A data catalog can be an excellent resource for a business. An important element of modern metadata management, it can make many workflows and business processes clearer, encourage better cross-departmental collaboration, and boost productivity in several key ways. Gretchen Burnham and Becky Lyons of First San Francisco Partners recently sat down with DATAVERSITY® to talk about some of the big questions in […]
Doing Cloud Migration Right
More than 15 years ago, Amazon launched Amazon Web Services. Just two years later, more than 100 applications had been built on top of the platform. Fast-forward to today, and you know where this story winds up – nearly every enterprise company in the world deploys applications in the cloud in some form or fashion. […]
Data Preparation and Raw Data in Machine Learning: Why They Matter
In our current digital age, data is being produced at an unprecedented rate. With the increasing reliance on technology in our personal and professional lives, the volume of data generated daily is expected to grow. This rapid increase in data has created a need for ways to make sense of it all. Machine learning is […]
How to Become a Data Quality Analyst
Data quality refers to the planning and implementation of quality management measures for the data that companies generate. The idea is that the data should fit the end goal of the data consumer’s needs – and must follow specific quality dimensions to be deemed fit for use. The role of a data quality analyst (DQA) is to ensure […]
The Importance of Managing Your Metadata
Businesses that realize the value of their data and make the effort to utilize it to its greatest potential are quickly outcompeting those that do not. But like any complex system, the architectures that utilize big data must be carefully managed and supported to produce optimal outcomes. One of the chief obstacles in this continual […]
What Makes Data Intelligence Intelligent?
Every day, trillions of data points are generated, and, in theory, organizations can harness this data to make better, more informed decisions. But it’s precisely the vast scale of available data that makes it so hard to manage. According to IDC, data professionals spend 80% of their time searching for and preparing data and only 20% […]
The Importance of a Data Governance Roadmap
A Data Governance (DG) roadmap provides a detailed plan or strategy, normally with a list of tasks that must be accomplished for improving or “maturing” a DG program. It should also list the people who are responsible for completing specific tasks. A Data Governance roadmap often includes incorporating Data Governance best practices and is typically based on […]
RWDG Slides: The Impact of Data Governance on Data Literacy
RWDG: The Impact of Data Governance on Data Literacy from DATAVERSITY To view the on-demand recording from this presentation, click HERE>> This webinar is sponsored by: About the Webinar Gartner defines Data Literacy as the ability to read, write, and communicate data in context, including an understanding of data sources and constructs, analytical methods, and techniques […]
RWDG Webinar: The Impact of Data Governance on Data Literacy
To view just the slides from this presentation, click HERE>> This webinar is sponsored by: About the Webinar Gartner defines Data Literacy as the ability to read, write, and communicate data in context, including an understanding of data sources and constructs, analytical methods, and techniques applied, and the ability to describe the use case, application, […]
How to Implement a Data Quality Framework
According to IDC, 30-50% of businesses experience gaps between their data expectations and reality. They have the data they need, but due to the presence of intolerable defects, they cannot use it as needed. These defects – also called Data Quality issues – must be fetched and fixed so that data can be used for successful business […]