Disruption has been on an ongoing progressive cycle since the beginning of the digital era – but when the pandemic began in 2020, innovations began to progress at a record pace. In today’s world, mastering data, analytics, and advanced technologies has become a primary driver of business strategy, providing organizations with unlimited possibilities to increase business […]
6 Data Cleaning Strategies Your Company Needs Right Now
Data cleaning (or data cleansing) is the process of checking your data for correctness, validity, and consistency and fixing it when necessary. No matter what type of data you are handling, its quality is crucial. So it’s better to implement this process into your regular workflow as soon as possible. What are the specifics of data […]
What’s Next for Identity Security in 2022
According to The Identity Theft Research Center, the number of data breaches this year has already surpassed the total number in 2020 by 17%, making it a record-breaking year for data compromises. So far in 2021, nearly 281.5 million people have been affected by some sort of data breach. Even as new advances in identity security come […]
The Evolution of Metadata Platforms vs. Data Platforms
Watching closely the evolution of metadata platforms (later rechristened as Data Governance platforms due to their focus), as somebody who has implemented and built Data Governance solutions on top of these platforms, I see a significant evolution in their architecture as well as the use cases they support. This evolution seems to closely mirror the […]
Dear Laura: How Can I Build Traction for Data Governance in a Start-Up?
Welcome to the Dear Laura blog series! As I’ve been working to challenge the status quo on Data Governance – I get a lot of questions about how it will “really” work. I’ll be sharing these questions and answers via this DATAVERSITY® series. In 2019, I wrote the book “Disrupting Data Governance” because I firmly believe that […]
How a Cultural Shift Toward Data Democratization Can Improve Analytics
As part of a well-desired culture change of data awareness in an organization, data democratization is a concept that enables easy access to data by anyone. The ease of availability and access to data allows for direct and indirect data monetization, thus improving revenue streams. This concept can be realized through an internal marketplace as […]
The Power of “Set It and Forget It” Data Governance
With the COVID-19 pandemic pushing life further online, the way we collaborate and communicate has been altered forever. In addition, the volume and variety of information and content grows exponentially by the day, making effective Data Governance a tough task for many companies. As work-from-anywhere policies become the norm, it has never been more important for companies to deploy an information management solution […]
What to Expect in 2022: Data Privacy, Data Quality, and More
As 2021 begins to draw to a close, there are lessons to be learned for marketers faced with abrupt changing consumer behaviors and an acceleration of digital channels. Three big shifts came this year, namely in the realms of consumer data privacy, the use of third-party cookies vs. first-party data, and the regulations and expectations […]
Data Literacy: A New Requirement for Consumers and Businesses
Did you know that only one-third of us can confidently understand, analyze, and argue with data? That’s the essential question posited by the Data Literacy Project, an organization that wants to “ignite discussion and develop the tools we need to shape a successful, data-literate society.” Achieving consumer Data Literacy at a mass scale is an ambitious […]
Is DataOps the Savior of Under-Pressure Analytics Teams?
DataOps is something that has been building up at the edges of enterprise data strategies for a couple of years now, steadily gaining followers and creeping up the agenda of data professionals. And many believe it could now finally be about to enter the mainstream. The number of data requests from the business keeps growing […]