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Data quality essentials

How can organizations truly trust the data driving their decisions? This week on Techsplainers, we unpack the fundamentals of data quality—from reliability and observability to dark data and the dimensions that define trustworthy information—to reveal how smarter data practices power stronger business outcomes.

Data quality:

  • Episode 081: What is data quality?
  • Episode 082: What are data quality dimensions?
  • Episode 082: What is data reliability?
  • Episode 084: What is data observability?
  • Episode 085: What is dark data?

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What is data quality?

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Watch previous episodes

AI coding:

  • Episode 080: What code LLMs mean for the future of software development
  • Episode 079: What is COBOL modernization?
  • Episode 078: What is legacy code?
  • Episode 077: AI code documentation: Benefits and top tips
  • Episode 076: What is code refactoring?

Integration:

  • Episode 075: iPaaS examples and use cases
  • Episode 074: What is iPaaS (integration platform as a service)?
  • Episode 073: What is enterprise application integration?
  • Episode 072: What is EDI integration?
  • Episode 071: What is electronic data interchange (EDI)?

 
What code LLMs mean for the future of software development

Voice: Erika Russi | Authors: Rina Diane Caballar , Cole Stryker
What is COBOL modernization?

Voice: Erika Russi | Authors: Rina Diane Caballar , Cole Stryker
What is legacy code?

Voice: Erika Russi | Authors: Rina Diane Caballar , Cole Stryker
AI code documentation: Benefits and top tips

Voice: Erika Russi | Authors: Rina Diane Caballar , Cole Stryker
What is code refactoring?

Voice: Erika Russi

iPaaS examples and use cases

Voice: Dan Segal | Authors: Nick Gallagher, Michael Goodwin
What is iPaaS (integration platform as a service)?

Voice: Dan Segal | Authors: Chrystal R. China, Nick Gallagher, Michael Goodwin
What is enterprise application integration?

Voice: Dan Segal | Authors: Nick Gallagher, Michael Goodwin
What is EDI integration?

Voice: Dan Segal | Authors: Jim Holdsworth, Michael Goodwin
What is electronic data interchange (EDI)?

Voice: Dan Segal | Authors: Dan Nosowitz, Michael Goodwin

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Agentic AI

Techsplainers thumbnail - what is agentic AI?
Voice: Alice Gomstyn | Authors: Cole Stryker
Techsplainers thumbnail - what are AI agents?
Voice: Alice Gomstyn | Authors: Anna Gutowska
Techsplainers thumbnail - AI agents vs. AI assistants
Voice: Alice Gomstyn | Authors: Charlotte Hu, Amanda Downie, Matthew Finio,
Techsplainers thumbnail - types of AI agents
Voice: Alice Gomstyn | Authors: Cole Stryker
Techsplainers thumbnail - what is agentic architecture?
Voice: Alice Gomstyn
IBM Think Podcast thumbnail for Ep 7.031 - What is a multi-agent system?
Voice: Alice Gomstyn | Authors: Anna Gutowska
IBM Think Podcast thumbnail for Episode 7.032 - "What is multi-agent collaboration?"
Voice: Alice Gomstyn | Authors: Shalini Harkar

AI agent components

What are the components of AI agents?
Voice: Selma Pacheco | Authors: Cole Stryker
What is AI agent perception and AI agent planning?
Voice: Selma Pacheco | Authors: Cole Stryker
What is AI agent memory and agentic reasoning?
Voice: Selma Pacheco | Authors: Cole Stryker, Rina Diane Caballar
What is tool calling?
Voice: Selma Pacheco | Authors: Cole Stryker
What is AI agent communication and AI agent learning?
Voice: Selma Pacheco | Authors: Cole Stryker, Ivan Belcic
What is a simple reflex agent?
Voice: Matt Finio | Authors: Cole Stryker
What is a model-based reflex agent?
Voice: Matt Finio | Authors: Cole Stryker, Ivan Belcic
What is a goal-based agent?
Voice: Matt Finio | Authors: David Zax
What is a utility-based agent?
Voice: Matt Finio | Authors: Cole Stryker, Ivan Belcic
What are hierarchical AI agents?
Voice: Matt Finio | Authors: Ivan Belcic, Cole Stryker

Integration

What is electronic data interchange (EDI)?
Voice: Dan Segal | Authors: Dan Nosowitz, Michael Goodwin
What is EDI integration?
Voice: Dan Segal | Authors: Jim Holdsworth, Michael Goodwin
What is enterprise application integration?
Voice: Dan Segal | Authors: Nick Gallagher, Michael Goodwin
What is iPaaS (integration platform as a service)?
Voice: Dan Segal | Authors: Chrystal R. China, Nick Gallagher, Michael Goodwin
iPaaS examples and use cases
Voice: Dan Segal | Authors: Nick Gallagher, Michael Goodwin

Hybrid cloud

What is hybrid cloud?
Voice: Daniela Baez | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara, Ian Smalley
What is cloud infrastructure?
Voice: Daniela Baez | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara, Ian Smalley
What is virtualization?
Voice: Daniela Baez | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara, Ian Smalley
What is multicloud?
Voice: Daniela Baez
What is cloud storage?
Voice: Daniela Baez | Authors: Stephanie Susnjara, Ian Smalley

AI coding

What code LLMs mean for the future of software development
Voice: Erika Russi | Authors: Rina Diane Caballar , Cole Stryker
What is COBOL modernization?
Voice: Erika Russi | Authors: Rina Diane Caballar , Cole Stryker
What is legacy code?
Voice: Erika Russi | Authors: Rina Diane Caballar , Cole Stryker
AI code documentation: Benefits and top tips
Voice: Erika Russi | Authors: Rina Diane Caballar , Cole Stryker
What is code refactoring?
Voice: Erika Russi

