Alation

MAY 23, 2023

For leaders tasked with rolling out a new data governance program, getting started can feel like a daunting task. For one financial services organization, getting started took identifying key capabilities of their future data platform, tying those capabilities to business value, and working closely with the implementation team.

Business Objectives 52

Business Objectives Enterprise Data Governance Sales 52

Alation

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The importance of data governance is growing. With this change, we seek to better tailor our solution to the precise needs of each customer. This will enable you to choose exactly the right mix of data catalog plus apps that best meet your business needs. Alation Data Governance App. Data Governance Service Offering.

Data Governance 52

Data Governance Dashboards Measurement Machine Learning 52

Alation

AUGUST 30, 2022

we are introducing Alation Anywhere, extending data intelligence directly to the tools in your modern data stack, starting with Tableau. We continue to make deep investments in governance, including new capabilities in the Stewardship Workbench, a core part of the Data Governance App. Then Alation came along.

Metadata 52

Metadata Data Quality Data Governance Machine Learning 52

AWS Big Data

JULY 20, 2023

Apache Hive is a SQL-based data warehouse system for processing highly distributed datasets on the Apache Hadoop platform. The Hive metastore is a repository of metadata about the SQL tables, such as database names, table names, schema, serialization and deserialization information, data location, and partition details of each table.

Data Lake 80

Data Lake Metadata Data Processing Big Data 80

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 20, 2023

For instance, Dell Technologies, a committed steward of sustainability, has worked to decrease energy intensity across its entire portfolio, achieving a 76% reduction since 2013. The result s include 18X faster data backups, 72% less power, and a reduction of 60 tons of CO 2 per year. IT Leadership

Optimization 105

Optimization Data-driven Technology Measurement 105

Smart Data Collective

APRIL 29, 2020

As the world is gradually becoming more dependent on data, the services, tools and infrastructure are all the more important for businesses in every sector. Data management has become a fundamental business concern, and especially for businesses that are going through a digital transformation. What is data management?

Management 84

Management Data Warehouse Digital Transformation Dashboards 84

erwin

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

In a recent global intelligence survey of 1,300 IT, business and executive leaders, more than half estimated that “dark data” comprised 55% or more of their organization’s data – that’s data that is uncaptured, unknown and unused within the organization. Data governance teams.

Enterprise 52

Enterprise Data Governance Dashboards Visualization 52

IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 15, 2024

Two critical elements driving this digital transformation are data and artificial intelligence (AI). AI plays a pivotal role in unlocking value from data and gaining deeper insights into the extensive information that governments collect to serve their citizens. It helps to ensure consistent outputs.

Machine Learning 69

Machine Learning Digital Transformation Modeling Data Collection 69

Alation

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Alation and Soda are excited to announce a new partnership, which will bring powerful data-quality capabilities into the data catalog. Soda’s data observability platform empowers data teams to discover and collaboratively resolve data issues quickly. Do we have end-to-end data pipeline control?

Data Quality 52

Data Quality Metadata Testing Data Governance 52

erwin

APRIL 29, 2020

Data lineage is the journey data takes from its creation through its transformations over time. Tracing the source of data is an arduous task. With all these diverse data sources, and if systems are integrated, it is difficult to understand the complicated data web they form much less get a simple visual flow.

Metadata 111

Metadata Data Governance Key Performance Indicator Data Quality 111

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 12, 2023

By George Trujillo, Principal Data Strategist, DataStax I recently had a conversation with a senior executive who had just landed at a new organization. He had been trying to gather new data insights but was frustrated at how long it was taking. Real-time AI involves processing data for making decisions within a given time frame.

Machine Learning 145

Machine Learning Cost-Benefit Data-driven Strategy 145

CDW Research Hub

JUNE 24, 2021

Metadata provides basic information (the who, what, when, where, why) about your data assets. Some attributes it can contain include the data source, date of last update, and even the assigned data steward (the “go-to” person for questions regarding the data asset). Think of metadata as your data’s life story.

