Data isn’t just a piece of an organization’s business. It is the business – its fuel, fodder, and force. This past year bore witness to a growing recognition of that fact, which is so important to bringing attention to the need to aggressively define and refine Enterprise Data Strategy. We asked data experts and thought […]
Creating a Data-Driven Organization Depends on a Data-Driven Culture
Data Strategy and Business Intelligence aren’t really about data; they’re about the way data is used. The end goal isn’t more silos, with a team that owns the data, the process, and its value. The end goal is a data-driven culture where everyone sees the value in data, understands the importance of collecting good data, […]
Data Governance Success: How to Build a 360º Perspective
Jodi Morton is Vice President of Single Family Data Governance and Management at Freddie Mac, but “Data Governance Change Agent” might be a more accurate title. Citing from an outside auditor familiar with the company, Morton’s new Data Governance program “got more done in 18 months than in the previous ten years.” Morton spoke at […]
People Matter to the Data Strategy Process
Data Strategy in the education sector needs to take into consideration one big question: Why? Why should education professionals care about the seemingly endless streams of data they’re asked to enter into systems? Why should data input be a priority when they have so many other critical responsibilities to students on their plates? That’s what […]
Business-Driven Data Strategy: A Focused Imperative
Big Data is cool. The Internet of Things is cool. Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence are cool. Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics are cool. Having bad Data Quality so that none of those cool technologies actually work is not cool. A coherent Data Strategy that involves a comprehensive Metadata Management plan, well-defined Data Governance and Data […]
Dynamic APIs for the Age of Digital Business
One ringy-dingy, two ringy-dingy. The words surely call to mind – at least to those familiar with the 1960s/70s TV show Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-in – images of Lily Tomlin as telephone operator Ernestine. But the digital businesses of a very different era do not want to have to rely on manual machinations all too […]
Top 20 Hottest Data Management Posts Year-to-Date 2016
It has become a semi-annual tradition here at DATAVERSITY® to publish our top twenty most popular data management content year-to-date. Though we monitor topic popularity daily, we like to stop every six months or so to do a deep dive into what subscribers are reading. What’s hot and trending? Our top twenty includes Data Blogs, […]
The Data Provocateur: Providing Data-Driven Success to the Enterprise
“Most data is bad in most companies,” said Thomas Redman, “the Data Doc,” of Data Quality Solutions in a recent DATAVERSITY® interview. Enterprises are buried in data, whether it’s legacy data floating around in old data warehouses or a seemingly incalculable range of newer Big Data assets sitting in any number of NoSQL database platforms, […]
Semantic Technology is Ready to Power Next-Generation Cyber Security
Cyber security is always a hot topic, but every time another Big Data exposure makes headlines, it becomes even hotter. The leak of some 11 million records held in a database operated by offshore law firm Mossack Fonseca, which led to the Panama Papers investigation, is just the latest example of a massive breach generating […]
The Future of the Data Center: Heterogeneous Computing
“The whole point of Heterogeneous Computing is to have the right tools available, so you can use the right processor, in the right place, at the right time,” said Pat McGarry, the VP of Engineering at Ryft in a recent DATAVERSITY® interview. Such a statement certainly sounds both pertinent and beneficial, but in reality what […]