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

CIO Business Intelligence

The launch of the new data management platforms is in line with the trend for cloud service and solution providers to offer vertical solutions with prebuilt capabilities to enable enterprises to adopt applications and realize their value faster.

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10 Years Later: Who’s the GOAT of Data Catalogs?

Alation

June 2017: Dresner Advisory Services names Alation the #1 data catalog in its inaugural Data Catalog End-User Market Study. August 2017: Alation debuts as a leader in the Gartner MQ for Metadata Management Solutions. August 2018: Gartner names Alation a 2X Leader in the MQ for Metadata Management Solutions.

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Three Takeaways from Gartner’s 2019 Magic Quadrant for Data Management Solutions for Analytics

Cloudera

The January 2019 “Magic Quadrant for Data Management Solutions for Analytics” provides valuable insights into the status, direction, and players in the DMSA market. We recognize the following takeaways from Gartner’s 2019 MQ DMSA: 1. 3. Expansion beyond core data management. Cloudera’s 3 Key Takeaways.

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Data Governance Makes Data Security Less Scary

erwin

In fact, we’ve seen some frightening ones play out already: Google’s record GDPR fine – France’s data privacy enforcement agency hit the tech giant with a $57 million penalty in early 2019 – more than 80 times the steepest fine the U.K.’s What data do we have and where is it? Where Are the Skeletons?

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CCPA 2020: Getting Your Data Landscape Ready

Octopai

You can’t do this easily without automated data lineage tools. Octopai’s metadata discovery and management suite provides visualization tools that empower you to see and report everything about sensitive customer data. Octopai's Automated Metadata Management Platform can make CCPA compliance a breeze.