erwin

APRIL 16, 2021

Data governance is best defined as the strategic, ongoing and collaborative processes involved in managing data’s access, availability, usability, quality and security in line with established internal policies and relevant data regulations. Data Governance Is Business Transformation. Predictability.

Data Governance 128

Data Governance Metadata Cost-Benefit Digital Transformation 128

erwin

JANUARY 30, 2020

I’m excited to share the results of our new study with Dataversity that examines how data governance attitudes and practices continue to evolve. Defining Data Governance: What Is Data Governance? . 1 reason to implement data governance. Most have only data governance operations.

Data Governance 145

Data Governance Metadata Cost-Benefit Digital Transformation 145

erwin

MARCH 4, 2021

Modern data governance is a strategic, ongoing and collaborative practice that enables organizations to discover and track their data, understand what it means within a business context, and maximize its security, quality and value. The What: Data Governance Defined. Data governance has no standard definition.

Data Governance 122

Data Governance Digital Transformation Data-driven Cost-Benefit 122

erwin

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

When an organization’s data governance and metadata management programs work in harmony, then everything is easier. Data governance is a complex but critical practice. Data Governance Attitudes Are Shifting. Data Governance Attitudes Are Shifting. Metadata Management Takes Time.

Metadata 135

Metadata Data Governance Management Cost-Benefit 135

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 29, 2022

Preparing for an artificial intelligence (AI)-fueled future, one where we can enjoy the clear benefits the technology brings while also the mitigating risks, requires more than one article. This first article emphasizes data as the ‘foundation-stone’ of AI-based initiatives. Establishing a Data Foundation.

Data Governance 145

Data Governance IT Risk Data Lake 145

Alation

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

And a data breach poses more than just a PR risk — by violating regulations like GDPR , a data leak can impact your bottom line, too. This is where successful data governance programs can act as a savior to many organizations. This begs the question: What makes data governance successful?

Data Governance 52

Data Governance ROI Metrics Cost-Benefit 52

erwin

JANUARY 9, 2020

For decades, data modeling has been the optimal way to design and deploy new relational databases with high-quality data sources and support application development. Today’s data modeling is not your father’s data modeling software. So here’s why data modeling is so critical to data governance.

Data Governance 144

Data Governance Modeling Metadata Unstructured Data 144

erwin

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Data governance tools used to occupy a niche in an organization’s tech stack, but those days are gone. The rise of data-driven business and the complexities that come with it ushered in a soft mandate for data governance and data governance tools. Data Governance Tools for Regulatory Compliance.

Data Governance 105

Data Governance Cost-Benefit Data-driven Metadata 105

erwin

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Data governance isn’t a one-off project with a defined endpoint. Data governance, today, comes back to the ability to understand critical enterprise data within a business context, track its physical existence and lineage, and maximize its value while ensuring quality and security. Passing the Data Governance Ball.

Data Governance 108

Data Governance Cost-Benefit Enterprise Modeling 108

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 17, 2022

Even if the AI apocalypse doesn’t come to pass, shortchanging AI ethics poses big risks to society — and to the enterprises that deploy those AI systems. The following real-world implementation issues highlight prominent risks every IT leader must account for in putting together their company’s AI deployment strategy.

Risk 144

Risk Consulting Machine Learning Data Science 144

erwin

JANUARY 21, 2021

And as you migrate to the cloud, you need to keep in mind some data-related challenges. For 47 percent of enterprise companies , cost optimization is the main reason they migrate to the cloud. However, cloud migrations can be expensive, with costs piling up the longer a migration takes to complete. Data Governance.

Data Governance 59

Data Governance Cost-Benefit Digital Transformation Risk 59

erwin

JANUARY 24, 2019

They need their data mappings to fall under governance and audit controls, with instant access to dynamic impact analysis and lineage. With an automation framework, data professionals can meet these needs at a fraction of the cost of the traditional manual way. Benefits of an Automation Framework for Data Governance.

Data Governance 71

Data Governance Metadata Data-driven Cost-Benefit 71

Alation

JULY 15, 2022

I recently led an online session, Data Monetisation and Governance , looking at the evolution of data governance , defining data ethics (from the Turing Institute ), and touching on the balancing act between using data to monetise (by increasing revenue, decreasing spend, or mitigating risk) and meeting ethical obligations.

