Smart Data Collective

JULY 15, 2021

It’s what many people went through before the advent of the personal computer and apps that automatically categorize expenses. A data catalog serves the same purpose. By using metadata (or short descriptions), data catalogs help companies gather, organize, retrieve, and manage information.

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Ontotext

APRIL 10, 2024

The data ecosystem today is crowded with dazzling buzzwords, all fighting for investment dollars. A survey in 2021 found that a data company was being funded every 45 minutes. Data ecosystems have become jungles and in spite of all the technology, data teams are struggling to create a modern data experience.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 4, 2024

Leveraging expertise at software developer Palantir Technologies, Redmond’s team developed a model that consolidated and cleansed the data from those systems, then analyzed it to provide insights — and fairly sophisticated recommendations — to decision makers. We don’t want to just go off to the next shiny object,” she says. “We

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erwin

JUNE 26, 2020

If you’re serious about a data-driven strategy , you’re going to need a data catalog. Organizations need a data catalog because it enables them to create a seamless way for employees to access and consume data and business assets in an organized manner. Three Types of Metadata in a Data Catalog.

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AWS Big Data

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Data is your generative AI differentiator, and a successful generative AI implementation depends on a robust data strategy incorporating a comprehensive data governance approach. Data governance is a critical building block across all these approaches, and we see two emerging areas of focus.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Specifically, we’re looking at whether AI will make employees more productive or satisfied in their jobs. AI can unlock developer productivity by allowing teams to bridge the knowledge and change context to gain new information and solve issues faster. AI’s impact on software development Software development takes a lot of time.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Martha Heller: What is the transformation currently underway at Perdue Farms? But the more challenging work is in making our processes as efficient as possible so we capture the right data in our desire to become a more data-driven business. We need to make everyone in the company understand that the data will set us free.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 18, 2024

Before I get to why, what even is a “cloud native platform”? To me, that’s the key thing that makes it a platform instead of just a pile of clouds or catalogs full of “services” that developers have to find, learn, and integrate into their applications. Platforms support the software you’ve built to run your business.

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Alation

JANUARY 10, 2023

When considering implementing any new tool or software, the first thing many organisations will ask is what is the value add. And implementing a data catalog is no different. But the actual value you can get out of a data catalog will depend somewhat on the reason you’re looking to implement one in the first place.

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Alation

MAY 12, 2023

So when leading software review site TrustRadius announced that we had won their “Top Rated” awards in Data Catalog , Data Collaboration, Data Governance , and Metadata Management we were thrilled, but not surprised, since usability has been core to Alation’s product DNA since day 1. What does “Top Rated” mean?

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

When Steve Pimblett joined The Very Group in October 2020 as chief data officer, reporting to the conglomerate’s CIO, his task was to help the enterprise uncover value in its rich data heritage. Very grew from the successive mergers of a number of mail order catalog companies, the oldest dating back to the 1890s.

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Alation

JULY 19, 2021

What Is Metadata? Metadata is information about data. A clothing catalog or dictionary are both examples of metadata repositories. Indeed, a popular online catalog, like Amazon, offers rich metadata around products to guide shoppers: ratings, reviews, and product details are all examples of metadata.

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Alation

JULY 26, 2021

How do you initiate change within a system containing many thousands of people and millions of bytes of data? During my time as a data specialist at American Family Insurance, it became clear that we had to move away from the way things had been done in the past. So you can probably imagine: The company manages a lot of data.

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Alation

JULY 15, 2021

Many data catalog initiatives fail. How can prospective buyers ensure they partner with the right catalog to drive success? According to the latest report from Eckerson Group, Deep Dive on Data Catalogs , shoppers must match the goals of their organizations to the capabilities of their chosen catalog.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 25, 2023

After being “awed” by OpenAI’s GPT model acing the AP Bio exam, the model was asked a non-technical question: “What do you say to a father with a sick child?” Fine-tuning models that run “on top” of foundation models requires less data, costs less, and can be completed quickly. The whole experience was stunning.” I don’t dispute that.

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Octopai

MARCH 23, 2022

Dirty Meat… and Dirty Data. What caused the atrocious quality issues in the meatpacking industry pre-1906? Mass production. But even though “dirty meat” is a small concern, “dirty data” is the scourge of any industry that relies heavily on information systems. Cleaning Up Dirty Data. It’s 1902. Time pressure.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 12, 2023

Companies rely heavily on data and analytics to find and retain talent, drive engagement, improve productivity and more across enterprise talent management. However, analytics are only as good as the quality of the data, which must be error-free, trustworthy and transparent. What is data quality? million each year.

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Octopai

JUNE 27, 2022

This data catalog is helping boost our bottom line.”. Your data team spends more time doing high-level analysis than it does searching for relevant datasets. Your most technologically-challenged business user searches the data catalog at least once a week – without coming to you for help! But don’t worry.