Metadata 52

Metadata Data Governance Management Strategy 52

AWS Big Data

APRIL 8, 2024

In this post, we share how this new feature helps you simplify the way you use Amazon DataZone to enable secure and governed sharing of your data in the AWS Glue Data Catalog. We also delve into how data producers can share their AWS Glue tables through Amazon DataZone without needing to register them in Lake Formation first.

Finance 77

Finance Sales Publishing Metadata 77

Andrew White

JULY 5, 2023

I blogged recently about the high level of hype and confusion across Data and Analytics just a few months ago. Here is the original blog from March 2023: Summing Up Three Days at Gartner’s Data and Analytics Conference in Orlando, Florida, USA. The fact that there are different names is one thing. Too often they are conflated.

Metrics 52

Metrics Metadata Modeling Data Quality 52

AWS Big Data

JUNE 26, 2023

In today’s digital world, data is generated by a large number of disparate sources and growing at an exponential rate. Companies are faced with the daunting task of ingesting all this data, cleansing it, and using it to provide outstanding customer experience. It’s commonly referred to as a data harmonization or deduplication problem.

Insurance 80

Insurance Visualization Data Lake Metrics 80

Alation

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

It was the bricks-and-mortar, merchandising experience versus the data-driven, near-limitless inventory and dynamic flexibility of e-commerce competitors. To meet this trend, retailers know that data is the key. The wide-open, greenfield opportunity presented by retail data in the early e-commerce days has also changed.

Data Governance 52

Data Governance Data Quality Metrics Data-driven 52

Octopai

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Your CFO finally gave the okay to purchase data catalog software. How will you choose the best data catalog software for your company? Lest the proliferation of data catalog features and options leave you groping for someone’s leftover margarita, here’s a guide with the questions to ask to cut through the overwhelm and reach clarity.

Business Intelligence 84

Business Intelligence Software Cost-Benefit Metadata 84

erwin

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

At Sparkle, we’re a holistic data partner helping organizations increase their data maturity in a strategic yet pragmatic way. 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.

Metadata 52

Metadata Data Governance Data Quality Technology 52

IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 23, 2023

Generative AI empowers faster and better data-driven decisions based on historical data, market trends and the use of AI foundation models that identify patterns and anomalies often missed by traditional analysis methods. What is generative AI, what are foundation models, and why do they matter? Apply the controllership lens.

Finance 61

Finance Consulting Data-driven Risk 61

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

As a data scientist for IBM Consulting, I’ve been fortunate enough to work on several projects to fulfill the various needs of IBM clients. See the solution action: . The Data Challenge. As someone who is passionate about data science, I know from firsthand that our model is only as good as the data we feed it.

Machine Learning 55

Machine Learning Modeling Data Science Consulting 55

Octopai

AUGUST 3, 2022

Or maybe that should be an “online data-ing profile”? Seeking: data with integrity. It’s also a critical trait for the data assets of your dreams. What is data with integrity? Data integrity is the extent to which you can rely on a given set of data for use in decision-making. I think not.

Data Integration 93

Data Integration Manufacturing Data Quality Data Governance 93

AWS Big Data

JUNE 6, 2023

We are excited to announce the General Availability of AWS Glue Data Quality. Our journey started by working backward from our customers who create, manage, and operate data lakes and data warehouses for analytics and machine learning. To make confident business decisions, the underlying data needs to be accurate and recent.

Data Quality 94

Data Quality Statistics Data Lake Visualization 94

AWS Big Data

APRIL 3, 2024

Today, we are pleased to announce that Amazon DataZone is now able to present data quality information for data assets. Other organizations monitor the quality of their data through third-party solutions. Amazon DataZone now integrates directly with AWS Glue to display data quality scores for AWS Glue Data Catalog assets.

Data Quality 88

Data Quality Visualization Metadata Metrics 88

Alation

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Master Data Management (MDM) and data catalog growth are accelerating because organizations must integrate more systems, comply with privacy regulations, and address data quality concerns. What Is Master Data Management (MDM)? Data Catalog and Master Data Management. So Which One Should Be Implemented First?

Management 52

Management Data Quality Metadata Testing 52

IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 16, 2022

An enterprise data catalog does all that a library inventory system does – namely streamlining data discovery and access across data sources – and a lot more. For example, data catalogs have evolved to deliver governance capabilities like managing data quality and data privacy and compliance.