Cost-Benefit 89

Cost-Benefit Data Governance ROI Risk 89

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 8, 2024

“As we head into the new year, CIOs and other IT leaders will need to understand how innovation can disrupt the business from both an internal and external perspective and make decisions with measured risk taking and a strong focus on priority outcomes.” As AI continues to redefine work, its benefits are already becoming clear.

Cost-Benefit 142

Cost-Benefit Digital Transformation Optimization Measurement 142

Cloudera

JANUARY 28, 2022

Customers vary widely on the topic of public cloud – what data sources, what use cases are right for public cloud deployments – beyond sandbox, experimentation efforts. Private cloud continues to gain traction with firms realizing the benefits of greater flexibility and dynamic scalability. Cost Management.

Slice and Dice 113

Slice and Dice Cost-Benefit Risk Data Governance 113

Laminar Security

DECEMBER 22, 2023

In the age of cloud computing, data security and cost management are paramount for businesses. Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) serves as a critical tool in this landscape, offering businesses a way to keep their data secure while also managing their cloud storage costs effectively.

Cost-Benefit 95

Cost-Benefit Risk Optimization Risk Management 95

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 24, 2024

At Vanguard, “data and analytics enable us to fulfill on our mission to provide investors with the best chance for investment success by enabling us to glean actionable insights to drive personalized client experiences, scale advice, optimize investment and business operations, and reduce risk,” Swann says.

Data Strategy 135

Data Strategy Strategy Unstructured Data Data Governance 135

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 19, 2023

After all, every department is pressured to drive efficiencies and is clamoring for automation, data capabilities, and improvements in employee experiences, some of which could be addressed with generative AI. Meanwhile, CIOs must still reduce technical debt, modernize applications, and get cloud costs under control.

Digital Transformation 142

Digital Transformation Unstructured Data Machine Learning Risk Management 142

erwin

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Data governance tools used to occupy a niche in an organization’s tech stack, but those days are gone. The rise of data-driven business and the complexities that come with it ushered in a soft mandate for data governance and data governance tools. Data Governance Tools for Regulatory Compliance.

Data Governance 40

Data Governance Cost-Benefit Data-driven Metadata 40

Cloudera

MAY 28, 2024

Data architecture is what defines the structures and systems within an organization responsible for collecting, storing, and accessing data, along with the policies and processes that dictate how data is governed. When we talk about modern data architecture, there are several unique benefits to this kind of approach.

Data Architecture 75

Data Architecture Data Lake Data Warehouse Cost-Benefit 75

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Ask IT leaders about their challenges with shadow IT, and most will cite the kinds of security, operational, and integration risks that give shadow IT its bad rep. That’s not to downplay the inherent risks of shadow IT. There may be times when department-specific data needs and tools are required.

IT 135

IT Risk Cost-Benefit Risk Management 135

Cloudera

MARCH 14, 2023

They are being asked to deliver not just theoretical data strategies, but to roll up their sleeves and solve for the very real problems of disparate, heterogenous, and rapidly expanding data sources that make it a challenge to meet increasing business demand for data — and do it all while managing costs and ensuring security and data governance.

Cost-Benefit 78

Cost-Benefit Data-driven Risk Data Governance 78

Cloudera

JUNE 22, 2023

These dis-integrated resources are “data platforms” in name only: in addition to their high maintenance costs, their lack of interoperability with other critical systems makes it difficult to respond to business change. The top-line benefits of a hybrid data platform include: Cost efficiency. Simplified compliance.

Cost-Benefit 66

Cost-Benefit Digital Transformation Data Governance Unstructured Data 66

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Since then, Barioni has taken control of the situation, putting into action a multi-year plan to move over half of Reale Group’s core applications and services to just two public clouds in a quest for cost optimization and innovation. Why build a multicloud infrastructure?

Cost-Benefit 143

Cost-Benefit Insurance Optimization Enterprise 143

AWS Big Data

APRIL 28, 2023

The first post of this series describes the overall architecture and how Novo Nordisk built a decentralized data mesh architecture, including Amazon Athena as the data query engine. The third post will show how end-users can consume data from their tool of choice, without compromising data governance.

