erwin

DECEMBER 3, 2020

As the amount of data grows exponentially, organizations turn to data intelligence to reach deeper conclusions about driving revenue, achieving regulatory compliance and accomplishing other strategic objectives. It’s no secret that data has grown in volume, variety and velocity, with 2.5 New products and services.

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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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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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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. But governance is a time-consuming process (for users and data stewards alike).

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erwin

APRIL 29, 2020

Data lineage is the journey data takes from its creation through its transformations over time. Tracing the source of data is an arduous task. With all these diverse data sources, and if systems are integrated, it is difficult to understand the complicated data web they form much less get a simple visual flow.

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erwin

JANUARY 11, 2019

Organizations have spent a lot of time and money trying to harmonize data across diverse platforms , including cleansing, uploading metadata, converting code, defining business glossaries, tracking data transformations and so on. So questions linger about whether transformed data can be trusted. Data Quality Obstacles.

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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.

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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?

Metadata 40

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erwin

MAY 1, 2023

The World Wide Data Vault Consortium ( WWDVC 2023 ) started today and erwin ® by Quest ® , one of the few active participants working toward a Data Vault 2.0 certification with the DataVaultAlliance , is announcing major advancements in our erwin Data Vault Automation solution.

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erwin

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Replace manual and recurring tasks for fast, reliable data lineage and overall data governance. It’s paramount that organizations understand the benefits of automating end-to-end data lineage. The importance of end-to-end data lineage is widely understood and ignoring it is risky business.

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erwin

JANUARY 17, 2019

Data governance is more important to the enterprise than ever before. It ensures everyone in the organization can discover and analyze high-quality data to quickly deliver business value. A mature and sustainable data governance initiative must include data integration.

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Alation

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

When we work with data, we know where we are starting from, often with a destination in mind, but the path we take is not always the fastest because we may not have all the necessary intelligence to optimize our route. Not only is the data distributed, diverse, and dynamic, but so are the people working with data.

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Alation

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Alation and Soda are excited to announce a new partnership, which will bring powerful data-quality capabilities into the data catalog. Soda’s data observability platform empowers data teams to discover and collaboratively resolve data issues quickly. Do we have end-to-end data pipeline control?

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Alation

MARCH 14, 2023

Data gathering and use pervades almost every business function these days — and it’s widely acknowledged that businesses with a clear strategy around data are best placed to succeed in competitive, challenging markets such as defence. What is a data strategy? Why is a data strategy important?

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erwin

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

In a recent global intelligence survey of 1,300 IT, business and executive leaders, more than half estimated that “dark data” comprised 55% or more of their organization’s data – that’s data that is uncaptured, unknown and unused within the organization. Data governance teams.

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Alation

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Today’s best-performing organizations embrace data for strategic decision-making. Because of the criticality of the data they deal with, we think that finance teams should lead the enterprise adoption of data and analytics solutions. This is because accurate data is “table stakes” for finance teams.

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Alation

APRIL 14, 2023

Last week, the Alation team had the privilege of joining IT professionals, business leaders, and data analysts and scientists for the Modern Data Stack Conference in San Francisco. The show floor was buzzing with industry experts, networking and sharing valuable insights on the latest developments in the data space.

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erwin

MARCH 4, 2021

Modern data governance is a strategic, ongoing and collaborative practice that enables organizations to discover and track their data, understand what it means within a business context, and maximize its security, quality and value. The What: Data Governance Defined. Data governance has no standard definition.

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Alation

MAY 24, 2022

generally available on May 24, Alation introduces the Open Data Quality Initiative for the modern data stack, giving customers the freedom to choose the data quality vendor that’s best for them with the added confidence that those tools will integrate seamlessly with Alation’s Data Catalog and Data Governance application.

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erwin

AUGUST 28, 2020

Organizations with a solid understanding of data governance (DG) are better equipped to keep pace with the speed of modern business. In this post, the erwin Experts address: What Is Data Governance? Why Is Data Governance Important? What Is Good Data Governance? What Is Data Governance?

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Cloudera

AUGUST 4, 2021

With hackers now working overtime to expose business data or implant ransomware processes, data security is largely IT managers’ top priority. And if data security tops IT concerns, data governance should be their second priority. Effective data governance must extend beyond the IT organization.

