erwin

AUGUST 6, 2020

How Data Literacy Turns Data from a Burden to a Benefit. Today, data literacy is more important than ever. Data is now being used to support business decisions few executives thought they’d be making even six months ago. So, what is data literacy? What Is Data Literacy? Data Literacy Definition.

Contextual Data 135

Contextual Data Data Governance Digital Transformation Metadata 135

Alation

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

In an earlier blog, I defined a data catalog as “a collection of metadata, combined with data management and search tools, that helps analysts and other data users to find the data that they need, serves as an inventory of available data, and provides information to evaluate fitness data for intended uses.”.

Metadata 52

Metadata Management Data Lake Data Governance 52

Ontotext

MAY 2, 2024

Data leaders today are faced with an almost impossible challenge. They are expected to understand the entire data landscape and generate business-moving insights while facing the voracious needs of different teams and the constraints of technology architecture and compliance.

Metadata 52

Metadata Data Lake Data-driven Enterprise 52

Alation

JULY 30, 2021

6 Business Problems Data Catalogs Solve. The question I ask now is: What business problems does a data catalog solve for business customers? 1: Biz Problem – Making Data Accessible & Scalable in the Cloud. A part of that journey often involves moving fragmented on-premises data to a cloud data warehouse.

Data Warehouse 52

Data Warehouse Data Governance Machine Learning Data-driven 52

Alation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

This is the last of the 4-part blog series. In the previous blog , we discussed how Alation provides a platform for data scientists and analysts to complete projects and analysis at speed. In this blog we will discuss how Alation helps minimize risk with active data governance. Meet Governance Requirements.

Data Governance 59

Data Governance Risk Data Quality Dashboards 59

AWS Big Data

APRIL 24, 2024

EMR Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) that makes it straightforward for data scientists and data engineers to develop, visualize, and debug analytics applications written in PySpark, Python, and Scala. Now you can use a dataset and visualize your data. Choose Save changes. option("header", "true").option("inferSchema",

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erwin

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Quest ® EMPOWER kicks off November 1, 2022 and is our free, two-day online summit designed to inspire and provide data veteran perspectives that will help you move your organization’s relationship with data forward. Day one will be focused on data intelligence and governance. Hear from industry analysts, experts and customers.

Data Governance 52

Data Governance Data-driven Data Architecture Data Quality 52

IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 4, 2024

Lots of innovation is happening, with new technologies emerging in areas such as data and AI, payments, cybersecurity and risk management, to name a few. The assessment is designed to help ISVs identify gaps in their cloud architecture and recommend best practices to enhance the compliance and governance of their cloud environment.

Cost-Benefit 60

Cost-Benefit Risk Management Risk Digital Transformation 60

Alation

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The goal of DataOps is to create predictable delivery and change management of data and all data-related artifacts. DataOps practices help organizations overcome challenges caused by fragmented teams and processes and delays in delivering data in consumable forms. So how does data governance relate to DataOps?

Data Governance 98

Data Governance Measurement Metadata Testing 98

erwin

JANUARY 9, 2020

Enterprises are trying to manage data chaos. They also face increasing regulatory pressure because of global data regulations , such as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), that went into effect last week on Jan. GDPR: Key Differences.

Data Governance 144

Data Governance Modeling Metadata Unstructured Data 144

Alation

MAY 24, 2022

In a sea of questionable data, how do you know what to trust? Data quality tells you the answer. It signals what data is trustworthy, reliable, and safe to use. It empowers engineers to oversee data pipelines that deliver trusted data to the wider organization. It affects everyone who produces and consumes data.

Data Quality 52

Data Quality Metadata Reporting Metrics 52

IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 24, 2024

An online retailer always gets users’ explicit consent before sharing customer data with its partners. A navigation app anonymizes activity data before analyzing it for travel trends. One cannot overstate the importance of data privacy for businesses today. The user can accept or reject each use of their data individually.