Data Governance 65

Data Governance Management Data-driven Data Lake 65

IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 10, 2023

A well-designed data architecture should support business intelligence and analysis, automation, and AI—all of which can help organizations to quickly seize market opportunities, build customer value, drive major efficiencies, and respond to risks such as supply chain disruptions.

Strategy 90

Strategy Data Architecture Cost-Benefit Reporting 90

Cloudera

AUGUST 30, 2022

Renovating it while realizing incremental ROI — customer or operational benefits — is the pragmatic approach to moving forward. Financial service providers continue to grapple with technology challenges and rising costs associated with legacy platforms. Leverage cloud where it makes sense, not because it’s fashionable.

Strategy 105

Strategy Data Strategy ROI Cost-Benefit 105

FineReport

APRIL 9, 2024

Understanding Healthcare BI Tools The Role of Healthcare BI Tools Healthcare BI tools are instrumental in revolutionizing decision-making processes and patient care through the utilization of advanced data analysis and technology.

Digital Transformation 52

Digital Transformation Business Intelligence Data-driven Visualization 52

datapine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

2) BI Strategy Benefits. Over the past 5 years, big data and BI became more than just data science buzzwords. In response to this increasing need for data analytics, business intelligence software has flooded the market. The costs of not implementing it are more damaging, especially in the long term.

Business Intelligence 218

Business Intelligence Strategy Cost-Benefit Key Performance Indicator 218

erwin

AUGUST 20, 2020

It provides a visual blueprint, demonstrating the connection between applications, technologies and data to the business functions they support. Benefits of Enterprise Architecture. Through EA, organizations benefit from a context-rich, top-down and holistic perspective of their structure, including its limitations and potential.

Enterprise 140

Enterprise Cost-Benefit Risk Data Governance 140

Cloudera

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

A quick trip in the congressional time machine to revisit 2017’s Modernizing Government Technology Act surfaces some of the most salient points regarding agencies’ challenges: The federal government spends nearly 75% of its annual information technology funding on operating and maintaining existing legacy information technology systems.

Cost-Benefit 87

Cost-Benefit Data Architecture Risk IoT 87

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 9, 2023

Others conducted apples-to-apples comparisons of public cloud versus on-premises costs. You might even operate out of a colo facility for the benefits cloud adjacency affords you in reducing latency. Workload placement is based on several factors, including performance, latency, costs, and data governance rules, among other variables.

ROI 119

ROI Cost-Benefit KPI Uncertainty 119

IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 28, 2024

According to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach , the global average cost to remediate a data breach in 2023 was USD 4.45 These data breaches can cost their victims in many ways. Data risk management To protect their data, organizations first need to know their risks.

Strategy 54

Strategy Measurement Risk Cost-Benefit 54

erwin

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Replace manual and recurring tasks for fast, reliable data lineage and overall data governance. It’s paramount that organizations understand the benefits of automating end-to-end data lineage. The importance of end-to-end data lineage is widely understood and ignoring it is risky business.

Cost-Benefit 143

Cost-Benefit Data Governance Metadata Reporting 143

datapine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

No, its ultimate goal is to increase return on investment (ROI) for those business segments that depend upon data. With quality data at their disposal, organizations can form data warehouses for the purposes of examining trends and establishing future-facing strategies. The 5 Pillars of Data Quality Management.

Data Quality 241

Data Quality Metrics Data-driven Management 241

AWS Big Data

APRIL 29, 2024

This system simplifies managing user access, saves time for data security administrators, and minimizes the risk of configuration errors. Effective permission management helps tackle these challenges by controlling how data is accessed and used, providing data integrity and minimizing the risk of data breaches.

Management 98

Management Big Data Metadata Data Warehouse 98

IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 14, 2024

Despite the headwinds, there are tailwinds in which we can use new technology to enable CFOs to perform in their business partnering roles and drive productivity, cost take out, accuracy, control and business value. There are benefits to being a consumer of AI but far greater benefits for being a value creator.

Finance 71

Finance Cost-Benefit Reporting Forecasting 71