In today’s digital-first economy, data is the lifeblood of growth. Companies create, gather, and analyze vast amounts of information daily, harnessing insights that fuel innovation and drive competitive advantage. Yet, as data volumes soar, so does the risk of exposure. This insatiable need to consume data has created a dangerous imbalance: While companies rush to […]
How Data Fabric and GenAI Will Enable Organizations to Seize the Day in 2025
Chief data officers (CDOs) are at the forefront of data modernization and AI adoption. In 2025, the leaders who successfully embrace innovative technologies, such as data fabric and generative AI (GenAI), will shape the future of their industries. By focusing on collaboration, governance, and scalability, data leaders can address evolving challenges and seize new opportunities. […]
Should You Get Certified as a Data Professional?
In today’s data-driven workplace, data professionals face a constant challenge: validating their expertise while maintaining day-to-day responsibilities. One solution increasingly lies in attaining professional certification, a formalized training framework that provides practical experience. Some industry professionals may believe that learning on the job and a track record of successful projects provide equivalent evidence of expertise […]
Balancing Efficiency with Performance: The Role of GenAI in Modern Data Strategies
Generative AI (GenAI) has undoubtedly taken the spotlight as this year’s defining innovation. Models like ChatGPT and LLama can generate text and code, perform exploratory data analysis, and automate documentation, which introduces countless opportunities for data science efficiencies. However, tech work is often a compromise between implementation efficiency and performance. In some cases, GenAI can […]
Data-Ed Webinar: Applied Data Strategy
Download the slides here>> About the Webinar Too often, the question “Can you help me with our data strategy?” focuses on the least valuable component: the data strategy itself. A more useful request is, “Can you help me apply data strategically?” At early maturity phases, developing strategic thinking about data is more important than the […]
Key Takeaways from the DGIQ East 2024 + AI Governance Conferences
There’s nothing quite like gathering with data professionals – friends old and new – at a DATAVERSITY conference. Last month’s event was particularly special, combining the well-established Data Governance & Information Quality (DGIQ) East Conference with the inaugural AI Governance Conference (AIGov). Adding to the excitement was the expanded Women in Data Management and Governance (WDMG) program. With so much packed […]
Data Management Trends in 2025: A Foundation for Efficiency
In 2025, organizations face a pivotal moment in data management evolution. While core principles endure, their implementation is undergoing a radical transformation. Data management – the comprehensive collection of practices governing data – must now balance unprecedented opportunity with mounting risk. The potential impact is massive. The data and analytics market could reach $17.7 trillion, with an additional $2.6 to […]
Data Sips: Interview with Tony Shaw
Did you know? We’ve partnered with Ippon Technologies to launch Data Sips, a video miniseries showcasing quick conversations with industry experts that took place during last month’s Data Governance & Information Quality (DGIQ) Conference in Washington, D.C. The first episode features DATAVERSITY founder and CEO Tony Shaw chatting with host Steve MacLauchlan, head of data […]
Strategies for Managing Data Debt in Growing Organizations
As organizations scale, data debt can accumulate silently, affecting productivity, efficiency, and decision-making quality. Data debt refers to the accrued cost of shortcuts and inefficiencies in data management that may have once seemed expedient but ultimately hamper long-term growth. Over time, whether it’s due to process changes, platform switching or growth, organizations find themselves boggled down […]
2024 DATAVERSITY Top 20
As we approach the end of another year, we here at DATAVERSITY have been busy analyzing our data and answering the big questions: What was the most popular content on our website and training center over the past 12 months? Which data management topics did you – our readers and students – seek out again […]