Risk 87

Risk Measurement Data Governance Insurance 87

Laminar Security

JUNE 29, 2023

Using a risk-based approach to deal with policy violations and continuous compliance monitoring will help avoid data exposures and fines. Organizations risk significantly increasing public cloud data risks if they don’t take necessary steps to improve its security. Public cloud spending and adoption is growing fast.

Risk 52

Risk Big Data Testing Management 52

Alation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

I wrote blog posts, but my mentors also encouraged me to study the performance analytics to inform the direction of future blog content. Alation mentors effectively bridge the gap between education and trust in a way that makes sense to you and activates your potential for immediate results. Subscribe to Alation's Blog.

B2B 52

B2B Marketing Sales IT 52

Cloudera

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The legacy IT infrastructure to run the business operations — mainly data centers — has a deadline to shift to cloud-based services. The public cloud is increasingly becoming the preferred platform to host data analytics – related projects, such as business intelligence, machine learning (ML), and AI applications.

Analytics 75

Analytics Cost-Benefit ROI Business Objectives 75

Andrew White

OCTOBER 22, 2021

If you follow my blog for any period of time you will know that for most years I have attended our annual Gartner IT Symposium I do a day-in-the-life blog of an analyst. Monetization/Link data to outcome (value pyramid) business value of data/business impact 20. Data Hub Strategy 10. Data Integration tactics 4.

IT 52

IT Data Lake Strategy Data Science 52

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The first post in this series navigates the complexities and uncovers the strategies and target state mode for achieving a seamless and effective pathway to deploy. Stage 3: Self-service and cross-functional integration Enterprises have many organizations that want to see that cloud applications follow their guidance and best practices.

Testing 82

Testing Enterprise Modeling Software 82

Alation

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Jason McVay is a data scientist at Indigo Ag, an agriculture-tech company headquartered in Massachusetts. In this essay, Jason reflects on the value of thinking spatially about data, showing how his experience as a graduate student influences his role as a data scientist today. The rise of spatial data. It is essential.

Data Lake 98

Data Lake Visualization Data Science Digital Transformation 98

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. Constructing a Digital Transformation Strategy: How Data Drives Digital.

Data Governance 145

Data Governance Metadata Cost-Benefit Digital Transformation 145

Smart Data Collective

JUNE 28, 2021

E-commerce companies around the world are investing more in data centers than ever before. The benefits of data centers for e-commerce companies are undeniable. They give online retailers high levels of control over their own internal data. E-commerce companies are using a lot of great data centers and hosting options.

Management 87

Management Big Data Data Processing Advertising 87

Alation

MARCH 17, 2022

Is your private data used compliantly? Indeed, every organization that collects and manages data must ensure responsible data usage and appropriate cybersecurity measures are in place. Ensuring Cloud Migration Data Security Is Essential. Ensuring cloud migration data security is essential. They are imperatives.

Reporting 52

Reporting Risk Insurance Data Processing 52

Alation

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

In a recent blog, titled Collaboration and Crowdsourcing with Data Cataloging , I discussed the importance of participation by all data stakeholders as a key to getting maximum value from your data catalog. This build-it-and-they-will-come approach fails to engage people to actively use the catalog.

Metadata 52

Metadata Data Governance Cost-Benefit Visualization 52

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As practices like DevOps , cloud native , serverless and site reliability engineering (SRE) mature, the focus is shifting toward significant levels of automation, speed, agility and business alignment with IT (which helps enterprise IT transform into engineering organizations). Interventions only by exceptions.

Data-driven 71

Data-driven Software Enterprise Testing 71

Alation

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The importance of data governance is growing. This will enable you to choose exactly the right mix of data catalog plus apps that best meet your business needs. Alation Data Governance App. The Data Governance App introduces a range of new capabilities to make governance more easy and effective.

Data Governance 52

Data Governance Dashboards Measurement Machine Learning 52

IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 14, 2023

You need to collect, curate, and annotate data for any specific task you want to perform. With a foundation model, often using a kind of neural network called a “transformer” and leveraging a technique called self-supervised learning, you can create pre-trained models for a vast amount of unlabeled data.