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Alation

MAY 31, 2023

The Data Governance & Information Quality Conference (DGIQ) is happening soon — and we’ll be onsite in San Diego from June 5-9. If you’re not familiar with DGIQ, it’s the world’s most comprehensive event dedicated to, you guessed it, data governance and information quality. The best part?

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erwin

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Organization’s cannot hope to make the most out of a data-driven strategy, without at least some degree of metadata-driven automation. The volume and variety of data has snowballed, and so has its velocity. So it’s safe to say that organizations can’t reap the rewards of their data without automation.

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erwin

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Metadata management is essential to becoming a data-driven organization and reaping the competitive advantage your organization’s data offers. Gartner refers to metadata as data that is used to enhance the usability, comprehension, utility or functionality of any other data point.

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AWS Big Data

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Amazon DataZone enables customers to discover, access, share, and govern data at scale across organizational boundaries, reducing the undifferentiated heavy lifting of making data and analytics tools accessible to everyone in the organization. Govern data access across organizational boundaries.

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Alation

MAY 3, 2022

In a couple of weeks (May 17–19) the Alation team joins one of our favorite data events of the year: Tableau Conference 2022. Yet there’s still an alarming gap between finding data… and using it. Yet there’s still an alarming gap between finding data… and using it. Mind the (Data Accessibility) Gap. The result?

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erwin

MARCH 18, 2021

The role of chief data officer (CDO) is becoming essential at forward-thinking organizations — especially those in financial services — according to “ The Evolving Role of the CDO at Financial Organizations: 2021 Chief Data Officer (CDO) Study ” just released by FIMA and sponsored by erwin.

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erwin

MARCH 18, 2021

The role of chief data officer (CDO) is becoming essential at forward-thinking organizations — especially those in financial services — according to “ The Evolving Role of the CDO at Financial Organizations: 2021 Chief Data Officer (CDO) Study ” just released by FIMA and sponsored by erwin.

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Domino Data Lab

JULY 2, 2019

Paco Nathan ‘s latest article covers program synthesis, AutoPandas, model-driven data queries, and more. In other words, using metadata about data science work to generate code. In this case, code gets generated for data preparation, where so much of the “time and labor” in data science work is concentrated.

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Alation

MARCH 21, 2023

Today, modern travel and tourism thrive on data. For example, airlines have historically applied analytics to revenue management, while successful hospitality leaders make data-driven decisions around property allocation and workforce management. What is big data in the travel and tourism industry?

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Alation

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Ten years ago, there was no modern data catalog. So I was excited to sit down recently with Michael Ting, Senior Software Engineer on the Logical Metadata Infrastructure Team. Michael: I saw the actual product demo, and Aaron Kalb showed me a working version of Compose – our intelligent SQL editor. Talo: What changed your mind?

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Alation

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Data Governance is growing essential. Data growth, shrinking talent pool, data silos – legacy & modern, hybrid & cloud, and multiple tools – add to their challenges. Hence, they are pursuing cloud transformation to help manage growth in data and cost. Protecting sensitive data is hard to scale.

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Octopai

OCTOBER 17, 2019

We’ve recently discussed in this space the difference between data dictionaries and business glossaries , and why each is important to a data-driven business (which these days, is pretty much every business). Make Life (SO MUCH) Easier With Automated Metadata Management Tools. More on that later. Why Do You Need One?

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Octopai

JULY 17, 2019

Data has become the norm. It’s literally everywhere, but are we really able to fully understand what our data is telling us? Unless you’re using a tool that provides automated data lineage , the story you’re able to glean is, well, let’s just say incomplete. Let’s Define Data Lineage. Let’s Define Data Lineage.

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Alation

AUGUST 20, 2021

The same can be said for data, too. Data lineage shows the history of the data you’re looking at today, detailing where it originated and how it may have changed over time. It’s a reflection of the data life cycle, the source, what processes or systems may have altered it, and how it arrived at its current location and state.

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Rocket-Powered Data Science

MARCH 20, 2023

We live in a data-rich, insights-rich, and content-rich world. Data collections are the ones and zeroes that encode the actionable insights (patterns, trends, relationships) that we seek to extract from our data through machine learning and data science. Plus, AI can also help find key insights encoded in data.

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Alation

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Data classification is necessary for leveraging data effectively and efficiently. Effective data classification helps mitigate risk, maintain governance and compliance, improve efficiencies, and help businesses understand and better use data. Manual Data Classification. Manual Data Classification.

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