Cybersecurity

Techsplainers thumbnail - what is a data breach?
Voice: Bryan Clark | Authors: Matthew Kosinski
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is social engineering?
Voice: Bryan Clark
Techsplainers thumbnail - what is phishing?
Voice: Bryan Clark | Authors: Matthew Kosinski
Techsplainers thumbnail - Part 1: What is ransomware?
Voice: Bryan Clark | Authors: Matthew Kosinski
Techsplainers thumbnail - Part 2: What is ransomware?
Voice: Bryan Clark | Authors: Matthew Kosinski
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is authentication?
Voice: Bryan Clark | Authors: Matthew Kosinski
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is access management?
Voice: Bryan Clark | Authors: Matthew Kosinski, Jim Holdsworth

Data for AI

Techsplainers thumbnail - what is a data architecture?
Voice: Matt Finio | Authors: Tom Krantz, Alexandra Jonker
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is a data lake?
Voice: Matt Finio | Authors: Matthew Kosinski
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is a data lakehouse?
Voice: Matt Finio | Authors: Alexandra Jonker, Alice Gomstyn
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is data fabric?
Voice: Matt Finio | Authors: Alexandra Jonker, Tom Krantz
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is data quality management?
Voice: Matt Finio
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is data integrity?
Voice: Matt Finio | Authors: Tim Mucci, Cole Stryker
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is data accuracy?
Voice: Matt Finio

DevOps

Techsplainers thumbnail - Part 1: What is DevOps?
Voice: Dan Segal | Authors: Gregg Lindemulder, Matthew Kosinski
Techsplainers thumbnail - Part 2: What is DevOps?
Voice: Dan Segal | Authors: Gregg Lindemulder, Matthew Kosinski
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is continuous integration?
Voice: Dan Segal | Authors: Chrystal R. China, Michael Goodwin
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is continuous delivery?
Voice: Dan Segal
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is continuous testing?
Voice: Dan Segal

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Generative AI

Techsplainers thumbnail - What is generative AI?
Voice: Amanda Downie | Authors: Cole Stryker, Mark Scapicchio
Techsplainers thumbnail - What are large language models (LLMs)?
Voice: Amanda Downie | Authors: Cole Stryker
Techsplainers thumbnail - What are vision language models (VLMs)?
Voice: Amanda Downie
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is retrieval augmented generation (RAG)?
Voice: Amanda Downie | Authors: Ivan Belcic
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is vibe coding?
Voice: Amanda Downie

Machine Learning

Techsplainers thumbnail - What is machine learning?
Voice: Anna Gutowska | Authors: Dave Bergmann
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is supervised learning?
Voice: Anna Gutowska | Authors: Ivan Belcic, Cole Stryker
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is unsupervised learning?
Voice: Anna Gutowska
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is semi-supervised learning?
Voice: Anna Gutowska | Authors: Dave Bergmann
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is reinforcement learning?
Voice: Anna Gutowska | Authors: Jacob Murel, Eda Kavlakoglu

AI MLOps

Techsplainers thumbnail - Part 1: What is MLOps?
Voice: Ian Smalley | Authors: Tim Mucci, Cole Stryker
Techsplainers thumbnail - Part 2: What is MLOps?
Voice: Ian Smalley | Authors: Tim Mucci, Cole Stryker
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is a machine learning pipeline?
Voice: Ian Smalley | Authors: Ivan Belcic, Cole Stryker
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is AI lifecycle management?
Voice: Ian Smalley | Authors: Kazuaki Ishizaki
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is model deployment?
Voice: Ian Smalley | Authors: Rina Diane Caballar, Cole Stryker
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is data labeling?
Voice: Ian Smalley
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is AutoML?
Voice: Ian Smalley | Authors: Ivan Belcic, Cole Stryker

Observability

Techsplainers thumbnail - what is observability?
Voice: PJ Hagerty
Techsplainers thumbnail - Three pillars of observability
Voice: PJ Hagerty | Authors: Chrystal R. China
Techsplainers thumbnail - observability vs monitoring
Voice: PJ Hagerty | Authors: Chrystal R. China
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is network observability?
Voice: PJ Hagerty | Authors: Chrystal R. China, Sanchita Chakraborti
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is network observability?
Voice: PJ Hagerty | Authors: Chrystal R. China, Sanchita Chakraborti
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is SRE observability?
Voice: PJ Hagerty | Authors: Chrystal R. China
Techsplainers thumbnail - What is full-stack observability?
Voice: PJ Hagerty | Authors: Jim Holdsworth, Annie Badman

Quantum Computing

Techsplainers thumbnail - Part 1: What is quantum computing?
Voice: Ian Smalley | Authors: Josh Schneider, Ian Smalley
Techsplainers thumbnail - Part 2: What is quantum computing?
Voice: Ian Smalley | Authors: Josh Schneider, Ian Smalley
Techsplainers thumbnail - Part 3: What is quantum computing?
Voice: Ian Smalley | Authors: Josh Schneider, Ian Smalley
Techsplainers thumbnail - Part 1: What is a qubit?
Voice: Ian Smalley | Authors: Josh Schneider, Ian Smalley
Techsplainers thumbnail - Part 2: What is a qubit?
Voice: Ian Smalley | Authors: Josh Schneider, Ian Smalley

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