Alation

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The practitioner asked me to add something to a presentation for his organization: the value of data governance for things other than data compliance and data security. Now to be honest, I immediately jumped onto data quality. Data quality is a very typical use case for data governance.

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Alation

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

This past week, I had the pleasure of hosting Data Governance for Dummies author Jonathan Reichental for a fireside chat , along with Denise Swanson , Data Governance lead at Alation. Can you have proper data management without establishing a formal data governance program?

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Alation

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Data governance is growing in urgency and prominence. As regulations grow more complex (and compliance fines more onerous) organizations aren’t just adapting data governance frameworks to drive compliance – they’re leveraging governance to fuel a growing range of use cases, from collaboration to stewardship, discovery, and more.

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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.

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Alation

APRIL 25, 2023

That means if you haven’t already incorporated a plan for data governance into your long-term vision for your business, the time is now. Let’s take a closer look at what data governance is — and the top five mistakes to avoid when implementing it. 5 common data governance mistakes 1.

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Anmut

MARCH 22, 2023

This ultimately allows for more effective goal-setting, with targets determined according to both your data maturity right now and the desired stage you want to attain in the future. Why do we need data maturity models? A data maturity model helps your company measure its data and business health.

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Alation

JANUARY 26, 2023

These data requirements could be satisfied with a strong data governance strategy. Governance can — and should — be the responsibility of every data user, though how that’s achieved will depend on the role within the organization. How can data engineers address these challenges directly?

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Alation

MARCH 5, 2021

Data governance defines how data should be gathered and used within an organization. It address core questions, such as: How does the business define data? How accurate must the data be for use? Organizations have much to gain from learning about and implementing a data governance framework.

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Alation

APRIL 25, 2023

That means if you haven’t already incorporated a plan for data governance into your long-term vision for your business, the time is now. Let’s take a closer look at what data governance is — and the top five mistakes to avoid when implementing it. 5 common data governance mistakes 1.

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BI-Survey

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Data and data management processes are everywhere in the organization so there is a growing need for a comprehensive view of business objects and data. It is therefore vital that data is subject to some form of overarching control, which should be guided by a data strategy. This is where data governance comes in.

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Alation

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The importance of data governance is growing. Here at Alation, we’ve seen the demand for new robust governance capabilities skyrocket in the past year. Alation Data Governance App. The Data Governance App introduces a range of new capabilities to make governance more easy and effective.

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Alation

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Yet high-volume collection makes keeping that foundation sound a challenge, as the amount of data collected by businesses is greater than ever before. An effective data governance strategy is critical for unlocking the full benefits of this information. Data governance requires a system.

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Cloudera

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Should an issue arise, it is up to this cloud ops team to apply corrective measures. . Cloudera partners with leading AICPA-certified, third-party auditors to maintain SOC 2 Type 2 report and ISO27001 certifications. Protecting your data is part of the CDP One offering.

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Alation

OCTOBER 28, 2021

This data is also a lucrative target for cyber criminals. Healthcare leaders face a quandary: how to use data to support innovation in a way that’s secure and compliant? Data governance in healthcare has emerged as a solution to these challenges. Uncover intelligence from data. Protect data at the source.

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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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Alation

JULY 21, 2021

I’m pleased to share that Alation has been named a data governance leader in the new report, The Forrester Wave : Data Governance Solutions, Q3 2021. This recognition from Forrester is gratifying, as it aligns with the success our customers are having with Alation and their data governance programs.

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Alation

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Internal and external auditors work with many different systems to ensure this data is protected accordingly. This is where data governance comes in: A robust program allows banks and financial institutions to use this data to build customer trust and still meet compliance mandates. What is Data Governance in Banking?

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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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Alation

JUNE 14, 2022

For the second year in a row, Snowflake has named Alation its Data Governance Partner of the Year. This back-to-back recognition is testament to Alation’s essential role within the Snowflake partner ecosystem at the intersection of data cloud migration , active data governance , and self-service.

