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?

Metadata 84

Metadata Data Governance Digital Transformation Data Quality 84

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). Five Steps to GDPR/CCPA Compliance. How erwin Can Help.

Data Governance 110

Data Governance Management Metadata Risk Management 110

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?

Metadata 52

Metadata Data Governance Digital Transformation Data Quality 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?

Data Strategy 52

Data Strategy Strategy Metadata Data Quality 52

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.

Metadata 132

Metadata Cost-Benefit Measurement Data-driven 132

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.

Data Governance 42

Data Governance Metadata Unstructured Data Software 42

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The data architect also “provides a standard common business vocabulary, expresses strategic requirements, outlines high-level integrated designs to meet those requirements, and aligns with enterprise strategy and related business architecture,” according to DAMA International’s Data Management Body of Knowledge.

Data Architecture 132

Data Architecture Data Warehouse Statistics Visualization 132

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.

Cost-Benefit 143

Cost-Benefit Data Governance Metadata Reporting 143

erwin

JANUARY 17, 2020

Data modeling is a process that enables organizations to discover, design, visualize, standardize and deploy high-quality data assets through an intuitive, graphical interface. Data models provide visualization, create additional metadata and standardize data design across the enterprise. What is Data Modeling?

Data-driven 138

Data-driven Modeling Metadata Data Governance 138

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. And there’s control of that landscape to facilitate insight and collaboration and limit risk.

Data Governance 40

Data Governance Risk Metadata Management 40

Alation

APRIL 18, 2023

Gartner defines data profiling as: A technology for discovering and investigating data quality issues, such as duplication, lack of consistency, and lack of accuracy and completeness. The tools provide data statistics, such as degree of duplication and ratios of attribute values, both in tabular and graphical formats.

IT 52

IT Metadata Data Quality Data Governance 52

erwin

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

The International Enterprise Architecture Institute (IEAI) defines enterprise architecture (EA) as “the analysis and documentation of an enterprise in its current and future states from an integrated strategy, business and technology perspective.”. In the era of data-driven business, such perspective is critical.

Enterprise 145

Enterprise Data-driven Data Governance Digital Transformation 145

datapine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Effective DQM is recognized as essential to any consistent data analysis, as the quality of data is crucial to derive actionable and – more importantly – accurate insights from your information. There are a lot of strategies that you can use to improve the quality of your information. 2 – Data profiling.

Data Quality 241

Data Quality Metrics Data-driven Management 241

Alation

JUNE 2, 2022

In part one of this series, I discussed how data management challenges have evolved and how data governance and security have to play in such challenges, with an eye to cloud migration and drift over time. Data management is not yet a solved problem, but modern data management is leagues ahead of prior approaches.

Modeling 52

Modeling Data Governance Statistics Unstructured Data 52

erwin

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Data Center Consolidation. Data Governance (knowing what data you have and where it is). For example, a COVID response plan will use EA to document if employees work from home, what their roles are, the projects on which they’re working, and what their schedules are. Innovation Management. Artificial Intelligence.

Enterprise 131

Enterprise Digital Transformation Key Performance Indicator Data-driven 131

erwin

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Metadata management is key to wringing all the value possible from data assets. However, most organizations don’t use all the data at their disposal to reach deeper conclusions about how to drive revenue, achieve regulatory compliance or accomplish other strategic objectives. What Is Metadata? Harvest data.

Metadata 110

Metadata Management Data Quality Cost-Benefit 110

AWS Big Data

APRIL 19, 2023

This allows for a new way of thinking and new organizational elements—namely, a modern data community. However, today’s data mesh platform contains largely independent data products. Even with well-documented data products, knowing how to connect or join data products is a time-consuming job.

Technology 85

Technology Data-driven Machine Learning Sales 85

erwin

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The International Enterprise Architecture Institute (IEAI) defines enterprise architecture (EA) as “the analysis and documentation of an enterprise in its current and future states from an integrated strategy, business and technology perspective.”. In the era of data-driven business, such perspective is critical.

Enterprise 77

Enterprise Data-driven Data Governance Digital Transformation 77

erwin

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The International Enterprise Architecture Institute (IEAI) defines enterprise architecture (EA) as “the analysis and documentation of an enterprise in its current and future states from an integrated strategy, business and technology perspective.”. In the era of data-driven business, such perspective is critical.

Enterprise 72

Enterprise Data-driven Data Governance Digital Transformation 72

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?

Data Governance 52

Data Governance Metadata Data Architecture Data Quality 52

Alation

JUNE 28, 2022

This is where metadata, or the data about data, comes into play. Having a data catalog is the cornerstone of your data governance strategy, but what supports your data catalog? Your metadata management framework provides the underlying structure that makes your data accessible and manageable.