Metadata 52

Metadata Data Quality Data-driven Data Governance 52

Alation

MARCH 1, 2023

How are blockchain organizations tackling data management? To learn the answer, we sat down with Karla Kirton , Data Architect at Blockdaemon, a blockchain company, to discuss data strategy , decentralization, and how implementing Alation has supported them. What is your data strategy and how did you begin to implement it?

Data Strategy 52

Data Strategy Strategy Metadata Interactive 52

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

In this role, I lead Ovo’s technology, product and data teams, who provide intelligent energy technology solutions as we work towards decarbonising UK homes, an integral part of ‘plan zero’: Ovo’s journey to net zero. I have mainly focussed on leading companies through digital transition and becoming more data driven.

Snapshot 52

Snapshot Digital Transformation Data Warehouse Data-driven 52

Timo Elliott

MAY 17, 2023

As they strive to become a data-driven enterprise, Hanes has identified key requirements, including a digital foundation, advanced analytics, end-to-end planning, and a resilient supply chain network. For instance, Hanes has leveraged RISE with SAP to enable enterprise data management and advanced analytics.

Manufacturing 105

Manufacturing Recreation/Entertainment Technology Strategy 105

DataRobot Blog

APRIL 1, 2022

As a Customer-Facing Data Scientist and an Evangelist at DataRobot, I would like to share with you a success story at Steward Health Care , the largest for-profit private hospital operator in the United States. See How DataRobot Extends the Capabilities for Expert Data Scientists. Feel free to connect on LinkedIn. Learn more.

Machine Learning 59

Machine Learning Cost-Benefit Predictive Modeling Modeling 59

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 27, 2023

With the ability to instantaneously ingest reams of data using large language models (LLMs), generative AI technologies such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard can produce reports, contracts, and application code far surpassing earlier technologies in speed, accuracy, and thoroughness.

IT 98

IT Insurance Strategy Risk 98

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 2, 2022

HPC5’s performance level enables sophisticated in-house algorithms to process subsoil data, as well as geophysical and seismic information from around the world. Data analytics is the key to unlocking the most value you can extract from data across your organization. Rmax [TFlop/s], 51,720.76 Rpeak (TFlop/s], and 860.32

Informatics 98

Informatics Modeling Testing Technology 98

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?

Metadata 52

Metadata Data Governance Data-driven Sales 52

Alation

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Alation will be the primary solution for Teradata customers seeking a product to help increase the productivity of their data consumers as well as the effectiveness of their data stewards. We might not always be the best solution for the job — when we’re not, we try to be upfront with the customer and tell them so.

Data Architecture 52

Data Architecture Optimization Visualization Software 52

Octopai

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Metadata has been defined as the who, what, where, when, why, and how of data. Without the context given by metadata, data is just a bunch of numbers and letters. But going on a rampage to define, categorize, and otherwise metadata-ize your data doesn’t necessarily give you the key to the value in your data.

Metadata 89

Metadata Management Interactive Strategy 89

erwin

APRIL 2, 2021

Organizations are managing more data than ever. With more companies increasingly migrating their data to the cloud to ensure availability and scalability, the risks associated with data management and protection also are growing. Data Security Starts with Data Governance. Who is authorized to use it and how?

Data Governance 106

Data Governance Cost-Benefit Risk Metadata 106

Octopai

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

And, of course, selecting which data catalog software to invest in. While we can’t relieve your analysis paralysis when it comes to Netflix, frozen desserts or your wardrobe, we’d love to help you out when it comes to data catalog analysis. The average company has over 100K data assets. Okay, maybe Day 2.)

Metadata 53

Metadata Reporting Software Enterprise 53

Alation

AUGUST 17, 2022

According to analysts, data governance programs have not shown a high success rate. According to CIOs , historical data governance programs were invasive and suffered from one of two defects: They were either forced on the rank and file — who grew to dislike IT as a result. The Risks of Early Data Governance Programs.

Data Governance 92

Data Governance Risk Data-driven Measurement 92