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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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Alation

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

It’s been one year since we’ve started publishing the Alation State of Data Culture report, and uncertainty still remains the only sure thing. Yet, through it all, organizations that rely on, and invest in, building a data culture have consistently outperformed those who don’t. Data Culture Separates Winners From Losers.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

But the enthusiasm must be tempered by the need to put data management and data governance in place. The Salesforce report found that 87% of technical leaders say that advances in AI make data management a higher priority and 92% say that trustworthy data is needed more than ever before.

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CDW Research Hub

MAY 29, 2019

Data governance helps organizations manage their information and answer questions about business performance, allowing them to better understand data, and govern it to mitigate compliance risks and empower information stakeholders. Checklist: Building an Enterprise Data Governance Program.

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BI-Survey

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Modernizing and optimizing enterprise reporting – or classical BI – has not been such a priority for many of today’s organizations, even though it constitutes the backbone of information supply for decision support. Technological innovations and their increasing proliferation are shaping enterprise reporting and BI.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Certifications measure your knowledge and skills against industry- and vendor-specific benchmarks to prove to employers you have the right skillset. The credential is available at the executive management, principal, mastery, associate practitioner, and foundation assistant data governance professional levels.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 6, 2024

We built that end-to-end data model and process from scratch while we ran the old business. We still operated our core license and maintenance business, but we changed everything, including CRM, revenue recognition, reporting, and customer success to support the new cloud business operating model. Take sales territories for example.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 26, 2024

While ESG seeks to provide standard methods and approaches to measuring across environmental, social and governance KPIs, and holds organizations accountable for that performance, sustainability is far broader. As we have seen with any sort of external reporting liabilities, this type of accountability does drive action.

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DataKitchen

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Imagine a data pipeline error or data problem that impacts critical analytics. Most organizations find out about these errors from their customers, such as a VP of Sales who notices that the bookings report is millions of dollars off. Restrictive data governance Policies. In other words, governance-as-code.

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datapine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

1) What Is Data Quality Management? 4) Data Quality Best Practices. 5) How Do You Measure Data Quality? 6) Data Quality Metrics Examples. 7) Data Quality Control: Use Case. 8) The Consequences Of Bad Data Quality. 9) 3 Sources Of Low-Quality Data. 10) Data Quality Solutions: Key Attributes.

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O'Reilly on Data

JANUARY 29, 2019

A recent survey investigated how companies are approaching their AI and ML practices, and measured the sophistication of their efforts. The current generation of AI and ML methods and technologies rely on large amounts of data—specifically, labeled training data. Data scientists and data engineers are in demand.

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erwin

DECEMBER 20, 2018

The driving factors behind data governance adoption vary. Whether implemented as preventative measures (risk management and regulation) or proactive endeavors (value creation and ROI), the benefits of a data governance initiative is becoming more apparent. Defining Data Governance. Data Governance 2.0

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Octopai

APRIL 20, 2023

Octopai has recently expanded its offerings by introducing unique and comprehensive DAX (Data Analysis Expressions) coverage support for Power BI, SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services), and Tabular Analysis Services. This is where Octopai’s DAX support for Power BI and SSRS becomes essential.

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 24, 2024

Some common principles and practices organizations use to bolster data privacy include: Data visibility For effective data governance, an organization needs to know the types of data it has, where the data resides, and how it is used. Example A social media site creates a self-service data management portal.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 14, 2024

Read the report: CEO’s guide to AI in finance Unlocking the value CFOs are not expected to be technology experts. That said, they do need to understand how to measure the business value created from generative AI across the organization while also using the technology to augment their own skills and capabilities.

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BI-Survey

AUGUST 22, 2023

It is about a focus on data products and the decentralized creation of and responsibility for data products in the line of business, which are based on a self-service analytics infrastructure and federated data governance with a high degree of automation. Management summary Should business domains own data products?

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 10, 2023

To further the above, organizations should have the right foundation that consists of a modern data governance approach and data architecture. To further the above, organizations should have the right foundation that consists of a modern data governance approach and data architecture.

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Cloudera

JULY 17, 2023

At lower levels of grain our measurements are data-driven and automated, but at the macro level we prefer to apply some subjectivity (of course our weightings will differ from yours as we are on a different journey). Our data and analytics leaders meet monthly to evaluate our health improvement and log subjective measures.

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