For the fourth year in a row, Hannah Sanford of Hannah Sanford Studios wowed the crowd at the Enterprise Data World Conference by graphically recording many of the key conference sessions. Her illustrations present a visual storyboard of the primary elements discussed during a given presentation, with the most important points detailed in a fascinating […]
Governing Data Changes and How it Differs from IT Governance
Click to learn more about author Tejasvi Addagada. Organizations implement a change to create value and benefits for stakeholders or shareholders. Often, value creation is nothing but enjoying the benefits at an ideal resource cost while optimizing risk. A simple retail banking operation, for instance, cannot generate extended value from its assets, in-case it is not […]
The Three Pillars of Agile Data Mastering
Click to learn more about author Mark Marinelli. We’ve explored the benefits of an agile data mastering approach in a previous post, but let’s do a quick recap: Many businesses that collect a large amount of data have an accumulating data mastering issue that leaves their data largely untouchable and riddled with inaccuracies. The problem […]
Moving Data from an IT Issue to a Business Imperative
Click to learn more about author Kevin W. McCarthy. We all know businesses are trying to do more with their data, but inaccuracy and general Data Management issues are getting in the way. For most businesses, the status quo for managing data is not working. However, there is new research that shows data is moving […]
Master Data Super Hero Adventures: The Attack of Data Silos
Click to learn more about video blogger Scott Taylor. The Data Rants video blog series begins with host Scott Taylor “The Data Whisperer.” The series covers some of the most prominent questions in Data Management such as Master Data, the difference between Master Data and MDM, “truth” versus “meaning” in data, and so much more. […]
Ten Recommendations for Building Great Data Catalogs
Click to learn more about author Oksana Sokolovsky and Rohit Mahajan. Data catalogs can be powerful platforms for Data Management, and enterprise interest in them is continually growing. But all the power and features data catalogs may bring can be squandered without a good data cataloging methodology, paired with common-sense practices. With that in mind, […]
Data Virtualization: The Rite of Passage
Click to learn more about author Kim Kaluba. During a recent visit to Disney World, I had the thrilling experience of soaring on the back of a Banshee in Pandora – the fictional world from Avatar – in the park’s “Flight of Passage” virtual reality ride. As I hopped on my Banshee and put on […]
Master Data vs. MDM
Click to learn more about video blogger Scott Taylor. The Data Rants video blog series begins with host Scott Taylor “The Data Whisperer.” The series covers some of the most prominent questions in Data Management such as Master Data, the difference between Master Data and MDM, “truth” versus “meaning” in data, and so much more. […]
Three Of The Most Common Data Problems Plaguing Organizations Today
Click to learn more about author Mark Marinelli. Think about your day-to-day life. How much of it revolves around technology? We live in a world of constant connectivity. Data is at the very core of how we go about business: As a consumer, you expect companies to use data to give you a personalized, seamless […]
How to Not Get Overrun by Your Data Overrides
Click to learn more about author Richard Mohrmann. Large-scale enterprises rely heavily on market and consumer data sourced from outside vendors, but that information comes at a cost. In addition to intermittent issues with the data quality itself, consumers of vendor data can face timeliness problems, non-standard formats, coverage gaps, and lags in technical support. […]