Smart Data Collective

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

As the use of intelligence technologies is staggering, knowing the latest trends in business intelligence is a must. The market for business intelligence services is expected to reach $33.5 top 5 key platforms that control the future of business intelligence impacts BI may have on your business in the future.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 24, 2023

The first published data governance framework was the work of Gwen Thomas, who founded the Data Governance Institute (DGI) and put her opus online in 2003. They already had a technical plan in place, and I helped them find the right size and structure of an accompanying data governance program.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 23, 2023

Companies from all industries worldwide continue to increase investments in BPM/Workflow, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), machine learning (ML), and artificial intelligence (AI), and accelerate operational transformations to automate and make data governance more agile to keep up with the exponential growth of incoming information.

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David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

APRIL 23, 2020

Yet organizations face an equally challenging imperative to ensure that business users have easy access to the data they need. Depending on how they are implemented, data governance policies can inhibit access to data, making it harder to find and utilize the data assets of an organization.

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erwin

OCTOBER 8, 2020

That means your cloud data assets must be available for use by the right people for the right purposes to maximize their security, quality and value. Why You Need Cloud Data Governance. Regulatory compliance is also a major driver of data governance (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, SOX, PIC DSS).

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TDAN

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

However, if there is no strategy underlining how and why we collect data and who can access it, the value is lost. Not only that, but we can put our business at serious risk of non-compliance. Ultimately, data governance is central to […]

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erwin

JANUARY 9, 2020

While it’s always been the best way to understand complex data sources and automate design standards and integrity rules, the role of data modeling continues to expand as the fulcrum of collaboration between data generators, stewards and consumers. So here’s why data modeling is so critical to data governance.

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erwin

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

erwin released its State of Data Governance Report in February 2018, just a few months before the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect. Download Free GDPR Guide | Step By Step Guide to Data Governance for GDPR?. How to automate data mapping. The Role of Data Automation. We wonder why.

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TDAN

JANUARY 14, 2020

Recording requirements for success is an important first step toward demonstrating the value of a Data Governance program. Practitioners know that Data Governance requires planning, resources, money and time and that several of these objects are in short supply.

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Alation

JANUARY 26, 2023

These data requirements could be satisfied with a strong data governance strategy. Governance can — and should — be the responsibility of every data user, though how that’s achieved will depend on the role within the organization. Low quality In many scenarios, there is no one responsible for data administration.

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Octopai

JUNE 26, 2020

Steve, the Head of Business Intelligence at a leading insurance company, pushed back in his office chair and stood up, waving his fists at the screen. We’re dealing with data day in and day out, but if isn’t accurate then it’s all for nothing!” Enterprise data governance. Metadata in data governance.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 29, 2022

Data-centric AI is evolving, and should include relevant data management disciplines, techniques, and skills, such as data quality, data integration, and data governance, which are foundational capabilities for scaling AI. Further, data management activities don’t end once the AI model has been developed.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Given the volume of data most organizations have, they need agile technologies that can provide a vast array of services to streamline content management and compliance, leverage automation to simplify data governance, and identify and optimize all of their company’s valuable data.

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TDAN

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

There is … but one … Data Governance. Maybe you are one of those that believe that there is something called Master Data Governance, Information Governance, Metadata Governance, Big Data Governance, Customer [or insert domain name here] Data Governance, Data Governance 1.0 – 2.0 – 3.0, […].

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erwin

JANUARY 24, 2019

Often these enterprises are heavily regulated, so they need a well-defined data integration model that helps avoid data discrepancies and removes barriers to enterprise business intelligence and other meaningful use. So without further ado, here are the five key benefits of an automation framework for data governance.

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TDAN

AUGUST 20, 2019

The goal of data governance is to ensure the quality, availability, integrity, security, and usability within an organization. Many traditional approaches to data governance seem to struggle in practice; I suspect it is partly because of the cultural impedance mismatch, but also partly because […].

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TDAN

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Organizations that have implemented Data Governance programs, or Information Governance, Data/Information Management or Records Management programs will be the first to tell you that these data disciplines are not easy to operationalize. Data Management requires that the organization care for data as an asset.

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Octopai

OCTOBER 5, 2021

How much time will the traceability save data citizens that need to understand where the data came from, what happened to it and where it is being used? We hope that this detailed guide can smooth the path to selecting the right data catalog software for your business intelligence. Making Smart Choices.

