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 are these rampant and often uncontrolled projects to collect metadata properly motivated? What Is Metadata?

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erwin

JANUARY 24, 2019

With an automation framework, data professionals can meet these needs at a fraction of the cost of the traditional manual way. In data governance terms, an automation framework refers to a metadata-driven universal code generator that works hand in hand with enterprise data mapping for: Pre-ETL enterprise data mapping.

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erwin

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Ultra Mobile recently shared how it uses erwin Data Intelligence (erwin DI) as part of a modern, ongoing approach to data governance and therefore control versus chaos. Being able to integrate all data touchpoints, including erwin DM for data modeling, Denodo for data visualization, and Jira for ticketing, has been key.

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Octopai

JULY 18, 2019

Add to that the fact that the service providers are typically scrutinized at a highly detailed level by government regulators—so much so that in some countries, the government is the sole service provider. Healthcare and Data Governance. All of the challenges described above, among others, are data problems.

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Octopai

JUNE 24, 2019

There are a number of scenarios that necessitate data governance tools. Businesses operating within strict industry regulations, utilizing analytics software, and/or regularly consolidating data in key subject areas will find themselves looking into data governance tools to help them achieve their goals.

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erwin

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

One of the key ingredients to ensure data is really embedded in an organization, and one of the key enablers to increase the strategic impact of data, is the setup of a successful data governance program. Technology is an enabler, and for data governance this is essentially having an excellent metadata management tool.

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erwin

JUNE 22, 2020

Earlier this year, erwin released its 2020 State of Data Governance and Automation (DGA) report. About 70 percent of the DGA report respondents – a combination of roles from data architects to executive managers – say they spend an average of 10 or more hours per week on data-related activities.

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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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erwin

JUNE 26, 2020

It’s no surprise that most organizations’ data is often fragmented and siloed across numerous sources (e.g., legacy systems, data warehouses, flat files stored on individual desktops and laptops, and modern, cloud-based repositories.). This also diminishes the value of data as an asset. Technical Metadata.

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AWS Big Data

APRIL 29, 2024

Effective permission management helps tackle these challenges by controlling how data is accessed and used, providing data integrity and minimizing the risk of data breaches. Apache Ranger is a comprehensive framework designed for data governance and security in Hadoop ecosystems.

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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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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. If you want more control over and more value from all your data, join us for a demo of erwin MM.

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erwin

APRIL 29, 2020

An understanding of the data’s origins and history helps answer questions about the origin of data in a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) reports, including: How the report tables and columns are defined in the metadata? Who are the data owners? Data lineage offers proof that the data provided is reflected accurately.

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Alation

DECEMBER 15, 2022

June 2017: Dresner Advisory Services names Alation the #1 data catalog in its inaugural Data Catalog End-User Market Study. August 2017: Alation debuts as a leader in the Gartner MQ for Metadata Management Solutions. August 2018: Gartner names Alation a 2X Leader in the MQ for Metadata Management Solutions.

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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

DECEMBER 7, 2021

How can we improve and deliver trusted data to the organization? Alation surfaces valuable metadata, so users can quickly answer these questions with total confidence and trust. This integration enables data users within organizations to continuously: search and discover data. grant everyone self-service access to data.

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erwin

AUGUST 6, 2020

Good Data = Good Decisions. Without good data, it’s difficult to make good decisions. Data access, literacy and knowledge leads to sound decision-making and that’s key to data governance and any other data-driven effort. Data literacy enables collaboration and innovation.

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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

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. Request a demo to schedule a discussion today.

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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. Governing metadata.

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erwin

APRIL 9, 2020

As someone who works in data governance and intelligence , I’d like to look at three aspects of disaster planning and business continuity in particular. Understanding the semantic meaning of our data and identifying critical data elements will help us complete our resources-on-hand survey.

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Alation

MARCH 14, 2023

All critical data elements (CDEs) should be collated and inventoried with relevant metadata, then classified into relevant categories and curated as we further define below. Store Where individual departments have their own databases for metadata management, data will be siloed, meaning it can’t be shared and used business-wide.

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Alation

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

It is people, process, technology, and data — more importantly, metadata. Metadata provides technical and behavioral intelligence about data that can be used to decide where to start and how to plot a course to the destination, including who needs to be involved and who can offer assistance if roadblocks are encountered.

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Octopai

APRIL 5, 2020

The solution to such problems is automated BI intelligence – a comprehensive platform that includes automated data lineage, data discovery, and business glossary. In addition, enterprise users can access the same centralized data from any location on the cloud. See the full data journey from multiple systems.

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erwin

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

To combat dark data and shine a light on available data, many organizations are turning to data intelligence software. The more complete the picture of an organization’s data landscape, or the less dark data inside, the better IT can manage and protect data as an asset. Data governance teams.

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Alation

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Transactional systems and data warehouses can then use the golden records as the entity’s most current, trusted representation. Data Catalog and Master Data Management. Early on, analysts used data catalogs to find and understand data more quickly. The MDM tool should help with this.

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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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Alation

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In the future, spreadsheet users will be able to curate and publish rich metadata about their spreadsheets back into the data catalog. Data teams can conduct impact analysis, tracing lineage from spreadsheets to upstream source applications. Sathish: I’m also excited about data governance for spreadsheets.

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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

APRIL 14, 2023

Practitioners and hands-on data users were thrilled to be there, and many connected as they shared their progress on their own data stack journeys. People were familiar with the value of a data catalog (and the growing need for data governance ), though many admitted to being somewhat behind on their journeys.

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Alation

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Data governance: Alation allows finance teams to easily identify business metric owners and connect these experts to the underlying data they know best, which supports better governance. They can add metadata in the business glossary to indicate what types of compliance reporting a term supports.

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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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Cloudera

AUGUST 4, 2021

And if data security tops IT concerns, data governance should be their second priority. Not only is it critical to protect data, but data governance is also the foundation for data-driven businesses and maximizing value from data analytics. But it’s still not easy. But it’s still not easy.

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Alation

APRIL 6, 2023

Data governance is traditionally applied to structured data assets that are most often found in databases and information systems. This blog focuses on governing spreadsheets that contain data, information, and metadata, and must themselves be governed. Simply put, metadata adds context.

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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. As such, traditional – and mostly manual – processes associated with data management and data governance have broken down.

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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. How the data has changed.

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