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Three Things We Do In IT That Don’t Match Reality

"Life imitates art far more than art imitates life... results not merely from life's imitative instinct, but from the fact that the self-conscious aim of life is to find expression, and that art offers it certain beautiful forms through which it may realize that energy" - Oscar Wilde

This notion is often concluded that events in the real world are actually inspired by some form a creativity. This is the reverse of how art is often interpreted. In other words, perhaps that song you listen to was based upon creativity and not reality.

While this notion is certainly something to think about — the focus of my article is actually a little different.

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What Is Data Integrity?

Data Integrity Explained

Data integrity is the assurance of accuracy and consistency of data over the course of the data life cycle (from when the data is recorded until it is destroyed). In simple terms, data integrity means that you have recorded the data as intended and that it wasn't unintentionally changed over the course of its life cycle. The concept is simple, but the practice is not. Data integrity is a critical component to creating or designing any software system that will store or move data.

Benefits

Data integrity is important because just about every critical business decision is based on a company's data. With good data integrity, you can analyze your company's data to answer questions like: what were your business achievements? What were your business expenses? How are your sales in different regions? Are there areas of your business where expenses are growing faster than income? What is the productivity of different divisions of your workforce? Are you meeting your benchmark goals? Can you forecast your expenses for the upcoming fiscal year? If you don't have good data, you can't answer any of these questions accurately.