This is part one of a two-part article. In this section, we discuss how Data Governance can be leveraged to support data-driven diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In the next section, we will look at how to manage DEI data risk. Diversity is recognized as key to increasing performance within organizations. Chief diversity officers face […]
The Future of Data Modeling in Data Governance
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 is the expanding use of data analytics for purposes of research. Another reason is complying […]
How Can Project Open Data Improve Data Quality?
Data is a valuable asset to the U.S. government and the public. Making it accessible and usable intensifies democracy in the country. It also promotes effectiveness in the government, as well as efficiency in each branch. Project Open Data is a place where fostering collaboration and promoting improvement in open data policy is intended. This […]
Data Architecture Trends in 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 their variations. However, locating a suitable data center partner on the cloud has not been an […]
How to Assess Data Quality Readiness for Modern Data Pipelines
For growth-minded organizations, the ability to effectively respond to market conditions, competitive pressures, and customer expectations is dependent on one key asset: data. But having just massive troves of data isn’t enough. The key to being truly data-driven is having access to accurate, complete, and reliable data. In fact, Gartner recently found that organizations believe […]
Data Lakehouses: The Future Of Data Migration
It’s no surprise that, in 2023, business enterprises want to become truly data-driven organizations. For many of these organizations, the path toward becoming more data-driven lies in the power of data lakehouses, which combine elements of data warehouse architecture with data lakes. Data lakehouse architecture is particularly attractive to businesses that want to more rapidly […]
Key Components of a Successful Data Strategy
A successful data strategy generally requires the use of certain key components. Most businesses have invested in some form of Data Management, but all too often different sections of a business aren’t terribly well coordinated. A data strategy can be described as a dynamic process used to support the collection of data, its organization and […]
What Are Data Quality Dimensions?
Data Quality dimensions allow users to measure the quality of the data they have on hand and determine whether it can be used for business or if any further improvements must be made. Without using Data Quality (DQ) dimensions, it can be hard to gauge the value and usefulness of the data. These dimensions, or characteristics, need to be […]
How to Use Information Management to Secure a Competitive Advantage
That old saying “knowledge is power” is one that all of us are very familiar with, whether it’s from work, school, or life. Gaining that insight or competitive edge by accessing and consuming information can help everyone make better-informed opinions and decisions and improve potential outcomes. But as more and more data is saved and […]
Webinar: The Data Trifecta – Privacy, Security & Governance Race from Reactivity to Resilience
To view just the slides from this presentation, click HERE>> This webinar is sponsored by: About the Webinar Change is hard, especially in response to negative stimuli or what is perceived as negative stimuli. So organizations need to reframe how they think about data privacy, security and governance, treating them as value centers to 1) […]