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. Most have only data governance operations.

Data Governance 145

Data Governance Metadata Cost-Benefit Digital Transformation 145

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 29, 2022

This first article emphasizes data as the ‘foundation-stone’ of AI-based initiatives. Establishing a Data Foundation. Software development, once solely the domain of human programmers, is now increasingly the by-product of data being carefully selected, ingested, and analysed by machine learning (ML) systems in a recurrent cycle.

Data Governance 142

Data Governance IT Risk Data Lake 142

erwin

JULY 12, 2019

In light of recent, high-profile data breaches, it’s past-time we re-examined strategic data governance and its role in managing regulatory requirements. for alleged violations of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Govern PII “at rest”. Govern PII “in motion”. Complexity.

Data Governance 110

Data Governance Management Metadata Risk Management 110

Alation

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

It was the bricks-and-mortar, merchandising experience versus the data-driven, near-limitless inventory and dynamic flexibility of e-commerce competitors. To meet this trend, retailers know that data is the key. The wide-open, greenfield opportunity presented by retail data in the early e-commerce days has also changed.

Data Governance 52

Data Governance Data Quality Metrics Data-driven 52

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 7, 2024

Chief data officers have a lot to think about these days. Chief among them, they must ensure responsible, compliant use of their organizations’ data in the face of increasingly complex regulatory environments across the globe. At the end of the day, it’s all the company’s data or the consumer’s data,” he adds.

Data Strategy 119

Data Strategy Data-driven Data Quality Strategy 119

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).

Data Governance 59

Data Governance Risk Data Quality Dashboards 59

Anmut

MARCH 22, 2023

Data maturity models are a crucial step for any organisation looking to improve their data, informing if your current data practices are helping, or holding back, your business. ? Click the links below to navigate to different sections What are data maturity models? Why do we need data maturity models?

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Measurement Modeling Data Quality Data Governance 52

Anmut

JULY 20, 2021

Does your organisation have a data driven culture? The amount of data has exploded in the last decade. Ever more organisations have started their journey to becoming data-driven and utilising data to make better decisions more often. Today, every organisation is a data company. What does this mean?

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 24, 2024

Organizations can’t afford to mess up their data strategies, because too much is at stake in the digital economy. How enterprises gather, store, cleanse, access, and secure their data can be a major factor in their ability to meet corporate goals. Here are some data strategy mistakes IT leaders would be wise to avoid.

Data Strategy 133

Data Strategy Strategy Unstructured Data Data Governance 133

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.

Metadata 141

Metadata Data Governance Data-driven Digital Transformation 141

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 19, 2023

After all, every department is pressured to drive efficiencies and is clamoring for automation, data capabilities, and improvements in employee experiences, some of which could be addressed with generative AI. As every CIO can attest, the aggregate demand for IT and data capabilities is straining their IT leadership teams.

Digital Transformation 138

Digital Transformation Unstructured Data Machine Learning Risk Management 138

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 16, 2022

An enterprise data catalog does all that a library inventory system does – namely streamlining data discovery and access across data sources – and a lot more. For example, data catalogs have evolved to deliver governance capabilities like managing data quality and data privacy and compliance.

Metadata 52

Metadata Data Quality Data-driven Data Governance 52

Laminar Security

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In the ever-evolving digital landscape, the importance of data discovery and classification can’t be overstated. As we generate and interact with unprecedented volumes of data, the task of accurately identifying, categorizing, and utilizing this information becomes increasingly difficult.

Data-driven 119

Data-driven Machine Learning Risk Deep Learning 119

Ontotext

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Part one of this three-part series discussed the concept of data mesh and explored what it is and why an organization should care. Here, part two provides best practices for data mesh, including practical guidance, challenges, and limitations. Enterprises should identify and adopt specific data mesh elements to achieve velocity.

Data Quality 69

Data Quality Data-driven Data Lake Data Governance 69

Alation

JUNE 9, 2023

We were thrilled to attend Gartner Data and Analytics Summit 2023 , on May 22–24 in London. D&A leaders from around the world gathered to discuss and find ways to overcome the latest challenges through strategies and innovations backed by data, analytics, and data science. How can leaders respond?

Data Analytics 52

Data Analytics Analytics Data Quality Data-driven 52

O'Reilly on Data

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

We suspected that data quality was a topic brimming with interest. The responses show a surfeit of concerns around data quality and some uncertainty about how best to address those concerns. Key survey results: The C-suite is engaged with data quality. Data quality might get worse before it gets better.

Data Quality 304

Data Quality Metadata Data Governance Publishing 304

FineReport

APRIL 9, 2024

Evolving BI Tools in 2024 Significance of Business Intelligence In 2024, the role of business intelligence software tools is more crucial than ever, with businesses increasingly relying on data analysis for informed decision-making.

Business Intelligence 52

Business Intelligence Software Data-driven Predictive Modeling 52

Timo Elliott

JANUARY 6, 2022

Like the proverbial man looking for his keys under the streetlight , when it comes to enterprise data, if you only look at where the light is already shining, you can end up missing a lot. Remember that dark data is the data you have but don’t understand. So how do you find your dark data? Analyze your metadata.

IT 133

IT Metadata Data-driven Data Governance 133

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. But the attempts to standardize data across the entire enterprise haven’t produced the desired results.

