The shift to the Cloud has already had a huge impact on enterprise IT. And more is yet to come. Soon enough, Data Protection will be viewed as a service that enterprise IT will expect from their Cloud service providers in order to deliver data availability for their users. Gartner, for instance, has predicted that […]
Data Virtualization Defined: How it Helps Organizations Succeed
Data Virtualization (DV) is unlike traditional Data Integration, where change must be made on multiple layers; Data Virtualization makes change easy for the business as new requirements and sources can be integrated and changed rapidly. The Data Management Association International (DAMA) Data Management Book of Knowledge (DMBOK), second edition, describes Data Virtualization as: “Data Virtualization […]
The Future of Data Governance: Balancing Data Governance and Data Management
“How do you create a competitive advantage for business partners by delivering fast access to high quality data, instilling confidence and supporting data driven decision making?” asked Ursula Cottone, Chief Data Officer (CDO) of Citizens Bank. As the keynote speaker at the DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data Governance Online Conference (EDGO), she tackled this question in her […]
Data Modeling vs. Data Architecture
In the second edition of the Data Management Book of Knowledge (DMBOK 2): “Data Architecture defines the blueprint for managing data assets by aligning with organizational strategy to establish strategic data requirements and designs to meet these requirements.” Another way to look at it, according to Donna Burbank, Managing Director at Global Data Strategy: “Data […]
A Blockchain Model for Data Management and Data Quality Optimization
McKesson, a leading healthcare company for wholesale medical supplies and equipment, pharmaceutical distribution, and healthcare technology, delivers one-third of prescription medicine in North America, supports 15,000 pharmacies and more than 9,000 oncologists and other medical specialists, and offers more than 250,000 SKUs of brand and private label medical-surgical supplies. Striving – and achieving – supply […]
Analytics vs. Data Discovery
Newer and faster data channels are enveloping the digital business landscape, so business operators and users are becoming more demanding about what they want from their data. Now, the traditional Business Intelligence (BI) platforms are no longer sufficient to address all types of business queries; users are increasingly looking toward the Data Discovery capabilities of […]
Data Lake vs. Data Warehouse: How to Choose?
Trying to decide on a data lake vs. data warehouse for your organization? As Kelle O’Neal, CEO and founder of First San Francisco Partners, pointed out during her presentation at the DATAVERSITY® 2017 Enterprise Analytics Online Conference, you don’t need to choose just one: Many organizations use both a data lake and data warehouse. That’s […]
Intelligent Data Management Supports Better Data Access
Data access is a right, not a privilege. That philosophy may not be directly stated by companies, but certainly they have moved in that direction. Of course, it’s understood that not everyone is entitled to access all data. Nonetheless, the landscape has changed from the days when IT primarily held the keys and access was […]
The Data Scientist of the Future: What Will They be Doing?
As data continues to rise in volume and variety, and businesses grow more data-centric, the decision-making power of advanced algorithms is now openly welcome in enterprises of all sizes. Now, the average business user is not affected even if a knowledgeable Data Scientist is not around. Today, technology innovations are increasingly empowering the ordinary staff […]
Data Intelligence, Data Governance, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Klaus Schwab, founder of World Economic Forum, and author of the book, The Fourth Industrial Revolution, said that there is no historical precedent for the speed of current technological breakthroughs, and that the Fourth Revolution is evolving at an exponential, rather than linear pace. The Third Industrial Revolution introduced the personal computer and the internet, […]