Data solutions provider Innovative Systems has been pursuing an aggressive plan to grow and expand the role its technology offerings can play in the enterprise. Synchronos® Master Data Management (MDM), for one thing, is moving along on its journey to become the base of all the vendor’s product lines. “Think of it as the platform […]
Data Governance Program Success: Vanguard and the DGPO Best Practices Award
“You can start a Data Governance Program well,” said Michele Koch, the VP of Membership at the Data Governance Professionals Organization (DGPO) in a recent DATAVERSITY® interview about the finalists of the 2017 DGPO Best Practices Award. “It’s sustaining the program that is very hard to do.” The three finalists for the 2017 DGPO Best […]
Impact of Big Data in Enterprise Information Management
The widespread impact of the upheaval caused by Big Data and the push for Advanced Analytics worldwide is well documented. One of the key components of business engagement is Enterprise Information Management (EIM) and as the white paper The Age of Analytics: Competing in a Data-driven World claims, comprehensive Information Management is only possible if […]
The Leader’s Data Manifesto Debuts: Making Data as an Asset Everyone’s Business
The Enterprise Data World 2017 Conference in Atlanta was host to the announcement of The Leader’s Data Manifesto. The document, which you can sign here, urges that organizations embrace large scale change at the people, structural, and cultural level to truly become data-driven. The Leader’s Data Manifesto is the work of data industry leading proponents […]
The Role of Big Data Performance in DevOps Production
Ash Munshi, CEO, and Chad Carson, co-founder of Pepperdata, recently spoke with DATAVERSITY® about the state of Big Data performance and DevOps, what’s on the horizon, and Pepperdata’s role in that future. Big Data Expansion Munshi and Carson see lots of companies experimenting with getting into the Big Data space, mostly with consumer-facing data first […]
Enterprise Data World 2017: Data-Driven Business Transformation
“I love the power of data to tell stories and make better decisions,” said Micheline Casey, Principal at CDO, LLC. She spoke during the “Secrets of the CDOs” closing keynote panel of the 21st annual Enterprise Data World 2017 Conference (EDW) in Atlanta, Georgia, co-produced by DATAVERSITY® and DAMA International, which took place from April […]
The Case for the Data Management Maturity Model
The CMMI Institute announced its Data Management Maturity Model (DMM) back in 2014 to enable organizations to improve Data Management practices across their entire business. Some two-and-a-half years later, the technology-independent model continues to help organizations optimize their data assets is being successfully used by organizations across all industries to meet many Data Management objectives. […]
The Gold of Big Data Analytics: Process Mining and Enterprise Data Assets
Alex Rinke, co-founder and co-CEO at Celonis, says that, “Companies are leaving 10-20% of their margin on the table due to inefficient processes,” but by using Process Mining, he says, companies can discover hidden issues most companies only learn if their customers tell them. Celonis offers this new sub-set category of Big Data Mining as […]
Alation’s Data Catalog: Enterprise Level Data Curation Moves Forward
Your employees need to be able to easily search for business data assets that are relevant to their specific needs; trust that what they are pointed to is highly useful and of high quality; and, then be able to use the information as necessary. Whether that’s creating a visualization or a model or anything else. […]
The Virtual Operational Data Store Demystified
The Virtual Operational Data Store (VODS) can be appreciated by anyone who needs to get somewhere on time. For example, a commuter benefits from an intelligent application like Waze, to find out where traffic is backed up (say from a major accident) and to suggest alternate routes. Drivers benefit when intelligent transportations coordinate traffic lights […]