Tag: data governance

May 11, 2023

Data catalog tools work with data catalogs to make them more efficient. Data catalogs typically come with tools included as part of the data catalog package. The tools included with data catalogs have been developed to support data quality, analytics, […]

May 10, 2023

As critical as data is for organizations to flourish in today’s economy, simply collecting and storing data without a data governance policy leaves an organization without a structure to handle the information. Only 49% of enterprise decisions are driven by […]

May 1, 2023

Many organizations have mapped out the systems and applications of their data landscape. Many have documented their most critical business processes. Many have modeled their data domains and key attributes. But only very few have succeeded in connecting the knowledge […]

April 21, 2023

Without data, businesses wouldn’t have much to work with when making informed decisions. Data by itself, though, isn’t enough for business leaders to rely on when they’re driving growth; a gigantic collection of data isn’t worth nearly as much as […]

April 19, 2023

The rapid growth of the digital landscape has driven an increased demand for data scientists and chief data officers (CDOs) across a multitude of industries. As these roles become crucial components of business strategies, a CompTIA report projects a 5.5% […]

April 18, 2023

The ability to integrate data successfully into a single platform can be a challenge. Well-integrated data makes it easy for the appropriate staff to access and work with it. Poorly integrated data creates problems. Data integration can be described as […]

April 13, 2023

The emergence of business models driven by data along with the evolution of modern analytics and cloud capabilities have increased the interest in data management multifold. As a result, enterprises are breaking down data siloes, transforming their data architectures, and […]

April 10, 2023

Like an invisible virus, “dirty data” plagues today’s business world. That is to say, inaccurate, incomplete, and inconsistent data is proliferating in today’s “big data”-centric world. Working with dirty data costs companies millions of dollars annually. It decreases the efficiency […]

April 3, 2023

In July 2021, one of the world’s leading banks revealed a loss of $5.5 billion due to a default by one of its customers. The bank identified the “failure of management and controls” in its investment banking arm as the […]

March 30, 2023

Sustained economic volatility and a global recession have forced enterprise leaders to make difficult decisions. Some are reducing headcount and scaling down operational overhead to become more agile, while others have implemented cost-saving measures, such as cutting tech spend, to […]

March 30, 2023

The goal of building a strategy to democratize data is to allow all appropriate staff to access the organization’s data, regardless of their technical skills or job description. Previously, a researcher would have to submit a request to the IT […]

March 27, 2023

Devops teams build their infrastructure as code, automate deployments with continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), and establish continuous testing as some of the steps to avoid technical debt. Too much technical debt smells like rotting cheese and slows down agile development […]

March 24, 2023

Data governance defines roles, responsibilities, and processes for ensuring accountability for and ownership of data assets across the enterprise. Data governance definition Data governance is a system for defining who within an organization has authority and control over data assets […]

March 14, 2023

Large organizations want to create a flexible environment to innovate and respond quickly based on new data insights. But at the same time, these businesses want some structure for good Data Quality, data fit for consumption, simplifying and speeding up […]

February 23, 2023

It may seem counterintuitive to think of data engineers needing to improve Data Literacy, the ability to read, work with, analyze, and argue with data. After all, data engineers apply technical Data Literacy skills to build and optimize operating systems […]

February 21, 2023

Companies increasingly want to mature their Data Governance, the formal Data Management capabilities around its value as a service, in 2023. That way, organizations can respond to an uncertain business environment quickly and flexibly. While Kelle O’Neal, founder and CEO […]

February 20, 2023

Diversity is recognized as key to increasing performance within organizations. Chief diversity officers face challenges, however, when attempting to take a data-driven approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). One significant roadblock is risk arising from DEI data and metrics. […]

February 16, 2023

The topic of agile transformation is emerging, either driven “bottom-up” from product leaders or “top-down” by C-level executives. Being primarily transformation of the business, it is a response to digital strategy, thus connected with a wide range of topics – […]

February 15, 2023

The process of Data Modeling is playing an increasingly important role when creating or improving a Data Governance program. Data Governance has become extremely complex, and the use of Data Modeling promotes understanding. One basic reason for the increasing complexity […]

February 14, 2023

With the onset of the pandemic, global businesses began to realize the power of operational efficiency, scalability, and growth. With this realization came the crucial need to shift their data centers to managed service ecosystems – cloud platforms in all […]