The past few years have firmly established the importance of Big Data in the global business environment. 2017 looks to be the the year of greater Apache™ Hadoop implementation (both in terms of its open source development and more available commercial options) at the enterprise level, as Enterprise Information Management (EIM) continues to need more […]
Case Study: Data Management Program Achievements at Fulton Financial Corporation
Ray McGlew, Manager of Data Architecture at Fulton Financial Corporation (FFC) believes that, “Some of life’s best lessons are learned at the worst times.” Presenting at the DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data World 2017 Conference, McGlew shared lessons learned from a Data Management and organizational perspective, as well as his tips for investing in professional development. Fulton […]
Graphic Art Depictions of Data Strategy at Enterprise Data World
At the DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data World (EDW) and CDO Vision 2017 Conferences on April 2-7 in Atlanta, GA, we invited Hannah Sanford for a second year to visually illustrate the key presentations throughout the event with her Graphic Art depictions. Her renditions of the information presented are visually appealing with impressive portrayals of the flow […]
In-Depth Interview: Overcoming the Top Barriers to DevOps Success with Quali’s Shashi Kiran
Part of what makes data such a challenging field to work in is the processes that surround it. Working with data can be relatively straightforward if done with focus and planning. Countless tools, apps, and databases are ready and waiting to help companies make the most of their data. But the practices that govern those […]
Dun & Bradstreet Repositions with Master Data: Providing a Consistent Industry Standard
Scott Taylor, Market Development & Innovation Lead for Dun & Bradstreet Master Data says “Good decisions you make on bad data are just bad decisions you don’t know about yet.” Dun & Bradstreet is the “oldest continuously operating data company,” remarked Taylor during a recent DATAVERSITY® interview. “We have been collecting and managing data since […]
Collibra’s Data Governance Innovation: Enabling Data as a Strategic Asset
Companies now face a tug of war with data and must use Data Governance to address this conflict. On the one hand, data needs to be controlled: governments, regulatory bodies, and customers require compliance with trustworthy and secure data, partly to avoid damaging data leaks or breaches. On the other hand, data should be accessible […]
Complete Data Management: Data Governance, Analytics, and Data Integration All in One
“It’s time to more aggressively pursue holistic Data Management,” says David Friedland, IRI VP of Business Development. “Marshalling all your data together in a centralized area,” so that everyone whose activities require access to it can perform their work in a less siloed and more shared way. That’s the message from IRI, which is well-known […]
Enterprise Cloud Management: Big Data, MDM, and Graph Database Realization
Reltio was originally founded in 2011, based on the premise organizations need quick and reliable access to relevant information. The Reltio goal is to help companies turn data into useful information. To this end, Reltio has developed an Enterprise Cloud Management platform for their clients, providing the tools and services needed to accomplish this goal. […]
In-Depth Interview: Five Steps to Data Harmonization with Absolutdata CEO Anil Kaul
Data Harmonization is an approach to Data Quality that is meant to improve the governance and usefulness of data across the enterprise. How does it do that? And how should a company go about implementing a Data Harmonization strategy? To answer these questions, DATAVERSITY® spoke with Anil Kaul, co-founder and CEO of Absolutdata. Mr. Kaul […]
Case Study: CauseSquare and NuoDB’s Elastic SQL Database Partner for Non-Profit Generosity
CauseSquare started in 2015, when co-founder and CTO, Walid Darwish and four of his friends, all developers, were volunteering their time with non-profit organizations and discovered that, “This sector, in terms of technology, still has a long way to go.” They also suspected that these organizations were heading for trouble in the long term. Their […]