Metadata 52

Metadata Management Data Governance Machine Learning 52

Domino Data Lab

APRIL 3, 2019

Paco Nathan ‘s latest column dives into data governance. This month’s article features updates from one of the early data conferences of the year, Strata Data Conference – which was held just last week in San Francisco. In particular, here’s my Strata SF talk “Overview of Data Governance” presented in article form.

Data Governance 84

Data Governance Machine Learning Metadata Big Data 84

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.

Data Quality 98

Data Quality Data Governance Metadata Metrics 98

erwin

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Better decision-making has now topped compliance as the primary driver of data governance. However, organizations still encounter a number of bottlenecks that may hold them back from fully realizing the value of their data in producing timely and relevant business insights. Data Governance Bottlenecks. Regulations.

Data Governance 89

Data Governance Metadata Data Quality Risk Management 89

Ontotext

MARCH 8, 2023

Rich metadata and semantic modeling continue to drive the matching of 50K training materials to specific curricula, leading new, data-driven, audience-based marketing efforts that demonstrate how the recommender service is achieving increased engagement and performance from over 2.3 million users.

Enterprise 52

Enterprise Knowledge Discovery Risk Data-driven 52

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.

Data Governance 82

Data Governance Metadata Data-driven Enterprise 82

erwin

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Untapped data, if mined, represents tremendous potential for your organization. While there has been a lot of talk about big data over the years, the real hero in unlocking the value of enterprise data is metadata , or the data about the data. Metadata Is the Heart of Data Intelligence.

Metadata 104

Metadata Management Data-driven Data Architecture 104

O'Reilly on Data

JULY 28, 2020

One mid-sized digital media company we interviewed reported that their Marketing, Advertising, Strategy, and Product teams once wanted to build an AI-driven user traffic forecast tool. One strategy for maintaining motivation is to push for short-term bursts to beat a performance baseline. arbitrary stemming, stop word removal.).

Marketing 362

Marketing Experimentation Metrics Testing 362

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.

Cost-Benefit 98

Cost-Benefit Metadata Data Governance Reporting 98

erwin

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

As organizations deal with managing ever more data, the need to automate data management becomes clear. Last week erwin issued its 2020 State of Data Governance and Automation (DGA) Report. One piece of the research that stuck with me is that 70% of respondents spend 10 or more hours per week on data-related activities.

Management 144

Management Data Governance Cost-Benefit Metadata 144

Alation

APRIL 14, 2022

Semantics, context, and how data is tracked and used mean even more as you stretch to reach post-migration goals. This is why, when data moves, it’s imperative for organizations to prioritize data discovery. Data discovery is also critical for data governance , which, when ineffective, can actually hinder organizational growth.

Metadata 59

Metadata Data Governance Modeling Data-driven 59

AWS Big Data

JULY 28, 2023

Data management and governance Addressing the challenges mentioned requires a combination of technical, operational, and legal measures. Organizations need to develop robust data governance practices, establish clear procedures for handling deletion requests, and maintain ongoing compliance with GDPR regulations.

Snapshot 85

Snapshot Metadata Measurement Data Warehouse 85

Octopai

JANUARY 12, 2020

From Data Analysts, BI Architects, Developers, and Data Governance Leaders to IT and BI Managers. If you’re in the Business Intelligence world, there is a chance that you and I had a brief chat about metadata. Here’s what I found: Data always tells the truth, even when it lies.

Metadata 57

Metadata Management Data Governance Reporting 57

Sisense

JULY 6, 2020

First off, this involves defining workflows for every business process within the enterprise: the what, how, why, who, when, and where aspects of data. These subsystems each play a vital part in your overall EDM program, but three that we’ll give special attention to are data governance, architecture, and warehousing.

Enterprise 98

Enterprise Management Data Architecture Strategy 98

Octopai

AUGUST 9, 2021

With a data catalog, it’s all right there. Clarification and documentation . No matter how good your catalog is, sometimes your self-service BI user needs to touch base with subject matter experts in order to answer a question he has about the data. Metadata relevant to a catalog includes: Technical description.

Metadata 56

Metadata Reporting Sales Data-driven 56

Alation

MARCH 21, 2023

As an industry with tight margins, travel and tourism companies can use analytics to detect trends that help them reduce costs, decide future product and service offerings, and develop successful business strategies. What are common data challenges for the travel industry?

Data Analytics 52

Data Analytics Analytics Data-driven Big Data 52

erwin

MARCH 21, 2019

With business process modeling (BPM) being a key component of data governance , choosing a BPM tool is part of a dilemma many businesses either have or will soon face. Historically, BPM didn’t necessarily have to be tied to an organization’s data governance initiative. Choosing a BPM Tool: An Overview. Silo Buster.

Modeling 75

Modeling Metadata IT Data Governance 75