Kyvos Insights offers OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) software, which works directly with Hadoop storage systems. The use of Hadoop counteracts OLAP’s historical problem of lacking scalability. Their software constructs “cubes” on Hadoop which, in turn, supports multi-dimensional analytics. The OLAP/Hadoop combination supports the processing of both unstructured and structured data at any scale, in turn, […]
Intelligent Master Data Management: Smart, Agile, and Measurable
Salah Kamel, CEO and Founder of Semarchy, says, “I was born and raised in data.” Kamel has been an innovator throughout his career and was awarded the 2016 DAMA International Excellence in Data Management Award. The annual award recognizes organizations or individuals who have made significant contributions to Data Management principles. His latest contribution is […]
Industries Dive into Schema.Org Extensions and Semantic Web Technologies
The schema.org Global Semantic Vocabulary expands its reach through means including hosted/reviewed and external extensions. The former is managed and published as part of the schema.org project, while the latter live elsewhere in the Semantic Web, typically managed by third parties with their own processes and collaboration mechanisms. Examples of extensions in various stages of […]
Data Governance vs Data Quality: Managing Data-Driven Solutions
To succeed as a data-driven business means understanding data problems quickly, before spending time and money on a ready-made solution. As Albert Einstein stated, “If I had an hour to solve a problem I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions.” Organizations need to use their time wisely by […]
Skillful Approach to Data Quality Matters to an Agile Data Strategy
What is the state of Data Quality in the enterprise? According to the 2017 Global Data Management Benchmark report conducted by Loudhouse for Experian Data Quality (EDQ), hopes for getting the most value out of data are high, but not everything is quite in place to achieve that. The survey finds, for example, that 61 […]
Boost Data Management to Stop Data Anarchy
Data anarchy has serious consequences, with the financial crisis of a decade ago being one of them. There was a “break in the data supply chain,” according to John Bottega, Principal and Managing Member of Data Management Advisory Services and senior advisor and consultant at the Enterprise Data Management Council. Important mortgage-related data, such as […]
The Data Governance Playbook: Sixteen Steps to Better Data Privacy
Managing privacy in a Big Data environment can seem overwhelming, yet Sunil Soares, founder of Information Asset, while speaking at the DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data Governance Online 2017 Conference, said that Data Privacy challenges can be overcome: “This is not a secret sauce! A lot of this you’re going to do anyway from an Enterprise Data […]
BackOffice Associates: Guiding the Data Stewardship Journey for Large Companies
When a large Fortune 1000 company merges and acquires many smaller companies, and undergoes a Digital Transformation, Data Governance and Data Stewardship become more complex. The well-known and established business may need to integrate up to 200 different ERP applications from a variety of systems across different divisions that span the globe. Take this context […]
2017 DATAVERSITY Mid-Year Top 20
Twice a year we look at the top content over the last year to do a deeper dive into what people are reading. Over the years, we have seen a definite shift in interest. Five years ago, Big Data had hit mainstream media and people were doing searches to educate themselves on NoSQL (Not only […]
ASG Technologies: Bridging Enterprise Data Intelligence from the Mainframe to Big Data
Finding Shambhala, a paradise once sought by explorers, probably seems easier than mapping data buried under multiple application stacks, systems, and platforms for many modern enterprises. Data created and used over the course decades transforms and changes as the organization does. Ian Rowlands, VP of Product Marketing for ASG Technologies knows the unease of not […]