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How Metadata Makes Data Meaningful

erwin

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 in many scenarios, it seems that the underlying driver of metadata collection projects is that it’s just something you do for data governance.

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The Missing Link in Enterprise Data Governance: Metadata

Octopai

In order to figure out why the numbers in the two reports didn’t match, Steve needed to understand everything about the data that made up those reports – when the report was created, who created it, any changes made to it, which system it was created in, etc. Enterprise data governance. Metadata in data governance.

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How Metadata Makes Data Meaningful

erwin

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 in many scenarios, it seems that the underlying driver of metadata collection projects is that it’s just something you do for data governance.

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The Need For Personalized Data Journeys for Your Data Consumers

DataKitchen

Example 2: The Data Engineering Team Has Many Small, Valuable Files Where They Need Individual Source File Tracking In a typical data processing workflow, tracking individual files as they progress through various stages—from file delivery to data ingestion—is crucial.

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Dive deep into security management: The Data on EKS Platform

AWS Big Data

This system simplifies managing user access, saves time for data security administrators, and minimizes the risk of configuration errors. Addressing big data challenges – Big data comes with unique challenges, like managing large volumes of rapidly evolving data across multiple platforms.

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What is data governance? Best practices for managing data assets

CIO Business Intelligence

The Business Application Research Center (BARC) warns that data governance is a highly complex, ongoing program, not a “big bang initiative,” and it runs the risk of participants losing trust and interest over time. The program must introduce and support standardization of enterprise data.

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As insurers look to be more agile, data mesh strategies take centerstage

CIO Business Intelligence

This is where data fabric tools with their focus on orchestration, contextual layering, and metadata management are important elements to add to the equation. Data fabric introduces an intelligent semantic layer that orchestrates disparate data sources, applications, and services into a unified and easily accessible framework.