Data Governance 40

Data Governance Risk Metadata Management 40

erwin

DECEMBER 12, 2019

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.

Metadata 84

Metadata Data Governance Digital Transformation Data Quality 84

IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Apache Kafka is a well-known open-source event store and stream processing platform and has grown to become the de facto standard for data streaming. A schema describes the structure of data. Apache Kafka transfers data without validating the information in the messages. Kafka does not examine the metadata of your messages.

Data Quality 103

Data Quality Metadata Data-driven Optimization 103

Ontotext

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Data mesh is still in its infancy, and data personas and organizations are craving clarity and specificity. It is critical to be aware of the “why” and “what” and fully understand the role that knowledge graphs play when considering adopting a data mesh strategy. The debate on what constitutes a data mesh rages on.

Metadata 52

Metadata Data-driven Data Quality Data Architecture 52

IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 10, 2023

A well-designed data architecture should support business intelligence and analysis, automation, and AI—all of which can help organizations to quickly seize market opportunities, build customer value, drive major efficiencies, and respond to risks such as supply chain disruptions.

Strategy 91

Strategy Data Architecture Cost-Benefit Reporting 91

erwin

MAY 6, 2020

In these times of great uncertainty and massive disruption, is your enterprise data helping you drive better business outcomes? The COVID-19 pandemic has forced organizations to tactically adjust their business models, work practices and revenue projections for the short term. Turning Data Into a Source of Truth & Regeneration.

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Cost-Benefit Data Governance Uncertainty Data-driven 94

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

O'Reilly on Data

JULY 28, 2020

It’s often difficult for businesses without a mature data or machine learning practice to define and agree on metrics. Fair warning: if the business lacks metrics, it probably also lacks discipline about data infrastructure, collection, governance, and much more.) Agreeing on metrics.

Marketing 362

Marketing Experimentation Metrics Testing 362

Anmut

APRIL 6, 2023

Data is becoming an increasingly important driver of business success, and organisations are recognising the need to manage and leverage their data effectively. However, achieving a high level of data maturity can be a challenging journey. What is a Data Maturity Assessment? How do you do a Data Maturity Assessment?

Cost-Benefit 52

Cost-Benefit Data Quality Data Governance Measurement 52

Peter James Thomas

AUGUST 4, 2020

A revised and expanded version of the peterjamesthomas.com Data and Analytics Dictionary has been published. As usual, the new definitions range across the data arena: from Data Science and Machine Learning; to Information and Reporting; to Data Governance and Controls. Conformed Data (Conformed Dimension).

Data Analytics 98

Data Analytics Analytics Machine Learning Data Governance 98

erwin

DECEMBER 12, 2019

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.

Metadata 52

Metadata Data Governance Digital Transformation Data Quality 52

AWS Big Data

JANUARY 31, 2023

Data governance is the collection of policies, processes, and systems that organizations use to ensure the quality and appropriate handling of their data throughout its lifecycle for the purpose of generating business value.

Data Lake 84

Data Lake Data Governance Data Architecture Machine Learning 84

erwin

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Quest ® EMPOWER, our free data summit, is coming to you live and online, November 1-2, 2022. Whether you’re new to erwin ® by Quest ® , or you’re a loyal user of our industry-leading solutions, you’ll benefit from learning how to maximize the business value of your data. Your chance to hear from inspiring data experts.

Data Governance 52

Data Governance Cost-Benefit Data-driven Data Quality 52

Andrew White

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Almost every organization I spoke to is struggling with data and analytics and trying to work out how to re-engineer how their business leaders take decisions. Topics : (broader/full) Data and Analytics Strategy 20. Data and Analytics Governance and/or MDM 15. Data Management 4. Data Monetization 1.

IT 52

IT Digital Transformation Recreation/Entertainment Data Quality 52

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 14, 2023

Data and big data analytics are the lifeblood of any successful business. Getting the technology right can be challenging but building the right team with the right skills to undertake data initiatives can be even harder — a challenge reflected in the rising demand for big data and analytics skills and certifications.

Big Data 124

Big Data Data Analytics Analytics Predictive Modeling 124

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 30, 2023

It’s well acknowledged that data, when used correctly, has the potential to be a strategic growth asset driving innovation – and with the recent developments in large language models (LLM) for AI, data is really having its day in the sun. And we’ll let you in on a secret: this means nailing your data strategy.

Internet of Things 78

Internet of Things Strategy Data Strategy Risk 78

Alation

MARCH 2, 2023

Instead, we got data. Lots and lots of data. It does feel, however, as if we need jet-like speed to analyze and understand our data, who is using it, how it is used, and if it is being used to drive value. This is because simply collecting data leaves it open to misinterpretation, misuse, and decay.

Metadata 52

Metadata Marketing IT Data Quality 52

Andrew White

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Topics : (broader/full) Data and Analytics Strategy 14. Data and Analytics Governance and/or MDM 10. Data Management 3. Data Monetization 1. Chief Data Officer/CDO 4. Chief Quality Officer 1. Director Data Mgt and Advanced Analytics 1. Data Governance 1. VP Analytics/VP Data 2.

IT 52

IT Recreation/Entertainment Data Quality Data-driven 52

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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