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 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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erwin

APRIL 29, 2020

These tools range from enterprise service bus (ESB) products, data integration tools; extract, transform and load (ETL) tools, procedural code, application program interfaces (API)s, file transfer protocol (FTP) processes, and even business intelligence (BI) reports that further aggregate and transform data. Data Governance.

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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

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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Alation

DECEMBER 15, 2022

December 2012: Alation forms and goes to work creating the first enterprise data catalog. Later, in its inaugural report on data catalogs, Forrester Research recognizes that “Alation started the MLDC trend.”. May 2016: Alation named a Gartner Cool Vendor in their Data Integration and Data Quality, 2016 report.

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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. Creating a High-Quality Data Pipeline.

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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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Octopai

APRIL 5, 2020

When reliant on manual procedures, sometimes reports or procedures just can’t get done at all due to the length of time required, or otherwise, they are prone to human error, time-consuming, and cumbersome. This is when automated data lineage saves the day, literally. Stop drowning in data prep. Schedule a Demo.

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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

OCTOBER 26, 2021

They need trusted data to drive reliable reporting, decision-making, and risk reduction. A Strong Data Culture Supports Strategic Decision Making. Our successful customers invest in and infuse data and analytics throughout the enterprise. Finance teams soon realize other key benefits of the Alation Data Catalog.

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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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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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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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AWS Big Data

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For this post, we focus on the following: Enterprise data warehouse (EDW) platform – This has all write workloads, along with some of the applications running reads via the Redshift Data API. Marketing data mart – This has predictable extract, transform, and load (ETL) and business intelligence (BI) workloads at specific times of day.

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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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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The financial services industry has been in the process of modernizing its data governance for more than a decade. But as we inch closer to global economic downturn, the need for top-notch governance has become increasingly urgent. Download the Gartner® Market Guide for Active Metadata Management 1. Stakeholders?

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AWS Big Data

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Collaboration – Analysts, data scientists, and data engineers often own different steps within the end-to-end analytics journey but do not have an simple way to collaborate on the same governed data, using the tools of their choice.

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erwin

JANUARY 31, 2019

And even organizations that are currently compliant can’t afford to let their data governance standards slip. Data Governance for GDPR. Google’s record GDPR fine makes the rationale for better data governance clear enough. So arguably, the “tertiary” benefits of data governance should take center stage.

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erwin

MARCH 18, 2021

The e-guide takes a deep dive into the evolving role of CDOs at financial organizations, tapping into the minds of 100+ financial global financial leaders and C-suite executives to look at the latest trends and provide a roadmap for developing an offensive data management strategy. Data Governance Is Not Just About Compliance.

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erwin

MARCH 18, 2021

The e-guide takes a deep dive into the evolving role of CDOs at financial organizations, tapping into the minds of 100+ financial global financial leaders and C-suite executives to look at the latest trends and provide a roadmap for developing an offensive data management strategy. Data Governance Is Not Just About Compliance.

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Alation

MAY 3, 2022

Yet there’s still an alarming gap between finding data… and using it. A recent IDC report found that “people are still spending 70% of their time searching for, preparing, and protecting data.” With every report or analysis, a huge amount of the effort is one-and-done. Data for Everyone! Use data properly.

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Alation

MARCH 21, 2023

What are common data challenges for the travel industry? Some companies struggle to optimize their data’s value and leverage analytics effectively. When companies lack a data governance strategy , they may struggle to identify all consumer data or flag personal data as subject to compliance audits.

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Octopai

JULY 17, 2019

This lifecycle includes where the data originates, how it has gotten from point to point, and of course where it is today. Through data lineage, organizations can better understand what happens to data as it travels through different pipelines (ETL, files, reports, databases etc.)

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Octopai

OCTOBER 17, 2019

A good business glossary enables: – Good report design and development. – Report integrity. Similarly, a term used in one report means the same thing in a different report used by a different department or business unit. Consumers of the reports can then, with confidence, do apples-to-apples comparisons.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 14, 2024

This involves unifying and sharing a single copy of data and metadata across IBM® watsonx.data ™, IBM® Db2 ®, IBM® Db2® Warehouse and IBM® Netezza ®, using native integrations and supporting open formats, all without the need for migration or recataloging. With Netezza support for 1.2

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erwin

APRIL 21, 2020

Another foundational purpose of a data catalog is to streamline, organize and process the thousands, if not millions, of an organization’s data assets to help consumers/users search for specific datasets and understand metadata , ownership, data lineage and usage. Make Data Accessible & Usable.

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erwin

APRIL 21, 2020

Another foundational purpose of a data catalog is to streamline, organize and process the thousands, if not millions, of an organization’s data assets to help consumers/users search for specific datasets and understand metadata , ownership, data lineage and usage. Make Data Accessible & Usable.

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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. They often lack guidance into how to prioritize curation and data documentation efforts.

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Alation

AUGUST 20, 2021

Data lineage helps you holistically understand the data you intend to use. Was it used by a specific team or in a specific report? The more you know about data lineage , the better decisions you can make about data usage. Data lineage provides these details so data migrations are more efficient and successful.

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Alation

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

As IT leaders oversee migration, it’s critical they do not overlook data governance. Data governance is essential because it ensures people can access useful, high-quality data. Therefore, the question is not if a business should implement cloud data management and governance, but which framework is best for them.

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Rocket-Powered Data Science

MARCH 20, 2023

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. Live online presentations, demos, and customer testimonials were complemented with new content posted at sap.com/datasphere.

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erwin

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Prashant Parikh, erwin’s Senior Vice President of Software Engineering, talks about erwin’s vision to automate every aspect of the data governance journey to increase speed to insights. Although AI and ML are massive fields with tremendous value, erwin’s approach to data governance automation is much broader.

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Alation

JUNE 7, 2023

Yet having trusted data, alongside data access in a self-service environment, can give you that speed. Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) used self-service data access as a way to accelerate time-to-market for new products. To find the opportunities within its data, Vattenfall chose Alation Data Catalog.

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