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TDAN

MARCH 15, 2022

Borne of the Japanese business philosophy, kaizen is most often associated […]. What do all these disciplines have in common? Continuous improvement. Simply put, these systems pursue progress through a proven process. They make testing and learning a part of that process.

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TDAN

APRIL 30, 2019

Roles and responsibilities are the backbone of a successful information or data governance program. To communicate effectively […].

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Alation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

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. So why are organizations not able to scale governance? Meet Governance Requirements.

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Jen Stirrup

AUGUST 14, 2019

There can be seen very clearly in the sphere of business intelligence, where the business and IT need to work together to produce an essential component of the function of the organization: reporting, data and information flow. Blueprint for paying back data debt. How can the teams move forward from the impasse?

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TDAN

JULY 2, 2019

The third and final part of the Non-Invasive Data Governance Framework details the breakdown of components by level, providing considerations for what must be included at the intersections. The squares are completed with nouns and verbs that provide direction for meaningful discussions about how the program will be set up and operate.

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FineReport

APRIL 9, 2024

Benefits of Healthcare Business Intelligence Tools Improved Decision-Making: Healthcare BI tools enable informed decision-making by providing real-time data analysis and predictive insights. Healthcare data governance plays a pivotal role in ensuring the secure handling of patient data while complying with stringent regulations.

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TDAN

JUNE 18, 2019

Is your organization struggling to succeed with your Data Governance program? Is adoption by the business an issue for you? Data Governance occurs best when done in conjunction with the business processes and not as a “bolt on”/additional activity.

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David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

JULY 7, 2022

Organizations are continuously increasing the use of analytics and business intelligence to turn data into meaningful and actionable insights.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 27, 2024

“Le azioni successive per il miglioramento della data quality possono essere sia di processo che applicative e includono la definizione di un modello organizzativo intorno alla data governance , assegnando ruoli e compiti chiari alle varie figure coinvolte (data scientist, data engineering, data owner, data steward, eccetera)”.

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David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Organizations are collecting data from multiple data sources and a variety of systems to enrich their analytics and business intelligence (BI). But collecting data is only half of the equation. As the data grows, it becomes challenging to find the right data at the right time.

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DataKitchen

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Data is unique in many respects, such as data quality, which is key in a data monetization strategy. Data governance is necessary in the enforcement of Data Privacy. Automation and orchestration in an interoperable hybrid cloud distributed data landscape is where DataOps excels.

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TDAN

JUNE 4, 2019

The following paper is the first of a three-part series that describes the Non-Invasive Data Governance Framework. Seiner of KIK Consulting & Educational Services (KIKconsulting.com) and The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com). The framework was developed and is implemented by Robert S.

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TDAN

JUNE 18, 2019

Part one of this series addressed the structure of the Non-Invasive Data Governance Framework. In part two, I detail each of the labels on the rows and columns of the framework. I refer to the row labels as the Levels or perspectives of the organization and the column labels as the Core Components of a […].

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David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Ventana Research has been evaluating analytics and business intelligence (BI) software for a long time—almost 20 years. Our methodology for these assessments is referred to as a Value Index. We use weightings derived from our benchmark research about how you, as buyers of these technologies, value and evaluate vendors.

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David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Analytics processes are all about how organizations use data to create metrics that help manage and improve operations. Yet, the discipline applied to analytics processes seems to be lacking compared to data processes. I’ve pointed out that the weak link in data governance is often analytics.

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TDAN

JANUARY 14, 2020

Everyone is familiar with the term smartphone. These devices have become ubiquitous and many individuals have come to depend on them to navigate through our complicated world. They can assist users in a wide variety of ways that were unthinkable a mere 20 years ago. You might be tempted to take a look at yours […].

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 10, 2023

We could do all that mapping and validation with you, but if the underlying data isn’t accurate, it has nothing to do with the mechanism which provides that. It’s about being transparent and educating your business in terms of what the expectation of the BI tool can deliver. It’s the clean-up effort. It’s a work in progress.

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Cloudera

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Governments must ensure that the data used for training AI models is of high quality, accurately representing the diverse range of scenarios and demographics it seeks to address. It is vital to establish stringent data governance practices to maintain data integrity, privacy, and compliance with regulatory requirements.

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