Identity Matching Seriously
Did you know that as much as 30 percent of the data in healthcare information systems is incorrect? Identity matching in healthcare is tricky because names change, people move, and there may be duplicate records for one person. According to a study from Just Associates in Centennial, Colorado, these types…
Implementing a Data Governance Program Starts with This Crucial Step
Newsflash: the amount of machine-generated data will balloon to more than 15 times current levels by 2020. You are swimming in deep pools of data, but your data governance program may not be keeping pace. The critical step in implementing a data governance program is choosing the right tool, and…
When Premium Patient Care Comes Down to Data Quality
Providing premium patient care is as much about providing sound medical information, diagnosis and treatment as it is about data quality. When data quality management is lacking, there are issues that may call data integrity into question. In this respect, data quality management is a best practice that any modern…
Take Our Word for It: Deduplicating Data Points Becomes More Important as You Grow
You have reams of data few people have looked at, no time allocated to clean it and not enough space to store it. Does this sound familiar? If you own or work in a small, growing company, these may be challenges you face every day, and they are only going…
Entity Resolution or Identity Resolution? Here Is How We Distinguish the Two.
By Dr. John R. Talburt Does your organization use data for analytics? Are you trying to? Does your company use internal and/or external data for marketing campaigns, cross sell opportunities or customer analysis of any kind? If your business, institution, or organization is involved in the process of data management…