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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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 25, 2023

In our last blog , we introduced Data Governance: what it is and why it is so important. In this blog, we will explore the challenges that organizations face as they start their governance journey. Organizations have long struggled with data management and understanding data in a complex and ever-growing data landscape.

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TDAN

APRIL 19, 2022

Bottom Up Have you heard the terms “top-down” or “bottom-up” associated with approaches to Data Governance? If so, do you think top down is the only way to execute your Data Governance Program?

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 27, 2023

Chief data and analytics officers (CDAOs) are poised to be of increasing strategic importance to their organizations, but many are struggling to make headway, according to data presented last week by Gartner at the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2023. Organizations are still investing in data and analytics functions.

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CDW Research Hub

AUGUST 12, 2020

What is your organization doing to protect the value of your data? A strong data governance strategy helps ensure that your data is usable, accessible and protected, guaranteeing trust in the quality and consistency of the data. It involves establishing methods, processes and roles.

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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.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 27, 2024

Le aziende italiane investono in infrastrutture, software e servizi per la gestione e l’analisi dei dati (+18% nel 2023, pari a 2,85 miliardi di euro, secondo l’Osservatorio Big Data & Business Analytics della School of Management del Politecnico di Milano), ma quante sono giunte alla data maturity?

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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.

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Alation

JULY 15, 2022

Data ethics is both an imperative and an opportunity. New regulations covering data privacy and other ethical concerns require that enterprises govern internal data processes according to these new laws. I asked attendees: How often do you think about data ethics? What does data ethics mean to you?

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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?

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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.

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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. ? Organisations that reach the highest stage of data maturity achieve a market value increase of up to 500%, compared to lower maturity organisations.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 29, 2022

Launching a data-first transformation means more than simply putting new hardware, software, and services into operation. True transformation can emerge only when an organization learns how to optimally acquire and act on data and use that data to architect new processes. Key features of data-first leaders.

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Octopai

APRIL 19, 2021

Aptly named, metadata management is the process in which BI and Analytics teams manage metadata, which is the data that describes other data. In other words, data is the context and metadata is the content. Without metadata, BI teams are unable to understand the data’s full story. TDWI – David Loshin.

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AWS Big Data

APRIL 19, 2023

Data mesh is a new approach to data management. Companies across industries are using a data mesh to decentralize data management to improve data agility and get value from data. This is especially true in a large enterprise with thousands of data products.

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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 78

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IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

There are still not enough data experts out there, even as the world of data evolves rapidly. We started the Summer School for Data Leaders five years ago to create a community for data experts to share ideas and relate to people facing similar challenges. Data ethics is top of mind. The community is growing.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI are putting more pressure on analytics and IT leaders to get their houses in order when it comes to data strategy and data management. But the enthusiasm must be tempered by the need to put data management and data governance in place.

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Ontotext

MARCH 8, 2023

Gartner predicts that graph technologies will be used in 80% of data and analytics innovations by 2025, up from 10% in 2021. Use Case #1: Customer 360 / Enterprise 360 Customer data is typically spread across multiple applications, departments, and regions. Several factors are driving the adoption of knowledge graphs. million users.

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Alation

MAY 31, 2023

The state of data governance is evolving as organizations recognize the significance of managing and protecting their data. With stricter regulations and greater demand for data-driven insights, effective data governance frameworks are critical. What is a data architect?

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TDAN

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

In today’s information-driven society, there is perhaps nothing more ubiquitous and nothing that is multiplying at a more rapid pace than data. According to Forbes, more than 90% of the data that is available worldwide today was created within the last two years alone.

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TDAN

AUGUST 16, 2022

Data Acumen, Literacy, and Culture Data literacy, or data acumen[1] as we like to call it, is increasingly cited as a critical enabler of being a data-driven organization. We set out to do something about that and developed a data acumen quick reference. The trouble is it isn’t well defined.

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Peter James Thomas

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Where they have, I have normally found the people holding these roles to be better informed about data matters than their peers. Prelude… I recently came across an article in Marketing Week with the clickbait-worthy headline of Why the rise of the chief data officer will be short-lived (their choice of capitalisation).

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AWS Big Data

MARCH 26, 2024

This view is used to identify patterns and trends in customer behavior, which can inform data-driven decisions to improve business outcomes. In this post, we discuss how you can use purpose-built AWS services to create an end-to-end data strategy for C360 to unify and govern customer data that address these challenges.

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TDAN

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Has there ever been a time where more people were talking about data and writing about data than now, as 2020 and a new decade begins? Data analytics is hot. Every company wants to be data driven and every business and individual is […]. It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.

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AWS Big Data

JULY 13, 2023

Altron is a pioneer of providing data-driven solutions for their customers by combining technical expertise with in-depth customer understanding to provide highly differentiated technology solutions. This is a guest post co-authored by Jacques Steyn, Senior Manager Professional Services at Altron Group.

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BI-Survey

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Data is everywhere. With the growing interconnectedness of people, companies and devices, we are now accumulating increasing amounts of data from a growing variety of channels. New data (or combinations of data) enable innovative use cases and assist in optimizing internal processes.

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BizAcuity

APRIL 14, 2022

Big Data technology in today’s world. Did you know that the big data and business analytics market is valued at $198.08 Or that the US economy loses up to $3 trillion per year due to poor data quality? quintillion bytes of data which means an average person generates over 1.5 megabytes of data every second?

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Cloudera

MARCH 14, 2023

Data leaders will be able to simplify and accelerate the development and deployment of data pipelines, saving time and money by enabling true self service. It is no secret that data leaders are under immense pressure. Data quality issue? Massive cloud consumption bill you can’t account for?

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Making the most of enterprise data is a top concern for IT leaders today. With organizations seeking to become more data-driven with business decisions, IT leaders must devise data strategies gear toward creating value from data no matter where — or in what form — it resides.

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BizAcuity

APRIL 1, 2023

Thanks to the recent technological innovations and circumstances to their rapid adoption, having a data warehouse has become quite common in various enterprises across sectors. Data governance and security measures are critical components of data strategy. Data is susceptible to breach due to a number of reasons.

Business Intelligence 52

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 31, 2022

The chief data officer (CDO) is a senior executive responsible for the utilization and governance of data across the organization. While the chief data officer title is often shortened to CDO, the role should not be confused with that of the chief digital officer , which is also frequently referred to as CDO.

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BizAcuity

JANUARY 31, 2023

Thanks to the recent technological innovations and circumstances to their rapid adoption, having a data warehouse has become quite common in various enterprises across sectors. Data governance and security measures are critical components of data strategy. Data is susceptible to breach due to a number of reasons.

Business Intelligence 52

Business Intelligence Consulting KPI Data Warehouse 52

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

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Data Swamp vs Data Lake. And so will your data. You know the story well: you have a ton of data and need fast access to the right data. Building an efficient solution for data storage and processing is becoming more than just a back-office or IT challenge. Benefits of a Data Lake.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

By George Trujillo, Principal Data Strategist, DataStax Innovation is driven by the ease and agility of working with data. Increasing ROI for the business requires a strategic understanding of — and the ability to clearly identify — where and how organizations win with data.

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Anmut

APRIL 6, 2021

Enterprise digital transformation and data. Most organisations undergoing a digital transformation understand that data is critical, but how many are actually managing data as an asset ? Your data isn’t fit for purpose. You need to regard your data as a specific asset. So, how can you treat data as an asset?

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