In my second interview with Butterfly Data, I was asked about SAS. I thought it was one of those clever questions interviewers ask to throw off a candidate…

Automation in IT systems is, of course, nothing new. In recent years, however, more and more online services have been adding automation components…

As an Army Veteran who is new to the IT industry, it is very important for me to know what kind of learning platform to use to upskill my tech skills. LinkedIn Learning was recommended to me…

Earlier in the year, as part of the bid process for a project, some of my colleagues and I were introduced to the concept of the Design Sprint methodology…

Happy holidays from everyone here at Butterfly Data!

The ability to dynamically create code allows you to make incredibly flexible systems for processing data. For example, on a project Butterfly Data has worked on, we built a data quality system which checked the quality of 190+ data types, each of which had different formats.

The credit union consolidation rate has held steady at about 3.5% a year for the past 40 years. The most common merger scenario has larger entities acquiring small and midsize credit unions. Analysts are speculating that pressures on the biggest credit unions will force many to consider merger strategies in the months to come.

In the first eight months of 2021, publicly announced mergers and acquisitions (M&A) were valued at more than $3.6 trillion globally and $1.8 trillion in the US according to Dealogic. Both numbers are the highest since 1995, when the data provider began its tracking.

Now, the question I want you to consider as you read this article is why do we do that if science and research basically says that 'sitting is the new smoking' and has been linked to obesity, heart disease, and cancer? 

Fuzzy Matching, also known as Approximate String Matching, is a technique to identify whether two strings are similar but not the same. Some everyday uses of fuzzy matching include: spell check, auto-correct, spam filtering, record linkage, and address matching.