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erwin

MARCH 25, 2021

erwin recently hosted the second in its six-part webinar series on the practice of data governance and how to proactively deal with its complexities. Led by Frank Pörschmann of iDIGMA GmbH, an IT industry veteran and data governance strategist, the second webinar focused on “ The Value of Data Governance & How to Quantify It.”.

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Alation

JUNE 14, 2021

The Role of Catalog in Data Security. Recently, I dug in with CIOs on the topic of data security. Recently, I dug in with CIOs on the topic of data security. What came as no surprise was the importance CIOs place on taking a broader approach to data protection. So CISOs must protect data.

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Cloudera

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Cloudera has been providing enterprise support for Apache NiFi since 2015, helping hundreds of organizations take control of their data movement pipelines on premises and in the public cloud. Developers need to onboard new data sources, chain multiple data transformation steps together, and explore data as it travels through the flow.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

As enablers for the integration of data and business services across platforms, APIs are very aligned with current tech trends,” says Antonio Vázquez, CIO of software company Bizagi. Ajay Sabhlok, CIO and CDO at zero trust data security company Rubrik, Inc.,

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 14, 2023

The company launched in 1972 to provide electronic components and automation products to design engineers. Instead of putting salespeople on the ground, we pioneered a business model built around mail-order catalog sales. We are super happy with what we’ve accomplished. From that point, performance has improved to 1.2

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IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 2, 2023

Companies rely heavily on data and analytics to find and retain talent, drive engagement, and improve productivity. However, analytics are only as good as the quality of the data, which aims to be error-free, trustworthy, and transparent. What is data quality? Data quality is critical for data governance.

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Cloudera

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Full-stack observability is a critical requirement for effective modern data platforms to deliver the agile, flexible, and cost-effective environment organizations are looking for. RI is a global leader in the design and deployment of large-scale, production-level modern data platforms for the world’s largest enterprises.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 22, 2023

It is driven by changes in customer expectations, opportunities to evolve employee experiences, and building differentiating capabilities with data, analytics, and artificial intelligence — all of which have no clear end point, nor are exclusively technology-focused. If digital transformation is a journey, when does it end?

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Alation

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In business — and even in life — you can be so focused on “What’s next?” that it’s easy to forget to ask “What happened?” The 2022 Data Catalog Wasn’t Your 2021 Data Catalog. The Alation Data Catalog our customers currently use has evolved from when the year began. It can also tell stories.

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erwin

OCTOBER 8, 2020

So if you’re going to move from your data from on-premise legacy data stores and warehouse systems to the cloud, you should do it right the first time. And as you make this transition, you need to understand what data you have, know where it is located, and govern it along the way. Then you must bulk load the legacy data.

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Alation

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Master Data Management (MDM) and data catalog growth are accelerating because organizations must integrate more systems, comply with privacy regulations, and address data quality concerns. What Is Master Data Management (MDM)? Data Catalog and Master Data Management. Identify Resources.

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AWS Big Data

JUNE 6, 2023

We are excited to announce the General Availability of AWS Glue Data Quality. Our journey started by working backward from our customers who create, manage, and operate data lakes and data warehouses for analytics and machine learning. To make confident business decisions, the underlying data needs to be accurate and recent.

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Andrew White

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Too many firms have been sold a catalog or marketplace in support of a governance program. As a result those firms are turning off the catalogs and struggling to get control of the program. What follows are more details of the two trends. The State of Play with Data and Analytics Governance. To Catalog or Not to Catalog?

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Alation

JANUARY 20, 2022

Several weeks ago (prior to the Omicron wave), I got to attend my first conference in roughly two years: Dataversity’s Data Quality and Information Quality Conference. Ryan Doupe, Chief Data Officer of American Fidelity, held a thought-provoking session that resonated with me. But what about governance rules that enforce quality?

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AWS Big Data

JANUARY 31, 2023

Data governance is the collection of policies, processes, and systems that organizations use to ensure the quality and appropriate handling of their data throughout its lifecycle for the purpose of generating business value.

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Cloudera

JUNE 7, 2021

Since then, we have been working hard to expose the full power of Apache Flink SQL and the existing Data Warehousing tools in CDP to combine it into a state-of-the-art real-time analytics platform. Flink SQL DDL and Catalog support. Catalog Integrations. This step significantly speeds up query development and data exploration.

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Alation

MARCH 11, 2022

So far, we’ve considered the rivalry of data fabric versus mesh. We’ve explored what is a data fabric , what is a data mesh , and how a data catalog supports these architectures. It will offload pressure from IT , improve your data supply chain, and lead to smarter decision making.

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Alation

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Among all the internal celebrations, I wanted to take this moment to reflect on our journey so far and ask a thought-provoking question: who is the GOAT of data catalogs ? What Is a GOAT? These select athletes are determined by what the “market” is saying – this includes fans, analysts, and the press.

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Alation

MARCH 1, 2023

How are blockchain organizations tackling data management? To learn the answer, we sat down with Karla Kirton , Data Architect at Blockdaemon, a blockchain company, to discuss data strategy , decentralization, and how implementing Alation has supported them. What is your data strategy and how did you begin to implement it?

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