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Improving Match Performance
When using Aim-Smart to match data, there are several steps you can do to improve performance. First, when matching two sources, always make the second source (called the target) the larger of the two...
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How Deduplicate is Superior to Excel’s Remove Duplicates
Excel includes a standard duplicate removal tool called “Remove Duplicates”. I have used this tool before matching records using Smart Match (to avoid duplicate matching). While Remove Duplicates is...
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Smart Parse and Smart Standardize Performance
Because Aim-Smart runs within Microsoft Excel, many people ask me how well Aim-Smart performs. I’ve written a blog about Smart Match performance, but today I’m sharing performance statistics on Smart...
View ArticleWhy is data cleansing important to companies?
The U.S. economy wastes an estimated $3 Trillion per year due to incorrect, inconsistent, fraudulent and redundant data. Businesses incur a very large portion of this cost. The Data Warehousing...
View ArticleSouth African Support
We recently added South African support to Aim-Smart. Now users can parse ZA addresses, phone numbers, match names using fuzzy logic, and perform other data quality functions within Excel. One of the...
View ArticleOptimal Hardware for Aim-Smart’s Data Quality Excel Add-in
Customers often ask me what our minimum and recommended hardware specifications are. Well, I’ll give a short answer, followed by some additional explanation. Minimum Requirement Recommended CPU...
View ArticleExcel Address Verification is Here!
I’m happy to announce that Excel Address Verification is now available in the US! You can use it to easily ensure address deliverability, improve data quality, improve matching, and also certify your...
View ArticleReduced Pricing for the month of December!
Aim-Smart is now offering a new purchasing option and reduced pricing. Aim-Smart is introducing the “Total Company License”. This is a great option for companies who have multiple users in multiple...
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Helping small and medium sized businesses compete with large business analytics.
With the New Year upon us it is a great time to assess where business can become more efficient. The ability business has to process analytics is expanding faster and faster. Thanks to modern computers...
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Finding cost-effective solutions to data gathering and maintenance for small...
The U.S. loves small businesses. I would argue that every individual American has at least one small business that they love. These businesses vary in types and varieties. Some individuals will tell...
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Does your company have “Big Data”?
During the past few years business professionals have heard the term “Big Data” emerge. At times is has been used both positively and negatively. Some companies tout their “solutions, using Big Data”...
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Excel 2016 Implementation
Our team at Aim-Smart is excited to announce that after diligently working over the past months, Aim-Smart is fully compatible with Microsoft Excel 2016. With the updated version users are able to take...
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Self Service Analytics
Recently articles about data analytics have pointed to the need for products that are designed for the Self-Service user. Historically data analytics have been done by data professionals or IT...
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All data is not created equal.
Last week Toyota announced that they would end production on the Scion brand of cars. Thirteen years ago Toyota launched Scion because their data showed that small cars were a good bet. Times were...
View ArticleWhy does data quality matter?
Years ago I worked in the Financial Service industry. I worked for three different Credit Unions and came across data issues constantly. Sometimes it was as simple as a check that was unable to be...
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