Modeling 93

Modeling Data Lake Enterprise Deep Learning 93

Alation

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The term has been used a lot more of late, especially in the data analytics industry, as we’ve seen it expand over the past few years to keep pace with new regulations, like the GDPR and CCPA. In essence, DataOps is a practice that helps organizations manage and govern data more effectively. What Is DataOps?

Cost-Benefit 52

Cost-Benefit Data Quality Manufacturing Testing 52

Alation

JANUARY 26, 2023

Data is a key asset for businesses in the modern world. That’s why many organizations invest in technology to improve data processes, such as a machine learning data pipeline. However, data needs to be easily accessible, usable, and secure to be useful — yet the opposite is too often the case.

Data Governance 52

Data Governance Strategy Data Quality Marketing 52

IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 30, 2022

The rise of data strategy. There’s a renewed interest in reflecting on what can and should be done with data, how to accomplish those goals and how to check for data strategy alignment with business objectives. Luckily, today’s data management approaches aren’t limited by traditional constraints like location or data patterns.

Data Strategy 57

Data Strategy Strategy Business Objectives Data-driven 57

Alation

MAY 10, 2022

magazine’s annual list of the Best Workplaces for the third time! Becoming a Best Workplace. Being rated as a best company to work for isn’t easy in these oh-so-challenging times. It’s also my job to put our culture into practice and to ensure that we create an environment where we support our customers and our people.

Marketing 52

Marketing Digital Transformation Data Processing Business Intelligence 52

erwin

JUNE 14, 2019

Its past successes – and future potential – are well documented, chronicled in the billion-dollar valuations of the frontrunners in the practice. The inherently competitive nature of retail has made the sector a leader in adopting data-driven strategy. This is an important data point for marketing strategy. Data can tell you.

Digital Transformation 111

Digital Transformation Data Governance Risk Data-driven 111

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

Alation

MARCH 29, 2022

Today, the term describes that same activity, but on a much larger scale, as organizations race to collect, analyze, and act on data first. But there have always been limits on who can access valuable data, as well as how it can be used. In the 1970s, data was confined to mainframes and primitive databases.

Business Intelligence 96

Business Intelligence Reporting Data mining Data-driven 96

Alation

OCTOBER 5, 2021

What is data governance and how do you measure success? Data governance is a system for answering core questions about data. It begins with establishing key parameters: What is data, who can use it, how can they use it, and why? Why is your data governance strategy failing? Common data governance challenges.

Data Governance 96

Data Governance Strategy Data Quality Metrics 96

CDW Research Hub

JANUARY 31, 2020

From expanding data privacy regulations to the heightened security concerns of IoT devices, application security is coming into focus for cybersecurity professionals. It is an area of practice within the larger scope of the cybersecurity plan. Effective application security. What is application security?

IT 52

IT IoT Cost-Benefit Testing 52

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In today’s world, data warehouses are a critical component of any organization’s technology ecosystem. The rise of cloud has allowed data warehouses to provide new capabilities such as cost-effective data storage at petabyte scale, highly scalable compute and storage, pay-as-you-go pricing and fully managed service delivery.

Data Warehouse 57

Data Warehouse Cost-Benefit Unstructured Data Data Architecture 57

IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 1, 2023

Organizations need to pay attention to several types of incidents, including unplanned interruptions like system outages, network configuration issues, bugs, security incidents, data loss and more. It provides a library of best practices for managing IT assets and improving IT support and service levels.

Management 62

Management Key Performance Indicator Software Cost-Benefit 62

erwin

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Do you know where your data is? What data you have? Add to the mix the potential for a data breach followed by non-compliance, reputational damage and financial penalties and a real horror story could unfold. s Information Commissioner’s Office had levied against both Facebook and Equifax for their data breaches.

Data Governance 105

Data Governance Metadata Risk Data Lake 105