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How Metadata Makes Data Meaningful

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Metadata is an important part of data governance, and as a result, most nascent data governance programs are rife with project plans for assessing and documenting metadata. But in many scenarios, it seems that the underlying driver of metadata collection projects is that it’s just something you do for data governance.

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How Metadata Makes Data Meaningful

erwin

Metadata is an important part of data governance, and as a result, most nascent data governance programs are rife with project plans for assessing and documenting metadata. But in many scenarios, it seems that the underlying driver of metadata collection projects is that it’s just something you do for data governance.

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EOY 2019 BI Reporting: Can you really trust your data?

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As 2019 ends, business intelligence specialists around the world are working to gather as much data as possible from the past year to prepare end-of-year reports. Automated Metadata Management is the key to compliance. The post EOY 2019 BI Reporting: Can you really trust your data? Are You CCPA Compliant Yet?

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Informatica’s new data management clouds target health, finance services

CIO Business Intelligence

This trend that [Google Cloud CEO] Thomas Kurian set off in 2019 with Google Cloud releasing vertical solutions has become the norm with all major cloud solution providers looking to do the same,” said Holger Mueller, principal analyst, Constellation Research.

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How Remote Data Teams Are Winning in Times of COVID-19

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Businesses around the globe have been forced to reassess the way they conduct their operations, even if their methods have been in place for decades. Some business intelligence professionals are not only contributing to their organization’s survival during these difficult times; they are actually helping it thrive.

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Alation Ranked Top Data Catalog Third Year in a Row

Alation

A broader definition of Business Intelligence. In their Wisdom of Crowds® Data Catalog Market Study, Dresner assessed data catalog solutions from the perspective of business intelligence (BI). Howard Dresner coined the term “Business Intelligence” in 1989. Get the 2019 Dresner Data Catalog Study.

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The Proven Way for Healthcare Providers to Maintain HIPAA Compliance

Octopai

The cost of data breaches in 2019 was 87% higher than in 2018 , with the number rising each year. Even with these regulations in place, there were 418 HIPAA breaches reported in 2019 alone , compromising the personal data of 34.9 This is especially helpful for healthcare providers using multiple business intelligence (BI) systems.